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Korea. A brief history. Russo-Japanese War (1904-1905). Russian Empire fought Imperial Japan for control of Korea Russia was defeated. Japan took control of Korea in 1905 The Korean army was disbanded Korean language and cultured were outlawed Japanese families began settling in Korea. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Korea
A brief history
Russo-Japanese War (1904-1905)
• Russian Empire fought Imperial Japan for control of Korea
• Russia was defeated
• Japan took control of Korea in 1905
• The Korean army was disbanded
• Korean language and cultured were outlawed
• Japanese families began settling in Korea
• Kim Il Sung became leader of the KPRA, the guerilla resistance in 1932
• He led attacks on the Japanese for the next ten years
Japanese occupation during World War II
• Men were conscripted into labor battalions• Women were forced into service as “comfort women”
• Kim Il- Sung fled to the Soviet Union
• At the Yalta Conference in 1945, Korea was divided at the 38th Parallel
• Allies landed in Korea on September 8
• Soviets entered Korea on August 12
1948
• Soviets set up a Democratic People’s Republic in North Korea
1948
• United States sets up the Republic of South Korea
In 1950, North Korea invaded the South The war lasted 3 years, 4 million people died
• Kim Il-Sung established an authoritarian dictatorship of North Korea
• He headed North Korea's government from 1948 until his death in 1994.
• His son, Kim Jong Il became North Korea’s next leader making North Korea a communist dynasty
• The 90’s was a time of terrible famine in North Korea
• One million people or more died of starvation
• In 2006, North Korea conducted an underground nuclear weapons test, and a second test in 2009
• It is the 8th country to have nuclear weapons (U.S., Russia, U.K., France, China, India, Pakistan)
• Kim Jong-Il died on December 17th • He will be succeeded by Kim Jong Un, his third son