Formerly a single nation that was annexed by Japan in 1910, the Korean Peninsula was divided into occupation zones since the end of World War II on 2 September 1945. The two sovereign countries were f
Kim Il Sung, amongst other Korean communists and Soviet representatives, at a conference in Pyongyang in 1946, seated under large portraits of Soviet leader Joseph Stalin and himself.
Syngman Rhee together with US general Douglas MacArthur at the grand ceremony inaugurating the government of the Republic of Korea (South Korea) in 1948.
Delegates sign the Korean Armistice Agreement in P'anmunjŏm.
The aircraft involved in the bombing of Korean Air Flight 858, HL7406, seen one month before the destruction
Korean reunification
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Korean reunification is the hypothetical unification of North Korea and South Korea into a singular Korean sovereign state. Prior to World War I and Korea under Japanese rule, all of Korea had been un
15 June Joint Declaration signed by Kim Jong Il and Kim Dae-jung
Arch of Reunification, demolished in early 2024 in North Korea
South Korea's National Assembly. The woman holding a dove symbolizes peace and prosperity.
US President Donald Trump (left), North Korean Chairman Kim Jong Un (center), and South Korean President Moon Jae-in (right) in the demilitarized zone in 2019