Austin Smith and Michael Muir discuss how Korea, historically a unified peninsula, was divided in 1945 after Japan's 35-year ...

Jenny Town, a senior fellow at the Stimson Center and the director of Stimson’s 38 North program, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss North Korea ... were going on parallel to U.S ...

North Korean leader Kim Il-Sung sent troops across the 38th parallel in the summer ... the equation as well with China, North Korea, Russia," said Ms Town. "It could very quickly escalate into ...

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.

6/9/1951, Library of Congress The war broke out on June 25, 1950 when North Korean troops crossed the 38th parallel ... burned down every town in North Korea... and some in South Korea too.