POST WAR WORLD 1946 1959
KOREAS PARTITION
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Soviet Union/communist
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Soviet Union/democratic
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U.S.A./communist
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U.S.A./democratic
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Detailed explanation-1: -South Korea has a long military alliance with the United States, aiding the U.S. in every war since the Vietnam War, and most recently during the Iraq War. At the 2009 G20 London summit, U.S. President Barack Obama called South Korea “one of America’s closest allies and greatest friends."
Detailed explanation-2: -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.
Detailed explanation-3: -Concerned that the Soviet Union and Communist China might have encouraged this invasion, President Harry S. Truman committed United States air, ground, and naval forces to the combined United Nations forces assisting the Republic of Korea in its defense.
Detailed explanation-4: -The ROK, once a recipient of U.S. assistance in the years after the Korean War, has become a donor of development aid to other countries. Over the past several decades, the ROK has achieved a remarkably high level of economic growth and in 2019 was the United States’ sixth-largest goods trading partner.