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200,000 political prisoners held in concentration camps and strongly repressed all free speech, press/media, and freedom in North Korea. He made him self look like a God to his people and they treated him as such. During his time in power, the North Korean economy plummeted, leaving almost the entire country in famine and poverty. Even with the lack of resources Kim Jung- ils people still loved and respected him because of the way he deceived them. After his death, his son Kim Jung un was…

relationship with the North and attempts at inter-Korean cooperation (including joint-cooperation economic zones where South Korean companies would employ North Koreans to boost North Korea’s crippled economy) would begin to reflect in these sources. At this point, scholars such as Kyung Hyun Kim argue that there is less ambiguity toward the North, stating that South Koreans have become increasingly more sympathetic to the plight of North Korean people. Youngmin Choe exemplifies this…

Involvement in the Korean War “We are not retreating - we are advancing in another direction.” (MacArthur) What General MacArthur meant in this quote is from when he had just got ground troops to Korea, MacArthur and his troops were too late and had to retreat backwards as the North had already taken control of the capital of South Korea until General MacArthur decided to take defense at a close city and completely turn around the beginning of the war by slaying almost 40,000 North Korean…

To many and certainly to the citizens and soldiers who lived it, the Korean Conflict could be seen as total war yet to some historians, the United States, and the USSR the war was seen merely as “limited”. It was this concept of “limited” war that prevented the conflict from escalating further and progressing into the boundaries of a wider war. This essay will explore both sides of the limited vs total war argument and also how the conflict was prevented from escalating further. With over 30…

America's involvement in the turnout of Korean affairs mold the way that Korea is today ? The primary sources that will be evaluated for the use of this investigation will be, The Korean War by Max Hastings, and The Coldest Winter, by David Halberstam. In The Korean War, Max, an American soldier voices his thoughts and opinions of the different directions Korea's took. The Coldest Winter however provides insight to the events that led up to the results of the Korean War. The Coldest Winter…

The Korean War was a military clash between the Republic of Korea, supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, strengthened by the People's Republic of China, with military material guide from the Soviet Union. The war was a significance of the physical division of Korea by an assention of the successful Allies at the finish of the Pacific War toward the end of World War II. ((Boose, Donald W) The inability to hold free races all through the Korean Peninsula…

My popular culture “obsession” would be Korean popular culture. K-pop is and abbreviation of Korean pop, which is a music genre, originated from South Korea. K-pop can be a phenomenon, however, it can also be a subculture, where Asian pop would be the phenomenon and k-pop is the subculture. My interest began when I first heard K-pop songs while I was buying milk tea. Korean music is different from the music in America. In my opinion, the Korean artists have unique musical and performances styles…

The Korean War was a dramatic turning point in history that would divide a country in half and change its government forever. On the north side of the 38th parallel, stood a country ruled under democratic Soviet communism and on the southern side a country influenced by republican control. It is important to understand the reason for the separation and how it affected the Korea’s we know today. This paper will discuss how North Korea and South Korea divided and the profound impact the war had…

On June 25 1950 North Korea invaded South Korea igniting the second major conflict on the Asian continent in five years. The Korean War was a result of many ripple effects that involved World War II and the democracy of the United States and the communism of the Russian country. This thus became a representation war between two distinct ideals from two powerful nations to assert their influences in strategic regions. The Immediate result, was of the North Korea trespassing over the 38 parallel…

There is clearly a stranglehold on the North Korean people today that’s causing them to socially asphyxiate as compared to the rest of the world. They’re shoveled handfuls of lies by their own government and kept in horrible conditions for the most part because they’ve been too brainwashed to notice. The North Koreans were obviously not fond of Americans as the book demonstrated and it truly did open a gate of curiosity to see if that’s what the rest of the world thought of the United States.…