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Richard E. Kim was born in Hamheung, North Korea in 1932. Kim grew up in a very religious family, his grandfather was a Christian minister. Before the Korean War began Kim and his family fled, moving south until they ended up in Seoul. The communist troops were taking over Seoul, they arrested and killed Kim’s grandfather. Kim escaped Seoul and fled to Inchon. Kim was later caught and put into the Marines as an English translator and a liaison to the United Nations this began in 1950, he served…

The Korean Wave refers to the cultural phenomenon in which people in the world are willing to adopt and consume Korean popular culture (Jung, 2006). The Korean Wave is the term coined by the Chinese media for the first time to describe the sudden surge in the popularity of Korean culture in China in 2002 (Hogarth, 2013). The Korean Wave usually includes Korean music, dramas, films and games and is a hot cultural change and trend especially in Asian nations today. Korean television drama has been…

because of the restrictions Kim Jong-Un has enforced among all of the North Korean citizens; North Korea’s leader has put on the country. The discrimination against North Korean’s by their leader is highly unfair and should be stopped immediately. North Korea has been a communist country and controls their people since 1918, democracy is a better way of life and not all are lucky for example like the American citizens. North Koreans are a communist economy, they also live in a very cruel and…

Dwight D. Eisenhower: An American Leader Time is running out, the war is in action and one sole decision could change the success of the different armies at war. How would an average person react if put in this position? Has anyone ever been through so much stress? Dwight D. Eisenhower has. Dwight D. Eisenhower, a five star general and president of the United States, has made multiple decisions in his life that have changed the United States' military as well as their success. Eisenhower…

research I plan to continue my studying of the language by taking a few Korean classes at Florida State University. Some of the classes that I plan to take are Elementary Korean II. It emphasizes speaking and listening, as well as studying Hangeul in further detail. Another class is Korean Reading and Conversation, this course continues to stress speaking and listening skills and introduces more of the essentials of Korean grammar. After I am done with school, I may go back to South Korea as a…

about the country and the extent of its economy before coming into the class. After being poor from the Korean War and Asian Financial Crisis, Korea was able to industrialize in such a short time compared to other developed countries. During our trip, I experienced first-hand how rich and high-tech South Korea is and how it is more so compared to America, which can be surprising to most Americans with a nationalistic perspective. For example, there was high-speed Wi-Fi and strong signal in…

North Korea. As a young boy, he had completed known everything about Confucian education and was enrolled in a Methodist school. In the school, he became a nationalist. In 1896, he and his other friends formed a club that would force Japan to give Korean independence. When someone closed down his club, he was arrested and imprisoned until 1904. After, he left the hail he decided to go the U.S. in 1910 where he graduated from Princeton University with a Ph.D. When he came home in 1910, Korea was…

greatest ally, China. China first became allied with North Korea when it intervened in the Korean War (25 June 1950 - 27 July 1953) to defend the communist forces in the northern region of Korea. China’s intervention was crucial for North Korea to survive the war:…

United States history, just like the 1920’s were. Many things happen within the 50’s. One of the most famous events from the 1950’s started in the year 1950, the Korean War, it lasted from 1950 to 1953. The United States became involved with this war due to their policy of Communism Containment. This policy really came about when the American-Soviet relations became uneasy, and they worried about the spread…

This video is courtesy of A&E Television Network. It tells, specifically of the inhumane conditions within the North Korean prisons, called Kwan-li-so or kwalliso. This topic is discussed mostly from 36:21-39:50. It includes several first hand accounts of what people faced within the prisons. The video also tells of the extremes to which some would go to be free (some even considering or attempting suicide). This is a reliable video source. There are several other sources that backup the…