I was surprised. I couldn’t think straight. All that was going through my mind was that I must go, I have to go because there are people out there who need help. I remember hearing through the news that North Korea and South Korea were in a civil war, as they were opposed to each other’s regulations and ideas. The United Nations which included my country, Canada was stepping in to help, due to South Korea being its responsibility. Along with them came the Soviet Union and the People’s Republic…
The Path To Enlightenment There are several legends that depict different scenes for the famed Bodhidharma and Huike. One of those is the story of Huike cutting off his arm. The paintings from Dai Jin and Sesshu ultimately show this story, with Sesshu’s painting similarly named “Huike Offering His Arm To Bodhidharma.” The story is fairly simple; Huike wanted to become truly enlightened and went on a journey to find someone to enlighten and teach him, Bodhidharma. Initially, Huike waited in the…
Have anyone ever imagined themselves to kidnap by someone who do not know and cannot see their family for entire life? Isn’t that horrible to think about it? However, this incident was actually happening in South Korea. This case deals with gruesome people, people who do not know anything, and people who are afraid. Comfort women, is it familiar? Although that name would not be usual, it is no exaggeration to say that the comfort women are ‘pain’ in Korea. This incident gave many people physical…
correspond, South Korea has carried out annual military drills and in 2016, the largest ever US- South Korea military drills have been exercised to act as a warning to Pyongyang, North Korea. It was also the first time stimulate scenarios that the regime of Kim Jong-un, has…
The documentary, “Secret State of North Korea,” explains the hidden world of the North Korean people. Throughout the documentary, North Korea is defined as an isolated and controlled country. Kim Jong-un, the dictator of North Korea, wants to maintain tight control over what North Koreans see of the world – and what the world sees of North Korea. The people are told that the leader is like the sun: "If you go too close you burn. If you go too far you freeze to death." North Koreans and the world…
North Korea is extremely different than the United States. The government style of North Korea is way different than the United State. They have a dictator. The lifestyle of the citizens is very different than the US too. North Korean citizens lacks many rights and responsibilities that US citizens do have. North Korea also has a very different government and economy than South Korea. North Korea is a communist country. They have a dictator who rules everyone in North Korea. In North…
A high-level defector from North Korea warned in an interview that Kim Jong Un would use nuclear weapons against the U.S. or its allies to stay in power if necessary (Zorthian, 2017). NBC News was told that the dictator of North Korea was “desperate in maintaining his rule” (Zorthian, 2017). Kim is readily watching for any military action or threat from America and he has made it known that he has nuclear weapons. These weapons are specifically intercontinental ballistic missiles (Zorthian,…
This article brings up the numbers that have been given my North Korea, although it is hard to trust these statistics as Kim Jong-un likes to portray things not as bad as they are. These numbers still support my conclusion that North Korean labor camps are something that the general public needs to be educated on, as it’s so many people’s lives. From that, the answer to my…
Isle of Dogs: A Delightful Dose of Dogs Isle of Dogs takes place 20 years in the future, where the japanese city of Megasaki is ruled by the cat loving Kobayashi dynasty, which has banished all dogs to live on an island of trash. This leads 12-year Atari (Koyu Rankin) to venture to the island to find his deported guard dog, Spots(Liev Schreiber). Upon his arrival, a group of dogs (Bryan Cranston, Bill Murray, Jeff Goldblum, Edward Norton, Bob Balaban) agree to accompany Atari across the Isle…
for their deceased leader. Kim Jong Un’s birth is even more 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…