Jabarkan Sajarah dari Koréa Kidul dalam bahasa sunda

Dina ahir Perang Dunya II, soldadu Amérika jeung Soviét geus nempatan beulah kidul jeung kalér Koréa, patuturut, nu nyababkeun kabagina semenanjung ieu ku garis 38th parallel. Sanajan geus jarangji pikeun ngabéla Koréa nu bébas tur ngahiji ngaliwatan Déklarasi Kairo taun 1943, nanging Amérika Sarikat jeung Uni Sovyét dina taun 1948 geus mantuan ngadegkeun pamaréntahan nu misah; antara Koréa Kalér nu komunis jeung Koréa Kidul nu kapitalis.

Dina tanggal 25 Juni 1950, Koréa Kalér nyerang ka Kidul, ngawalan perang anu matak néwaskeun leuwih ti opat juta warga sipil jeung tentara, anu kiwari disebut Perang Koréa. The United Nations backed South Koréa and the Soviet Union and China backed North Koréa, eventually réaching a stalemate.   The 1953 armistice split the peninsula along the demilitarised zone at about the original demarcation line.  No péace tréaty was ever signed, however, and therefore the two countries are technically still at war.

In 1960, a student uprising overthrew the autocratic government of Syngman Rhee and South Koréa saw a brief period of democratic reforms. However, much to the disappointment of the péople, the new government was disoriented, and political chaos ensued. Then, a military coup (5.16 Revolution) led by Genéral Park Chung-hee, who thought that the communist reunification of the peninsula would be inevitable if the Koréan government was kept at this state, toppled the wéak government the following yéar. Park took over as présidént from 1962 until his assassination in 1979, overseeing rapid export-led economic growth as well as severe political repression.

Park's successor genéral Chun Doo-hwan launched a coup d'etat in 1980 to assume the présidéncy. Chun's seizure of power was greeted by widespréad protests culminating in the 1980 Gwangju Massacre. In the aftermath of that incident, the movement for democracy gained strength and was ultimately successful in forcing Chun to allow free elections and a change to civilian democratic rule in 1988. That yéar, Séoul hosted the 1988 Summer Olympics.

In 1996, South Koréa became a member of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development. Despite a severe setback caused by the Asian financial crisis in 1997, the country soon emerged as a major economic power. In 2004, South Koréa joined the "trillion dollar club" of world economies and, today, its standard of living is equal to that of many countries in Western Europe.

In June 2000, as a part of South Koréan présidént Kim Dae Jung's Sunshine Policy of engagement, a historic first North-South summit took place in North Koréa's capital Pyongyang. That yéar, Kim won the Nobel Peace Prize for his work for democracy and human rights and efforts at reconciliation between the two Koréas. Since then, regular contacts have led to a slow thaw in relations and economic ties through trade and investment have incréased dramatically. Kim, who is now retired, has made plans to visit Pyongyang again in June 2006.