{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"","title":"Korean War - Part 1: Before the Storm","description":"Imagine a country torn in two, not by its own hands, but by the ambitions of distant empires. In the darkness before dawn, families hold their breath, uncertain if peace or chaos will greet them when the sun rises. The Korean Peninsula is silent, but just beneath the surface, history is rumbling—ready to erupt.\r\n\r\nThe end of World War Two should have brought freedom to Korea. Instead, it brought division. For thirty-five years, Koreans had suffered under Japanese rule—forced labor, lost language, and lives shaped by fear. But in nineteen forty-five, as Japan surrendered, two armies—the Soviets from the north and the Americans from the south—met at a line drawn on a distant map. The thirty-eighth parallel split Korea in half. What was once a single country became two, each side molded by foreign powers with different dreams.\r\n\r\nLearn more at: https://theconflictarchive.com/conflict/korean-war","author_name":"The Archive Network"}