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 ...

In August 1945, at the end of World War II, Russia and the United States divided the Korean peninsula at the 38th parallel into ... of the Cold War. After North Korea invaded the south on June ...

So the division at 38th parallel wasn't necessarily a hard border. People were quite free to cross it. In fact, 1.6 million people did cross from North to South Korea at this time. A lot of them ...

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.

A report from the border. The 38th parallel, the latitude that separates North and South Korea, is either as quiet as a graveyard or on high alert. Sometimes, only seconds differentiate the two.