History of the Koreas
Published On: Mar 11 2013 12:37:15 PM PDT
Updated On: Apr 02 2013 08:12:54 AM PDT
North Korea announced Tuesday it planned to restart a nuclear reactor it shut down five years ago, the latest announcement in weeks of ramped-up rhetoric that has South Korea and its allies watching the country closely. Take a look at the history of the two Koreas.
But even as Kim Dae-Jung was trying to make peace with North Korea, other events were going on both on the peninsula and in the greater world. United States President George W. Bush declared North Korea, Iraq and Iran as part of an "axis of evil" in January 2002, a few months after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. North Korea threatened to withdraw from the armistice in 2003 due to the U.S.'s "persistent war moves."
