The 38th parallel was closely associated with?
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Korea\nAfter the surrender of Japan in 1945, the parallel was established as the boundary between the Soviet (north) and American (south) occupation zones in Korea, as Dean Rusk and Charles Bonesteel had earlier suggested. The parallel divided the peninsula roughly in the middle. In 1948, the dividing line became the boundary between the newly independent countries of North and South Korea. At the end of the Korean War (1950-1953), a new border was established through the middle of the Demilitarized Zone, which cuts across the 38th parallel at an acute angle, from southwest to northeast.
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Jefferson City, Missouri\n\n  I found it to be 38 degree latitude
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uhh..i would like to visit japan more but i think that korea would get my vote because...it has a K in it and i have a K in my name. but i also have an N in my name (japaN)
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My father was in Korea in 1954~55.  He was with the 24Th Infantry Division, stationed along the Im Jin River near the  the 38th Paralel.
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There was some of this before. Certainly the US, UK & Israel are at 1 of these poles. The Islamic world is another. Others such as N Korea, Cuba etc are a 3rd pole, closer to the 2nd, but clearly distinct. There are many cointries, such as Russia & France who aren't connected to any pole.
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Equator!\n\nThe Arctic Circle is in the North.  The Tropic of Capricorn is in the South.  So the Equator is between them.
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we invaded iwo jima, which is like Japan's Hawaii.  It is considered a main Japanese island by not the main Japanese island.
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Lines of latitude go around the earth from east to west and are all parallel to each other.  They tell pilots, sailors, etc. how far they are north or south of the equator and how far they are from the north or south pole.  The equator is sort of the main line of latitude.  \n\nLines of longitude go from north to south and each one passes through both the north and south pole, so they are not parallel to each other.  The main line of longitude is called the Prime Meridian and it passes through Greenwich, England.  That is also the line on the earth that is used to determine time zones.\n\nThink of a peeled grapefruit or an orange. The segments of the grapefruit are sort of like the lines of longitude.  But if you cut the grapefruit through the middle like you do if you eat it for breakfast the cut that you make is sort of like the equator, the main line of latitude.\n\nHope this helps.
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In the aftermath of the Japanese occupation of Korea which ended with Japan's defeat in World War II in 1945, Korea was divided in two, with the Soviet Union controlling the area north of the 38th parallel and the United States in control south of the 38th parallel. The Korean people were not consulted by either power prior to this division. While virtually all Koreans welcomed liberation from Japanese imperial rule, they objected to the reimposition of foreign rule over the peninsula. The Soviets and Americans were unable to agree on the implementation of Joint Trusteeship over Korea. This led in 1948 to the establishment of separate governments in the north and south, each claiming to be the legitimate government of all of Korea.[citation needed]\n\nGrowing tensions between the governments in the north and south and border skirmishes eventually led to a civil war called the Korean War. On June 25, 1950 the (North) Korean People's Army attacked across the 38th Parallel in a move to reunify the peninsula under their political system. The war continued until July 27, 1953, when the United Nations Command, the Korean People's Army, and the Chinese People's Volunteers signed the Korean War Armistice Agreement. The Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) has separated the North and South ever since\n\nSince its birth in the 1950's. Soviets, Kim Il Song, China major palyers.
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As a VERY quick-and-dirty reference, you can check\nhttp://www.mapsofworld.com/lat_long/pakistan-lat-long.html\n\nwhich has the latitudes of various cities in Pakistan.  You can see cities both north and south of the 33rd, and Bannu is right on it.  So the short answer is "yes".  Hope that helps!
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Japan has been at war with Korea on several occasions in the past. Japan committed its share of atrocities towards Korea and China in WWII. Today, some the past is still ingrained in the minds of Korean and Japanese. Some Japanese still deny the terrible things they did to their neighbors. Koreans living in Japan are often descriminating when it comes to job opportunities.
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You're where the equator and international date line intersect, facing north.
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"Although North and South Korea were once united, the attitudes and advances made by each nation have led each in different directions, and the reunification of these two seperate nations would only create perpetual internal strife."\n\n...just a suggestion. :)
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about 38°30' N latitude, 121°30' W longitude
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Immediately before the Korean War, there was only one country on the Korean Peninsula, yes.  At other times it was divided into three native kingdoms, and it's been invaded and colonized by Japan, China, and Mongolia at various periods.
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france, japan-korea, usa ,italy,
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If you simply mean the Eastern and Western hemispheres, then the Prime Meridian (the 0 degree line of longitude) is what divides the world into Eastern and Western hemispheres for pure coordinates.\n\nIf you mean the Eastern and Western cultural traditions, then there is no "line" but if you wanted to draw a distinct boundary:\nThe Western world can be defined as the world order that derives most of its cultural knowledge from the tradition of the Mediterrean cultures: Egyptians, Greeks, Romans, Christians and the European cultures. So the Western world include the Americas, Europe, Australia, and Sub-Saharan Africa.\n\nThe Eastern world can be defined as the main cultural centers that did not develop out of this Mediterranean worldview, including China, India, and Japan. So, most of Asia is definitely included in the Eastern world. \n\nThe Islamic worldview can be categorized as either Eastern or Western. While Islam, as a monotheistic religion, has its roots in the same Abrahamic faith tradition as Judiasm and Christianity, it  remained culturally isolated from the continued growth of European culture, through the Renaissance and age of colonialism. So it has western roots, but is no longer part of the western tradition, and so some might automatically associate it as eastern by default.\n\nThe definitions between these world views were predominantly decided by Westerners, who simply saw the Islamic, Indian, Chinese, and Japanese (and other Asian cultures) as non-Western traditions and lumped them all together as Eastern, when in fact there are major differences between the main worldviews that developed in the Islamic world, India, China and Japan.