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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Sep 12, 1988

Page

7

Seoul to host 24th Summer Olympics in 1988

The 24th Summer Olympics will be held in Seoul South Korea from September 17 to October 2. South Korea aims to showcase the nation’s capability to host a major event despite its small size. Hodori the tiger will be the mascot. The republic sits on a peninsula, about Indiana size, 600 miles long and 135 wide, with mountains and coastal plains.

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Division and War Define Korea From 1910s to 1953

The area was under Japanese control from 1910 to 1945. After World War II Korea was split between the U.S. and the Soviet Union. In 1950 the North invaded the South, drawing in UN forces and Chinese troops. The Korean War ended in 1953 with the peninsula still divided.

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