How Two Americans Drew North Korea's Border on a National Geographic Map in 1945
What if I told you that two guys with a National Geographic map basically split Korea in half over lunch? In this episode, Tyler Cooper reveals how a 30-minute decision in Washington DC created one of the world's most dangerous borders and separated millions of families for nearly 80 years. 🎯 What You'll Learn: • How Colonel Charles Bonesteel chose the 38th parallel in exactly 30 minutes on August 10, 1945 • Why North Korea's economy was actually stronger than South Korea's through the 1960s • How the Korean War technically never ended (spoiler: we're still just in a really long timeout) •…
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