korea

Korea

Period 1

East Asia

pensile 

unified until 1945 

Hermit kingdom but diffuse with China in language and alphabet 

Period 3

Imperialism 

• taken by Japanese

• Japanese are harsh

• Remains under occupation until 1945 

Period 4

March 1st, 1919 - Koren marching for their independence in Japan

Cold War 

• After Japan is defeated in 1945 Korea becomes independent and split into two countries 

• North Korea becomes communist under the leadership of Kim Il-sung

• South Korea becomes a democratic capitalist state  

• Korean War begins in1950 when North Korea led by Kim invaded South Korea intending to reunify Korea under kims communist rule

• The USA aids South Korea (containment) and pushes North Korea towards the northern Chinese border which then forces the Chinese to invade Korea and push the USA into South Korea

• The war ends with no treaty but a truce in which North and South Korea agree on a border at the 38th parallel called the demilitarized (DMZ) zone

Globalization

• North Korea is still communist extreme poverty people believe the ruler is a god (Kim Jung Un)

• South Korea is thriving economically with technology and electronics and is one of the four Asian tigers

• Thriving Asian capitalist economies - South Korea, Hong Kong, twain, Singapore