Question

The Korean Peninsula

Answer 1

Answer:

When we look at a map of the modern Korean peninsula, we can see that North Korea and South Korea are divided by the 38th parallel.

Explanation:

North Korea, which is a communist country, is to the north of the parallel, and South Korea, a market economy, is to the south of the parallel.

The Korean peninsula was divided after the Korean War ended in 1953. There are two main reasons why the north of the peninsula became a communist country: it had more industry at the time, and was closer to the Soviet Union and Communist China.

The South became a capitalist economy thanks to the support of the United States. It was the poorest of the two at first, but in the last decades, South Korea has seen a lot more economic development than North Korea.

Nowadays, South Korea is an developed country like Japan, while North Korea is a very poor nation.

Answer 2

Answer:

From the earliest legends, there were different peoples in the north and south of the peninsula. The Chosen and Koguryo kingdoms were based in the north, while rival kingdoms fought for control of the south.

Under the Koryo Dynasty, the Mongols and Japanese, there was some unification of the peninsula. Also, Buddhism influenced both the north and the south.  

However, after World War II, the peninsula became split once again as a result of tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union.

Today, the peoples of North Korea and South Korea are working to unite their country under modern governance.