Today in Korean history
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Source: South Korea
Published: 2026-07-16 15:00 UTC+10:00
Section: General
Factuality Score: 100
Opinion Category: Neutral
Topics: Politics, Defence, Immigration, Asia, Military & Defence, South Korea, Labour & Workers, World News, War & Conflict, Asia Pacific
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1946 -- The U.S. military government, which occupied the southern half of the Korean Peninsula at the end of World War II, places a ban on civilian passage across the inter-Korean border set along the 38th parallel. Following the surrender of Japan, which controlled Korea as a colony from 1910 to 1945, the southern half of the peninsula was occupied by U.S.
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