The Formation Of The Korean War And The Political Landscape In Northeast Asia

On Jun 25, 1950, the Korean War broke out, during that period, the Korean Peninsula became the focus point of Northeastern Asian countries. The USA thought the North Korea's launching of the war was under the instigation of the former USSR, thus the USA reacted quickly, led the UN army threw into the war. Under the urgent asking of Kim Ilsung, facing the heavy pressures from many sides, the new born China was forced to aid the North Korea. China and the USA's participation to the war led the simple domestic unification war into an international regional war.The Korean War lasted for 3 years and 1 month. Under the intervene of big countries, the Korean Peninsula hadn't realized the unification, the southern part and the northern part returned from the terminal to the beginning. The facts manifested that, under the background of the two great military camps of the world at that time, any part who hoped to unify the peninsula would be regarded as the violation of the border and rights, it was not factual. But the victory un-determined war caused long term influence to both the Korean Peninsula and the Northeastern Asia political structure. If we say the US and USSR cold war caused the political and geographical disruption of the Korean Peninsula, we can also say that the war inside the Peninsula made the Korean people from the same country become more hatred. The North Korean firmly walk the road of socialism, the South Korea did a lot at military rule to the country under the protection of the USA, both parts walked a longer and longer road of the national disruption. After the re-organization of the Korean War, the Northeastern Asia political structure changed a lot, the structure changed from the former USA USSR structure into the two great camps of northern triangle of China, USSR and North Korea, the southern triangle of the USA, South Korean and Japan, formed the "Small Climate" under the "Big Climate" of the USA and USSR cold war, the structure lasted till the end of the USA and USSR cold war. Looking back to the history is of great significance to deeply understand the Northeastern Asia political relations and to keep the peace and stability of the region.In this chapter, we have four sections, the contents are as follows:...