Lee Kim Lai

The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, more commonly known as North Korea, is a country founded on September 9th, 1948 after being liberated from the Japanese by the Russians while South Korea was liberated by the United States of America. South Korea took on a Democratic government similar to the US while North Korea took on a Communist government similar to Russia. This caused a serious divide between the countries. Roughly two years later North Korea invaded South Korea with support…

The Democratic People 's Republic of Korea, more well-known as North Korea, was established under Kim Il-sung in 1948, following the Japanese surrender of control over the peninsula. North Korea is a personalist rule communist regime This is evident through the centralization of power, lack of political contestation, and the presence of a personality cult. The political structure of North Korea greatly impacted the life of individuals and families. People were divided into classes, brainwashed,…

Food Aid Impact on Developing Countries Food aid has created a way for underdeveloped nations to receive the emergency aid their countries need. Nations like Democratic People’s Republic of North Korea (DPRK) can misappropriate national funds on military projects instead of developing their agricultural industry (Feffer). On the other hand, countries like Ethiopia are dependent on foreign relief and are claiming a dependency syndrome (Siyoum, Hilhorst, Uffelen). Food aid does create a…

The main objective of this essay is to answer the research question ”To what extent did the involvement of foreign countries affected the nature of the Korean War ”. In order to understand how the foreign involvement affected the characteristics of the Korean War it´s important to comprehend the origins and causes of the Korean War, background research has been made in order to familiarize with the topic and gain a general idea of the topic. For example, the actions taken by Syngman Rhee of…

Park Chung Hee and Kim Il Sung are perhaps the two most influential Koreans of the 20th century. They were leaders of two opposing sides on a divided Korean peninsula. Park was the leader of South Korea, known as The Republic of Korea (ROK), and Kim was the leader of North Korea, known as the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK). Since the Korean War, their countries have been in a stalemate characterized by a switch between periods of polarizing tension and times of cooperation and…

all it takes to aid this situation. The potential risks involved are North Korea are prepared to go on war with different countries just to defend their existing system. The North Korean news media (Korean Central News Agency) which is founded by Kim Jong Un has shut down its website and the countries television stream has stopped. This is very risky as we do not know what has happened. It could be propaganda tactics being used by the country as they have been known to do so or it could be in…

Cultural Awareness Today’s world is very diverse, and there are many cultures in it. According to Webster’s dictionary the definition of culture is; “the beliefs, customs, arts, etc., of a particular society, group, place, or time” (Merriam). It all depends on where you live that determines which one you are a part of. Culture is something you are not born with; it is something you learn growing up from your family. It passes on from generation to generation. The way you act, talk, eat…

As New York Times (NYT) says, “North Korea may be the most oppressed nation in the entire world,” this article will demonstrate to you why. Everyone already knows that North Korea is a strict and highly censored country. Canadian Journalists For Free Expression (CJFE) says, “To call North Korea an authoritarian environment would be putting things mildly.” An authoritarian environment means that the people of NK have to have a strict obedience to authority, especially in a government. Freedom…

On 20 Oct 2015, the 20th divided family reunion meeting was hold in Mount Kumgang area in DROK, 389 South Korean participants fortunately had a brief meeting with their 141 relatives from North Korea after a 20 months absence. The sorrow and tears at the reunion site reminds people that the divided family issue, one of Korea's most urgent and pressing humanitarian problem caused by its historical and political division, is still remained unsolved and grim. This paper will summarize the…

powerful country. We also know that there is massive amounts of propaganda in North Korea and it has gone to the most where most of their citizens are “brainwashed” as they view their supreme leader Kim Jong-un as a god rather than a man. They also believe that he can do no wrong, so they follow Kim Jong-un’s orders without question, so they would have offered no real opposition against building the hydrogen bomb in the first…