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| c. 1935 |
| | | Kim Il Sung leads a Communist guerrilla campaign against the Japanese occupation of Korea | |
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| 1945 August 12 |
| | | The Japanese in Korea surrender to the Russians in the north and to the Americans in the south | |
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| 1948 |
| | | Kim Il Sung becomes prime minister of North Korea on the withdrawal of the Soviet occupying force | |
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| 1950 |
| | | North Korean troops cross the 38th parallel to invade the southern half of the region | |
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| 1950 |
| | | North Korean forces press far enough south to capture the South Korean capital of Seoul | |
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| 1950 |
| | | UN troops are sent to defend South Korea, as the invasion from the north rolls on | |
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| 1950 |
| | | UN troops push north across the 38th parallel in a major Korean counter-offensive | |
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| 1950 |
| | | Incursions by UN troops far into North Korea give China the pretext to enter the war | |
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| 1951 |
| | | UN and Chinese forces reach a stalemate in Korea, facing each other from fixed positions on either side of the 38th Parallel | |
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| 1953 |
| | | An armistice ends the Korean War, leaving several million dead and a country divided either side of a military zone along the 38th parallel | |
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