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South Korea's besieged president will address his country in the coming hours as tensions on the Korean peninsula remain high.
The government of president Lee Myung-bak has been criticised for doing too little in response to North Korea's artillery attack last week.
Mr Lee's defence minister has already resigned, but this has not silenced critics.
Mr Lee will use his televised speech to the nation to try to reassure South Koreans that their country is in safe hands during the crisis.
Originally posted by Tholidor
reply to post by Human_Alien
In the proverbial nutshell.....
The "Korean Conflict", a police action by the U.N. (in those days, we didn't say "war" if we didn't mean it - think yelling "Fire" in a crowded theater) never ended.
They fought to a standstill, the U.N. declared an armistise but no peace treaty was ever signed by the opposing sides.
The crux of the issue is ideology...
Originally posted by Tholidor
reply to post by Human_Alien
In 1945, at the end of WWII, All of Korea had been, for quite some time, a colony of the Japanese Empire. In the fashion of the times, the winners devided up the assets of the losers.
So some genius picked an arbitrary line of latitude (in this case the 38th parallel, or 38 degrees north latitude) and drew a line across the Korean peninsula close to the middle, and Voila! Just like Germany, there were now 2 Koreas, one belonging to the U.S and the other belonging to the Soviet Union.
Originally posted by Tholidor
reply to post by Human_Alien
I have no idea what differences these two spheres of influence might have had that led them to armed conflict.
Originally posted by Chakotay
Originally posted by Tholidor
reply to post by Human_Alien
I have no idea what differences these two spheres of influence might have had that led them to armed conflict.
It's an old, old fight. Details on Wikipedia.
These folks have been divided and at battle for thousands of years.