1. THE KOREAS

2. Imperial Korea 3 Dynasties Silla Dynasty 668-918
Koryo Dynasty
Choson Dynasty

3. Japanese Rule 1905 Japan annexed Korea
Forced Koreans to speak Japanese
Forced to fight
March 1st Movement
2,000 killed, 19,000 imprisoned

4. Outcome of WWII Korea is free from Japan
U.S. & Soviet Union agree on Korean independence
Soviet troops in north, U.S. troops in south until election

5. 38th Parallel
Cold War tensions led to permanent division between north & south
Korea split between communists & non-communists factions (1948)
North Korea= Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
South Korea= Republic of Korea

6. The Korean War – 1950-1953 1950 North invaded South to unify peninsula
U.S. pleads w/ UN
Sends troops from 15 nations
Chinese troops helped North
U.S. troops helped South
4 million killed
1953 armistice Parallel)

7. South Korea Part of “4 Asian Tigers”
Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan, So. Korea
Focus economy on exports
Wants reunification
Split families

8. Lee Myung-bak President of South Korea “The Bulldozer” “Economy First”
Criticized for U.S. beef imports because of mad cow disease

9. North Korea Closed society Dictatorship
Standard of living behind South Korea
Wants reunification of peninsula

10. Kim Il Sung – “Great Leader”
The Great Leader
propaganda
Juche= self-reliance
isolationism

12. Kim Jong Il – “Dear Leader”
1995 Famine
Gov’t denial
Nuclear threat
Selling nuclear weapons to terrorists
“Axis of Evil”

14. Kim Jong Un