The Korean War

After liberation from Japan, one people became two countries with different ideologies.

On June 26, 1950, one ethnic war broke out. 

It became a global war with many countries including the United States, the Soviet Union, and China participating.


Early on Sunday, June 25, 1950, the North Korean army crossed the 38th parallel and invaded the South.

The South Korean army continued to retreat in the sudden attack.

Four days after the war began, Seoul was taken away and the entire area except Gyeongsang Province was occupied by the North Korean military in just two months.

President.Lee called the United Nations for help.

General MacArthur made his landing in Incheon, crossed the 38th parallel, and continued to head north.

When China joined the war, Korea was deprived of Seoul.

So China and North Korea, the UN and the Republic of Korea continued to fight.

And the truce talks began in a bid to prevent further sacrifices.

The three-year war ended on July 27, 1953.

Millions of people were killed in the Korean War and all the facilities of the two Koreas, such as factories, railroads, and roads, were destroyed, becoming like the Paleolithic Age.

A peace agreement is needed to ensure that the war will no longer exist in South Korea. We must end the war.

Peaceful unification in Korea will achieve world peace 

And here is the beginning of peace.

A peace international law is needed for peace to occur and They must travel around the world and make peace agreements. 

Here is the messenger of peace. 

http://www.hwpl.kr/

 Here is the key to peace.

Is the Unification of Korean peninsula going on?

Is the unification of the Korean peninsula is going on or indefinite future?

Recently,  Many TV programs of South Korea are bring spotlight onto North Korea. Only a few years ago, we couldn't trust all of rumors about North Korea. Because source of rumor was kept a close secret.

However, Now, we can hear real news from North Korean defectors on TV. There are 26,483 of North Korean in South Korea (Ministry of Unification). I have North Korea friend either. So i asked her what i have been curious and got answers.

 

Some of rumors were true, some of them were exaggerated. But, important thing is that i didn't know well about North Korea even though I've hoped the unification of Korea Peninsula.

What is happening in Korea now is they started to learn about each other. Does it means Unification is happening or not?

A few months ago, i saw a woman defector of North Korea on TV. She said many North Koreans are watching South Korean drama secretly which is illegal. They like south Korean culture and their style have been in fashion in North. The unity of culture started.

Culture is a powerful means of accomplishing unification and peace.

If you look it up meaning of culture,

it is people's mind.

If you are not the person who are eligible to decide unification by law, what will you do for it?

When we have same mind and thoughts, it becomes a path to unification and peace.

What kind of culture is it? World peace will be achieved by new, beautiful, peaceful and heavenly culture.  

I asked one of my Germany friend, "When do you think unification of Korean Peninsula will be? His answer was, "Maybe not in our generation."


We are still young and we still have many chance to change it. I want to work with youth who have same culture such as 'We can change it whatever it is!'

Eventually, Peace is depends on people's mind.

A Korean War veteran, Man-Hee Lee

     Korea was a nation where is divided by South and North after the independence in 1945. The North got a military support from the Soviet Union and reinforced the military. On July 25^th 1950, the North Korean army ambushed South Korea. It was a tragic fratricidal war for Koreans. The situation was totally unfavorable for South Korea, but the UN supported South Korea and sent armies. 16 countries including US sent the army. South Korea had a narrow escape and got back some of the region of the Amnok river. However, the war continued for over 3 years. In this war, many young people even students attended as soldiers and sacrificed. Chairman Lee was also a Korean War veteran. He was at the front line of the battle and experienced the bitterness of war, so he made himself a promise to end all the war in the world and stop the sacrifice of young men; and became a peace activist. He erected a memorial stone of declaration of Korea unification at the Unification Observatory and in Imjingak. Every year, he celebrated the Memorial Day in June 25^th and prays for the repose of the soul of the victims. He is a true patriot and a peace lover. He never stops peace activity and service to the nation.

<The memorial stone of the Declaration of Korea Unification>

See you soon!

In this world, how many people have gone through in the war? And how many war happened in this world? Then, how about the world that we are living in now? Many countries have traces of wars that happened in their countries. Almost all the countries suffered from war. Because we have the memory of war in our minds and in our heart, all the people want peace not war.

 Korea is one of the countries that has a definite trace of the war. Since it is divided into the south and north, people can realize it easily. Strictly speaking, Korea is still in (the) war. We just temporarily stopped fighting. This is why the men over 20 must do the military service about for two years.

One of my friends went to the army for the service. After taking some examination of physical strength he went to the training school. But can you think of the stress he had before he went there? Because every men, except special circumstances has to go to the army for 2 years, suffers about the thinking that they are separated from the society during this period of time. They can’t call or meet their friends or family when they want to. They have to do the training and the entire course that is the army wants. Like a death –row convict, my friend was counting the day when he was out of society. After day by day he had to one by one say goodbye to his friends and the people that he cared. If you were in his shoes, what would you do? Just admit your situation? Well, like all Korean men, he is now serves the army as we speak.

On the other hand, military service in North Korea is a lot longer than the south. For ten years the North Koreans must serve their country. So, if a person goes to the army at 20, he will be back to the society when he is thirty. To sacrifice one’s youth is of course, meaningful but, if we had no war and peace in this peninsula, would this ever happen? Since we can’t change the past and the history, let us change the future by changing the present. Don’t you think living in a peace world, where you don’t have to worry about bullets flying around the air, can come? For all the youth that lives and will live in Korea, I hope there comes a day that Korea will be one. Also the custom going to the military will become a thing that happened in the past, so people will say like “There was a time when Korean men had to go to the military for two years.” And the listener will say, “Really? I can’t even think about it.” Hope Korea, and also other countries that is in war, can find and enjoy peace one day.

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