During a meeting on August 14, 1945, the same day as the Japanese surrender, [Bonesteel] and I retired to an adjacent room late at night and studied intently a map of the Korean peninsula.

One can easily locate Korea on a world map or globe by following 127º east meridian north from the equator to the middle latitudes. Note where this meridian intersects with the 38º north parallel.

(Here's how a National Geographic map helped divide the peninsula after WWII. A South Korean military policeman marches a North Korean prisoner of war to a stockade in South Korea on July 21, 1950.

National Geographic will premiere Inside North Korea: Race to Peace on Sunday, June 10, at 10/9c, two days before the summit with North Korea’s leader ...

How 2 Colonels and a National Geographic Map Divided Korea. March 3, 2018. By ... “Bonesteel and I retired to an adjacent room late at night and studied intently a map of the Korean peninsula.

National Geographic Heads to the Korean Peninsula in the First Days of the 2018 Pyeongchang Games for an Hour-Long Special Featuring Live Commentary from Renowned Correspondent and Host Bob ...

Combining live, pre-taped, and archival footage, with insights from leading dignitaries and noted experts, National Geographic will take viewers into North Korea's saga of global tensions and ...

A new experiment carried out by Morning Consult at the request of the New York Times found that only 36 percent of U.S. adults could correctly identify North Korea on an unlabeled map of Asia.

National Geographic will premiere Inside North Korea: Race to Peace on Sunday, June 10, at 10/9c, two days before the summit with North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un and U.S. President Donald Trump ...

How 2 Colonels and a National Geographic Map Divided Korea. ... If the State Department did not clarify who would administrate which parts of Korea, then the entire peninsula would fall under the ...