Tensions have been high on the Korean Peninsula for weeks, because the new North Korea leader Kim Jung-Eun had ordered his missile units to be ready to strike the United States and South Korea. Soon after North Korea’s ballistic missile and nuclear weapons test, the United States and South Korea began conducting high profile joint military drills, and many of the politician predict that North Korean missile crisis can cause the another Korean War. The American politician argued that North Korea would not have the power of lever of consequence but dangerous situation devolving into open warfare is a possibility that is closed now.
Korean War began as a civil war between North and South Korea, but the conflict soon became international when, under U.S. leadership, the United Nations joined to support South Korea and the People’s Republic of China entered to aid North Korea. The war left Korea divided and brought the Cold War to Asia, and the war has not actually or officially ended and South and North Korea are in truce under the guidance of the United Nations.
After North Korea capture the Teajun with the Chinese forces, North Korean forces began surrounding the Busan Perimeter from all sides in an attempt to envelop it. The Battle of Busan Perimeter was fought in August and September 1950 between United Nations Command forces combined with South Korean forces and the forces of North Korea. The Busan Perimeter was the area in extreme southeast Korea which was defined by the furthest advance of the North Korean troops during the Korean War They advanced on UN positions, repeatedly pushing back US and South Korean forces. The west, US forces were pushed back repeatedly before finally halting the North Korean advance.
Busan was a important place because by the that time U.S military landed reinforcements the South Koreans and the initial U.S units had been pushed to the area around Busan, and the Busan Perimeter served primarily as an airhead for resupply and reinforcement until the Inchon landing, and counterattack against the North. Busan also known as the defensive perimeter along the Naktong Bulge, and president Syngman Rhee establish a temporary government to avoid from North Korean force.
Today Busan is a bustling, prosperous city, home of the fifth largest port in the world; and the Gyeongbu Expressway is scheduled to become part of the Asian Highway, a planned network of routes connecting Korea with Japan, China, Southeast Asia, India, Pakistan, Iran and Turkey.
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