Insoo Kim Berg

Many cultures have been inspired by the Unites States, however South Korea has shown Americanization characteristics while still maintaining their own unique traditions. They have learned and are fascinated by the American lifestyle by their differences of religions, traditions, and media. In Korea, the culture is mainly impacted by several values: the importance of family roles, their fine cuisine, and their popular music. Korea is a peninsular country located in the Far East, adjacent to…

news around the world today is the action of the North Korea leader, Kim Jong-UN. Between conducting unauthorized weapons test to executing other North Korean politicians, Kim Jong-UN has sparked many debates about his leadership skills and if he is a good leader for North Korea. He has even been compared to other leaders like the twenty-century dictator, Joseph Stalin. Even though Stalin has committed more heinous crimes then Kim Jong-UN, Stalin has had more of a positive impact on his country.…

In the article entitled “We grow as we learn: Youth indoctrination in North Korea”, Niki O’Brien talks about how indoctrination of future generations is embedded at a young age in education, music, and everyday life in North Korea. O’Brien mentioned how education is a huge and very vital factor in contributing in an effective systematic indoctrination. In school, children are taught that South Korea was the aggressor of the Korean War and that the Americans were their enemies. 1 Students…

In devising economic policy, leaders do face certain constraints in the broad historical forces that have shaped their countries’ social and institutional structures. However, it is difficult to say that leaders are solely constrained by the historical factors and cannot ignore nor harness the historical factors to achieve economic and political goals. Throughout history, we have witnessed that leaders have been able to devise and implement economic policy despite the constraint of historical…

Known as the “Vanishing Island”, Isle de Jean Charles is located in Louisiana and is quickly eroding due to climate change and rising waters from the current pipelines-- it has been called home to residents for over one hundred and seventy years, and the island is vanishing from underneath them. Vaughn-Lee, the director, composed this New York Times op-doc in hopes to reach out to society about the matters that are taking place in Isle de Jean Charles, so authority could take action of the…

population, from the moment they were born, never experienced a better world. The only thing they can believe is what the government has been telling them. The government lie about what is happening throughout the world. They believe that their dictator , Kim Jong-un, is god. How are you suppose to know you live in a dystopia if you do not know anything better than what you are living in now? To the North Korean they view their world like ours and it is just a normal day for them. The government…

North Korea: A defector 's story”. She starts by evaluating how the dictators are viewed by the people of the nation. She states that "… All North Koreans believe the Kims are gods, I never thought that they did what we normal humans do, like even sleep or use the bathroom." It was a view Park began to question in 1994, when President Kim Il-Sung died. The country was devastated once their leader died, but Park simply asked herself, “How could a God die?”. The government started to enforce…

Soviet Union introduced socialist ideals to North Korea and they were applied in the planning of Pyongyang. Many political and symbolic functions were incorporated into the reconstruction of the city. In addition, the first premier of North Korea, Kim Il-Sung, implemented a “closed door policy” into…

The dark and gloomy day dragged on as thousands of north korean veterans gathered before the start of the Kim Jong Un parade. The picture is simple but yet effective, all that is seen is the gray cylindrical service caps of the corrupt North Korean military. The photo is taken from behind while the veterans are facing the opposite direction. The most powerful piece about this image is one North Korean veteran looking back with the look of bitter sadness on his face. The view of the image…

The news that North Korea was successfully completed their fifth higher level nuclear test has struck concerns in South Korea and the United States. To make matters worse on August 22, 2016 the U.S. was able to confirm that North Korea has the ability to launch Nukes at U.S. Additionally, during the annual military joint drill between South Korea and U.S. North Korea threatened to “Turn the stronghold of provocation into a heap of ashes through Korean-style preemptive strike if the US and south…