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• from 2333 b.c to a.d 1910 is self ruled as a series of empires
• often worked with in china
• often didnt get along with japan
• known as the hermit kingdom during the 19th centeru 
• 1910-1945 occupied by japan
• japan was defeated 
• in 1947 un divides korea into two alves at the paraellel
• soviet union adminsters the northen half
• ussr and us and could not agree on how korea was going to be governed 
• soveits set up a communist gov: in the north ruled by kim jong II-Sung
• america set up a pro western democratic government in the south 
• each side thought they should rule leading to the korean was (1950-1953)
• 2.5 million people were killed
• north koreademocratic peoples republic of korea
• capital pyopngyang
• totalitarian stanlisnt diectarorship