North Korea







  North Korea was formed after WWII and the end of the japanese occupation.
 It was split at the 38th parallel as part of a UN arrangement, to be administered
by the US in the South (just like M*A*S*H) and Soviet Union in the North since the two couldn't agree on how to run it. Working with the Soviets, a Communist regime was set up.


 




Kim II-Sung became leader in 1948. Shortly thereafter, he and Stalin decided to
start the Korean War. 4 million soldiers and civilians died. In 1953 the war ended with no winner and a 2.5 mile wide demilitarized zone separates North from South