Korean War Flashcards
How did the korean war begin?
North and South korea: a civil war, a struggle with no possible compromise between the competeting visions for koreas future
North vs South viewpoints
North: A single-party state that controlled all economic assets and all aspects of people’s lives led by three dictators
South- the republic of Korea (ROK) had a western-style constitution and christian capitalist orientation and the support of the united states and United nations
What are the four phases of the war?
North Korea and Communist forces attacks south korea
South Korea attacks North Korea with the help of UN and US
North Korea attacks south korea again
North and Soouth divide
How did North Korea’s ideas on government start shifting?
ll-Sung slowly shifted away from Soviet socialism and replaced it with his own political philosiphy, Juche
What is Juche?
Self-reliance.
It is an idea that a country can succeed without any military or economic help from foreign powers.
Policy since 1972
