At dawn on Sunday, 25 June 1950, the Korean People's Army crossed the 38th parallel behind artillery fire. The KPA justified its assault with the claim that ROK troops had attacked first, and that they were aiming to arrest and execute the "bandit traitor Syngman Rhee". Fighting began on the strategic Ongjin peninsula in the west. There were initial South Korean claims that they had captured the city of Haeju, and this sequence of events has led some scholars to argue that the South Koreans actually fired first. COUNT 5
QSN1 Who provoked a conflict by crossing the 38th parallel? ANS1 Korean People's Army QSN2 Where did the fighting begin? ANS2 Ongjin peninsula QSN3 Who claimed to have taken control of Haeju? ANS3 the South Koreans QSN4 Who questioned the claim that South Korean did not provoke the KPA? ANS4 scholars QSN5 Who was the Korean People's Army trying to execute? ANS5 Syngman Rhee