6/9/1951, Library of Congress The war broke out on June 25, 1950 when North Korean troops crossed the 38th parallel, invading South Korea. North Korean leader Kim Il-sung launched the attack once ...

Kim, Kan, Chen, Moise, Maksym, Kaneki... are some of the Koreans of origin defending Ukraine from Russian invaders... and ...

China responded to the approaching UN force by sending over 250,000 Chinese “volunteers” into North Korea. These volunteers helped to push the UN forces back across the 38th parallel.

At the end of the Korean War, after 2 years of negotiation, an armistice was signed on July 27, 1953, at Panmunjom on the ...

North Korean citizens are among those around the world who watch the Premier League - but football fans there are banned from ...

After the war ended, the United States, Great Britain, the USSR and China agreed to split Korea in half on the 38th parallel. The north would be controlled by the communist countries, China and ...

A report from the border. The 38th parallel, the latitude that separates North and South Korea, is either as quiet as a graveyard or on high alert. Sometimes, only seconds differentiate the two.