... has been tension between this cluster of countries for quite a while, even before the Korean War occurred. Before World War 2, Japan was in control of Korea, but by the end of the war the United States decided to occupy the southern half of Korea. The United States took control of South Korea ... on Korea. Death and destruction lived on in Korea. President Harry S. Truman and General Douglas Mac Arthur both admitted that the war in Korea nearly destroyed the nation. Truman goes on to say, "I have never seen such devastation. I have seen, I guess as much blood and disaster as any living m...

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