Today im going to talk about the korean war. Were going to cyprus Civil Military relations for the last time i met we talked about the cold war and the development of containment. Korea was an unusual situation in that it had been a colony in japan since 1910. During the Second World War there was fighting in korea, the u. S. , and the soviet union joined the occupied korea. They agreed to divide korea. Not northern korea what we call today to north korea was a very much communist influence. Southern influence, we now call south korea was a very different situation. With the assistance of the un they sponsored elections in south korea and south koreans elected a democratic government. North korea however wanted to unite under its terms so it sent insurgents into south korea to try to overthrow that government and they failed to do so. Then, on january 1950 the u. S. Secretary of state dean acheson had very significant air in a speech talking about the areas of influence and positions t
Today im going to talk about the korean war. Were going to cyprus Civil Military relations for the last time i met we talked about the cold war and the development of containment. Korea was an unusual situation in that it had been a colony in japan since 1910. During the Second World War there was fighting in korea, the u. S. , and the soviet union joined the occupied korea. They agreed to divide korea. Not northern korea what we call today to north korea was a very much communist influence. Southern influence, we now call south korea was a very different situation. With the assistance of the un they sponsored elections in south korea and south koreans elected a democratic government. North korea however wanted to unite under its terms so it sent insurgents into south korea to try to overthrow that government and they failed to do so. Then, on january 1950 the u. S. Secretary of state dean acheson had very significant air in a speech talking about the areas of influence and positions t
During the second world war, there was fighting in korea. The u. S. And the soviet union jointly occupied korea. They agreed to divide korea. Now, northern korea, that is what we call today north korea was very much communist influenced. Southern korea, which we now call south korea, it was a very different situation. With the assistance of the un, they sponsored elections in south korea and the South Koreans elected a democratic government. North korea wanted to unite under its terms. It sends insurgence into south korea to try to overthrow the government. They failed to do so. Then in january of 1950, the u. S. Secretary of state made a really significant error. In a speech talking about the areas of influence and positions that were vital to the United Statess interest, he mentioned japan and the philippines and omitted south korea. North koreans interpreted that as a statement that the u. S. Wouldnt go to war to defend south korea. In june of 1950, armed with soviet equipment and a
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A Spokesman Says consulate personnel have been evacuated. All are accounted for. President obama has been briefed on the situation. It is unknown if any hostage is american. Those who were allowed to leave running frantically for their lives once they made it out. Cnns anna coren joins us live from the scene. Anna, you have been watching this. Ten hours now. It is evening. This is so dramatic. What are the developments now . Reporter christine, as you have reported five of the hostages have managed to get out. We dont know if they escaped on their own or if they were allowed out. We know that Police Negotiators have been in contact with this gunman who walked into the lindt coffee shop at 10 00 this morning. It is now just 8 00 p. M. Sydney local time. There are hundreds of police within the vicinity who have cordoned off the blocks around martin place. This is where the coffee shop is located. It is the heart of the cbd. The financial area. The bank of australia. The u. S. Consulate i