Korean War
1950–1953
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• Oct. 23, 2024, 5:57 AM ET (BBC)
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• Oct. 21, 2024, 11:39 PM ET (BBC)
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• Oct. 16, 2024, 5:39 AM ET (BBC)
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• Oct. 5, 2024, 11:10 PM ET (The Indian Express)
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Korean War, conflict between the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea) and the Republic of Korea (South Korea) in which at least 2.5 million persons lost their lives. The war reached international proportions in June 1950 when North Korea, supplied and advised by the Soviet Union, invaded the South. 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. After more than a million combat casualties had been suffered on both sides, the fighting ended in July ...(100 of 6820 words)