Culture clash.Culture clash 1945 - Japanese forced out of Korea. Soviet troops occupy North. 1946 - Sovietbacked leadership includes Red Army-trained Kim Il-sung, right. 1948 - Democratic People's Republic of Korea proclaimed. Soviet troops withdraw. 1950 - South declares independence, sparking North Korean invasion. 1953 - Armistice Armistice (Nov. 11, 1918) Agreement between Germany and the Allies ending World War I. Allied representatives met with a German delegation in a railway carriage at Rethondes, France, to discuss terms. The agreement was signed on Nov. ends Korean War Korean War, conflict between Communist and non-Communist forces in Korea from June 25, 1950, to July 27, 1953. At the end of World War II, Korea was divided at the 38th parallel into Soviet (North Korean) and U.S. (South Korean) zones of occupation. , which cost two million lives. 1968 - US intelligence vessel seized by North Korean gunboats. 1969 - US recon re·con n. The smallest genetic unit capable of recombination. recon the smallest unit of genetic material capable of recombination. plane shot down. 1972 - At secret NorthSouth talks, both sides seek dialogue aimed at unification. 1980 - Kim Il-sung's son, Kim Jong-il, moves up political ladder. 1991 - North and South Korea join the UN. 1994 - Death of Kim Ilsung. Kim Jong-il succeeds him as leader. 1998 - North launches rocket which flies over Japan and lands in the Pacific Ocean. 2002- George W Bush says North is part of 'Axis of evil'. 2002 June - North and South Korean naval vessels wage a gun battle in the Yellow Sea. 2003 - North withdraws from the Nuclear NonProliferation non·pro·lif·er·a·tion adj. Of, relating to, or calling for an end to the acquisition of nuclear weapons by additional nations: a nonproliferation treaty. Treaty. 2005 February - North says it has built nuclear weapons for defence. 2005 September - North agrees to give up its weapons in return for an aid programme. But it later demands a civiliannuclear reactor. 2006 February - Talks with Japan fail to yield agreement on key issues, including the fate of Japanese citizens abducted by North Korea. 2006 July - North testfires a long-range missile to international outcry. 2006 October - Claims to test a nuclear weapon for the first time. 2007 February - North agrees to close its main nuclear reactor in exchange for fuel aid. 2007 May - Passenger trains cross the NorthSouth border for the first time in 56 years. 2007 October - North commits to disable three nuclear facilities and declare all nuclear programmes. 2008 March - NorthSouth relations start to deteriorate sharply. North test-fires shortrange missiles. 2009 January - North scraps all political deals with the South. 2009 April - North launches a rocket carrying what it says is a communications satellite, right. Walks out of talks. |
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