North Korea announced Tuesday it planned to restart a nuclear reactor it shut down five years ago, the latest announcement in weeks of ramped-up rhetoric that has South Korea and its allies watching the country closely. Take a look at the history of the two Koreas.
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Initially, North Korea was prosperous thanks to backing from the Soviet Union, but that financial help ended when the Soviet Union collapsed in the 1990s, which helped plunge the nation into poverty.