In 1948, leaders in the north proclaimed the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and the Soviets withdrew. The stage was set for a long-running and bitter confrontation between the capitalist west and the communist forces of Russia. North Korean leader Kim Jong-il visits the Daeheungsan Machinery Factory in North Korea yesterdayĪt the end of the Second World War, Korea was a united country under Japanese occupation.īut after Japan's defeat, the island was effectively split with Soviet troops occupying the north and American forces in the south. In 2006 North Korea test-fired a long-range missile and last year claimed it had carried out an underground nuclear test, prompting protests from the U.S., Russia and China. But the Pyongyang regime was defiant and the following year claimed it had enough plutonium for nuclear bombs. President George Bush named North Korea in an 'axis of evil' alongside Iraq and Iran. Some analysts say the firing zones - and recent escalation of military activity - may be a way of strengthening its hand in any talks. In January North Korea fired artillery into the disputed zones at a time of mounting international pressure to re-start talks over its nuclear ambitions. Last November the two navies fought a brief gun battle that left one North Korean sailor dead and three others wounded. The Yellow Sea was the scene of naval battles in 1999 - when 17 North Korean sailors died - and 2002 when four South Korean sailors and at least 30 North Koreans died. ![]() ![]() North Korea has never recognised the sea border drawn unilaterally by the U.S.-led United Nations Command at the end of the 1950-53 Korean War. Action: South Korean President Lee Myung-bak, centre, talks with officials today after the sinking of one of the country's naval ships
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