CO) =. SOUTH KOREA AND NORTH KOREA REPORTERS: CHARLES MARIN AND AMADO MANAHAN ON et uateSOUTH KOREA BACKGROUND :AN INDIPENDENT KINGDOM FOR MUCH OF ITS LONG HISTORY, KOREA. WAS OCCUPIED BY JAPAN BEGINNING IN 1905 FOLLOWING Rene Sc a Ga TOKYO FORMALLY ANNEXED THE eS ae) ee ela ANC UN SPRL) INDEPENDENCE FOLLOWING JAPAN'S SURRENDER TO THE PES Le AFTER WORLD WAR II, A DEMOGRATIC-BASED GOVERNMENT (REPUBLIC OF KOREA (ROK) WAS SET UP IN THE SOUTHERN HALF OF ee asa le eee a tal COMMUNIST STYLE GOVERNMENT a SSMS ee a eel (DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF KOREA, DPRK).LOCATION SAU aa NPC Wes sana OF THE KOREAN PENINSULA [Toa 5 CMa tS) ZN) AND THE YELLOW SEA GEOGRAPHIC COORDINATES Ber Ace PaaS AREA POC ees Pe eos Re peo AREA COMPARATIVE SLIGHTLY SMALLER THAN eNO ES eC Lig LARGER THAN INDIANA