The Korean conflict is an ongoing conflict based on the division of Korea between North Korea and South Korea,both of which claim to be the sole legitimate government of all of Korea. During the Cold War,North Korea was backed by the Soviet Union,China,and other allies,while South Korea was backed by the United States,United Kingdom,and other Western allies.
The Korean Demilitarized Zone is a strip of land running across the Korean Peninsula near the 38th parallel north. The demilitarized zone (DMZ) is a border barrier that divides the peninsula roughly in half. It was established to serve as a buffer zone between the countries of North Korea and South Korea under the provisions of the Korean Armistice Agreement in 1953,an agreement between North Korea,China,and the United Nations Command.
Wonsu is the highest military rank in the armed forces of North Korea and South Korea.
The Korean DMZ Conflict,also referred to as the Second Korean War by some,was a series of low-level armed clashes between North Korean forces and the forces of South Korea and the United States,largely occurring between 1966 and 1969 at the Korean DMZ.
The United States Forces Korea (USFK) is a sub-unified command of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command (USINDOPACOM). USFK is the joint headquarters for U.S. combat-ready fighting forces and components under the ROK/US Combined Forces Command (CFC) –a supreme command for all of the South Korean and U.S. ground,air,sea and special operations component commands. Major USFK elements include U.S. Eighth Army (EUSA),U.S. Air Forces Korea,U.S. Naval Forces Korea (CNFK),U.S. Marine Forces Korea (MARFORK) and U.S. Special Operations Command Korea (SOCKOR). It was established on July 1,1957.
This is a timeline of Korean history.
The Korean axe murder incident was the killing of two United Nations Command officers,Captain Arthur Bonifas and First Lieutenant Mark Barrett,by North Korean soldiers on August 18,1976,in the Joint Security Area (JSA) in the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ). The officers,from the United States Army,had been part of a work party cutting down a poplar tree in the JSA.
Chung Il-kwon was a South Korean politician,diplomat,and soldier. A general in the Republic of Korea Army,he served as Foreign Minister 1963 to 1964,and Prime Minister from 1964 to 1970. He was an ally of President Park Chung Hee.
The Blue House raid,also known in South Korea as the January 21 Incident,was a raid launched by North Korean commandos in an attempt to assassinate President of South Korea Park Chung Hee in his residence at the Blue House in Seoul,on January 21,1968. A 31-man team of the Korean People's Army (KPA) infiltrated the DMZ but was intercepted by police near the residence. In the ensuing pursuit,all but two commandos were killed;one was captured,and one fled back to North Korea. South Korean casualties totaled 26 killed and 66 wounded,including about 24 civilians;four Americans also were killed. President Park was unharmed.
Unit 124 was a black operations unit of the North Korean Special Operation Forces formed to assassinate South Korean President Park Chung Hee in the Blue House raid in January 1968.
The Korean Armistice Agreement is an armistice that brought about a cessation of hostilities of the Korean War. It was signed by United States Army Lieutenant General William Harrison Jr. and General Mark W. Clark representing the United Nations Command (UNC),North Korea leader Kim Il Sung and General Nam Il representing the Korean People's Army (KPA),and Peng Dehuai representing the Chinese People's Volunteer Army (PVA). The armistice was signed on 27 July 1953,and was designed to "ensure a complete cessation of hostilities and of all acts of armed force in Korea until a final peaceful settlement is achieved."
The Heavy-Chemical Industry Drive was an economic development plan enacted in the 1970s under the regime of South Korean dictator Park Chung Hee.
Propaganda in South Korea counters the extensive propaganda of rival North Korea or influence domestic and foreign audiences. According to the French philosopher and author Jacques Ellul,propaganda exists as much in a democracy as in authoritarian regimes. South Korea's democracy uses propaganda to further its national interests and objectives. Methods of propaganda dissemination involve means of modern media to include television,radio,cinema,print,and the internet.
Operation Pokpung was the military invasion of the Republic of Korea (ROK) by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) that triggered the Korean War. The DPRK military began the offensive by crossing the 38th parallel north and entering ROK territory at 04:00 PYT/KST on 25 June 1950;the DPRK government did not issue any declaration of war before the invasion.
Events from the year 1968 in South Korea.
Lee Seung-bok was a 9-year-old South Korean boy who was murdered by North Korean commandos. His murder was widely publicized in South Korea. In the early 1990s,false rumours began to circulate that Lee had never existed and that his death was the creation of South Korean propaganda.
Events from the year 1966 in South Korea.
Operation Chromite or Battle for Incheon:Operation Chromite in US,is a 2016 South Korean spy war film co-written and directed by John H. Lee. It is a fiction based on a true story of Operation X-ray by ROK Navy Intelligence Unit and Operation Trudy Jackson by US Military Intelligence Unit,depicts espionages which took charge for preparatory stage of Operation Chromite in Korean War.
Pak Jae-gyong is a North Korean politician and soldier. A general in the Korean People's Army (KPA),Pak is a Vice Minister in the Ministry of People's Armed Forces as well as a full member of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK). Pak is also a delegate of the 12th Supreme People's Assembly (SPA). He is one of the two survivors of 31 commandos sent to assassinate South Korean president Park Chung Hee in the Blue House raid in 1968.
