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Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "The Korean conflict is based on the division between the Democratic People's Republic of Korea in the north and the Republic of Korea in the south, both of which claim to be the government of the whole country. Historically, North Korea has been backed by the Soviet Union and China, and South Korea has been backed by the United States and its allies. The division of Korea occurred at the end of World War Two in 1945. Tensions erupted into the Korean War in 1950. When the war ended, the country was devastated, but the division remained. North and South Korea continued a military standoff with periodic clashes. Originally associated with the Cold War, the conflict has survived the end of that confrontation and continues to be seen as an international flashpoint. In 1997, US President Bill Clinton described the division of Korea as the \"Cold War's last divide\". In 2002, US President George W Bush described North Korea as a member of an \"Axis of Evil\"."@en }

• Korean_conflict abstract "The Korean conflict is based on the division between the Democratic People's Republic of Korea in the north and the Republic of Korea in the south, both of which claim to be the government of the whole country. Historically, North Korea has been backed by the Soviet Union and China, and South Korea has been backed by the United States and its allies. The division of Korea occurred at the end of World War Two in 1945. Tensions erupted into the Korean War in 1950. When the war ended, the country was devastated, but the division remained. North and South Korea continued a military standoff with periodic clashes. Originally associated with the Cold War, the conflict has survived the end of that confrontation and continues to be seen as an international flashpoint. In 1997, US President Bill Clinton described the division of Korea as the \"Cold War's last divide\". In 2002, US President George W Bush described North Korea as a member of an \"Axis of Evil\".".