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Japan and South Korea are "close but distant neighbors." This is how their relations have been described for long time. Japan and South Korea are geographically close but it is difficult to say that their relations is good. Japan and South Korea share many common elements such as similar culture, customs, and language, moreover, both nations have same political and economic system. In fact, Japan’s official view of South Korea is “our most important neighboring country”. Meanwhile, South Korean…

Chicago’s South Side has changed quite a bit since the 1950’s. People are not living in tiny apartments where you have to share bathrooms with people on your floor. The South Side is still mostly blacks and the northern and western sides of Chicago are mostly white. South side neighborhoods did not seem to be like in the 1950’s mostly because of the housing size, but today people on the south side are not sharing one bathroom with other people on their floor in the apartment buildings. In the…

The first time South Africa was colonized was in 1652 by the Dutch for its many raw materials and precious metals like gold; this colony was first fully established by the Dutch-East-India trading company. Over time the Dutch empire weakened and fell leaving the precious country open for the taking, and the English took advantage of this opportunity. In 1899, the English first colonized the South African ports and gold mines; this was a very important colony at the time since many of the…

Never Ending During the segregation era in South Africa known as Apartheid the black people in that area were subject to discrimination from white people who came into their land and exploited them. Black people in the United States face similar oppression from the government, authority figures such as police, and when they are trying to find work to support themselves.There are even groups dedicated to discriminating black people that have people i power such as police officers, judges, and…

started November 1 1955 and ended on April 30 1975. It was during the cold war era that happened in Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos. The first Indochina war occurred from 1946-1954 and was between North and South Vietnam. The Soviet Union and other communist country 's supported North Vietnam and South Vietnam was supported by the United states and other anti-communist country’s. This first war consisted of mainly guerrilla war and a few more conventional battles with large units in battle.…

Introduction In South Korea there is a strange dichotomy when it comes to body modification and the ways that citizens may choose to alter their appearance. whether temporarily or permanently. In South Korea as a whole. there is somewhat of a social standard that one is expected to uphold while they move throughout society. This standard is that your looks do not stray too far off from those of the general population. In other words. any modifications should be subtle and virtually unnoticeable.…

Steve Biko is portrayed in the movie with his associates and what he went through to achieve his goal of Black Consciousness. This movie is historically significant because it shows the atrocities that a white minority committed against the blacks of South Africa under the policy of Apartheid but as well how blacks endured through this historical moment through them trying to find their sense of identity as a people. Through the use of film, it provides a more intimate and more personal story…

cultures. Truly a phenomenal country in every way. The nation of Chile is situated in western South America. It is a long nation that pretty much 50% of its fringe is coastline. I picked this Spanish-talking nation on the grounds that I thought it would be intriguing. The atmosphere is one condition that may fluctuate inside distinctive areas. The nation broadens a long separation from north to south. There is an absence of precipitation toward the north. There the air has the capacity hold a…

official name of South Korea is Republic of Korea. They have named this country us because when they were under the Japanese rule they tried to conqueror both North and South Korea. Another reason why they are the Republic of Korea is because there type of government is Republic .South Korea had to fight for their impendence and have an official name. They have also named themselves the republic of Korea because they have a close relationship with United States. The reason why South Korea had…

Ms. Park Geun-Hye, president of South Korea, recently announced that secondary school students will be taught with state-authored history books starting in 2017, causing a huge controversy. Currently, schools are free to choose from textbooks that are closely examined and approved by the Ministry of Education. However, this legislation would institute a single, unified history textbook authored directly by the government. Through three levels of analysis, I seek to understand why Ms. Park plans…