North and south Korea Vocabulary

Kim Il Sung

The father of Kim Jong Il and the Grandfather of Kim Jong Un. Was a general for North Korea, 1948 - 1984

Export economy

a country that exports more than it imports

Busan

a port in SE South Korea

Inchon

a port of the city Seoul, in South Korea

Korean War

a war between North Korea and South Korea. It began when North korea invade South Korea

armistice

an agreement made by opposing sides in a war to stop fighting for a certain time

Pyongyang

capital of North Korea

Seoul

capital of south Korea

Kim Jong Il

general of Korea , died in 2011

Chaebol

large business conglomerate, typically a family-owned one

Douglas MacArthur

led United Nations forces in the Korean War

38th parallel

line that separates both Korea's

Korea Strait

separates the Korean peninsula an japan

DMZ

sits on the 38th parallel, separates North and South Korea, no military

Kim Jong Un

son of Kim Jong Un, general of Korea today