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English Social Studies 英语社会研习

Background 背景

Korean War, conflict between the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea) and the Republic of Korea (South Korea) in which at least 2.5 million persons lost their lives. The war reached international proportions in June 1950 when North Korea, supplied and advised by the Soviet Union, invaded the South. The United Nations, with the United States as the principal participant, joined the war on the side of the South Koreans, and the People’s Republic of China came to North Korea’s aid. After more than a million combat casualties had been suffered on both sides, the fighting ended in July 1953 with Korea still divided into two hostile states. Negotiations in 1954 produced no further agreement, and the front line has been accepted ever since as the de facto boundary between North and South Korea.

source from: Encyclopedia Britannica

Images 图片库

War-damaged Seoul

Williams captures a cityscape of bombed-out buildings in Seoul during the Korean War.

Traditional Korean sailboat in bay

A traditional Korean sailboat in a bay not far from land.

War ruins with arched entrance

This bombed out building has an arched entrance and appears overgrown with grass.

Soldiers giving food to Korean children through fence

Two staff sergeants with the U.S. Army passing food through a barbed wire fence to Korean children begging at the perimeter of a military

Tank crossing river in Korea

A U.S. M4 Sherman tank crosses a river during the Korean War.