COLD WAR ERA
IMPACT OF COLD WAR
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18 parallel
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34 parallel
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38 parallel
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15 parallel
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Detailed explanation-1: -38th parallel, popular name given to latitude 38° N that in East Asia roughly demarcates North Korea and South Korea. The line was chosen by U.S. military planners at the Potsdam Conference (July 1945) near the end of World War II as an army boundary, north of which the U.S.S.R.
Detailed explanation-2: -Since U.S. policy toward Korea during World War II had aimed to prevent any single power’s domination of Korea, it may be reasonably concluded that the principal reason for the division was to stop the Soviet advance south of the 38th parallel.
Detailed explanation-3: -Today, the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), the 160-mile long border that splits the peninsula at the 38th parallel, is the closest Americans can get. Though just 30 miles north of Seoul, the DMZ has been called the most volatile place in the world, but hundreds of thousands visit every year.