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On January 6, an earthquake was detected near a North Korean nuclear testing facility. Kim Jong Un later claimed that this was due to the testing of North Korea’s first hydrogen bomb, which would be a very large step forward in their weapons development. News stories such as this have been dominating the media over the past few decades, with events such as this occurring seemingly every other month. North Korea, and its somewhat crazy lineage of leaders from the Kim family, has been a large…

of the decade, the South had elected the highly educated, anti-communist Syngman Rhee and in the north communist dictator Kim Il Sung was elected and was promoted and financed by the Soviet Union. Border skirmishes were bound to occur for one cannot keep a communist and a anti-communist reign right next to each other and not expect bad blood. The result of this palpable astriction led to 10,000 North & Korean soldiers being asphyxiate before the bloodshed even…

North Korea’s Desire for Nuclear Weapons Political Science 370-International Conflict Jacob Schmitt Abstract As we consider the possibility of North Korea obtaining more advanced nuclear weapons while also becoming more vocal about their desire to use them in influencing global politics, we ask ourselves, “Why nuclear? Why a sudden surge of activity in North Korea?”. To understand this sudden assertion by North Korea, it is important to consider the historical context of this conflict…

origin, colours, religions, languages, or any of other status”. North Korea is officially called democratic people’s Republic of Korea, the capital and the largest city is Pyongyang. There are approximately 24.76 million people in the country. North Korea was a part of Korea, which has been divided in two countries known as North and South Korea. North Korea is generally described as a communist state, currently operates by Kim Jon-un. North Korea is internationally well known for its…

while 600 000 of homes combined in North and South Korea were destroyed. William Stueck argues in his book, Rethinking the Korean War, that had only intensified and militarized the Cold War. This paper thus answers the question, how have historians explained the origins of the Korean war? There are two arguments made by historians about the origins of the Korean war. The first argument posits that it was the close relations between the Soviet Union, North Korea and China,…

April 15, 2017, the North Korean government launched a missile test which failed just seconds after being deployed. The weekend of April 15 became extremely tense internationally, especially between the United States and North Korea. The United States had the fear North Korea would be testing not only ballistic missiles but conducting nuclear tests. The United States government has been on its toes speculating that North Korea will begin launching its sixth nuclear-weapons test soon. The United…

communist north and the republic south. Our main intentions were to stop the spread of communism once again like in Berlin, but this time in the asian countries. We had believed that just like before in germany the soviets were to blame for spreading the communism further. They had inflicted North Korea to become a state of communism and over time the Soviets influence left North Korea wanting to spread their views in the same way. The dawn of June 25th, 1950, about ninety thousand North…

Culture Awareness; North Korea What do you think about when you think of North Korea? There are many things that can go through your head when trying to define a country. The traditions, customs, religion, the food, and the language plays major factors of that definition of a country. Culture is the behaviors and beliefs that make up the characteristics of a particular group of people or in this case, a country. This essay will cover a lot that goes into the composition of North Korea’s culture.…

1. The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) also known as North Korea is a communist country that is still in a state of war with the United States. This background paper outlines DPRK’s economics and resources, politics and social relations and US interests in the country. 2. North Korea is notable for its lack of a stable economy. The government causes economic duress to its citizens by punishing market activities.3 Citizens who want to partake in market activities are required to…

In the past months, rising tension between North Korea and the United States have raised some eyebrows and caused some to have growing concerns in terms of how the issue may pan out. The tension between the United States and North Korea will most likely not escalate enough to a nuclear war, according to former defense secretary, William J. Perry, who states that “North Korea is incredibly unlikely to launch an unprovoked nuclear attack.” This may ease some fears on the growing concerns of war…