For anyone unfamiliar with the recent history and conflict of North and South Korea and why the United States figures into the mix, Fareed Zakaria boils it all down into a few clear paragraphs.  Wow.

I’ve never been able to boil anything down to clarity, ever.  I guess that’s why I’m blogging from my Carolina room in the marshes of SC, and Fareed has a cool Sunday show with CNN.

So, read on, for Fareed’s Fabulous Cliff Notes Version of South Korea’s historic rise from rubble!

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