National Treasures of South Korea

nuclear program poses a threat to South Korea, one country amongst multiple other neighboring Southeast Asian nations targeted by the socialist regime. Despite pressure and resource withdrawal from North Korea as attempts to stop the program’s development, the country continues to expand its nuclear program despite its initially already poor economy. Tensions between major powers, such as the U.S., Japan, and South Korea heightened throughout the last decade as North Korea continued to develop…

centuries, Korea was very slow in changing from its agrarian society into an industrial society with “technical enterprises and other productive economic activities” . Apart from other reasons, the domination of Japan and the Korean War which bombarded the country to its death were the most prominent ones. However despite other countries’ expectations, president Park Jung Hee, also a military general who ruled the country from 1961 to 1979, was able to not only recover Korea from the…

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: According to a…

In the narrative entitled, Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea, Barbara Demick focused on the fact that Chang-bo did not feel that the people in the government of the dictatorship were truthful, fair, or kind to the citizens. It also mentioned the consequences of the words that were spoken by him. On the other hand, his wife, Mrs. Song, felt as if the ways of the government were sufficient for the society, and that the officials in the government of the dictatorship were not being…

An amazing woman came to the rescue of 100 dogs that were facing slaughter in Yulin, China at a dog meat festival. YULIN’S ANNUAL DOG MEAT FESTIVAL The city of Yulin has hosted an annual festival to celebrate the summer solstice since 2009. Sounds fun, right? Except this is a dog meat festival that claims the lives of an estimated 10,000 dogs that are slaughtered and eaten. The belief that dog meat brings good health and good luck is the stupid superstition that drives this festival, where…

In the beginning, it was established that Japan that was in control of Korea from the annexation they made in 1910. April 1945 the Yalta Conference agreed to make a four power trusteeship for Korea near the end of World War two. Korea was split into two pieces, North and South Korea. The United States had control of the southern part of Korea below the 38th parallel, and the Soviet Union occupying the northern area. Later on in that year it was settled that the country would be reconnected and…

military comprises just one of the elements of national power, the others being diplomacy, information and economics . It is through all of these elements of national power that the President seeks to achieve national strategic objectives. However, when war is involved and the US fails to achieve these objectives, it is often cited as a military failure. This is understandable given that the military is the largest and most conspicuous of the elements of national power. Nevertheless, the nation…

Like Father, Like Son? Imagine silence, then life. A little baby boy has just been born in North Korea. He has been given a new life to do whatever he pleases; except he can’t. That little boy has been born in a concentration camp and will stay there for the rest of his life. This is what is happening in North Korea at this moment; so cruel, yet still tolerated. The violence and dehumanization in North Korea still has not ceased, and the genocide will continue to affect the world until their…

public perception of South Korea can vary from its popular song Gangnam style, the Kpop scene/idols, or maybe even its staple food kimchi. My heritage as a second generation Korean American has made me experience all sorts of comments and questions about my culture numerous times. Many of my Korean friends are also in the same position as me, or they were born in South Korea and moved to the U.S.A when they were children. Whenever someone in my group of Korean friends, talk about Korea we always…

for Truman’s decisions, the investigation is listed through the events that led up to the War in chronological order from the initial days before the War and into the War. This supports the purpose in why the war started and what led Truman to aid Korea during the war. Two of the sources used in this essay, The Korean War: Challenges in Crisis, Credibility, and Command, compiled by Burton I. Kaufmann and Rise to Globalism, written by Stephen Ambrose are then evaluated for their origins,…