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    Koreans to join the army, if they cannot join the army they have to contribute to something else that help them. Narrator uncle was in military because this obligation in Manchuria. Narrator also spends most of his second year of junior high in Pyongyang working on the airfield with his classmates. It used for Kamikaze planes that are being flown from Manchuria to the mainland. While they are doing airfield they suffer from dysentery and diarrhea. Most people working on the airfield like working…

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    Not long after the trimming began, Lieutenant Pak Chul of the Korean People’s Army of North Korea, surrounded by ten other North Korean soldiers, approached the workmen and soldiers trimming the tree. “If you cut more branches,” Lieutenant Pak warned, “there will be a big problem” (qtd. in Oberdorfer and Carlin 148). Captain Arthur Bonifas, the American leading the trimming, ignored him, and the poplar trimming operation continued. Lieutenant Pak continued to threaten Captain Bonifas. “The…

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    believe. Imagine if an individual is told what to speak, what to think, how to act, and who to trust. North Korea is a communist country in Asia. Just a couple of weeks ago, North Korea celebrated 66th anniversary of their government’s ideals. In Pyongyang, the country’s capital, massive groups of people placed flowers before colossal statues of their past leaders. These same people have no idea what lies beyond their country’s borders. Their government uses deceptive propaganda to manipulate…

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    weapons of mass destruction or nuclear weapons. Earlier that month, scientists discovered that North Korea had provided Libya with uranium in order for them to create their nuclear weapons program which is now abandoned. This raised new concerns about Pyongyang 's role in the trade in nuclear technology and raw materials. Countries felt that North Korea could try and solve their problems economically by trying to sell their knowledge of nuclear weapons and nuclear technology. In May the United…

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    The country of North Korea has been a very curious subject for the people of the United States countless other governments in power throughout the world. Many factors of North Korea have remained a secret over the last few decades, but some have become more open over time to the outside world. The United States and North Korea are both made up of an extreme difference in views within the power of government and also policies that follow their rule, but surprisingly share common virtues that…

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    being, our nationalities, the places of residence, genders, national or origin, colours, religions, languages, or any of other status”. North Korea is officially called democratic people’s Republic of Korea, the capital and the largest city is Pyongyang. There are approximately 24.76 million people in the country. North Korea was a part of Korea, which has been divided in two countries known as North and South Korea. North Korea is generally described as a communist state, currently operates by…

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    Culture Awareness; North Korea What do you think about when you think of North Korea? There are many things that can go through your head when trying to define a country. The traditions, customs, religion, the food, and the language plays major factors of that definition of a country. Culture is the behaviors and beliefs that make up the characteristics of a particular group of people or in this case, a country. This essay will cover a lot that goes into the composition of North Korea’s culture.…

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    An interesting fact about China is that China overtook the U.S. as the world’s largest economy in the year of 2014. Which is probably the reason why China and the United States are not allies but they are not enemies either (Sengupta, “U.S. and China “). It is easier to say that the two countries are in a competing standpoint on which one is more powerful than the other. But China does have a strong relationship North Korea, but with North Korea being so isolated it is hard to give advice to…

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    has definitely seized advantage over the South against the military defeat. To correspond, South Korea has carried out annual military drills and in 2016, the largest ever US- South Korea military drills have been exercised to act as a warning to Pyongyang, North Korea. It was also the first time stimulate scenarios that the regime of Kim Jong-un, has…

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    The Korean Peninsula is known for its never-ending battle between the communist-ruled North Korea and its democratic ruled South Korea. During the year of 1910, Japan defeated the Yi dynasty and gained total control of the Korean peninsula in order to expand its empire (Salter 52). As part of an assimilation policy, Japan required Koreans to adopt Japanese style surnames, worship at Shinto shrines and learn the Japanese language. Koreans could also volunteer in the Japanese army to which they…

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