Korean History in a Nutshell

Korea, commonly known as South Korea is the herb of Asia. It's close to China and Russia, and Japan.Korea used to have a huge territory, farther on north dominating territories which now China and Russia owns, but due to a series of wars it'd lost many of it's valuable territories.Korea has long history, and it tried to keep favorable relationships with nearby countries most of the times.Korea's culture is somewhat influenced by China's, and Korea also influenced many of Japanese cultures. When Japan militarized on 20th century, Korea fell on pray and had been colonized by Japan for 35 years. After it's freed, however, it suffered Korean war and devided into North and South. It's amazingly grown up since 1970 and now it has become one of the most successful country in Asia.