Allied forces pursued the North Koreans all the way to the Yalu River, the border with China. Then, their border threatened, ...

6/9/1951, Library of Congress The war broke out on June 25, 1950 when North Korean troops crossed the 38th parallel, invading South Korea. North Korean leader Kim Il-sung launched the attack once ...

Switching Signals. On the western flank of the U.N. army driving into North Korea, the cavalrymen advanced over the 38th parallel along the highway to Kum-chon, a railway center 80 miles southeast ...

Last week thousands of Korean Communist soldiers scampered over the 38th parallel which had divided Korea since 1945. There the Reds hoped to sit in safety while Washington and Lake Success argued ...

“These defectors don’t come to South Korea directly; they first go to China,” said Jieun. “Defectors crossing the 38th parallel [the line that divides South and North Korea] are very rare. Many ...

But if Kim were to attack across the 38th parallel, which divided North and South Korea after the 1953 armistice halting the ...

On June 25, 1950, slightly more than 68 years ago and just 5 years after the United States had won a war that cost the ...

China responded to the approaching UN force by sending over 250,000 Chinese “volunteers” into North Korea. These volunteers helped to push the UN forces back across the 38th parallel.