Comparison Of The Saber-Rattling Between North Korea And South Korea

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There is a lot of chaos in the world today; people getting executed and terrorists bombings all around the world. One of the most talked-about conflict is the saber-rattling between North Korea and South Korea. This tension has been going since 1950, where it began after World War II. Before World War II, the separate Nations formed one country; however, because of the invasion of the Soviet Union to the north and that United States to the South, the country ended up splitting into two different societies. This caused division between families and other forms of groups. In addition, there were negative and positive influences in both countries from their Allied Nations. North Korea, a communist Nation, owns larger land area; yet,

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