Korean War
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| Locations | Korean Peninsula |
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About Korean War
The Korean War was a war between North Korea and South Korea. The war began on 25 June 1950 when North Korea invaded South Korea following a series of clashes along the border. As a product of the Cold War between the Soviet Union and the United States, Korea had been split into two sovereign states in 1948.
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... They will attend Pyongyang s celebrations of the 70th anniversary of the Korean War s armistice, marked typically by massive military parades...
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... The former South Korean soldier was captured during the Korean War by Chinese troops, who were fighting alongside North Korea...
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... They will attend Pyongyang s celebrations of the 70th anniversary of the end of the Korean War, marked typically by massive military parades...
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... The DMZ has separated the two countries since the Korean War in the 1950s, in which the US backed the South...
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...By Bernd Debusmann Jr BBC News, WashingtonSince the guns of the Korean War fell silent on 27 July 1953, tens of thousands of US troops have remained in South Korea to cast a wary eye across the 38th parallel to North Korea...
US war hero's remains returned home after 73 years
...By Nadine YousifBBC NewsThe remains of a US soldier who died in the Korean War have been returned to his family for burial after 73 years...
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... Historian Sam Edwards noted that the US was embroiled in the Korean War at the time, and President Eisenhower would also have been needed in Washington...
North Korea: China, Russia in first post-pandemic visits
By Derek CaiBBC News, Singapore
A Russian delegation led by Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu has arrived in North Korea , to be joined by a Chinese delegation later on Wednesday.
They will attend Pyongyang's celebrations of the 70th anniversary of The End of the Korean War , marked typically by massive military parades.
The visits are The First to North Korea since the country shut its borders in a bid to keep out the pandemic.
It is unclear if this signals a change in Pyongyang's border policies.
The reclusive North Korea had sealed the country off from all trade and diplomatic ties in early 2020, even with Russia and China, which are its main economic and political partners.
They even cut off imports of essential goods like food and Medicine .
, which have been made worse by its border closure and strict international sanctions that have been imposed because of its nuclear programme.
Some analysts say the inclusion of Chinese and Russian envoys in this year's 'Victory Day ' Parade - as the 1953 Korean armistice is called locally - hints at a possible loosening of Covid restrictions.
It Comes weeks after images of North Koreans walking around without masks were shown on state media.
A delegation led by Russian Defence Minister Shoigu arrived in North Korea late Tuesday, and received a warm welcome on the tarmac at an airport in Pyongyang.
He walked past a line a saluting soldiers and a red banner emblazoned with The Words , " Welcome, Comrade Defence Minister of The Russian Federation Sergei Shoigu ! " in both Korean and Russian.
The Chinese delegation will be led by Li Hongzhong , who is part of the Chinese Communist Party's central policymaking committee, and will arrive sometime on Wednesday, according to a party spokesperson.
China and Russia are both long time allies of North Korea .
Beijing had sent troops in The Fall of 1950 to support North Korea in The War against South Korea .
The Soviet Union had also supported North Korea in The War before the USSR collapsed in 1991. Since then, Russia has remained a natural ally for North Korea because of their mutual dislike for the US. The US has, in fact, accused North Korea of providing military aid to Russia in The War in Ukraine, a claim that both Pyongyang and Moscow deny.
The Invitation also comes on the backdrop of rising geopolitical tensions between the US and Russia over the Ukraine war. Ties between Beijing and Washington are also frayed because of Taiwan.
The US has been trying to talk to Pyongyang following the to North Korea .
Pvt King, who was meant to go back to the US to face disciplinary action, ran into North Korea while on a tour at the Joint Security Area (JSA), an area in the Demilitarised Zone (DMZ) that divides North and South Korea .
The United Nations Command, which the United States is a part of, had earlier said talks have begun with North Korea over Pvt King, but did not elaborate on The Details .
Related TopicsSource of news: bbc.com
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