USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -The U.S. supported the Republic of Korea (commonly called South Korea), in repelling an invasion from the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (commonly called North Korea). The Korean War was a conflict that emerged after World War II. The Empire of Japan had occupied the Korean Peninsula during the war.

Detailed explanation-3: -The United Nations played a key role in the birth of the Republic of Korea through missions such as monitoring the first general election and other reconstruction programs. When the Korean War broke out in June 1950, the UN intervened by sending armed forces mandated by the Security Council Resolution 82.

Detailed explanation-4: -Foreign aid had a huge impact on Korea’s reconstruction and development; it raised to a large extent Korea’s capital stock primarily in human capital (education and health) and basic physical infrastructure (roads, railways, power, water, and sanitation); and it provided critical loans to finance industrialization.