A US patrol captures North Korean prisoners in 1950. Korea, which had been ruled by Japan since 1905, was divided along the 38th parallel after the Second World War, with the Russians in control of North Korea, and the Americans in charge of the South. Read more: http://www.thefirstpost.co.uk/47914,in-pictures,news-in-pictures,in-pictures-the-korean-war#ixzz0yo6teHm0