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Welcome ceremony for the Red Army in Pyongyang, 1945. The Soviet Union had provided much support to North Korea during the Cold War.. Soviet troops invaded the Japanese colony of Korea in 1945; by agreement with the U.S., the 38th parallel was the dividing line with Moscow in charge to the north and Washington to the South.
The history of North Korea began with the end of World War II in 1945. The surrender of Japan led to the division of Korea at the 38th parallel, with the Soviet Union occupying the north, and the United States occupying the south. The Soviet Union and the United States failed to agree on a way to unify the country, and in 1948, they established ...
North Korea, [ c] officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea ( DPRK ), [ d] is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the northern half of the Korean Peninsula and borders China and Russia to the north at the Yalu (Amnok) and Tumen rivers, and South Korea to the south at the Korean Demilitarized Zone.
STORY: [THE GROWING TIES BETWEEN RUSSIA AND NORTH KOREA]North Korea is cashing in on Moscow’s need for friends.As Russia’s isolation over its war in Ukraine continues to grow, it has seen ...
The North Korea–Russia border, according to the official Russian definition, consists of 17.3 kilometres (10.7 mi) of "terrestrial border" [ 1] and 22.1 km (12 nautical miles) of "maritime border". It is the shortest of the international borders of Russia. [ 2]
Kim Il Sung. Kim Il Sung[ d] ( / kɪm ɪlˈsʌŋ, - ˈsʊŋ /; [ 4] Korean : 김일성, Korean pronunciation: [kimils͈ʌŋ]; born Kim Sung Ju; [ e][ 5] 15 April 1912 – 8 July 1994) was a North Korean politician and the founder of North Korea, which he led as Supreme Leader from the country's establishment in 1948 until his death in 1994.
Leningrad State University. Academic work. Discipline. International relations, Korean studies. Main interests. Korean history. Andrei Nikolaevich Lankov ( Russian: Андре́й Никола́евич Ланько́в; born 26 July 1963) is a Russian scholar of Asia and specialist in Korean studies [ 2] and Director of Korea Risk Group, the ...
North Korea portal; Russia portal; Politics portal "From N. Korea to Siberia, One Man's 15-Year Odyssey", Chosun Ilbo, 2008-12-10. A three-part article about a North Korean logger who escaped from a work camp in Siberia. Smith, Shane (2011-12-21), "North Korean Labor Camps", Vice Magazine, archived from the original on 2014-10-12.