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Statement of the Problem During World War II, over 200,000 Korean women were recruited under false pretenses, or kidnaped by the Japanese Imperial Army to serve in military camps as sex slaves. Many of these women were under the age of 18, and it is estimated, only 25-30% of them survived. Today, the tensions between Korea and Japan over this issue still exist, and cause controversy between the two nations. 3. Background and Previous Policy Efforts During World War II, many women in East…

It influenced a lot of my childhood including when her and I moved to Korea for six months my Sophomore year. My mom got a work opportunity in Korea and she took it and me. I was much further immersed in Korean culture. We lived in the center of Seoul an extremely urban city to that of what I’m…

It was a fight battled for ownership of an unremarkable junction town short of what a mile long, a couple of pieces wide, and right now lessened to rubble by past battle activities in the recurring pattern of a savage war. Yet here, at Chipyong (ni signifies 'town in Korean) in February 1951, the U.s. Armed force's 23rd Infantry Regiment of the second Infantry Division battled the Red Chinese until the very end. Furthermore I, for one, will always remember it. Simply a couple of weeks after…

The Korean War was a war between the North and South Korea, and each side had allies to help them throughout the war. The US had a force in South Korea, while China help fighting with North Korea, and the Soviet Union was also on the North Korean side when war happened. The Korean War itself was a war for many reason, while the North and the South Korea was a civil war, there was no compromise for Korea’s future. The North was led by leaders, Josef Stalin leading the Soviet Union, Mao Zedong…

Hwang Woo-Suk – The Infamous Cloning Research Scandal Hwang Woo-Suk, now in his 60s was once a Professor at Seoul National University who is specialized in theriogenology and biotechnology. He used to be a pioneering scientist who claimed that he had successfully cloned human embryonic stem cells, gaining fame and the attention of people around the world and shedding new light on biotechnology researches. However, it turns out that most of his experiments about human embryonic stem cells…

When I decided to move to Canada from Seoul, South Korea in 2009, I was looking for small towns for my family. At that time, I was tired of life in a big city. It was very crowded with people and vehicles, so the air was polluted. Therefore, we moved to Grenfell, Saskatchewan. There was a population of 1,200 in this area in 2009. Now, I live in Wolseley, SK with my husband and two children: a 16-year-old girl and a 13-year-old boy. My husband and I run our own motel business since I bought this…

While considering the development of the North and South Korea after Korea got its liberation from Japan, the main cause that made the difference between the North and South is the division of the country by Soviet Union and USA. Post-liberation period was rather chaotic period to begin with since “this prodigious mass of humanity – everyone from elite exiled political leaders to common laborers and former peasants – returned to a land reeling from the effects of forty years of Japanese Rule”…

of one of the most populated cities in the world, lies a new and upcoming development with the name Songdo International Business District (IBD). Hailed as one of the worlds most futuristic cities, Songdo IBD is located just 40 miles southwest of Seoul, South Korea. The new development is scheduled for completion in 2018 and is being build on 1500 acres of land, “right along the Incheon waterfront.” Rita Lobo (2014) of World Finance claims the Songdo IBD, “is the largest private real estate…

My project is about the political crisis in Korea that is happening right now. This incident, which started about a month ago, is very significant that it has no precedents of political corruption scandal like this after the democratization of Korea. The crisis has shaken the Korean society, leaving many with a deep sense of malaise and insecurity. It all started from the intimate relationship between Park Geun-hye, the Korean president, and Choi Soon-sil. Park Geun-hye met Choi Soon-sil…

The Korean War was the first military clash of the Cold War, a war between the principles of democracy and the principles of communism. The two titans after World War II, the United Stated and the Soviet Union wanted to ideological shape the world in their images. President Truman, a common man in extraordinary situations, used the Cold War strategy of ‘containment’, which was not allow the spread of communism past the nations that already were communist. One of the battle lines that Truman’s…