When your cells don't get the glucose they need for energy, your body begins to burn fat for energy, which produces ketones. Ketones are chemicals that the body creates when it breaks down fat to use for energy. The body does this when it doesnât have enough insulin to use glucose, the bodyâs normal source of energy. When ketones build up in the blood, they make it more acidic.
The East Asian nation established its independence in 1948, splitting from South Korea in a battle over sovereignty that triggered the Korean War in 1950 and that remains a source of tension between the two countries to this day.
Caption Time -- Korea 1950-1953. June 25, 1950: The North Korean People's Army invades across the 38th Parallel. The South Korean people simply say 6-2-5 (pronounced yoo-gee-o), June 25th, (see above in Hangul) to remember the beginning of the war that divides their homeland to this day.