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The Korean war started on 2 different ways of life clashing, and these two are Communism and Capitalism. The US took over south of Korea after Japan lost the war and Russia took over the north after Japan's surrender. They were bordered off by the 38th parallel. In the beginning of both North and South economy were reversed with the North having a booming economy, and the South having a bad economy. Yet skirmishes had already been happening on the 38th parallel, but neither Soviet Union nor America had joined, until the North had pushed back the South all the way to the end of the peninsula in 1950. Then, The UN(United Nations) got in and pushed back the North all the way past Seoul, South Capitol when they jumped in and pushed back to the …show more content…

The time between talk of peace and actually peace occurred would be long time except for 2 things President Eisenhower and Joseph Stalin’s death. Stalin wanted to continue the war but his death jetted things into action. Eisenhower wanted the men in Korea to come home. The armistice was signed in July and peace had finally came upon Korea.
[The US and North Korea have been in a political feud since the 1950s. The US has been like a ´big brother´ to South Korea, during the Korean War. As for the US, hatred was standing upon them from North Korea, because the US helped out the South. During the Korean War, 1.6 million civilians were killed from both the North and South. The US supported South Korea, because the US couldn’t let the USSR, or Soviet Union, and Communism to spread.
The US is concerned about North Korea, because of the way President Donald Trump has been speaking towards them. President Trump has been acting ‘tough’ towards North Korea, pushing them forward to attack the US. When North Korea announced its plan to fire missiles to Guam, it was supposed to be a serious warning signal to the US. Also, for seven decades, North Korea has taught their civilians to hate Americans. Americans living in the USA should be concerned about what might happen in the future, if North Korea strikes.]

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