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    armed different sides to block each other’s strategy’s. Some examples of those proxy wars include The Korean War, and The Vietnam war. The first proxy war was the Korean War. This consisted of splitting Korea along the 38th parallel, into two administrations, dividing the country by north and south.…

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    shrouded in mystery than his father’s. No one is aware of where he was born, and his age is a mystery as well. He is thought to have been educated in Switzerland, and his mother was an opera singer married to his father. He became leader of North Korea in 2011, and when he did this, it is believed that he executed many senior officials, including his uncle, who was thought to be conspiring against him. Under Kim Jong Il, it is thought their nuclear weapons program has been growing, and the…

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    believe, and have great ideas to be happy. This quote significant is to Kim Jong Il because he was the dictator of North Korea. Over the years, Kim used his power to define North Korea. He also changed the country and the people had to followed his rules. Kim also maintained a large military, and nuclear weapons. This is important because United States was the target attack for North Korea months ago. There are many things about Kim Jong Il. Kim Jong Il was born February 16, 1942. As of right…

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    leader Kim Jong Un’s sister sitting near Vice President Mike Pence. Also, North and South Korean team members came out as one nation instead of both North and South Koreans. With the events that happened, these governments have made attempts to talk about the topic. South Korean president Moon Jae-in invited Kim Jong Un’s sister to talk about the controversy between the countries. Mike Pence does not think that North Korea will come to any terms of peace. Pence said to the news “I leave here…

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    Republic of South Korea 's evolution into the flourishing democracy it is today would have been very difficult without the security, economic and investment ties generated by America’s heavy military engagement in Korea from the beginning of the Cold War and the close economic ties with Western countries that resulted from this alliance with the United States. Thus, America’s efforts to balance against Soviet influence in the peninsula led to the growth and modernization of the South Korean…

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    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…

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    America” was written as a depthful plea during this difficult time for all. On the morning of June 25, 1950, North Korea invaded the South with “advanced units of the 135,00 soldiers of the North Korean army” (McGowen,10). The South was unprepared and unequipped. They lacked Combat artillery, tanks, and some field artillery (Hickey,1). The United States considered itself responsible for South Korea after their policy of containment. The United States was outraged over the invasion. American…

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    myself was able to serve my country and fight for my fellow Americans. Everyone has courage; the hard part is ascertaining it. Undoubtedly, times were changing at the end of the Second World War. Shortly after World War Two Korea had split into two. The United States government oversaw the north portion and the USSR controlled the southern portion. Since the war had ended, the tension between the USSR and the United States was rapidly increasing. The two countries came together to defeat…

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    time frame for the entertainment industries in the South Korea. During the 1990s, South Korea was under pressure to liberalise their market, particularly the media industry (Shim, 2008). Eventually, the economic globalisation facilitated the blooming of its entertainment industry (Shim, 2008) by exporting their popular cultural to the world, which known as the Korean wave (Ravina, 2009). Entertainment industry is an important industry in South Korea, together with other industries, such as…

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    between South Korea and North Korea. The drastic situation of the war caused for the joining of multiple nations supporting the communist side, and the United Nations. The United Nations had the goal of stopping the spread of communism and the threat it poses. This long war was the first that involved battles between jet aircraft. It also was the first war that an international organization, the United Nations, was in through military involvement (Armstrong, 2015, p. 379). The war started by…

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