 Good morning, well for my first time, good morning and thanks for joining us on the breakfast here on PLOS TV Africa. It's time for us to go back in history, the 25th of June, many years ago and very similar to the story that we shared yesterday. We spoke about the civil war yesterday and the Nazi surrender. We're going back to 1950 where there was another war and the start of another war. The war that we're speaking about this morning really was part of the fallout of the end of the Second World War where North Korea and South Korea simply became almost enemies and of course the United States and China took side and it was obvious what sides that they were going to be taking until now. The United States is still strong allies with South Korea while China seems to be allies with North Korea. So it was on this day that the Korean War began. It started with North Korea attacking South Korea and of course forces headed towards South Korean capital were attacked in Seoul. The United States responded by pushing resolution through the United States Security Council and with that resolution in hand, they joined the war in defense of South Korea. Later in the 1950s China then also stepped in in defense most likely of North Korea. This lasted for three years before a ceasefire agreement resulted in a continued division of the North and South Korea as two separate countries. That happened in 1953 after three years of a very, very, very serious war. So yeah, it was three years of the Korean War that started on this day in 1950 and basically painted a very, very clear picture of where countries stand with regards to the allies that they hold strong. Wow, North and South Korea. Very historic day today, the beginning of that attack by North Korea on the South advancing in the streets into the capital in Seoul. And you know really what you said about alliances, it really changed and shaped the conflict and remember back then how first of all there was the what's it called, there was a Cold War, there was the whole challenge with the USSR, there was a World War I, the World War II and each side had allies, each side had you know countries that were supporting it in the fight. How the UN and the United Nations, the United States came into this fight and basically just shaped the cost of the next few years of North and South Korea. Now you know it's said that it's one of the most heavily militarized zones in the world. People crossing, people defecting, you know it's just you know they always, well I think I need to also you know learn a little bit more about why they you know just don't like each other and why they're so different. Yeah, not necessarily different, they just have different forms of government and why it's so different. No, not just the forms of, I mean life is as though different cultures, different cultures, different religions, different ideologies, so yes they are different. And it makes you wonder also you know if that really is you know is the answer to certain countries even here in Africa that you know the the northern and the southern regions just don't seem to get along you know very well. The for a long time in Cameroon the Anglophone and the Francophone areas don't seem to be best of friends, mostly you know the political aspects of it and you know if you had followed the thing about two three years ago there were real issues at the Anglophone areas, they had shut down social media, shut down the internet, nobody was allowed to leave, you couldn't travel and there were you know atrocities being hired out by their government and their you know security agencies. So there is that you know of course you could also look at Sudan issue where both countries, both regions decided to split, still has not been able to answer the questions concerning that country and how they can heal and become better, they still continue fighting each other. And not long ago we heard about Southern Canada wanting to be their own state. Yes so when you when you see how it's been done in other places it makes you scared because even that there are other places where you know break breaking out or you know state creation have been peaceful. For example the whole Brexit decision they did not carry arms, they did not you know go to fights against Europe, they sat down on the table like civilized people and they talked about how to break away. But in a country like Nigeria we haven't gotten to that point we can definitely not equate ourselves with them so that's why it's it's shocking and scary when we talk about you know things like this in the country. Moving on now in 2009 this in history June the 25th something very shocking happened. I mean the world of music was stunned to hear the death of the famous pop star, the most awarded pop you know artists in the world Michael Jackson. So on this day in history when the news of his death broke out you know there was news of websites basically crashing because people could not believe the news, they were rushing online to find out what happened and all that traffic basically sent those websites coming down and it was a lot regarding Michael Jackson's death because it was first declared a homicide you know and then they said this definitely maybe his his doctor had given him certain drugs that led to that and then it was discovered to be overdose and drugs that's the drug there definitely we don't recommend you looking for it to to make some purchase definitely not but definitely that's the drug that he was said to have overdosed on. He was one of the most you know significant one of the greatest you know cultural figures of the 20th century. I remember watching Michael Jackson's performance and people basically crying fainting because of Michael Jackson you know he had actually planned a series of our 50 concerts in the auto arena in the beginning of July but sadly he did not leave to to perform at those 50 concerts he had planned because he passed weeks earlier June 25th 2009 it was a very terrible incident but because of his impact he went on to receive four posthumous awards you know he was the first artist to sell one million music downloads in a week. Michael Jackson just broke all the records but after his death there were you know lots of legal sources about his estate and then about you know allegations that he sexually abused children it was just a lot but it was in this thin history that this very sensational music star passed on due to overdose. Yeah you know sadly there's some of all those things that you know defined his times on earth and that is you know one of them like you just mentioned the you know sexual abuse claims which he eventually was found innocent after a very very long court case. There is also the I can't remember what the other one was now but there are certain things that oh yeah the plastic surgery one and then controversy over whether he would have you know been a successful artist regardless of you know plastic surgery if he decided to you know stay the way that he would I mean he naturally was a black man you know there's so there's questions about those things you know and there's time when there was a rumor that his nose fell off you know during a music video shoot but you know most importantly. That's not funny though. Most importantly you know he has to be one of the most popular names in world history and so on the day of his death it wasn't just the music industry that was shook it was the whole world that was stunned to realize that Michael Jackson was no more pretty much the same Whitney Houston and a few other people maybe Prince you know but I don't think anybody had the same effect or the same impact on music as Michael Jackson has and years after of course like you said he also continued to win posthumous awards. There was controversy over you know the conspiracy theories really about his death and people saying that you know he suddenly died because he had had an agreement or signed a deal with Sony music you know that they were going to give him back his rights to all his music and all of that and your next thing you know he is dead you know pretty much the same thing happened with Prince you know so there's always these conspiracy theories that will spring up here and then say you know that these music corporations somehow some way you know find a way to kill you when it seems like you're breaking away from the grip so but nobody would ever know you know what the truth is you know we'll have to stick with what the coroner's report says and what the you know American justice says which is he died over from an overdose from his doctor. Yes and Simza music really isn't a blot because his nephew Jaffa Jackson has made his way onto the music scene still a very young boy trying to basically follow the footsteps of his uncle Michael Jackson. So that's what we'll have for you today in history 1950 that North and South Korean war that began today June 25th and the death of the popular pop star Michael Jackson stay with us we're going to have first conversation this morning talking about the INEC registration so do you have your voters card are you interested in taking part in the electoral process to ship the future of your country you should be and that process starts on Monday do stay with us