What is the significance of the 38th parallel?

Question

Does it separate or divide civilisations? Is it something to do with mapping? Or IQ? or is it just a cliched phrase?. Would particularly like to hear from people who believe they live on a higher latitude

Answer 1

After the surrender of Japan in 1945, the parallel was established as the boundary between the Soviet (north) and American (south) occupation zones in Korea, as Dean Rusk and Charles Bonesteel had earlier suggested. The parallel divided the peninsula roughly in the middle. In 1948, the dividing line became the boundary between the newly independent countries of North and South Korea. At the end of the Korean War (1950-1953), a new border was established through the middle of the Demilitarized Zone, which cuts across the 38th parallel at an acute angle, from southwest to northeast.


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Answer 2

The 38th parallel north is a line of latitude that cuts across Asia, the Mediterranean and the United States. It has been especially important in the recent history of Korea.

After the surrender of Japan in 1945, the parallel was established as the boundary between the Soviet (north) and American (south) occupation zones in Korea, as Dean Rusk and Charles Bonesteel had earlier suggested. The parallel divided the peninsula roughly in the middle. In 1948, the dividing line became the boundary between the newly independent countries of North and South Korea. At the end of the Korean War (1950-1953), a new border was established through the middle of the Demilitarized Zone, which cuts across the 38th parallel at an acute angle, from southwest to northeast.
The following countries are crossed by the 38th parallel:

- United States
- Portugal
- Spain
- Tunisia — Ile de la Galite
- Italy
- Greece
- Turkey
- Iran
- Turkmenistan
- Tajikistan
- Uzbekistan
- Afghanistan
- China (Area controlled by the People's Republic of China, but claimed by the Republic of China)
- North Korea
- South Korea
- Japan — Honshu

Answer 3

A way to draw the line somewhere.
It splits Korea in north and south. You find the parallel on any map.

Answer 4

It's the DMZ separating North and South Korea

Answer 5

It comes b4 the 39th

Answer 6

patriot2scot nailed it right on the head. He is right