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incoming planes, but the Americans countered with extra assistance from other World War II…

The Political and Economic Oppression of North Korean Citizens Freedom of speech is defining aspect of every American’s, life. The american dream is defined through freedom to express what is ideal to a specific individual. While the people of America may take these freedoms for granted, they are sparse in eastern civilizations, specifically North Korea. Limited freedom is nothing new in North Korea, but their sudden prominence has been aided by modern media. A corrupt economy and political…

bloc was mostly democratic and was led by the United States. The cold war started on April 25, 1945, at the Elbe River in Germany where two powerful armies met American and Russia cut Germany in two parts. What was Containment? There were three good examples of containment which help explain what it was. These were the Berlin Airlift, the Korean War, and the Cuban Missile Crisis. One good example of containment was how west Berlin was surrounded by the Soviet Blockade. “Joseph Stalin and…

Culture and Concerns South Korea is a country with a very rich culture and is very different from our own culture here in the United States. One of the aspects of South Korean culture that stand out the most is its hierarchical structure. This section will explain how the different cultural frameworks and concepts apply to South Korean culture. The first is the sociology framework. Kluckhohn and Strodtbeck described culture as having 6 different dimensions: time, space, activity,…

The Korean War officially started in 1950 and ended in an armistice in 1953 with the Demilitarized zone falling at its pre-war position on the 38th parallel. The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea), with support from its Communist neighbors of China and the Soviet Union, invaded south past the 38th parallel in June of 1950 attacking the Republic of Korea (South Korea). North Korea’s invasion resulted in initial success until the United Nations intervened in the defense of South…

That being said, the Allies did agree that Japan should be forced to relinquish control over Korea and that the country should be jointly occupied by the US and USSR, with the 38th parallel serving as a temporary boundary between the Soviet and American zones of…

Exploration of North Korea Little known about North Korea due to the strict government and life style that they live. In this paper, informative information will be revealed on some of the challenges North Koreans face and living condition that they are exposed to that differ from the American way of life. In a publication by Sonya Yang on The Democratic Republic of Korea, “The Soviets endorsed a group of former guerrilla fighters as national leaders. This included a thirty-two-year-old…

worrisome to the West. For the next few decades, the majority of American foreign policy would revolve around the Soviet Union, an era that came to be known as the Cold War. In his Long Telegram, George Kennan outlined the policy for this period, containment. In essence, Communism would be allowed to stay where it is but not allowed to expand. The United States policy of containment was only somewhat successful as seen in the results of the Korean War and the rebuilding of Europe and Japan, but…

“For the people, of the people, by the people.” These words were uttered by American Pfc. James Dresnok, who is the main speaker of this film. Crossing the Line is a documentary that follows 4 western defectors who lived in communists North Korea. All of these men, to my surprise had entered into North Korea willingly and were not captured or necessarily prisoners of war. They had all abandoned there posts and went to North Korea for a variety of reasons, even they can’t explain the exacts…

creating a solidly communist bloc in the east in contention with the democratic west. The American response to foreign relations this time was much more proactive and ultimately set the path for future relations with the Soviet Union. Tensions began to mount between America and the Soviet Union almost immediately after Roosevelt’s death. Truman’s…