has korea always been divided?
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The Korean Peninsula was divided along the 38th parallel north from 1945 until 1950 and along the Military Demarcation Line from 1953 to present.
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I think the biggest societal difference between China and South Korea is the use language. Unlike Korean, the Chinese language does not use honorifics. (Well it did, but not in modern Chinese). This means there is no equivalent to 요 which in Korean is the main difference between formal/informal.
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South Korea (Korean: 한국/韓國, RR: Hanguk; literally 남한/南韓, RR: Namhan, or 남조선, MR: Namchosŏn in North Korean usage), officially the Republic of Korea (ROK; Korean: 대한민국/大韓民國, RR: Daehan Minguk), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korean Peninsula and sharing a land border with North Korea.
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North Korea is often perceived as the "Hermit kingdom", completely isolated from the rest of the world, but North Korea maintains diplomatic relations with 164 independent states. The country also has bilateral relations with the State of Palestine, the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, and the European Union.
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I nominate North Korea as the most powerful country in Asia. Its leader Kim Fat The Third plays checks and balances between large countries that literally drives China, South Korea, Japan, Russia and the United States nuts.
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A 2015 government-sponsored poll revealed that 41% of South Koreans consider North Korea to be an enemy, with negative views being more prevalent among younger respondents. Still, in a 2017 poll, 58% of South Koreans said they don't expect another war to break out with North Korea.
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Pronunciation differs as well, mainly because the North Korean language is based on the Pyong'an dialect while the one used in South Korea is based on the Seoul dialect. South Koreans typically do not pronounce and write all the initial ㄹ(r/l) and some of the initial ㄴ (n) but are written and pronounced in North Korea.
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The reason why negotiations between North and South Korea were so bad years ago is because of the South Korea president. ... However, the current South Korea president Moon Jae-In is not one of those Koreans which is why the negotiations are so good. So long story short, yes they can reunite.
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North Korean citizens usually cannot freely travel around the country, let alone travel abroad. Emigration and immigration are strictly controlled.
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Yes, people living in both North and South Korea speak Korean (also called Hangul). Nonetheless, the differences in dialects have continued to grow as the states have been separated for quite some time.
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The diplomatic relationship between Japan and South Korea was established in 1965, when the Treaty on Basic Relations was signed; Japan subsequently recognized the Republic of Korea (the official name of South Korea) as the only legitimate government on the Korean Peninsula.
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Korean War, conflict between the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) and the Republic of Korea (South Korea) in which at least 2.5 million persons lost their lives. The war reached international proportions in June 1950 when North Korea, supplied and advised by the Soviet Union, invaded the South.
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The Republic of Korea (commonly known as South Korea) and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (commonly known as North Korea) were simultaneously admitted to the United Nations (UN) in 1991.
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In 2018, beginning with North Korea's participation in the 2018 Winter Olympics, the relationship has seen a major diplomatic breakthrough and become significantly warmer. In April 2018, the two countries signed the Panmunjom Declaration for Peace, Prosperity and Unification of the Korean Peninsula.
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The Korean conflict is an ongoing conflict based on the division of Korea between North Korea (Democratic People's Republic of Korea) and South Korea (Republic of Korea), both of which claim to be the sole legitimate government and state of all of Korea. ... Bush described North Korea as a member of an "axis of evil".
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South Korea is a beautiful blend of tradition and modern architecture. Seoul boasts its tall high-rises but this city is sure to not forget its cultural roots. Seoul is still peppered with sites of hanoks (the traditional Korean house) and has preserved the palaces in the city.
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The war happened because the Russian Empire and Japanese Empire disagreed over who should get parts of Manchuria and Korea. It was fought mostly on the Liaodong Peninsula and Mukden, the seas around Korea, Japan, and the Yellow Sea.