National Treasures of South Korea

down from generation to generation, from grandfather to grandson. Even their religion is controlled; religious groups are sponsored by the government, but only to provide a sense of religious freedom. North Korea is located in between China and the lower half of the peninsula, South Korea. The terrain consists of hills and mountains divided by deep valleys. Only about 8 to 10 cities actually have the everyday necessities, the rest is undeveloped or in most cases untouched. Only the high…

people’s uprising, 5.18, and 5.18 Democratic uprising is a very detrimental and destructive, yet widely unknown event due to the extensive measures taken by South Korean government and military to ensure it stayed unknown. The uprising occurred in the city of Gwangju which resides in the South part of the agriculture dominated Jeolla province in South Korea. It began May 18th 1980 and lasted until May 27th 1980. However, even though the uprising itself only lasted 9 days, in reality, the events…

between South Korea and North Korea. The drastic situation of the war caused for the joining of multiple nations supporting the communist side, and the United Nations. The United Nations had the goal of stopping the spread of communism and the threat it poses. This long war was the first that involved battles between jet aircraft. It also was the first war that an international organization, the United Nations, was in through military involvement (Armstrong, 2015, p. 379). The war started by…

Fear. Worry. Love. That’s what the citizens of the hermit kingdom that is North Korea feel. They fear for their lives, they worry for their loved ones, but they love the chains that bind them. Their captor is their ‘savior’. North Korea is the closest thing to a dystopian society Earth has to offer right now. It’s closed off from the rest of the world besides a small outlet into China for trade for without that trade it would fall to ruins. The government in Anthem is its parallel.The novel…

In the recent decades, the Republic of Korea has seen a growth in mysogyny. The over-generalization that South Korean women only seek after men’s wealth, the increasing popularity of plastic surgery, and women’s desire to purchase designer accessories and apparels contribute to such hatred towards women in South Korea. However, South Korean men’s required participation in the military seems to remains to be the most contributive factor admist all other reasons. It is not completely irrational…

and I agree with him. The world was still recovering from WW2 and the United States was in the Korean War at the time. The North Koreans did get extra help from the Chinese but that was because of MacArthur’s plan to take all of Korea. To completely wipe out communism in Korea was the goal. It was not the place and time to bomb and invade a major communist country. That could have possibly started another war, a nuclear war which would devastate the world. Another reason I believe invading China…

most important was the fight over Korea. With much of the Western world terrified of communism, many swore to do anything to stop its advance. This was the main priority for the United States after the end of World War II and the US and USSR quickly turned against each other now that they had no common enemy. The Korean War was an international conflict fought through the guise of a civil war between the Republic of Korea and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea by the United States and the…

the U.S. in 1945-1950. General C.C. Ballou was reacquired by the U.S. Navy in March 1, 1950 for nearly 2 years sailed between Europe and the United States with refugees. Beginning in 1952, the ship began transporting troops from the West Coast to Korea serve in the Korean War. She was placed out of service in September 1954 and was later sold to Navieras…

An entertaining, satirical novel written by Chae Man-Sik, “Peace Under Heaven” portrays the colonial reality of Korea under the Japanese rule. Although its controversial aspects focus on the Korean culture instead of the Japanese, the author treads a line between propriety and realism. The story highlights the tragicomedy of materialistic greed, ambition, sensual decadence, and egoism of the protagonist, Master Yun; however, the author also portrays him as a pathetic human being through his past…

Syngman Rhee Syngman Rhee was South Korea’s first president. He was raised in Pyongsan County, 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…