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38th parallel north
South Korean and UN troops withdraw behind the 38th parallel in the Korean War.
South Korean and UN troops withdraw behind the 38th parallel in the Korean War. The Korean War refers to a period of military conflict between North Korean and South Korean regimes with major hostilities lasting from June 25 1950 until the
Korean name
Hangul 삼팔선
Hanja 三八線
Revised Romanization Sampalseon
McCune-Reischauer Samp'alsŏn

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Starting at the prime meridian heading eastwards, the parallel 38° north passes through:

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Korea

The left side of the boundary in this image belongs to South Korea while the right side belongs to North Korea
The left side of the boundary in this image belongs to South Korea while the right side belongs to North Korea

The 38th parallel was first suggested as a dividing line for Korea in 1902. The Prime Meridian is the meridian (line of Longitude) at which longitude is defined to be 0° Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest Sicily ( Italian and Sicilian: Sicilia) is an autonomous region of Italy. The Ionian Sea is an arm of the Mediterranean Sea, south of the Adriatic Sea. Greece (Ελλάδα transliterated: Elláda, historically, Ellás,) officially the Hellenic Republic (Ελληνική Δημοκρατία Etymology In ancient times there were various explanations for the name Aegean. Turkey (Türkiye known officially as the Republic of Turkey ( is a Eurasian Country that stretches For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Iran topics. The Caspian Sea is the largest enclosed body of water on Earth by area variously classed as the world's largest lake or a full-fledged Sea. Turkmenistan ( Türkmenistan; also known as Turkmenia) is a Turkic country in Central Asia. Uzbekistan, officially the Republic of Uzbekistan ( Uzbek: O‘zbekiston Respublikasi or Ўзбекистон Республикаси is a doubly Tajikistan (təˈdʒɪkɨstæn or /təˈdʒiːkɨstæn/ Тоҷикистон tɔʤikɪsˈtɔn or, Persian تاجیکستان‎ taajikestaan officially the Republic of Afghanistan /æfˈgænɪstæn/ officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan ( Pashto: د افغانستان اسلامي جمهوریت, Talk People's Republic of China) PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA ARTICLE GUIDELINES The Yellow Sea is the name given to the northern part of the East China Sea, which is a Marginal sea of the Pacific Ocean. North Korea is the commonly used short form name for the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (or DPRK) a State located in East Asia, South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea and often referred to as Korea ( Korean: 대한민국 tɛː The Sea of Japan is a Marginal sea of the western Pacific Ocean, bordered by Japan, Korea, North Korea and Russia For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. or Honshu is the largest Island of Japan. The nation's main island, it is south of Hokkaidō across the Tsugaru Strait, north of The Pacific Ocean is the largest of the Earth 's Oceanic divisions The United States of America —commonly referred to as the San Francisco Bay is a shallow productive Estuary through which water draining from approximately forty percent of California, flowing in the Sacramento The Chesapeake Bay is the largest Estuary in the United States. Washington DC ( formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D This article is about the city of Richmond the capital of the Commonwealth of Virginia. Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic (República Portuguesa is a country on the Iberian Peninsula. São Miguel Island ( pron sɐ̃ũ mi'gɛɫ Portuguese for Saint Michael nicknamed "The Green Island", is the largest and most populous Pico Island ( Portuguese: Ilha do Pico, pron 'iʎɐ du 'piku is an island of the Azores noted for its eponymous Volcano, Ponta The Azores ( Açores ɐˈsoɾɨʃ or) is a Portuguese Archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean, about 1500 km (950  mi) from Spain () or the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España is a country located mostly in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Russia was attempting to pull Korea under its control, while Japan had just secured recognition of its rights in Korea from the British. The Russian Empire ( Pre-reform Russian: Pоссійская Имперія Modern Russian: Российская Империя translit: Rossiyskaya The British Empire was the largest empire in history and for over a century was the foremost global power. In an attempt to prevent any conflict, Japan proposed to Russia that the two sides split Korea into separate spheres of influence along the 38th parallel. A sphere of influence ( SOI) is an area or region over which an organization or state exerts some kind of indirect cultural economic military or political domination However, no formal agreement was ever reached, and Japan later took full control of Korea. Korea under Japanese rule refers to the period between 1910 and 1945 when Korea was forcibly annexed by the Japanese Empire.

After the surrender of Japan in 1945, the parallel was established as the boundary by Dean Rusk and Charles Bonesteel of the US State-War Navy Coordinating Committee in Washington, during the night 10-11 August 1945 4 days before the complete liberation of Korea. The surrender of Japan in August 1945 brought World War II to a close David Dean Rusk ( February 9, 1909 &ndash December 20, 1994) was the United States Secretary of State from 1961 to 1969 under presidents General Charles Hartwell Bonesteel III ( New York City September 26, 1909 - Alexandria Virginia October 13, 1977) was an The parallel divided the peninsula roughly in the middle. In 1948, the dividing line became the boundary between the newly independent countries of North and South Korea. North Korea is the commonly used short form name for the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (or DPRK) a State located in East Asia, South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea and often referred to as Korea ( Korean: 대한민국 tɛː At the end of the Korean War (1950-1953), a new border was established through the middle of the Demilitarized Zone, which cuts across the 38th parallel at an acute angle, from southwest to northeast. The Korean War refers to a period of military conflict between North Korean and South Korean regimes with major hostilities lasting from June 25 1950 until the The Korean Demilitarized Zone ( Korean: 한반도의 군사 분계선 is a strip of land running across the Korean Peninsula that serves as a Buffer In Geometry and Trigonometry, an angle (in full plane angle) is the figure formed by two rays sharing a common Endpoint, called The 38th Parallel was also the place where the cease-fire was called to end the fighting.

See also: Division of Korea and Panmunjeom

United States

Landmarks close to the parallel include Point Reyes Lighthouse, San Rafael, California, Pinole, California, Martinez, California, Antioch, California, Stockton, California, Mono Lake, Tonopah, Nevada, Hell's Backbone Bridge, Utah, La Junta, Colorado, Garden City, Kansas, Hutchinson, Kansas, Rolla, Missouri, Evansville, Indiana, Lexington, Kentucky, University of Virginia at Charlottesville, and the boundary between the Eastern Shore of Virginia and the Eastern Shore of Maryland. The division of Korea into North Korea and South Korea stems from the 1945 Allied victory in World War II, ending Japan The Point Reyes Lighthouse, also known as Point Reyes Light or the Point Reyes Light Station, is a Lighthouse in the Gulf of the Farallones PLEASE DO NOT DELETE EMPTY FIELDS UNTIL JUNE 1 2007--THIS WILL TAKE A WHILE--> San Rafael (ˌsænrəˈfɛl originally sɑn rɑfɑˈɛl Pinole is a city in Contra Costa County, California, United States. Martinez ( "mar-TEE-niss" or "mar-TEE-nezz") is the County seat of Contra Costa County California, United States Antioch is a Suburb of San Francisco and Oakland located in Contra Costa County, California Stockton is a City in California and the seat of San Joaquin County (the fifth largest agricultural county in the United States Mono Lake is an Alkaline and hypersaline lake in California, United States that is a critical nesting habitat for several bird species and is Tonopah is an Unincorporated town and Census-designated place (CDP in Nye County, Nevada, United States. The City of La Junta is a Home Rule Municipality that is the County seat and the most populous city of Otero County, Colorado, Garden City is a city in Finney County, Kansas, United States. Hutchinson is the largest city in and the County seat of Reno County, Kansas, United States, northwest of Wichita, on the Arkansas Alternate uses see Rolla (disambiguation. Rolla is a city in Phelps County, Missouri, United States, midway Evansville (ˈɛvənzˌvɪl is the third-largest city in the U Lexington (officially Lexington-Fayette Urban County is the second-largest city in Kentucky and the 68th largest in the United States. The University of Virginia (also called UVa, UVA, Mr Jefferson's University, or The University) is a highly selective public research The Eastern Shore of Virginia consists of two Counties ( Accomack and Northampton) on the Atlantic coast of the Commonwealth of The Eastern Shore of Maryland is composed of the state's nine counties east of the Chesapeake Bay.


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