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Women’s Role in the Korean War In this essay, I will be talking about what caused to let Korea to have 38th parallel and what the women’s role is in the Korean War. I got influenced by this topic (Korean War: Women’s Role) because I want to show people what women did in wars, because many people around me think men did all the work in wars. So I want them to know what women did and what the women’s role in the Korean War was by this essay. I was also going to choose another foreign country war,…

was divided between the USA and the Soviets along the 38th parallel. South Korea became a nation with a free market, while North Korea became a communist state. The president of North Korea Kim Il-sung, who is considered the founder of the North Korea’s Communist government, was thought to be corrupt and in blamed for the death of 100,000 plus lives. On June 25, 1950, North Korea, with 75000 soldiers, invaded South Korea. The newly formed United Nations voted unanimously that the invasion was a…

took place right after all of the distress of both World Wars and the Civil War. “God Please Protect 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…

The coup d’état has plagued Africa since the wave of independence that swept over the continent in the 1950s and 60s (Drury, Shearer, Cole, Hernann, & Sharif 2010). During this period, newly decolonized countries were handed the keys to their own political, economic, and social autonomy. With this autonomy, however, also came great instability. Numerous African countries such as Zaire were given very little time to develop their own governments, economy, and infrastructure of their own (Pfaff…

THE NORTH KOREAN SPACE PROGRAM North Korea has been at odds with most of the world for quite some time. Following the division of the country in 1948, North Korea has been arguably the least transparent country in the world. The rise of super power nations such as the United States, Russia, and China has made North Korea even more non-transparent. North Koreans have kept much of their military research and development, space program, and every day life under tight lock down. Present day…

As al-Wazzan approached each new situation, he changed more and more of himself, until finally too much was lost in translation and he found himself unable to return to his life of prestige in North Africa. From childhood through adulthood he lived a life of travel, learning customs, languages, and new laws. He was able to assimilate into cultures so well he even made a career out of it by becoming a diplomat for the city of Fez. However, in…

A dirt road called Half Breed Drive stretches out of Auburn, Nebraska for just a few miles, through endless cornfields, past a single mailbox. But its history runs deep, with an origin story stretching back 185 years, long before Nebraska was a state, or even a territory. This road traces the top of the western boundary of the Half-Breed Tract, a failed reservation for people rooted in two cultures but welcome in neither. The story that follows only amounts to pieces that I’ve stitched together…

American Beauty Standards Compared to Korean Beauty Standards Both Koreans and American have similar idea of the perfect body. American women tend to want a flat stomach, long legs and a very low weight. However, this ideal body is physically impossible to achieve for a large percentage of American women. For example, if the shows on TV channels like TLC, show how unrealistic it is to attain this goal. Like the show Botched, that shows the extent people would go to look a certain way to be…

to maintain it as one country. Due to North Korea’s struggle with her economy, a myriad of North Koreans evacuates to South Korea by crossing over the 38th parallel and risking their lives. Nevertheless, walking around Seoul, there are hardly any North Koreans. When they are found in public, South Koreans either keep distance from them or stare at them with despise; the 38th parallel seems to be segregating the North and the South among society as well. North Koreans recognize the hatred and…

Literacy has broader implications of the word than the definition in the dictionary. The reason why I recalled the moment of a middle school class in Korea is also related to impacts of literacy. That is because backgrounds and experiences of a person determine literacy of the person. Since I learned shallow definition of English words in Korea, sometimes I misunderstand lectures. These kinds of situations might be seen as one of 'literacy events ' due to different backgrounds. "Literacy…