You will be suprise how japan annexed korea and try to remove korean culture before US and USSR involve You don't understand how brutall japanese army are If you blame US, i'm sorry my friend SK PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO STARVED to death for communism They rather be rich and happy with capitalism
@@blakekneegrow1960 that was partly religious. The main reason is the conflict between Jawaharlal Nehru and Jinna. Both wanted to be the prime minister of India and britishers just filled the ears of Jinna. For more information please refer the internet.
@@mayankmishra8013 Ghandi wanted JInnah as PM but nehru refused.There creating a distrust between the major community of the country i.e the Hindus and the Muslims..
India and pakistan was not a single country before British arrived. There are many country inside it which were conquered by british. Even when british left there are many independent country which later merge with either india or pakistan. For country like Jammu Kasmir they were still fighting to get it.
how can they divide something that not even theirs and didn't even bother to ask them weather they want this split or not.....some countries leader really think they run this earth😒
Imagine you’re having a cake and want to eat those alone then suddenly your neighboor from your left and right side barge into your House and then decide to share their piece in front of you without consulting you and then leave with each cake. Leaving you spechless.
And then your neighbors keep boasting to you that they saved you from losing your whole cake to the other neighbor despite the fact you have no cake left.
I'd assume that the South Korean regime being anti-communist was more important to the Americans than being democratically elected at the time. Can't really blame them, imagine if a left-wing government that sympathized with or was made up primarily of communist infiltrators from the North came to power in the South. Either way, South Korea is a democratic country today, unlike the North (or any other communist country for that matter). I'm glad the U.S. sent them down the right path, even if that did mean essentially mean installing a bit of an authoritarian to counteract the communist threat at the beginning. Totally worth it.
I’m Korean (living in the south) I’ve never seen a video like this before. It’s so clear and accurately about how we got separated to two countries. I’m so happy that this channel is spreading this information to all the international subscribers. I’m just so happy about it!
Actually South Korea didn't win the war, the two split countries sign a treaty to stop it, they would return prisoners of war, live separate lives, etc. You can arguably say that the war is actually kind of going on until this day
For anyone who want to hear some real opinions from South Korean - Divided to 2 countries are our pain so far. It was even not our decision, so many families suddenly had to seperate regardless their intentions. It is tragedy. That is why even though we have been attacked by N.Korea (even until now sometimes), we keep trying to unify as one country as we were. The sad thing is.... once we divided from 1953, as you might guess, many of them who left their family to other side have passed away and new generations who were born after 2000 don't wanna unification with N.Korea. becasue there is nothing anymore they can feel the kinship with N.Korea, also S.Korea has economy power more than 20 times stronger than N.Korea now. Who want to unification? If we waste time like this, one day the opportunity to back to one country will be gone forever for sure. We were divided not because of our intention but other strong countries and their influence is still valid. As long as U.S don't agree, we won't be back together. It is getting more complicated to say "S.Korea hate N.Korea" or "S.Korea want to be together with N.Korea". In my case, I feel both.
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Last year, when I I visited DMZ and JSA, the South Korean tour guide said they wished one day NK and SK could be united again. I was deeply touched by the willingness to reunite
I wish you had stressed more on Japan’s involvement. Tensions between Japan and Korea are still pretty high to this day because of it. Mostly because of the fact that Japan colonised Korea for about 35 years but has never apologised for it and every time someone brings up Comfort Women, Japan gets really upset. Just recently San Francisco built a statue in tribute to Comfort Women and Osaka cut ties with the city completely. It’s interesting the while Germany and Japan were on the same side during WWII, they’ve taken completely different steps after the war.
acctuatly after that incident Japan's government received much criticism and they did made an apology they did however said they wont take any legal responsibility for it claiming they already settled with the victims during the peace trinity in the 60's which is hard to believe but they were finally pushed to at least open a fund for female victims for South Korea relates and descendants of Comfort Women
They've never apologised in a proper and sincere way to the victims and the Prime minister and politicians in Japan visit Yaskuni shrine each year where they honour 2.5m Japan's war dead including excited war criminals. Need not say more how deceptively blind Japanese are about their sins.
@@sweee4586 Let's blame that to their religion, shall we? They have 2 religion they'd believe in: Shintoism and Budhism. Both are giving significance to having power and be a 'god' - achieving high. Hence, the suicidal cases. _Japan is fvcked up, bro. I don't know where to start with it._
What Japan did to Korea is a colonization, NOT a war. And as for colonization, not only Japan but also the other ex-great powers, EVEN GERMANY, have neither apologized nor compensated for their past colonizations. Lauren, you need to learn more basic things about it.
@@sjna3493 that's why i called it baseless. I'm an Indian in Japan. Don't worry mate. Our history is taught in more detail than you think. Lol.. Chinese suffered a lot under the Japanese. If i were to rank countries under colonial rule on the basis of how much they suffered, Korea would be placed at rock bottom of the list.
@@skiran69 Nice, would you put Alaska as number 1 on that list? Also, sorry about your prime minister. Tho, I suppose some other ultranationalist would replace him, right?
@@bobmcmac6281 maybe african countries and South American countries. Even India suffered more than South Korea. The Europeans and Americans were even worse.
The only reason East and West Germany reunified is because the East German economy collapsed, there was a mass uprising, and Eric Honecker (the East German dictator) and the Stasi (the East German secret police) fled for their lives. West Germany then swept in and took everything over in order to prevent a humanitarian crisis and lawless failed-state from forming on their border. (It was essentially a "peaceful conquest" ) That's what would have to happen for the 2 Koreas to unite like Germany did.
Wow, it's like youre telling us how simple it would be to tell kim to Give up his regime, and just become a mere politician. Coz obviously, a country would only survive as a capitalist. Regime would never sacrifice its power thats been going for decades. He even brainwashed its people that anything they have right now is because of their surpreme leader.
8:19 Defeated North? That would imply South won war which was not the case. Nobody won and it was just a sad war that could have been avoided. Stop with propaganda and speak facts.
The North invaded and fought to have control of SOUTH Korea. The south prevented that, therefore the South did win and prevented the North from taking over their country. But yes all war is sad
@@RealityHurts923 North also prevented American invasion and capitulation from so both North and South prevented their ultimate defeat from one another which in definition is called stalemate and not true victory for any side.
To be fair, they're trying to fit the entire North/South Korean history in 9 minutes. If I recall, NK invaded SK and with the help of the Americans the South was able to push back into the NK territory. However, as NK was pushed closer to the Chinese border, the Chinese entered the war and assisted the NKs. There was a lot of back and forth until armistice was signed. While they may not have disclosed the entire truth, I doubt they had any ill intention with their statements.
"As some historian say that Japanese treated them(Koreans) like a second class citizens" is a serious understatement for the human rights violation and the effort in crushing and eradicating traditional cultures and the language. All countries who faced annexation by Japan prior to the liberation in WW-2 could attest treacherous period of time they experienced under their rule.
@Madalin Grama economic development during the Japanese colonization can be said to have laid the foundation for future growth in several respects. And reason of current Japan Korean relationship is due to the Korean government's violence of International law of 1965 treaty between Japan and Korea
@@thunderbird1921 They were some of the main powers of the losing side of the war. Korea wasn't even involved, unless you count providing supplies to the Japanese Empire as being involved.
My World Geography teacher is making us watch this. Ms. Frost, if you see this, I already watch this channel on a daily basis so thank you for making a quiz over this video.
So many errors in this video. Use of wrong flags and national boundaries of the past not represented when discussing that era. Depicting Imperial China with communist flag and Mao suits, Tsarist Russia with soviet buildings. End of WWII also fumbled.
One of my problems with the video is that they didn't get the original 38th parallel border right. Instead, when they explained the 38th parallel border, they show someone drawing the current one. before the war, the border was a straight horizontal line.
@@Hjw511 yall do realize that probs half of north koreans don't wanna be there right? I hope north koreas "government" falls and south korea can invade them and help them.
@@moonsubs3179 Impossible. If North Korea's government falls, it'd be part of China, not South Korea. Kim technically sold his country to China and there's nothing the South can do about it.
About the US protecting Korea part... Here are 3 reason why North-Korea does not like the US: 1.- In 1866 a steam boat (General Sherman) was sent to sack Korean Royal Tombs 2.- Shinmiyangyo (1871) Noth-Korea did not want foreing ships traveling their waters, so the US felt the need to send an expedition that ended killing 200 people only 3 of them from the US 3.- The hostilities between URSS & USA , took the life of more than 5 million people in North-Korea, 20% of them were killed by the US air force with bombs and napalm The simple truth is, Rusia and USA, (comunism and capitalism) split Korea
You brought up 2 examples from 150 years ago. Your 3rd example was from 70 years ago. Everyone who experienced that is long dead. A World War ended and no one was going to start up a new one fighting over one small country that had no army, allies or resources. The world isn't fair, if you try to carve everything up equally and give everyone a fair share it's called Communism. It never works out once scaled to a certain size.
@@DoomFinger511 if you don't want this guy to carve them up, can you make South Koreans shut up for crimes of Japanese imperial army on Korean during the WW2? For sure you can't! You see those Koreans people today are still suffering from this facts.
@@vattanaktv5082 Kim Jong-un will never be able to expand North Korea. More then likely there will be some "Berlin wall falling" moment in the distant future and South Korea will assimilate North Korea. They'll still end up getting used by more powerful counties. EVERY country has been "abused" by some other country in their history. Eventually enough time goes by that they stop bitching about it.
5:04 The 38th parallel wasn't like that during the division of the borders, it only changed after the Korean War. The original borders of North and South Korea was just a straight line.
3:50 "This wasn't exactly great news for many Koreans because some historians say the Japanese treated them like second class citizens." *UNDERSTATEMENT OF THE YEAR* Japan tortured and killed the Koreans they took over. They treated Koreans like the Nazis treated their prisoners, even conducting gruesome experiments on them as if they were animals. They then attempted to wipe out Korean culture, burning documents, forcing Koreans to speak Japanese, and changing their names. Because of this, a lot of Korea's history was forgotten and remains unknown to this day. So yeah, we can all agree that Japan kindly treated the Korean people as if they were "second class citizens."
@@KoreaNumberOne You see. It is different as you're a South Korean thus I'm sure most expect you to know. I just might see what I can find as long as it's not too obscured.
I'm from Korea, the japanese treated koreans so bad that when the japanese said they wouldn't put you in jail if you agreed that korea was supposed to be japanese, but many people (pretty much everyone) decided jail was better than that.
Several inaccuracies here, I'll note out one. The 38th Parallel is NOT the same as the Armistice Line. Most of the time when you mention the 38th Parallel, the figure shows the Armistice Line. The 38th Parallel was literally a straight line drawn at the latitude of 38 degrees, which was used 1945-1950.
India went through something similar. Overnight the country was split into India and Pakistan and people had to cross the borders. It was the toughest time for Indians. Although it may never be possible now for our countries to unify, and there being not much point in it. The pakisthanis have indian roots and culture. They'll always be our brothers and sisters.
FINALLY the video I was looking for....thank you for not just reading a korean war history book, and actually what caused the war and the complexities behind it .
Because that's what most of the world calls it. If Japan wasn't there, there wouldn't be a sea, would there? It would simply be the Pacific Ocean. Japan's existence separates that body of water from the larger ocean, creating a distinct sea behind it, hence Sea of Japan. Plus, calling it East Sea doesn't really make sense to anyone but Korea since the sea isn't to the east of them. Bad luck.
@@diamondgeezer5983 I'm a Korean and I think you're right. Calling it 'sea of Japan' doesn't mean anything. It near to Japan and considering the influence Japan has over the world it's understandable that people refers it as 'sea of Japan'. The thing that really bothers us is the problem of a small island called Dokdo. South Korea has control of it but Japan claims it's Japanese territory. Koreans just couldn't imagine Dokdo inside sea of Japan. It has to be Dokdo in East sea. I don't care if the world calls it sea of Japan, but many Koreans think if we let them call it sea of Japan they might as well take Dokdo from us too.
So basically Russia, China, Japan wanted Korea and USA didn’t like that then they owned South Korea and soviet Russia owned the north until they declared independence.
3:28 this part is boring for some foreigners, but as a Korean, it is very sad to skip. In 1894, there was a revolution of the lower class peasants in Korea. At that time, the royal family of Joseon (the pre-Korean kingdom) had no power to stop it, so they requested the Qing dynasty army. For Japan, this was a great opportunity to send troops to Joseon. Because in the past treaties between Japan and Joseon, it was stated that troops could be stationed for the safety of Japanese residents in Chosun. However, the'Donghak' revolutionary army knew the danger of this and dissolved it. The Joseon Dynasty's royal family requested that the foreign army that lost their purpose to return to their home country, but they did not keep it. The Japanese forces occupied the royal palace, kidnapped the king, and demanded a policy of modernization. It was the mistake of the king, who failed to resolve the conflict with his own people and tried to push it down with foreign troops. Afterwards, Japanese troops attacked ships carrying the Qing Dynasty's troops in Joseon by surprise. After that, the battle between the Qing Dynasty and the Japanese army was automatically fought in the land of Joseon. because of the treaty and request of foolish royal family, we could not prevent the wars of other countries from being fought in our country. and they both have the purpose to colonize Joseon, so we had no profit from that war. It makes me resent as a Korean to pass through this sad history in just a few seconds in the video.
"America wanted Korea to be democratic so they disregarded them completely and installed a leader of their choice." Koreans to americans : you keep using that word but i dont think you know what it means
True, but if Americans didn’t do what they did, then the Soviets, China and Japan would’ve done way worse. At least now South Korea gets to be independent.
My dad is Chinese and my mom is Korean. I was born in the US. But I wish that North and South could trust each other. And that'll take a long time. But if the two countries are reunified, think how much happier the people would be. Especially North Koreans who don't even know what's happening outside their country.
Thats a pipe dream. We are getting further and further away from that generation while the younger generation don’t care about reunification. More importantly, South Korea is an economic power. If both Koreas were to reunite, South Korea would have to pay for everything. At this point, it doesnt make sense for them to reunite with North Korea.
Grace Park at that time who were these korean leaders who didn't took part on what's messing up in their country and just let the US and the USSR/China and the UN didn't interfere either and yes you're right
Because it would have complicated things. Both powers just wanted to move on and deal with other issues from the aftermath of WWII. Russia and the US both fought on the same side so neither one could say the other didn't deserve compensation. Korea was just spoils of the war. Korea was screwed no matter what, if the Axis powers won then Japan would own them instead.
I love how they forgot to mention that the reason the we withdrew to the demarcation line and called for a cease fire was because we came too close to the Chinese border and the Chinese pushed us and our allies all the way back. We pretty much lost that war and to save face setup a cease fire.
That begs the question, why didn't the US declare war on China? and why didn't the US drop the bomb to finish the North Korean regime once and for all which would've saved the lives of so many people down the road?
yeah i wish that as well. Issue is Kim Jong Un is a too strong believer in communism and won't give it up. Until he dies Korea will remain separate. It's sad but it'll be like 40 or more years till Korea will be able to reunify as one nation
I’d say a few years as long as people helping keep doing whatever they are. It seems to be working and I haven’t heard of any Korean complaints about foreign assistance.
Most countries had national service after ww2. I’m from the uk and my grandad and his brother both did national service in the 50s. Korea didn’t get rid of theirs, I don’t know why (haven’t got to that lesson yet in gcse history, we’ve only done one lesson of it) but it’s probably due to not having a large enough regular army (whereas in the uk we do and ditched national service after we did)
@@TheAazah Capitalism- A few turn filthy rich the majority is poor and the rest is in between those extremes. Communism- In theory everyone is equal however in reality few turn filthy rich the rest is poor and starves. The only thing that are truly for everone are purges ordered by your glorious leader.
Truman apparently though it was a BRILLIANT idea to ask Stalin to help with Japan and allow him to occupy northern Korea in return. SURELY he wouldn't abuse his power and force communism on them! /s What were our leaders thinking in 1945?!
America is pretty much the only reason why South Korea is independent now. Without the US involvement, we would now have one big North Korea. I think their involvement made the outcome better for everyone, at least this way, less Koreans have to suffer the North Korean regiment.
I want to correct you on some things. First, the 38th Parallel and the DMZ has different border. After the war, the border changed from 38th Parallel to the DMZ. It's not the same. Second, technically, they're still in war until now since no peace treaty signed. So there's no winner in Korean War. Third, there's speculation that the SK made the first attack by invading Haeju near the 38th parallel.
You missed two very important points. 1. North and South Korea signed an armistice agreement in 1953 -- not a peace treaty. Armistice means they agreed to stop fighting, but that doesn't mean the war has officially ended. 2. You also call it the "Korean War". Officially, the US government doesn't consider it a war per se but a U.N. security enforcement action. The US Congress never officially declared war. 99.9% of Americans call it the Korean War so by de facto standards, it is.
One fact that makes Korea angry is that the Soviet ran into war with Japan only few weeks before WW2 ended. They declared war on Japan right before Japan got nuclear-bombed and surrendered. That's partly because the Soviets knew Japan's defeat is obvious and they wanted some crops out of east asia after the war. But the reason why Soviet did not declare war on Japan at the early times of the war in the first place is something else. They did not want war with Japan initially. Germany was enough for them. But when the war was closing to its end, the US and the allies found landing on Japan was too risky. Japan's defeat was so obvious, but Japan did not surrender believing the Japanese people's samurai souls are so strong that it can overcome economical and mechanical inferiority. They kept the war longer and longer than they were capable of. That's why the US finally chose to bomb them with nuclear weapons. But the decision they made before the nuclear bombs was making Soviet declare war on Japan so that they could fear another additional enemy, and then surrender to the US to protect itself from communist Soviet. So Japan's irresponsible and irrational hesitation of surrender made Soviet invasion right before the end of the war, making an excuse to the Soviet to demand something in Korean peninsula. So Japan is partially responsible for the division. What is worse is that Japan tried to destroy institutions and manufacturing basis they built on the Korean peninsula as much as possible before they surrender and leave the peninsula. Reducing future risk of Korea becoming strong and invading Japan is understandable, but not acceptable. Colonizing a neighbor country massacring people and drafting all the golds out of it devastated the country. When they leave the country, they destroy everything because they hate them? That's worst. Korea started from the bottom after the Korean war. Unlike how Japan claims they contributed to Korea's modernization, Korea started from stone age all over again in the 60s.
Descendants of the Sun was amazing and the brotherly relationship between the main lead and that North Korean army man was really cool. (Sorry I watched it a year ago and forgot the names. There were 3 army men, the main lead, second lead, and the North Korean man. )
How come Germany was also divided between the Soviets and the capitalists but somehow got united in the end? Because for a long time living conditions in eastern Germany was very similar to North Korea in comparison to the west that was controlled by America. Can you make a video on the fall of Berlin Wall and how Germany didn’t turn out the way Korea did?
I know your comment is 2 years old now, lol. But I think the fall of Berlin wall was an accident. Apparently, the soldiers misheard a command they received and thought that it said “destroy the wall” so they began destroying it. The wall was never actually meant to be taken down.
1:11 made me laugh a little bit xD. I'm not Korean, but I'm currently studying Korean, and just so you're aware, "여보세요" is only used when saying "Hello?" on the phone. "안녕하세요" is the generic, polite "Hello." or "안녕" for short if you're speaking casually. It's a small point, but it'd be a bit awkward in spoken Korean. It'd kinda be like the equivalent of someone walking up to you in person and saying "Who is it?" instead of "Hello."
@@darshanakashyap1875 I've also seen it used when people are calling out to someone but they don't know who. Like when they enter a dark room and they think someone is hiding in there. So it seems to be like "Hello? (Is someone there and if so, who?)"
여보세요 = Ahoy; Hello; "(You) (over) there, look (here)". This is what you would use to call someone over from a distance, and it is used when you answer the phone. So yes, it is wrong.
My grandfather was a staff Sargent in the Korean War he fought the Chinese he was in the frozen chosen for the US Army he was also in WW2 but he got major PTSD after the Korean War it really messed with his mind ...
Thank you for making a video about this! Now I understand why North Korea is so communist and how South Korea is more democratic it’s because the usa took South Korea and Russia took North Korea. It’s so amazing that you made a video about this to international people because it explains why they even separated and how the international world tried to help get them back together. At least China and the USA tried getting them back together I would want them back together then the whole country could be Democratic again
This year, in September, the South Korean President Moon Jae-in also visited Pyongyang and gave a speech of unification and peace to 150,000 North Korean citizens and had a summit with Kim Jong-un.
And people pay the price... I have watched a video wherein families from north korea and south korea reunited for almost 65 years after the war... it was totally heartbreaking.. I hope the countries will unify- if not, atleast let these families contact each other across boarders
When thinking of Koreas - what comes to your mind first - Kim Jong-un of the North or the tech companies of the South?
Kim jong-un
Neither
*Never heard of a South Korean escaping to the communist north*
South Korean tech companies
I think of my friend that’s Korean
I’m a South Korean. I don’t hate North Koreans. I just hope one day North and South can unite so all the seperated families can meet before they die.
''Americans and Russians agreed on the split,while Koreans were not even invited to the meeting''
This piece of line explains everything.
True
Just like the Britishers did to India and Pakistan and Bangladesh
You will be suprise how japan annexed korea and try to remove korean culture before US and USSR involve
You don't understand how brutall japanese army are
If you blame US, i'm sorry my friend
SK PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO STARVED to death for communism
They rather be rich and happy with capitalism
@@לעזאזלעםגוביידן ummmmmmmm
@@לעזאזלעםגוביידן That's a reason for not reuniting but the catalyst to why they split in the first place is because of both USSR and US
because of WW2, after japan lost, the soviet union took half, and the US to the other half. You're welcome.
Oopsitsdeleted • 92 Years and thank you
You saved me eleventeen minutes
Thank you
Should've split Japan instead
@@ericlee5513 why?
Why we find US in almost every conflict on this planet.
Not as much as UK tbh UK is yet the greediest country in the world since vikings ages.
Its only on the 20th and 21st. Maybe its a cycle, just like the roman and egyptian empires in the past. Survival of the fittest thing you know.
@@jaylovestesla1099 like father like son
(Usa and UK)
What about UK.
At least US was closest to justice among every other country involved.
"How can a country united so long can split so suddenly"
-India and Pakistan wants to know your location
That was religion issue I believe.
Yes...sweet sweet religion😝
@@blakekneegrow1960 that was partly religious. The main reason is the conflict between Jawaharlal Nehru and Jinna. Both wanted to be the prime minister of India and britishers just filled the ears of Jinna. For more information please refer the internet.
@@mayankmishra8013 Ghandi wanted JInnah as PM but nehru refused.There creating a distrust between the major community of the country i.e the Hindus and the Muslims..
India and pakistan was not a single country before British arrived. There are many country inside it which were conquered by british. Even when british left there are many independent country which later merge with either india or pakistan. For country like Jammu Kasmir they were still fighting to get it.
People always ask me if I am from South Korea or North Korea
You can't leave North Korea so what do you think?
Justin Son
Your from US. You posted it at a weird time
This comment is literally the most relatable comment I've ever seen.
Yeah people are dumb. North Koreans don't even have internet access like come on.
I had a professor who said he escaped from North Korea. He had to leave his family behind. Sad.
NORTH KOREA IS WORSE THAN CHINA.. NORTH KOREA THE SOLDIERS AND PRESIDENT NOT GONNA LET PEOPLES GO ANYWHERE THEY WILL STAY HERE ..
how can they divide something that not even theirs and didn't even bother to ask them weather they want this split or not.....some countries leader really think they run this earth😒
Some actually do :/
I agree
white privilege
Caukasians"""
@@jaxgambino1880 i think it is us
Imagine you’re having a cake and want to eat those alone then suddenly your neighboor from your left and right side barge into your House and then decide to share their piece in front of you without consulting you and then leave with each cake. Leaving you spechless.
Was it like that 😂
Replace “cake” with “family members” and you have a more accurate analogy.
MAKE SENSE HAHA
And then your neighbors keep boasting to you that they saved you from losing your whole cake to the other neighbor despite the fact you have no cake left.
Instead of imagining a cake, imagine you are abused and oppressed by the Japanese 🙃
"America wanted Korea to be democratic, so they disregarded them completely and installed a leader of their choice."
Because... contradicting yourself is art.
It’s not contradicting when it’s true
@@rem5373 it is contradicting even if its true, in fact its only contreadtiotry if its truw
I'd assume that the South Korean regime being anti-communist was more important to the Americans than being democratically elected at the time. Can't really blame them, imagine if a left-wing government that sympathized with or was made up primarily of communist infiltrators from the North came to power in the South.
Either way, South Korea is a democratic country today, unlike the North (or any other communist country for that matter). I'm glad the U.S. sent them down the right path, even if that did mean essentially mean installing a bit of an authoritarian to counteract the communist threat at the beginning. Totally worth it.
Well, Soviet did the same thing right?
I’m Korean (living in the south) I’ve never seen a video like this before. It’s so clear and accurately about how we got separated to two countries. I’m so happy that this channel is spreading this information to all the international subscribers. I’m just so happy about it!
Actually South Korea didn't win the war, the two split countries sign a treaty to stop it, they would return prisoners of war, live separate lives, etc. You can arguably say that the war is actually kind of going on until this day
Yes but the war has ended as of 27th April 2018 since the ceasefire on 27th July 1953
BeanHead it was an armistice they signed, not a treaty. A state of war still exists.
No one won.
BeanHead that’s because they didn’t sign a peace treaty, they did a ceasefire.
The war is over because if they were still at war the us will interfere
For anyone who want to hear some real opinions from South Korean -
Divided to 2 countries are our pain so far. It was even not our decision, so many families suddenly had to seperate regardless their intentions. It is tragedy. That is why even though we have been attacked by N.Korea (even until now sometimes), we keep trying to unify as one country as we were.
The sad thing is.... once we divided from 1953, as you might guess, many of them who left their family to other side have passed away and new generations who were born after 2000 don't wanna unification with N.Korea. becasue there is nothing anymore they can feel the kinship with N.Korea, also S.Korea has economy power more than 20 times stronger than N.Korea now. Who want to unification?
If we waste time like this, one day the opportunity to back to one country will be gone forever for sure. We were divided not because of our intention but other strong countries and their influence is still valid. As long as U.S don't agree, we won't be back together. It is getting more complicated to say "S.Korea hate N.Korea" or "S.Korea want to be together with N.Korea". In my case, I feel both.
I don’t think there would be a democracy once they both unite.
The infographics show: “Why did Korea split???” Answer: “WIX”
*Hellbent would like to know your location*
What do you mean???🤨🤨🤨
@@maryamvibes1322 Ever watched Super Planet Dolan?
chaotixninja5 no I haven’t
@@chaotixninja5 my location is I am right now above the ground and below the sky AKA Nagaland-Kohima(Merhulietsa or paramedical colony house no. 114)thank you
Idk why you want my location but any ways thanks for even asking 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
Last year, when I I visited DMZ and JSA, the South Korean tour guide said they wished one day NK and SK could be united again. I was deeply touched by the willingness to reunite
True. They should be. USA is the cause of poor North korea
Most South Koreans nowadays care more about themselves than reunification. The only thing stopping it is the Kim family in North Korea
This video incorrectly says that NK and SK are enemies, it’s just the Kim family/communist regime vs. Koreans.
Isn't youtube banned in china?
Trang Nguyen don't hate US you vietnamese
Because North was scared of Gangnam Style
Oh shit...
Whoop, whoop
Good memories :)
Oppa Pyongyang Style!
Crap cringe
After watching Crash Landing on You. This hits differently
same~!
@@charityjohnson6202 also came after watching that
I wish you had stressed more on Japan’s involvement. Tensions between Japan and Korea are still pretty high to this day because of it. Mostly because of the fact that Japan colonised Korea for about 35 years but has never apologised for it and every time someone brings up Comfort Women, Japan gets really upset. Just recently San Francisco built a statue in tribute to Comfort Women and Osaka cut ties with the city completely. It’s interesting the while Germany and Japan were on the same side during WWII, they’ve taken completely different steps after the war.
acctuatly after that incident Japan's government received much criticism and they did made an apology they did however said they wont take any legal responsibility for it claiming they already settled with the victims during the peace trinity in the 60's which is hard to believe but they were finally pushed to at least open a fund for female victims for South Korea relates and descendants of Comfort Women
They've never apologised in a proper and sincere way to the victims and the Prime minister and politicians in Japan visit Yaskuni shrine each year where they honour 2.5m Japan's war dead including excited war criminals. Need not say more how deceptively blind Japanese are about their sins.
@@sweee4586 Let's blame that to their religion, shall we? They have 2 religion they'd believe in: Shintoism and Budhism. Both are giving significance to having power and be a 'god' - achieving high. Hence, the suicidal cases. _Japan is fvcked up, bro. I don't know where to start with it._
Lauren can we be friends i also think like this oneee
What Japan did to Korea is a colonization, NOT a war. And as for colonization, not only Japan but also the other ex-great powers, EVEN GERMANY, have neither apologized nor compensated for their past colonizations. Lauren, you need to learn more basic things about it.
Long answer: this video
Short answer: Americans
Korea didn't even have a say in ANYTHING. My family was split up because we didn't have time to get together. I also wish they mentioned Japan more.
The Japanese treated Koreans as "second class citizens". Now that's a great example of an understatement.
Hmm.. i'm just looking at another keaboo who gets involved in everything related to korean History and give out their baseless comments.
@@sjna3493 that's why i called it baseless. I'm an Indian in Japan. Don't worry mate. Our history is taught in more detail than you think. Lol.. Chinese suffered a lot under the Japanese. If i were to rank countries under colonial rule on the basis of how much they suffered, Korea would be placed at rock bottom of the list.
@@skiran69 Nice, would you put Alaska as number 1 on that list? Also, sorry about your prime minister. Tho, I suppose some other ultranationalist would replace him, right?
@@bobmcmac6281 maybe african countries and South American countries. Even India suffered more than South Korea. The Europeans and Americans were even worse.
@@skiran69 I know that, but I assume that you have a japanese citizenship.
Who came here after watching Crash Landing On You?
Me! And now I'm trying to learn if surviving in North Korea is possible in that manner
and yeah i came here after watching CLOY
Opps,, U got me😂😂
Nah got here after watching Doctor Stranger.
Me...... I watched it and I think it's about time the two countries merged together.........plus I cried the whole time
If only they used WIx none of this would've happened
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the South Korea and North Korea is only one.. divided only by politics. they will become 1 unified Korea one day. the Same with unified Germany.
Beautiful dream-er... Wait unto meeee
The only reason East and West Germany reunified is because the East German economy collapsed, there was a mass uprising, and Eric Honecker (the East German dictator) and the Stasi (the East German secret police) fled for their lives.
West Germany then swept in and took everything over in order to prevent a humanitarian crisis and lawless failed-state from forming on their border.
(It was essentially a "peaceful conquest" )
That's what would have to happen for the 2 Koreas to unite like Germany did.
Minus the violence
Germany will start WW3. I know it.
Wow, it's like youre telling us how simple it would be to tell kim to Give up his regime, and just become a mere politician. Coz obviously, a country would only survive as a capitalist. Regime would never sacrifice its power thats been going for decades. He even brainwashed its people that anything they have right now is because of their surpreme leader.
Korea was just unlucky to be in the middle of two struggling potencies...
8:19
Defeated North? That would imply South won war which was not the case. Nobody won and it was just a sad war that could have been avoided. Stop with propaganda and speak facts.
THat's totally true. If the south side win, how could the 38th line unchanged. Stupid propaganda
The North invaded and fought to have control of SOUTH Korea. The south prevented that, therefore the South did win and prevented the North from taking over their country. But yes all war is sad
@@RealityHurts923
North also prevented American invasion and capitulation from so both North and South prevented their ultimate defeat from one another which in definition is called stalemate and not true victory for any side.
There has been no peace treaty and the war is still active and ongoing there was a ceasefire signed that was all
To be fair, they're trying to fit the entire North/South Korean history in 9 minutes. If I recall, NK invaded SK and with the help of the Americans the South was able to push back into the NK territory. However, as NK was pushed closer to the Chinese border, the Chinese entered the war and assisted the NKs. There was a lot of back and forth until armistice was signed. While they may not have disclosed the entire truth, I doubt they had any ill intention with their statements.
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"As some historian say that Japanese treated them(Koreans) like a second class citizens" is a serious understatement for the human rights violation and the effort in crushing and eradicating traditional cultures and the language. All countries who faced annexation by Japan prior to the liberation in WW-2 could attest treacherous period of time they experienced under their rule.
all of weak were victims of stronger in jungle law of that time.
Well said. It is shocking this was said in the video and is a major error that needs to be fixed. Typical Western ignorance.
Your right,
Japan treated Koreans like dirt on their shoes
and even now in 2019. it still hurts.
@Madalin Grama economic development during the Japanese colonization can be said to have laid the foundation for future growth in several respects. And reason of current Japan Korean relationship is due to the Korean government's violence of International law of 1965 treaty between Japan and Korea
Japan just went for revenge. As stated Korea was part of imperial china back then.
Imagine ur home being spilt without your consent
Austria had that happen for a while, Germany for decades.
@@thunderbird1921 They were some of the main powers of the losing side of the war. Korea wasn't even involved, unless you count providing supplies to the Japanese Empire as being involved.
Imagine kim jong un dancing gangam style but it was called Pyongyang style.
To erase the image from ir head costs one like
Krishna Karanam he cant even stand up if he tried 😂
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I don’t want to erase this
1. Wrong Chinese flag at the time
2. You drew the 38th parallel wrong
3. Nobody lost it was a stalemate
4. *Who asked?*
@@kaiakk727k 5. Ratio + L + job + cope
The biggest mistake is Japanese treated Koreans like second class citizens
My World Geography teacher is making us watch this. Ms. Frost, if you see this, I already watch this channel on a daily basis so thank you for making a quiz over this video.
America and Japan starts fighting
Korea :- My time has come.
Can we all just appreciate for a second how smooth that transition was from this video's topic to the advertisement at the very end
Yeah, it sure did give me a "wait, what?" moment.
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So many errors in this video. Use of wrong flags and national boundaries of the past not represented when discussing that era. Depicting Imperial China with communist flag and Mao suits, Tsarist Russia with soviet buildings. End of WWII also fumbled.
Tim Carpenter agreed
According to this Britain wasn’t an ally
Wow you completely missed how Japan ruled over Korea...and what type of hellish shit we went through.
3:43
@@user-tq8vd2xj6z yeah I know. They didn't go into detail.
One of my problems with the video is that they didn't get the original 38th parallel border right. Instead, when they explained the 38th parallel border, they show someone drawing the current one. before the war, the border was a straight horizontal line.
The video was mostly about why Korea is split, not how Korea was under Japan's rule.
Thought they should make a separate video of that, barely any videos out there about Korea under Japan's rule.
Here i m crying for koreans when i m not even korean😭😭😭
South Koreans are better off now then they were under the Japanese Empire. South Korea is thriving
@@Hjw511 yall do realize that probs half of north koreans don't wanna be there right? I hope north koreas "government" falls and south korea can invade them and help them.
@@moonsubs3179 Impossible. If North Korea's government falls, it'd be part of China, not South Korea. Kim technically sold his country to China and there's nothing the South can do about it.
so sweet☺️☺️thank you for crying for koreans...
SAME
About the US protecting Korea part... Here are 3 reason why North-Korea does not like the US:
1.- In 1866 a steam boat (General Sherman) was sent to sack Korean Royal Tombs
2.- Shinmiyangyo (1871) Noth-Korea did not want foreing ships traveling their waters, so the US felt the need to send an expedition that ended killing 200 people only 3 of them from the US
3.- The hostilities between URSS & USA , took the life of more than 5 million people in North-Korea, 20% of them were killed by the US air force with bombs and napalm
The simple truth is, Rusia and USA, (comunism and capitalism) split Korea
Alberto Mora URRS xd
You brought up 2 examples from 150 years ago. Your 3rd example was from 70 years ago. Everyone who experienced that is long dead. A World War ended and no one was going to start up a new one fighting over one small country that had no army, allies or resources. The world isn't fair, if you try to carve everything up equally and give everyone a fair share it's called Communism. It never works out once scaled to a certain size.
@@DoomFinger511 if you don't want this guy to carve them up, can you make South Koreans shut up for crimes of Japanese imperial army on Korean during the WW2? For sure you can't! You see those Koreans people today are still suffering from this facts.
@@vattanaktv5082 Kim Jong-un will never be able to expand North Korea. More then likely there will be some "Berlin wall falling" moment in the distant future and South Korea will assimilate North Korea. They'll still end up getting used by more powerful counties. EVERY country has been "abused" by some other country in their history. Eventually enough time goes by that they stop bitching about it.
Onion Pie the URSS abbreviation is correct in some languages tho
5:04
The 38th parallel wasn't like that during the division of the borders, it only changed after the Korean War. The original borders of North and South Korea was just a straight line.
At some point, I only can feel irony. Can you imagine how many families and relative separate by this?
If South Korea brings kpop inside North Korea, I think they'll stop with all this
Because the entire of NKorea would kill themselves
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Dank Matter I used to listen to K-pop 5 years ago but I stopped now it sucks nowadays
They tried.. they also played kpop songs at border and this actually influenced some n.koreans to escape
They did have a kpop concert in North Korea, a lot of the north koreans at the concert looked disgusted lol
*watches video intensely for a history test* “-but one thing we guarantee, is you won’t hate wix.” *throws table*
I am a South Korean and I am hope that one day we get united
3:50 "This wasn't exactly great news for many Koreans because some historians say the Japanese treated them like second class citizens."
*UNDERSTATEMENT OF THE YEAR* Japan tortured and killed the Koreans they took over. They treated Koreans like the Nazis treated their prisoners, even conducting gruesome experiments on them as if they were animals. They then attempted to wipe out Korean culture, burning documents, forcing Koreans to speak Japanese, and changing their names. Because of this, a lot of Korea's history was forgotten and remains unknown to this day. So yeah, we can all agree that Japan kindly treated the Korean people as if they were "second class citizens."
So South Korea is also quite mysterious.
@@JamaicaZ160R1793010A no, wtf? It’s very clear what the Japanese had done to the Koreans. Nothing’s mysterious
@@KoreaNumberOne You misread. Not what the Japanese did. The Korean culture before the Japanese conquested them.
@@JamaicaZ160R1793010A oh mb… it’s not all that mysterious for me as I’m a Korean myself… you should do some research on it if you’d like
@@KoreaNumberOne You see. It is different as you're a South Korean thus I'm sure most expect you to know. I just might see what I can find as long as it's not too obscured.
I have a dream that one day North Korea and South Korea will become one big Korea
Hopefully, but with no communism
I doubt it. But I'm hoping for peace for the both of them.
Not any time soon. NK is an excellent buffer for China to keep SK and the USA off their border.
Tank Tribe with communism
They did once, in 1945, they were a socialist country, until United States invade them.
I'm from Korea, the japanese treated koreans so bad that when the japanese said they wouldn't put you in jail if you agreed that korea was supposed to be japanese, but many people (pretty much everyone) decided jail was better than that.
Chinese here, can relate.
Never ever have i thought that you could slide that ad so smoothly.
I'm a South Korean and I want North Korea and South Korea to be reunited but there are so many problems for us to reunite..
Several inaccuracies here, I'll note out one. The 38th Parallel is NOT the same as the Armistice Line. Most of the time when you mention the 38th Parallel, the figure shows the Armistice Line. The 38th Parallel was literally a straight line drawn at the latitude of 38 degrees, which was used 1945-1950.
I had never seen the North Korean flag before
I got lucky enough to live in Korea for 2 years. Beautiful country, awesome people, great food, etc....hope I get the chance to go back someday.
plot twist: you lived in north korea
@@emelieyeee1139 bahaha, and Kim jong un us holding a gun at their head
Which korea? Be more specific please
@@emelieyeee1139 bruh
@@user-Nerd72ekd82kw it’s obviously south. You dont even need to explain, its literally common semse
India went through something similar. Overnight the country was split into India and Pakistan and people had to cross the borders. It was the toughest time for Indians. Although it may never be possible now for our countries to unify, and there being not much point in it. The pakisthanis have indian roots and culture. They'll always be our brothers and sisters.
Yea sadly there is only more division in recent years through religion politics
I wish that they would reunite. Both countries have one nation and great potential to doing big in our world.
FINALLY the video I was looking for....thank you for not just reading a korean war history book, and actually what caused the war and the complexities behind it .
*Introducing Korean history*
*shows 'sea of japan'*
Because that's what most of the world calls it. If Japan wasn't there, there wouldn't be a sea, would there? It would simply be the Pacific Ocean. Japan's existence separates that body of water from the larger ocean, creating a distinct sea behind it, hence Sea of Japan. Plus, calling it East Sea doesn't really make sense to anyone but Korea since the sea isn't to the east of them. Bad luck.
@@diamondgeezer5983 I'm a Korean and I think you're right. Calling it 'sea of Japan' doesn't mean anything. It near to Japan and considering the influence Japan has over the world it's understandable that people refers it as 'sea of Japan'. The thing that really bothers us is the problem of a small island called Dokdo. South Korea has control of it but Japan claims it's Japanese territory. Koreans just couldn't imagine Dokdo inside sea of Japan. It has to be Dokdo in East sea. I don't care if the world calls it sea of Japan, but many Koreans think if we let them call it sea of Japan they might as well take Dokdo from us too.
@@허윤형-v7b totally agreed, very well explained!!!
@@허윤형-v7b 캬 짜란다짜란다
For some info, until the 19th century it was actually called the Sea of Korea 😂
So basically Russia, China, Japan wanted Korea and USA didn’t like that then they owned South Korea and soviet Russia owned the north until they declared independence.
2:10 Wow! Japan had computers already in 1880!
3:28 this part is boring for some foreigners, but as a Korean, it is very sad to skip.
In 1894, there was a revolution of the lower class peasants in Korea. At that time, the royal family of Joseon (the pre-Korean kingdom) had no power to stop it, so they requested the Qing dynasty army. For Japan, this was a great opportunity to send troops to Joseon. Because in the past treaties between Japan and Joseon, it was stated that troops could be stationed for the safety of Japanese residents in Chosun.
However, the'Donghak' revolutionary army knew the danger of this and dissolved it. The Joseon Dynasty's royal family requested that the foreign army that lost their purpose to return to their home country, but they did not keep it. The Japanese forces occupied the royal palace, kidnapped the king, and demanded a policy of modernization. It was the mistake of the king, who failed to resolve the conflict with his own people and tried to push it down with foreign troops.
Afterwards, Japanese troops attacked ships carrying the Qing Dynasty's troops in Joseon by surprise. After that, the battle between the Qing Dynasty and the Japanese army was automatically fought in the land of Joseon. because of the treaty and request of foolish royal family, we could not prevent the wars of other countries from being fought in our country. and they both have the purpose to colonize Joseon, so we had no profit from that war. It makes me resent as a Korean to pass through this sad history in just a few seconds in the video.
Crash landing on you kdrama had me searching on this 🤩
Same 😅
"America wanted Korea to be democratic so they disregarded them completely and installed a leader of their choice."
Koreans to americans : you keep using that word but i dont think you know what it means
This guy is promoting his country without agreeing to their faults
Looool so true 🤣
@Leader of Bears ikr
True, but if Americans didn’t do what they did, then the Soviets, China and Japan would’ve done way worse. At least now South Korea gets to be independent.
5:10 that’s not the 38th parallel, the 38th parallel is a straight line that’s the post war border, jeez this video is so misinformed
Actually I found so many misinformation from this video as well... lol
If you want accurate information the infographic show is not your channel, I have also spotted a lot of misinformation in many other videos
My dad is Chinese and my mom is Korean. I was born in the US. But I wish that North and South could trust each other. And that'll take a long time. But if the two countries are reunified, think how much happier the people would be. Especially North Koreans who don't even know what's happening outside their country.
Thats a pipe dream. We are getting further and further away from that generation while the younger generation don’t care about reunification. More importantly, South Korea is an economic power. If both Koreas were to reunite, South Korea would have to pay for everything. At this point, it doesnt make sense for them to reunite with North Korea.
That’s a bit naive. Ship has sailed awhile ago, sadly. 😢
Why didn't Korea have a say to the 38th Parallel?.. So many people were affected by the decisions others made for them..
the same way like how Africa and the Middle East were parted, they were just colonized, hence uninvolved.
Losers can't say shit. Power does the talking in war!
Grace Park at that time who were these korean leaders who didn't took part on what's messing up in their country and just let the US and the USSR/China and the UN didn't interfere either and yes you're right
Because it would have complicated things. Both powers just wanted to move on and deal with other issues from the aftermath of WWII. Russia and the US both fought on the same side so neither one could say the other didn't deserve compensation. Korea was just spoils of the war. Korea was screwed no matter what, if the Axis powers won then Japan would own them instead.
It was always white people got involved in everything, ugh. Colonisation to this. SMH
I love how they forgot to mention that the reason the we withdrew to the demarcation line and called for a cease fire was because we came too close to the Chinese border and the Chinese pushed us and our allies all the way back. We pretty much lost that war and to save face setup a cease fire.
That begs the question, why didn't the US declare war on China? and why didn't the US drop the bomb to finish the North Korean regime once and for all which would've saved the lives of so many people down the road?
I hope those two countries will reunited one day as one country. Besides Korea don't deserve to be split apart like West and East Germany.
yeah i wish that as well. Issue is Kim Jong Un is a too strong believer in communism and won't give it up. Until he dies Korea will remain separate. It's sad but it'll be like 40 or more years till Korea will be able to reunify as one nation
I’d say a few years as long as people helping keep doing whatever they are. It seems to be working and I haven’t heard of any Korean complaints about foreign assistance.
The new South Korean generation is not interested in unification anymore, Actually many youngsters are quite against the idea!
자본주위사회에서돈없스면죄인이다 !!!! what do you mean by that
Starts with an ad, ends with an ad. Amazing but not well played. smh
Damn that transition into the ad was so smooth
Hahahahaha
This is why I hate war. I couldnt imagine the grief people felt being separated from their loved ones and dying never being able to reconnect.
No wonder now Korea has a rule at a certain age have to go to the ARMY
Most countries had national service after ww2. I’m from the uk and my grandad and his brother both did national service in the 50s. Korea didn’t get rid of theirs, I don’t know why (haven’t got to that lesson yet in gcse history, we’ve only done one lesson of it) but it’s probably due to not having a large enough regular army (whereas in the uk we do and ditched national service after we did)
Because people didn't know if communism or capitalism was a better idea.
Gy001
Communism
@@miles8133 *mass starvation intensifies*
Whats the diffence?
@@TheAazah Capitalism- A few turn filthy rich the majority is poor and the rest is in between those extremes.
Communism- In theory everyone is equal however in reality few turn filthy rich the rest is poor and starves. The only thing that are truly for everone are purges ordered by your glorious leader.
Master Chief a combination of both would probably be best
The fact it was America who thought of the idea to split the country 😞😒
It was the most likely out come similar to the splitting of Germany.
Truman apparently though it was a BRILLIANT idea to ask Stalin to help with Japan and allow him to occupy northern Korea in return. SURELY he wouldn't abuse his power and force communism on them! /s What were our leaders thinking in 1945?!
lol they were dealing with the soviets who was another superpower at that time did you even watch the video?
America is pretty much the only reason why South Korea is independent now. Without the US involvement, we would now have one big North Korea. I think their involvement made the outcome better for everyone, at least this way, less Koreans have to suffer the North Korean regiment.
I want to correct you on some things. First, the 38th Parallel and the DMZ has different border. After the war, the border changed from 38th Parallel to the DMZ. It's not the same. Second, technically, they're still in war until now since no peace treaty signed. So there's no winner in Korean War. Third, there's speculation that the SK made the first attack by invading Haeju near the 38th parallel.
This is just disrespect yOU DONT KNOW WHY WE SPLIT ME AND SOUTH KOREA WERE DATING THEN WE HAD SOME ISSUES AND ITS TOO SAD TO EXPLAIN
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You missed two very important points. 1. North and South Korea signed an armistice agreement in 1953 -- not a peace treaty. Armistice means they agreed to stop fighting, but that doesn't mean the war has officially ended.
2. You also call it the "Korean War". Officially, the US government doesn't consider it a war per se but a U.N. security enforcement action. The US Congress never officially declared war.
99.9% of Americans call it the Korean War so by de facto standards, it is.
One fact that makes Korea angry is that the Soviet ran into war with Japan only few weeks before WW2 ended. They declared war on Japan right before Japan got nuclear-bombed and surrendered. That's partly because the Soviets knew Japan's defeat is obvious and they wanted some crops out of east asia after the war. But the reason why Soviet did not declare war on Japan at the early times of the war in the first place is something else. They did not want war with Japan initially. Germany was enough for them. But when the war was closing to its end, the US and the allies found landing on Japan was too risky. Japan's defeat was so obvious, but Japan did not surrender believing the Japanese people's samurai souls are so strong that it can overcome economical and mechanical inferiority. They kept the war longer and longer than they were capable of. That's why the US finally chose to bomb them with nuclear weapons. But the decision they made before the nuclear bombs was making Soviet declare war on Japan so that they could fear another additional enemy, and then surrender to the US to protect itself from communist Soviet. So Japan's irresponsible and irrational hesitation of surrender made Soviet invasion right before the end of the war, making an excuse to the Soviet to demand something in Korean peninsula. So Japan is partially responsible for the division.
What is worse is that Japan tried to destroy institutions and manufacturing basis they built on the Korean peninsula as much as possible before they surrender and leave the peninsula. Reducing future risk of Korea becoming strong and invading Japan is understandable, but not acceptable. Colonizing a neighbor country massacring people and drafting all the golds out of it devastated the country. When they leave the country, they destroy everything because they hate them? That's worst. Korea started from the bottom after the Korean war. Unlike how Japan claims they contributed to Korea's modernization, Korea started from stone age all over again in the 60s.
Descendants of the Sun was amazing and the brotherly relationship between the main lead and that North Korean army man was really cool. (Sorry I watched it a year ago and forgot the names. There were 3 army men, the main lead, second lead, and the North Korean man. )
Soon joong ki ? He's main lead of another drama named Vincenzo
I find this video very informative and educating. Well done.
lmao they just are divorced
And I married with ur wife...wish us...happy night😂😂😂 (sarcasm
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I didn’t know how angry this would make me lol
The 38th parallel was a straight line though, the current Korean borders were created as the result of the armistice, not before.
I know this is like SUPER simplified history but I have learned so much more watching your videos than any semester long class, Lol
"Make site, not war."
Marketing strategy.
5:29 how did roosevelt agree to the 38th parallel when the war ended if he was dead?
How come Germany was also divided between the Soviets and the capitalists but somehow got united in the end? Because for a long time living conditions in eastern Germany was very similar to North Korea in comparison to the west that was controlled by America. Can you make a video on the fall of Berlin Wall and how Germany didn’t turn out the way Korea did?
I know your comment is 2 years old now, lol. But I think the fall of Berlin wall was an accident. Apparently, the soldiers misheard a command they received and thought that it said “destroy the wall” so they began destroying it. The wall was never actually meant to be taken down.
7:48 this is litereally the most controversial thing you've ever said
1:11 made me laugh a little bit xD. I'm not Korean, but I'm currently studying Korean, and just so you're aware, "여보세요" is only used when saying "Hello?" on the phone.
"안녕하세요" is the generic, polite "Hello." or "안녕" for short if you're speaking casually.
It's a small point, but it'd be a bit awkward in spoken Korean. It'd kinda be like the equivalent of someone walking up to you in person and saying "Who is it?" instead of "Hello."
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I just want north and South Korea should be together again
I mean no kim jong un might be the leader no just no
no i dont want to, their economy discrepancy just too high
No, without that fattie grumpy cranky robot machine leader without him… yes I want North and South Korean reunited again and yes!!
btw silla did NOT last untill 1945.
timetable
Silla: 57BC ~ 935 AD
Goryeo: 918AD ~ 1392AD
Joseon: 1392 AD ~ 1897AD
Japan rules untill 1945AD
1:09 those Korean words are wrong. No Korean would say that to each other on the streets...unless you're on the phone and answering it
@J.P. Mallick it means 'Hello', but they only use it when they answer a phone.
i was just about to say that.
@@darshanakashyap1875 I've also seen it used when people are calling out to someone but they don't know who. Like when they enter a dark room and they think someone is hiding in there. So it seems to be like "Hello? (Is someone there and if so, who?)"
for weebs, 여보세요 yeoboseyo is equivalent to japanese moshi moshi
여보세요 = Ahoy; Hello; "(You) (over) there, look (here)". This is what you would use to call someone over from a distance, and it is used when you answer the phone. So yes, it is wrong.
They split every country of whom they feel threat..hence divide and rule 😐
Korea
Germany
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@Leader of Bears blame the brits and Muslims from India.
That wix advertising at the end tho 🔥🔥
My grandfather was a staff Sargent in the Korean War he fought the Chinese he was in the frozen chosen for the US Army he was also in WW2 but he got major PTSD after the Korean War it really messed with his mind ...
JustAbrit hope ur grandfather doing ok I couldn’t imagine having to fight in ww2 then years later fight in the Korean war
Why?
Wow I hope ur grandpa is ok I can’t imagine fighting in WW2 then the Korean War!
Everyone in korea in that age and alittle below are still messed up. I feel it when i talk to them, its too sad
Man, just trying to understand how the Korean people feel after having experienced all this? What brave and tolerant people. ❤ to you all Korea ❤❤❤
Thank you for making a video about this! Now I understand why North Korea is so communist and how South Korea is more democratic it’s because the usa took South Korea and Russia took North Korea. It’s so amazing that you made a video about this to international people because it explains why they even separated and how the international world tried to help get them back together. At least China and the USA tried getting them back together I would want them back together then the whole country could be Democratic again
South Korea was actually a brutal dictatorship until 1988.
The way that plug at the end was slid in was hilarious
This year, in September, the South Korean President Moon Jae-in also visited Pyongyang and gave a speech of unification and peace to 150,000 North Korean citizens and had a summit with Kim Jong-un.
That ad at the end is so smooth. 🤣
No its not
that segue into Wix was F*king Pro Level!
And people pay the price... I have watched a video wherein families from north korea and south korea reunited for almost 65 years after the war... it was totally heartbreaking.. I hope the countries will unify- if not, atleast let these families contact each other across boarders