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Why North Korea still hates the United States: The legacy of the Korean War
Korea had been ruled by Imperial Japan from 1910 until World War II ended in August 1945. Then it was split into two regions by the 38th parallel, North and South, the former under heavy influence and support by the Soviet Union and the latter by the U.S.
On June 25, 1950, the Soviet-backed Democratic People’s Republic of Korea poured across the boundary and attacked the pro-Western Republic of Korea, the Korean War began.
The UN forces led by the US fought fiercely and pushed back the North to the Chinese border, and then communist Chinese troops launched massive counterattacks that made the war the most furious and devastating one ever, killing as many as five million soldiers and civilians during the three-year war.
Finally, the war came to an end in July 1953, but the Korean peninsula is still divided today. In fact, North Koreans still hate and are hostile towards the US and Japan, having test fires over a dozen of missiles this year alone.
Read the article and see the videos to learn why and how much North Korea hates the US.
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