PBS
Why is there a North and South Korea?
While the short answer is the Korean war, the reality is that seeds for the separate Republic of Korea and Democratic People's Republic of Korea goes back much further and has to do with the late 19th century Chinese imperialism and the...
Curated Video
The Korean War, the beginning 1950
After the 2nd world war, Korea was split in two! Russian controlled communist becomes North Korea and USA controlled South Korea, North Korea attacked South Korea to unify the country but USA protected with all its might to save...
Curated Video
Cold War
This live-action video program is about the word Cold War. The program is designed to reinforce and support a student's comprehension and retention of the word Cold War through use of video footage, photographs, diagrams and colorful,...
Tom Nicholas
Catch 22 by Joseph Heller | How to Read It
Catch-22 by Joseph Heller (recently the subject of a television adaptation with George Clooney in the role of the ruthlessly ambitious Colonel Cathcart for US streaming service Hulu) is one of the classic books of the twentieth century....
Curated Video
The Korean War, the 1953 Armistice
Brutal Korean War becomes stage for the USSR and USA to test their arms strength. In between Korean people lost many human lives which ended up at the same borders as before the war i.e. 38th Parallel.
Curated Video
Comunismo
This live-action video program is about the word Communism. The program is designed to reinforce and support a student's comprehension and retention of the word Communism through use of video footage, photographs, diagrams and colorful,...
The Wall Street Journal
The Imperial Presidency?
Has the office of the president, over the years, become too powerful for American democracy? And is this what the founding fathers had in mind?
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Aftereffects of War: The Korean War: The Korean Peninsula
Learn more about the consequences of the Korean War.
Curated Video
Korean War | Animated History
The seeds that would grow into the Korean War were sown in 1945, when the Soviet Red Army invaded the peninsula following its declaration of war on Imperial Japan, which had held Korea since 1910. Soviet forces advanced down the...
Curated Video
Visit to North Korea
North korea is one of the 5 communist countries left in the world. They don’t allow tourist in their country and practically still in war with the UN forces.
Curated Video
Communism
This live-action video program is about the word Communism. The program is designed to reinforce and support a student's comprehension and retention of the word Communism through use of video footage, photographs, diagrams and colorful,...
Mazz Media
What is the Cold War?
This live-action video program is about the word Cold War. The program is designed to reinforce and support a student's comprehension and retention of the word Cold War through use of video footage, photographs, diagrams and colorful,...
Ancient Lights Media
South Korea
Video Atlas of Asia: This clip looks at the physical features, climate and culture of South Korea.
Curated Video
Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue honours the ‘Rambo of Quebec’
New ReviewA new street in Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue near a Veterans hospital honours Léo Major, a Second World War and Korean War veteran. Major played a big role in the liberation of the town of Zwolle, in the Netherlands, from Nazi occupation.
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Legendary soldier Roy Rushton to be honoured in Nova Scotia
A veteran of the Second World War and the Korean War, Rushton was also a leader in the effort to get Canada to fully commemorate Korean war veterans. Rushton died this past June at the age of 100.
Curated Video
North Korea’s Kim Jong Un meets Russian defence chief
Shoigu’s visit comes as the North is marking the anniversary of the armistice that ended fighting in the Korean War.
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North Korea’s Kim shows off banned missiles to Russia’s Shoigu
North Korea says it fully supports Russia’s ‘battle for justice’ as it shows off nuclear-capable missiles to Moscow’s de
Curated Video
Korean War anniversary: 70 years since fighting ended
The two Koreas are still technically at war, separated by a heavily fortified border.
Curated Video
Korean War veterans fight for their legacy 75 years after the armistice
Seventy-five years after the end of the Korean War, surviving Canadian veterans worry their sacrifice and the legacy of that war will be forgotten once they’re gone.
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Japan's PM pushes nuclear disarmament at G7 summit
As the G7 summit gets underway in Hiroshima, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida uses the summit venue — the site of the world's first nuclear weapons attack — to push for disarmament.
Curated Video
Defending against the North Korea nuclear threat
Tensions are rising in the Korean peninsula as Kim Jong-un vows to expand North Korea’s nuclear arsenal. CBC’s Saša Petricic goes to South Korea for a closer look at how a UN-led coalition, including Canadians soldiers, is training for a...
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In South Korea, Joly calls for peace amid threats from North
Canada's Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly called for peace on the Korean peninsula during a visit to the demilitarized zone. North Korea has been testing weapons for weeks, prompting security tensions in the region.
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Questions surround raising flags for Remembrance Day services
There are questions ahead of Remembrance Day about whether to raise Canadian flags so they can be lowered for Nov. 11 services. The flags have been at half-mast since May to honour those who died at residential schools.