POST WAR WORLD 1946 1959
KOREAS PARTITION
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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1 in 10 [1.3 million] died.
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Much industry was destroyed
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Millions of people became refugees
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The chance to join the UN Security Council
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Detailed explanation-1: -Korean civilian casualties-dead, wounded and missing-totalled between three and four million during the three years of war (1950-1953). The war was disastrous for all of Korea, destroying most of its industry. North Korea fell into poverty and could not keep up with South Korea’s economic pace.
Detailed explanation-2: -Nearly 5 million people died. More than half of these–about 10 percent of Korea’s prewar population–were civilians. (This rate of civilian casualties was higher than World War II’s and the Vietnam War’s.) Almost 40, 000 Americans died in action in Korea, and more than 100, 000 were wounded.
Detailed explanation-3: -Huge numbers of South Koreans fled south in mid-1950 after the North Korean army invaded. By spring 1951, the U.S.-led U.N. command estimated 5 million South and North Koreans had become refugees.