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international information industry, in 2002, Tencent set up offices in the United States (Tencent, 2009). One of the important functions is a weekly trend report to Shenzhen headquarters by social networking. In September 2006, Tencent set up offices in Seoul, Korea (Tencent, 2009). On one hand, it is used to make the coordinate staff come to Korea to watch the game developing. On the other hand, it is more closely to collect Korea Internet information. Thirdly, an extensive collection of…

Artists are the visual history takers of any given generation. They help to keep records of the progress of society, the challenges faced by a community and the things we use to find peace in our times of need. Two artists that serve as major player in early 1960s to the present day are Jonathan Borofsky and Michael Heizer, both men are American artists that specialize in sculptures though their art forms are different, they share a basic love of art and view that the process to create art that…

War has been in this world for a tremendous amount of time. The very first war that has been recorded took place in mesopotamia in 2700 BCE.wars have been caused by several reasons, such as economic gain. A country would want to take over another's wealth, many countries have fought for riches, food,oils, minerals, or even for the ownership of cattles and horses. Wars can also be caused by territorial gain. A country may believe that they need more land for living, agricultural plans, or…

Taejo founded Joseon on the ashes of the Goryeo Kingdom with its capital city Kaesong.[1] The dynasty settled it’s capital city in modern day Seoul and built the Gyeongbokgung palace; this meant expanding the kingdoms borders to reach both the Tumen river and the Yalu river. Taejo was going to continue to rule the dynasty as “Goryeo,” with only changing the royal bloodline to himself, but then…

When a high school girl walks into a beauty store in Seoul, South Korea, she is immediately hit by a tidal wave of product advertisements promising her lighter, brighter skin. Creams, lotions, toners, washes, makeup... All of them are marketing to her insecurities. She looks at the airbrushed models on the posters and sighs, jealous of their milky complexions. Her stomach in knots, she glances down at her tanned arms and realizes that she had gone outside without sunscreen that day. Her mother…

There 's a certain industry that is arguably one of the fastest growing industries at this time, and it 's one that not too many have heard of. It 's also probably one of the most controversial industries, depending on your demographic. The older generation tend to disagree with the growth of this industry because it 's something that was completely unheard of when they were younger. Whereas, the millennials took this once, casual hobby, and are turning it into a career for themselves and are…

Overview of the mega-event: “The Olympic Games” The Summer Olympic Games were first held in 1896 in Athens, Greece. At the time, only few competitions were set up and a small number of athletes competed. Until the games of 1948, only one candidate for each Olympic proposed to host. But as the Olympics started to grow rapidly, more countries started to develop an interest in hosting which has led to the creation of the bidding process by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). In 2012, the…

Plenty of archaeological evidences are suggesting a strong connection between Korean peninsula and Japan in early Yamato state period. Then comes the interesting question, why and how the connection was build. Different explanations were forged and debates are fierce given limited information during that period. One very influential one called Horserider theory argues that Korean people invaded Japanese islands where no state is presented and bring them advanced political, cultural, material and…

Literature Review for Obesity Collin M Rofshus University of South Dakota Student December 12, 2014 #1 Is Ideal Body Image Related to Obesity and Lifestyle Behaviors in African-American Adolescents? A peer-review by Chen and Wang (2013), Is Ideal Body Image Related to Obesity and Lifestyle Behaviors in African-American Adolescents, carried out by the Institutional Review Board at the University of Illinois at Chicago and John Hopkins University Bloomberg School of public…

CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION South Korea or officially named as the Republic of Korea, is a country in the East Asian peninsula dividing the Yellow Sea and the Sea of Japan. Known locally as "Daehan Minguk" (대한민국), the country's capital is the city of Seoul, which is also its largest city. South Korea was divided from its counterpart state of North Korea after the Second World War. The division began when northern Korea became an occupational zone of the Soviets, and southern Korea, the Americans.…