History of Korea

The film The Attorney depicts the oppressive representation of South Korea’s governance and flawed judicial system. The storyline centers on Chun Doo-hwan’s governance of South Korea. Most of the film outlines what became termed as the Burim Case, through which the main character Song Woo-seok redefined how those accused are represented in the court system. Analyzing the political situation, underlying themes, and the fictionalization of particular aspects of the film, one gains a comprehensive…

around the globe, there has been a great increase in interest in South Korean culture outside of the realm of pop-culture. The South Korean Government, or more specifically, the Korea Tourism Organization (KTO), has been capitalizing on this interest with costly and colorful advertisements to increase travel to South Korea. One of their more recent projects is the webpage koreavisitsyou.com that features four videos as well as a section where Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter posts tagged with…

considered one of the most influential people in Korean fashion and a pioneer of K-fashion in the global fashion arena, started designing in 1980” (Jung 241). What makes Lie one of the best fashion designers in Korea? Firstly, Lie was trained and educated as a fashion designer in his country, Korea. However, although he got a success in his country, he was not satisfied. He planned to go other countries to show his design of collection, and even also hoped to learn their different cultures and…

nation of North Korea is no exception, with countless numbers of cruel dictators. The government in North Korea pervades all aspects of civilian life. With most of Korean citizens starved and improvised; the bitter hatred toward the US still remains. North Korea’s current dictator, Kim Jong-un began his reign on March 2014 to current day. On September 15, 2015 he states he is ready to use nuclear weapons against the United States and other…

Since its inception under the Kim regime, North Korea has been known to the world as an oppressive militaristic state that threatens to bring the world to its knees. This paper will be focused on the film The Propaganda Game (2015), directed and produced by Spanish film director Álvaro Longoria. During the time the film was being recorded, sanctions were placed on North Korea by the United States after North Korea cyber hacked Sony Entertainment over the film, The Interview. The Propaganda…

compared to the country of North Korea.If the society described in Anthem were a real place, they would look to North Korea as normal and resemble the country. Both societies have strict government control, little to no technology or knowledge of anything outside…

Little is known about the lifestyle of the people in North Korea. We, as citizens of the world, often hear the horrific stories of prisoners held at concentration-like camps, involving torture by guards, unsanitary conditions, rape along with involuntary abortions, deliberate starvation, cannibalism, public executions, brainwashing, death, and other barbaric treatment that breaks human rights laws (Kwon, 2013, p. 199). The most common form of punishment in these political prison camps is forced…

School In North Korea citizens are allowed no religious freedom. Providing no religious freedoms in a country is against human rights and every citizen should have equal right to freedom of religion. In North Korea people do not have the right to express their personal faith or do simple things like teach about God or carry a bible. Juche religion is very different from most religions but relates to other to religions. Compared to most countries, North Korea is one of the very few…

films, tortures, and leaders in the country. There are two couples from South Korea who are film makers known as Shin Sang-OK and Choi Eun-Hee, who were kidnapped by the great leader of North Korea, and brought to Pyong Yang to make successful films. Shin was popular at filming good movies and Choi was an actress, but turned out to film with Shin after they were both kidnapped. However, Kim Sung became a leader of North Korea at the year of 1948 and passed away at the year of 1994. Sung gave up…

the matter is that North Korea’s people have suffered greatly while not even realizing the depravity of their situations. North Korea’s leader, Kim Yong-Il has been and is continuing to “lead” his people immorally and unjustly in many ways. North Korea has been oppressed for so long in such horrible and degrading ways that is seems like there is no hope left for these innocent suffering citizens. Fortunately, God gives his people his perfect word from which advice, examples and life lessons can…