Korean War

Legacies of Japanese colonialism for the two Koreas After taking part in the lecture and reading the article of Bruce Cumings, I gained a much better understanding on several aspects of the afterlife of the Japanese colonial era in Korea. One of the key concepts was the role the colonization has played in the success of economical development in both North and South Korea. Both Cumings and Carter J. Eckert argue that the roots of South Korea's capitalist revolution can be traced back this era,…

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…

CLAIM: The United States, currently, ineffectively utilizes sanctions as a measure to pressure the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK). ESTABLISHING EVIDENCE: Despite North Korean inhabitants suffer because of sanctions, their government seems to prevail. One of the major reasons the state firmly persists their nuclear ambitions is China’s (PRC) support. While the entire world slashes North Korea from trade, the PRC remains one of the staunch opposers in sanctioning the DPRK. EVIDENCE:…

that take place in Vietnam during the Vietnam war. These stories depict the horrors and atrocities that take place during war. General history shows that the US spent lots of time and money. The US involvement in Vietnam divided Americans into the hawks and the doves. The hawks were people who supported the war while the doves were people who opposed the war. The conflict between the hawks and doves raised the question, “Was the US justified in going to war in Vietnam?”. This question has been…

significance of peace and prosperity in the Korean peninsula but containing tones of a a slight superiority over the South. To begin with the title again, “Historic North-South Summit for National Reconciliation and Unity, Peace and Prosperity”, we see that similar to the south, the focus of the article is on the peace and reconciliation between the two nations. After reading a few lines however, readers are reminded of the glorification of the North Korean leader, Kim Jong Un, from his…

During Kim Jong Un’s celebration of the 70 years the communist party has ruled he issued a caveat that he was ready fight and threat the United States could present. Kim delivered his very blazon and heated speech very scathingly in front of the people of North Korea and many news media outlets. Kim in his speech stated that his powerful military force would be ready to fight against the American scourge. He also said North Korea is an immovable force able to extricate itself from any threat the…

a similar empire to the Soviet Union, the Communist Chinese Republic required a great deal of foreign aid. Therefore, in order to support the expansion of communism, the Soviet Union provided funds to the Chinese Republic. Similarly, during the Korean War, China and Korea faced the newly instituted United Nations. However, through…

successor. The great leader later died in 2011, allegedly from a heart attack, and North Koreans in the capital mourned and wept 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…

the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and presidents Truman and Eisenhower and the United States were engaged in a cold war that ranged from Europe to Asia. The USSR was out to instill it’s influence and to spread Communism throughout Asia whilst preventing the United States from stopping their flow and instead putting forth capitalism as the way for Asian countries. A war of influence raged on between both superpowers as they went back and forth to who should reign in Asia. Even though both…

The Cold War is period where “conflict [arose] over ideological differences [...] the ideological conflicts between the United States and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics--USSR for short--during the second half of the 20th century.” After the second World War both the United States and the USSR viewed this as a moment of weakness on a global scale. On one hand, we see the USSR is wanting to expand their communist ideology on other nations, while the United States wanting to protect the…