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“N.O” by BTS –– No Offense to Education What’s your goal in life? Happiness? Success? Love? Whatever it may be, there’s no rea-son as to why you can’t achieve it––that’s what BTS is trying to tell us in their song “N.O.” Of-fering a futuristic view that is an astute commentary on South Korea’s restrictive culture, particu-larly among young people, “N.O” shouts power and invulnerability––telling adolescents to not tolerate monotonous goals set by adults and to find their own happiness before…

The Nanking Massacre. The invasion of China by the Japanese before and during the World War II lasted from 1930 to 1945. During this period, the Japanese military motivated by an unconscionable wish for expansion, aggression and imperialism commited major crimes. The atrocities and brutalities committed by Japanese military ended with destruction on Japanese soil-the atomic bombing of Nagasaki and Hiroshima in 1945. The victims’ of Japanese militarists’ aggression included peace-loving and…

Their Repatriation,” he argues that Sakhalin Korean were put in an awkward position that they were forced to leave their hometown to settle down in Sakhalin as soldiers, workers and comfort women under the colonization of Imperial Japan, but both Japanese government and South Korean government did not make obligated efforts to the repatriation of Sakhalin Korean to South Korea while Soviet government presented indifferent attitude towards this issue after the war between Imperial Japan and…

method of how rulers executed these changes, especially in architecture and urban planning, the ruling style can be easily shown. The Government-General Building, built in 1926, located in Seoul, Korea, was a product of Japanese colonialism over Korea from 1901 to 1945. Japanese “ruled Korea with an iron fist with highly centralized corps of military police and gendarmes. The rule was very…

An entertaining, satirical novel written by Chae Man-Sik, “Peace Under Heaven” portrays the colonial reality of Korea under the Japanese rule. Although its controversial aspects focus on the Korean culture instead of the Japanese, the author treads a line between propriety and realism. The story highlights the tragicomedy of materialistic greed, ambition, sensual decadence, and egoism of the protagonist, Master Yun; however, the author also portrays him as a pathetic human being through his past…

In the 19th century, a long period full of isolation, China and Japan were pressured by the west to open foreign trade and relations. The industrialization of Europe and the United States had created a wide separation between them and the west. Japan, Korea and China lacked knowledge, technology, and military power compared to the west. Out of these three countries, Japan was able to modernize with Korea, while China continued to struggle with modernization, but eventually modernized on their…

The Rape of Nanking occurred in the year of 1937 when the Japanese troops originally captured the Chinese city of Nanking. Adding on to that they also "massacred" tens of thousands of civilians. The elderly, women, and children were indiscriminately killed. According to Len Romano (the writer of the passage) the Japanese soldiers raped at least 20,000 people who were later killed or held as sex slaves for the soldiers. Japan in its search for identity, nationalism, and modernization violated…

attacks. In 1937, the residents of Nanjing were terrorized by Japanese soldiers. One study of this Nanjing Massacre emphasized the vast differences in accounts, mentioning that “the predominantly Chinese side of the scale... estimates that total deaths ranged from a ‘conservative’ 260,000 to 350,000, and asserts that between 20,000 and 80,000 women were raped” (Sedgwick). However, “the other end of the spectrum is occupied by Japanese 'revisionists ' such as Higashinakano Shudo who has…

colonization of Japan ruling Korea only lasted for 35 years. During the colonial period, Japanese imperialism in Korea had a significant ambivalent impact towards many Koreans. This essay will compare and contrast the differences between the first ten and second ten years of Japanese colonial policy in Korea. This is because Korea experiences dramatically changes in their cultural, political and economic policy under the Japanese rules. The essay will then distinguish why Japan changed its…

Japan may be a small country who had a small role in the outcome of World War 1, but they still managed to do quite a bit for the Allied side, and when it came to the Paris Peace Conference, they had many demands. From helping Russia to demanding equality, their help will not be forgotten by those affected today. On August 15th, 1914, Japan sent Germany an ultimatum; evacuate Tsing-tau, disarm the warships, and hand the territory over. When Germany blatantly ignored their requests, war…