Korea

Very Isolated, taken over by Japan, Japan is defeated, in 1947, UN divides Korea into two halves at the 38th parallel. Soviet Union administers north, US south, supposed to be temporary, could not agree on how to be governed, soviets set up a communist gov't in the North ruled by Kim II-Sung, America set up a pro-Western, democratic government in the south, each side thought they should rule, leading to the Korean War,

North Korea is known as the - Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea, capital Pyongyang, totalitarian Stalinist dictatorship, single- party state, cult of personality, Kim ill sung - Kim jong-il - Kim jong-un, North Korea has nukes,

South Korea - Republic of Korea, capital: Seoul presidential republic, very high standard of living, fourth-largest economy in Asia, President Lee Myung-bak, (2008-now)