Korean Peninsula

The Korean peninsula was originally occupied by Japan from as early as 1910 (Wikipedia, 2016). In 1945, the Soviet Union declared war on Japan and encroached on Korea (Wikipedia, 2016). The United States became wary of the Soviet Union taking over all of Korea and asked that operations be limited to the northern peninsula, which left the southern peninsula free for United States militia to occupy (Wikipedia, 2016). During the Cold War, North Korea copied a system of government similar to that…

As 1945 drew to a close, the fate of the Korean nation hung in the balance. For over one thousand years, the Korean Peninsula had been united under several states; and the last government of a united Korea, the People’s Republic of Korea, was under fire. Due to treaty agreements between the United States, and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, the peninsula would be partitioned into two zones of occupation; the Soviets controlling the region north of 38th parallel, while the Americans…

North Korea’s constitution highlights freedom of religion, freedom of expression and democratic voting. Unfortunately, for the country’s citizens; this is far from the truth. The country claims to run under the “Juche” ideology, or rejecting dependence on others using one’s own mind, and believing in one’s own strength. Due to this ideology, roughly 12 million people live in extreme poverty and do not have access to basic human needs. This paper will discuss North Korea’s culture, terrain,…

agree on the form of government Korea should be, and so the 38th parallel that was meant to be temporary became permanent. In the North, with Soviet assistance, Kim Il Sung began organizing an authoritarian Communist regime. Meanwhile, in the South, Korean exile Syngman Rhee—who had spent much of his life living in the United States—established his own administration, no less authoritarian than Kim 's but ferociously anticommunist and backed by the Americans. The newly formed United Nations…

North Korea is an Asian country located in the Northern part of the Korean peninsula. It is surrounded by China, South Korea, the East Sea, and the Yellow Sea. North Korea’s physical land mostly consists of rigid mountains and valley and is divided into the east and west coasts by the Nangnim Mountains. A multitude of river systems flow through the valleys and end up in the adjacent seas. Dormant volcanoes are scattered through North Korea’s mountain ranges. The temperature is generally cool in…

Prospects for the Korean Economy: An International Business Perspective” is written by Yoon-Shik Park, PhD & DBA Professor of International Finance, George Washington University, Washington, D.C. This paper was presented at The Joint Annual Conference 2007 of ICKS-KAUPA on Impending Changes on the Korean Peninsula and The Future of U.S.-Korean Relations. The author’s main argument is that due to the economic state of North Korea, which has been on the decline since Korean peninsula was divided,…

The Korean War: Its Psychological Effect on the Young Adults I. BACKGROUND The Korean Peninsula was once belonged to the Japanese empire from 1910 until the end of World War II. During World War II, the United States, Great Britain, China and Soviet Union had decided to make the Korean Peninsula as an independent country. However, when the Japanese empire surrendered in 1945, the Soviet Union took control of the northern half of the Korean Peninsula, while the United States occupied the southern…

government itself. A majority of people also favor banning landmines. The largest problem facing a removal of the use of landmines from the Korean Peninsula is the possible North Korean invasion of South Korea. Opponents of a full ban say that minefields are crucial in the defense of South Korea especially Seoul, but those for a ban say that those are technically South Korean landmines. This issue is complex requiring appeasing an international audience, but also staying committed to protecting…

The Korean War was the first military clash of the Cold War, a war between the principles of democracy and the principles of communism. The two titans after World War II, the United Stated and the Soviet Union wanted to ideological shape the world in their images. President Truman, a common man in extraordinary situations, used the Cold War strategy of ‘containment’, which was not allow the spread of communism past the nations that already were communist. One of the battle lines that Truman’s…

Stueck argues in his book, Rethinking the Korean War, that had only intensified and militarized the Cold War. This paper thus answers the question, how have historians explained the origins of the Korean war? There are two arguments made by historians about the origins of the Korean war. The first argument posits that it was the close relations between the Soviet Union, North Korea and China,…