june 25 marks the 70th anniversary of the Korean War — it is perhaps the conflict paid the least attention in contemporary history. As such, it is also known as the “Forgotten War” or the ...

The film details the events leading to the Korean War, beginning with the division of Korea at the 38th parallel after Japan's surrender in 1945. It highlights the political tensions between the ...

Like any war, the history is complicated, but it was basically fought between the US-backed forces in the South and the communist China-backed forces in the North.

The Korean War was wedged between World War II and Vietnam -- and often gets lost to history. Here's everything you need to know.

On the night of June 30, 1950, Lt. Col. Charles B. Smith was asleep in his quarters at Camp Woods near Kumamoto, Japan, when he received a phone call. “The lid has blown off. Get on your clothes ...

One joint U.S.-Korean army unit, later dubbed Task Force MacLean after one of its commanders, was almost completely wiped out, with as much as 95% of the force killed, wounded, or captured.

The history of the Korean War – like the entire Cold War – is an international history. Using declassified material from the U.S. archives, ...

This history’s resonance is profound for the author: "My father was a war refugee," she tells BBC Culture. "He lost his entire family in 1950 when he was a 16-year-old boy.

T hough the Korean War started on this day 65 years ago—June 25, 1950—when North Korean tanks crossed the 38th parallel, ... This was the fastest amphibious landing in history.

Cumings takes a broad view of his subject, covering not just the Korean War itself but also its origins in civil strife before and during the U.S. occupation, the political and cultural drivers of U.S ...

Former South Korean Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn in a Facebook post on Oct. 21 criticized the academy’s decision to remove the Korean War history course from its curriculum in 2019 and said ...

During the three-year war, history would repeatedly be made. From the amphibious landing at Inchon to the first time jet aircraft engaged in battle, here are six historical moments of the Korean ...