North Korea History Timeline & Facts

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Concise North Korean History
This peninsula in eastern Asia has been inhabited for 12,000 - 15,000 years.
Inhabited by the Chinese.
1231-1336 Mongol Domination.
Reign of King Sejong (1418-1450)
Imjin Wars (Hideyoshi invasions) (1592-1598)
Reigns of Yongjo and Chongjo (1724-1800)
WW11 - Japanese occupation of Korea
August 1945 The United States dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki

1945 - End of WWII and Japanese occupation of Korea
Korea was occupied by the Soviet Union north of the 38th parallel
And by the United States south of the 38th parallel
1948 - the establishment of two governments
Communist North
Anti-communist, United States-controlled South
1950 - 1953 - Korean War
2000 - North-South summit

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