Pyongyang

On June 25, 1950, the Republic of Korea invaded the Democratic Republic of Korea under the leadership of Kim Il-Sung. The attack began around 3 or 4 AM in Ongjin and was a declaration of war. During the war, 10 percent of the population was either killed, wounded or missing, 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…

Nuclear Power is Not Worth It New technology and science that has been created throughout the past few decades has allowed the United States to use Earth’s natural resources for our benefit. Medicine, insect control, fertilizers and agricultural uses all have an advantage when it comes to nuclear power, but the most well known use is electricity. Gaining energy from nuclear power plants provides electricity for about 20% of the United States population, however, the negatives of this process…

The Ignored North Korean Genocide The genocide in North Korea has been happening for decades, evidence of these camps has been traced back to the end of the Korean War in the 1950’s. Ever since the first reports of these labor camps, the U.N has done little to nothing to stop them as well as the death happening inside of them and that is why the genocide in North Korea is being ignored by the rest of the world. The things happening in North Korea have not been labeled officially as “genocide”…

to limit/restrict the people of North Koreas movement even inside their own country. You must have a clearly stated particular responsibility/duty or purpose if you wish to go to another part of the country and receive permission from your work unit. For those not living in Pyongyang, access to enter is expected to be denied. (Tanaka 2008) As one would expect, the government in power has developed forms of punishment for those willing to attempt to escape the country. There are so many people…

Introduction. One country which remains divided as a relic of poor international relations is Korea. Although Korea has always been historically divided into an industrious North, and agrarian South, the division has never been as hostile as it is today. Despite the collapse of the Soviet Union, and the supposed end of history which would see the liberal ideal triumph, the DPRK has continued to resist and maintain its independence to a certain degree. The Korean issue is one which is unlikely to…

inner logic of Mao’s ‘‘continuing revolution,’’ including communist internationalist ideology and national security concerns. Beijing, they argue, viewed China’s national interest via a Leninist prism, which led Mao and his associates in Moscow and Pyongyang to believe that war with the US imperialists was inevitable.” (Mao’s, 270). The reason China intervened, could have been related to its belief in continuing the spread of Communism by allying with those who support it abroad. This is…

In Making Tough Decisions, Paul C. Nutt discusses the lack of instruments to find the truth in decision making. But if we are to believe as Nutt writes, then there is even a stronger need for the foreseeable element. Clairvoyance is not a prerequisite to becoming a world leader but is need to establish a thought process that includes the understanding of foreseeable risk. (Nutt, Pg. 3) When our leaders are faced with tough decisions and lack the understanding for the implications of a bad…

During the Cold War era, American’s foreign policy was focused on the regression of communist expansion. The primary political objective was its containment. Presidents’ administrations were worried about communism spreading through the “domino” theory, the communism spreading and the zero sum game., Each loss of a country in Southeastern Asia would have a negative impact on America’s prestige. Since 1947, strategy had the the greatest impact on the employment of American airpower and…

North Korea is not a place that most people really know about; they are a very closed-off country and are very secretive. Up until recently, many people didn’t even know of what North Korea is capable of. Recently, the production of the movie “The Interview”, has sparked much conflict between the company Sony and North Korea. The country is of violence, neglect, and power-hungry dictators. No one really knows the truth about North Korea, but what they do know is that North Korea is a country…

During the cold, gray morning of January 5th, 1968 the USS Pueblo sent sail from U.S. Navy base in Yokosuka, Japan to Korean ports to monitor and collect data on North Korean and Soviet electronic communications including but not limited to radar, sonar, radio signals and possible naval activity. A short eighteen days later the 176-foot-long ship Navy intelligence vessel would come under attack by North Korean forces, leaving one for dead and several others wounded. This event would later be…