Korea

Short-term debt for Hanjin far exceeds the average Source: Bloomberg (Companies considered: Hanjin Shipping Co Ltd, AP Moeller - Maersk A/S, COSCO Shipping Co Ltd, Hapag-Lloyd AG, Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Ltd, Mitsui OSK Lines Ltd, Nippon Yusen KK, Wan Hai Lines Ltd) Stressed liquidity-cornerstone of the receivership filing Hanjin filed for the receivership with the South Korean Court as all the funds with the company dried up. Hanjin’s…

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…

The Never Ending Genocide On February 12th, 2016, North Korea tested its most popular nuclear weapon, stirring debate around the world. During the previous super bowl North Korea flew spy satellites over the super bowl stadium. These recent and almost invasive events are the just the icing on the cake, North Koreas history for being a ruthless and extremely hostile country under its dictatorial leaders is long standing. This aggressiveness is not limited to its enemies, their treatment of their…

World Cultures Day 60 The Struggle with North Korea North Korea is a repressive Communist nation of which many bordering countries are fearful. North Korea’s military ranks fifth in the world, and the United States government has reason to believe that the powerful country has nuclear weapons. In fact, North Korea claims that it succeeded in launching its fifth nuclear test in September of this year. North Korea’s fifth nuclear…

“you can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future’’. No matter what everything is connected from the music you listen to , too the day Hitler invaded poland. What you do now will change history. The deadliest war in human history with millions of casualties and even more civilians killed, all caused by one man, Adolf Hitler. Hitler got his hatred for the jews during WW1 on the western…

answer that I have. Is U.S and Japan are teaming up to face North Korea in World War III ? I believed that North Korea and U.S are building defense for both countries for World War III, both are doing military drills near the Korean Peninsula for preparation for World War III. Suddenly, no one has found the military ships, warships, and support ships near the Korean Peninsula. North Korea warned about the U.S that they are going to prepare for war and the common question…

was an armed conflict spanning from June 1950 – July 1953 and involved two opposing sides, North Korea and South Korea. Each side was backed up by the Soviet Union and United States, respectively, and was part of the larger, long-term Cold War. The stage was set for a South Korean-U.S. victory with the allied forces pushing back the communists north of the 38th parallel and to the Yalu River in North Korea. However, victory could not be seized as the South Korean troops were met and ambushed by…

the south (Lee 48). North Korea was helped by China and the Soviet Union, while the southern part of the Korean peninsula was reinforced by American troops (Lee 49). Ultimately, the war led to a separation of the peninsula when the North Korean and Chinese forces managed to push the Americans away from the Chinese border (Edidin 19). However, since the separation, major societal changes have been observed in North and South Korea. When we think of North and South Korea, different images come to…

Republic of Korea, or North Korea, invaded the Republic of Korea in the south across the 38th parallel. Shortly after the start of the war, American and United Nations (U.N.) troops joined the battle and fought alongside South Korea. Correspondingly, General Douglas MacArthur had been named commander of the U.N. forces by the United Nations Security Council. Both President Harry Truman and General MacArthur acknowledged the significance of the war in regards to communism, as North Korea was…

Korea had been of great importance to the USSR, the Peoples Republic of China and the US since the early nineteenth century. Following this tradition, subsequently after World War 2, North Korea with the backing USSR made an attempt in unifying Korea across the 38th parallel, the border between North and South Korea. The Korean War officially begun on June 25, 1950 in a time of the burgeoning Cold War in which was an international competition between the main protagonists, the Democratic U.S and…