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was divided between the USA and the Soviets along the 38th parallel. South Korea became a nation with a free market, while North Korea became a communist state. The president of North Korea Kim Il-sung, who is considered the founder of the North Korea’s Communist government, was thought to be corrupt and in blamed for the death of 100,000 plus lives. On June 25, 1950, North Korea, with 75000 soldiers, invaded South Korea. The newly formed United Nations voted unanimously that the invasion was a…

ignore the human rights problem even all countries know North Korea has violation of human rights? According to the article called “New Steps for Human Rights In North Korea”, “After the release of the report of the United Nations commission of inquiry on human rights in North Korea (COI) in February 2014, the world can no longer deny the severity of Pyongyang's human rights crisis”(Enos). This quote shows that the U.S. already know North Korean people do not have good human rights. The one…

Kim set a goal of improvement of the relationship between South and North Korea. He proclaimed his so-called, ‘Sunshine Policy’ of reconciliation and cooperation. It means that South Korea should show its forward-looking position with good will and have to help North Korea choose a path of change. In other words, a positive circle of South Korea and North Korea’s relation will be connected with South Korea’s good will and North Korea’s good will. This policy was influenced from two levels.…

question has been raised on China, the small state at the time, what are the reasons behind its intervention in the war. Many authors have argued that the main reason behind the China’s decision making to intervene in Korean War was to protect its national security interest. According to O'Shaughnessy, it was the Chinese motive to protect the security of Manchuria, its main economic area. Also, they feared Western interventions will dominate Manchuria, and then China. More importantly, before…

States became involved in Vietnam, many are not aware that the beginning of the conflict has roots further back than was generally established. As explained in the investigative reporting by Fox Butterfield contained in the Pentagon Papers, after china fell under the influence of communist forces, Vietnam or Indochina as it was known by then was viewed as a major security interest. Geographically if Indochina fell completely to communism it would open up a gate to surrounding Asian countries for…

So, an important role in the daily life of the emperor of China played numbers. Favorite number of Chinese rulers - nine, and in the Forbidden City can be found at every step. Nine was considered an imperial number because it is the last and largest number, followed by a dozen - the number of Heaven. In addition, nine in Chinese consonant with the word "eternal", and any emperor wanted to see if he is not, then at least his dynasty ruled until the end of time. And even if you count the number of…

The effects of the Korean War are hard to understand if you are not familiar with the tension that went on between North and South Korea before this eruption. To start it is vital to realize that tension between South Korea and North Korea had been going on before Word War 2. Korea sits in between China, Japan, and Russia. It is sometimes called, "The Land Bridge, between China and Japan (Inchon -September 15, 1950, n.d.). Like is said before, there has been tension between this cluster of…

North Koreans suffer all their lives, by the countless human rights violations brought upon them by their very own ruler of Kim Jong-un and the North Korean government. The North Korea public suffers from many violations such as starving, police brutality, forced pregnancy’s, forced abortions, torture, executions, false imprisonment, and hard labor. These are just a few of the enormous amount of human rights violations. This paper will cover the three most common and most occurring human right…

reasons of the U.S.’s agreement with Japan’s occupation of Korea in the 1900s? → First, the U.S. had no vital military and diplomatic interests in Korea at that time. Even in the aspect of economics and commerce, Korea was not important compare to China and Japan. (p.15) Second, the U.S. disappointed with the deterioration situation in Korea, such as corrupt and incompetent bureaucrats, and even believed Koreans could not govern themselves. The U.S. hoped that Japan would remove corruption and…

With the provided visual of the relationship between North Korean imports and exports with China in Tables 1.1 and 1.2, we can see that between 2005 and 2010, the North Korean economy has increasingly become more and more dependent with China, for not only is Chinese products the number one import within the nation, but China is also the largest consumer of North Korean goods (Nanto). Over time, this has created a large trade deficit with China which is roughly $1.1 billion in total, as the DPRK…