The Korean War: everything you wanted to know

On today's Everything You Wanted to Know episode, we're covering the Korean War, exploring how the nation came to be divided in two, what the impact of fighting was on the peninsular's civilian population, and how close the clash came to going nuclear. In conversation with Spencer Mizen, Owen Miller of the Centre of Korean Studies at SOAS answers your questions on the Cold War conflict.

Check out our Everything you wanted to know episode on the Vietnam War here: https://link.chtbl.com/swCXZNQa

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