North Korea
“Mysterious. Terrifying. North Korea is the most isolated country on earth... ‘the Dear Leader’, rules as a god-king. He controls the world’s fourth largest army and plutonium for nuclear weapons.” (National…) North Korea is an enigma; for outsiders, it is difficult to understand North Korea. However, after one takes a deeper look, one will see that there are many reasons for North Korea’s erratic behaviour. Since it was discovered, Korea has been a destination for the world’s most powerful nations such China and Japan. These countries have taken utter advantage of the Korean people. Also Korea, for the most part, has been extremely isolated, and therefore “little ethnic mixing has occurred on a significant scale.” (Breen 76) Obviously, …show more content…
The Korean nationalists fled the country, founding the Provisional Korean Government in 1919. Only a handful of countries agreed to recognize this temporary government. Back home, the Japanese had established Korea as an industrialized colony which was very similar to Taiwan. Japan tried to “culturally assimilate” (Cumings 2) Korea by banning the use of the Korean language in any form and enforcing the use of its Japanese counterparts. Also the Japanese required the Koreans to use “Japanese names” (Cumings 3) starting in 1939. Later, in World War II, Japan used Korea’s natural resources such as food, livestock, and natural elements for its war effort. At the end of the war, other countries finally refused to recognize Japanese rule in Korea and …show more content…
North and South Korea had finally been create; “the Soviets controlled the north and the Americans the South.” ("North Korea Profile - Timeline.") In December 1945, a US-Soviet Joint Commission decided that “the country would become independent after a five-year trusteeship action facilitated by each regime sharing its sponsor's ideology.” ("North Korea Profile - Timeline.") That is the Americans and the Soviets would watch over their respective parts of Korea until Korea was ready to become an independent country. However, soon many different factions arose including the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, the Korean People’s Army, and the Republic of Korea Army. Eventually, “North Korea's Communist Party (Korean Workers' Party) was inaugurated. The Soviet-backed leadership installed Red army trained Kim Il-Sung as the leader.” ("North Korea Profile - Timeline.") As soon as North Korea proclaimed the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, the Soviet troops withdrew, satisfied that the North was ready to be independent. In 1950, the South declared independence, sparking the invasion of South Korea by the
“Mysterious. Terrifying. North Korea is the most isolated country on earth... ‘the Dear Leader’, rules as a god-king. He controls the world’s fourth largest army and plutonium for nuclear weapons.” (National…) North Korea is an enigma; for outsiders, it is difficult to understand North Korea. However, after one takes a deeper look, one will see that there are many reasons for North Korea’s erratic behaviour. Since it was discovered, Korea has been a destination for the world’s most powerful nations such China and Japan. These countries have taken utter advantage of the Korean people. Also Korea, for the most part, has been extremely isolated, and therefore “little ethnic mixing has occurred on a significant scale.” (Breen 76) Obviously, …show more content…
The Korean nationalists fled the country, founding the Provisional Korean Government in 1919. Only a handful of countries agreed to recognize this temporary government. Back home, the Japanese had established Korea as an industrialized colony which was very similar to Taiwan. Japan tried to “culturally assimilate” (Cumings 2) Korea by banning the use of the Korean language in any form and enforcing the use of its Japanese counterparts. Also the Japanese required the Koreans to use “Japanese names” (Cumings 3) starting in 1939. Later, in World War II, Japan used Korea’s natural resources such as food, livestock, and natural elements for its war effort. At the end of the war, other countries finally refused to recognize Japanese rule in Korea and …show more content…
North and South Korea had finally been create; “the Soviets controlled the north and the Americans the South.” ("North Korea Profile - Timeline.") In December 1945, a US-Soviet Joint Commission decided that “the country would become independent after a five-year trusteeship action facilitated by each regime sharing its sponsor's ideology.” ("North Korea Profile - Timeline.") That is the Americans and the Soviets would watch over their respective parts of Korea until Korea was ready to become an independent country. However, soon many different factions arose including the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, the Korean People’s Army, and the Republic of Korea Army. Eventually, “North Korea's Communist Party (Korean Workers' Party) was inaugurated. The Soviet-backed leadership installed Red army trained Kim Il-Sung as the leader.” ("North Korea Profile - Timeline.") As soon as North Korea proclaimed the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, the Soviet troops withdrew, satisfied that the North was ready to be independent. In 1950, the South declared independence, sparking the invasion of South Korea by the