Why Are There Two Koreas?

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One name for Korea in Korean is Chosun, land of the morning calm. But if you know anything about the Korean Peninsula... then you’ll know that it is anything but calm.

For over a thousand years Korea was a united and culturally distinct nation. With one people, speaking one language. But today there are two Koreas. One Korea is a wealthy and vibrant democracy exporting phones, cars, and K-Pop while the other devolved into a totalitarian nuclear monarchy ruled by the iron-fisted Kim Dynasty.

So why are there two Koreas? Who divided them? And how can you win an all expenses paid trip to Hawaii? Well...Let’s Find out!

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Sources and Further Reading:

A History of Korea - Professor Kyung Moon Hwang
Brothers at W@r - Sheila Miyoshi Jager
Routledge Handbook of Modern Korean History - Michael J Seth (Editor)
The two Koreas - Don Oberdorfer
A Brief History of Korea - Michael J. Seth


A friend of the channel made a great video on the entire history of Korea
The Animated History of Korea by Suibhne -    • Eternally Divided | The Animated Hist...  

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