History+and+Events

**// North and South Korea History and Events //**
Durring World War II, Korea was controlled by Japan uo intill the end of the war in 1945. Once Japan surrenderd The allied forces(the Soviet Union and the United States) took control of the peninsula of Korea. When the two allies were unable to agree on a central government Korea was split into a communist north and a republic in the south. Comflicts soon arose and war broke out between the two halfs of the nation, with the Soviets and Chinese helping the north and the United States coming to the aid of the south. The war ended when the threat of nuclear war between the Soviets and the U.S. occured and a cease fire was given. A border named the 38th parallel was made to separate the two countries and it streched 2.5 miles in length.
 * The War that split the Countries **

**North Korea** After 26 years in exil King Il Sung came back to Northern Korea and was put into power by the soviets. Sung Continued to operate the Northern Korean government under communist rule which was watched over by the soviets. King Il Sung later cut off trading with other nations and tried to support North Korea with its own resources. Smaller agricultural projects were combined into larger projects to help promote industry and with the help of new agricultural machinary it began to pick up. In 1974 however the price of oil sky rocketed and North Korea wasen't able to keep up. Falling into debt North Korea had to inport oil from other nations to survive.

After World War II the The Republic of Korea was set up in South Korea. Soon after with the help of the United States South Korea achieved rapid economic growth. South Korea opened up trading with various countries and became exporting anything from agricultural products to ships and auto-mobiles. In 1993 Kim Young-sam became the first South Korean civilian president to ever take power. Since then South Korea has continued to grow and is now classified as one of the most largest exporters in the world, along with one of the largest incomes of any country.
 * South Korea **