VITAL DATES IN KOREAN PENINSULAR HISTORY

VITAL DATES IN KOREAN PENINSULAR HISTORY

108 B.C.:CHINA CONQUERS THE NORTHERN HALF

A.D. 313:KOREAN FORCES DROVE THE CHINESE FROM KOREA

1259:MONGOL ARMIES CONQUERED THE KOREANS

1368THE KOREANS FREED THEMSELVES OF MONGOL RULE

1392:GENERAL YI FOUNDED THE YI DYNASTY,LASTING UNTIL 1910

1630:MANCHU ARMIES CONQUERED KOREA

1910:JAPAN TOOK CONTROL OF KOREA

1945:RUSSIAN FORCES OCCUPY NORTHERN KOREA AND

 U.S.FORCES OCCUPY SOUTHERN KOREA AFTER WORLD WAR TWO..

1948:KOREA IS DIVIDED INTO TWO NATIONS

1950-1953:SOUTH KOREA FIGHTS NORTH KOREA IN THE KOREAN WAR

1970:SOUTH KOREA,NORTH KOREA HOLDS DISCUSSION ABOUT

RE-UNIFICATION BUT TENSIONS BETWEEN BOTH NATIONS REMAINS

KOREAN WAR DATA FACT SHEET

1 MILLION SOUTH KOREANS DIED IN THE WAR

MILLIONS MADE HOMELESS

580,000 U.N.,SOUTH KOREAN TROOPS AND ABOUT 1,600,000 COMMUNIST TROOPS WERE EITHER KILLED ,WOUNDED OR WENT MISSING

RELIGION IS DISCOURAGED IN NORTH KOREA UNLIKE IN THE SOUTH  WHERE BUDDHISM AND CONFUSCIANISM IS UPHELD DUE TO CONFLICTS IN SPIRITUAL IDEOLOGY AND COMMUNISM.

SOURCE:ENCYCLOPAEDIA