In this light, the factors that helped lead to the Korean War are: First, the division of North and South Korea post World War II along the thirty-eighth parallel with Russia overseeing the North and the United States overseeing the South. ... When the Japanese surrendered in August 1945 there was no clear cut manner to adopt trusteeship in Korea, so on August 11, 1945 Korea was split into two separate occupied zones along the thirty-eighth parallel (Lee 2001:21). ... The leftist north began to see the United States occupation of South Korea in the same light as they viewed the earlier Japan...

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Background and During the Cooling of Relations The Second World War drastically changed the political map of the world, and especially the European continent. The basic premises of the new alignment of the world developed in the final stages of the war. The anti-Hitler coalition, the main role whic...

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Traditionally, Koreans dressed in white, because this symbolized their faith that they were children of the divine light. ... In the past, European writers on religion contrasted the light which Christianity brought with the earlier period of pagan darkness. ...

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In 1910 Japan annexed Korea, installing a harsh rule over its people. During the 1930's an independence movement arose. Led from abroad by Syngman Rhee, who attended Harvard University at the time, it started a fire in a man that would continue to grow as time passed. With the principles of the Atlantic Charter, the United States and the USSR agreed to give Korea its independence. At Potsdam, the U.S. and the USSR divided Korea at the 38th parallel. ...

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In 1910 Japan annexed Korea, installing a harsh rule over its people. During the 1930's an independence movement arose. Led from abroad by Syngman Rhee, who attended Harvard University at the time, it started a fire in a man that would continue to grow as time passed. With the principles of the Atlantic Charter, the United States and the USSR agreed to give Korea its independence. At Potsdam, the U.S. and the USSR divided Korea at the 38th parallel. ...

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