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    South Korea

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    As you can see, of all new democracies, Korea ranked highest among those believing in leftism that is, perhaps troublingly so, sympathetic with the authoritarian communism of the past. This helps us better understand their conclusion when they say “With this leftward shift in ideological identifications, South Korea became one of the most left-wing new democracies in a relatively short period of democratization. More noteworthy than this shift alone is the fact that most South Koreans who identify themselves with the left sympathize with North Korea 's left-wing ideology of communism” This helps us not only understand the Korea’s status as a Democratic Republic is susceptible to failure, but that a many Korean’s – ideologically speaking – are…

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    Culture In South Korea

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    South Korea chooses to use the democratic system. The Constitution sets up three branches; judicial, executive, and legislative branches, this establishes a checks and balances system so that not one branch controls too much of the government or hold too much power, just like in the United States. The President of South Korea holds a five-year term and is not eligible for reelection. This is also “… a safeguard for preventing any individual from holding reins of government for a protracted…

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    South Korea Research Paper

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    South Korea South Korea’s official name is Republic of Korea. Located on the northeastern region of asia, South Korea takes up about 45% of the Korean Peninsula. The population is 50,462,127, which makes up 0.68% of the total world population. 49.8% of the population is male and 50.2% is female. South Korea’s rank is #27 in the list of population. The median age is about 41 years of age and life expectancy is about 80 years of age. The infant mortality rate of children under 5 was last measured…

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    The people of South Korea place a significant emphasis on education, which can be seen from the disciplined study habits of Korean students and how the majority of the students attend gender divided middle and high schools. According to Jaeyoung Kim, who is a student from SKKU’s Global Dual Degree Program, the majority of middle school and high school students in South Korea attend either an all-girls or all-boys school. Sending their child to an all-girls or all-boys school is a popular choice…

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    result. America used to lead in the countries’ amount of high school graduates. Today the U.S. is ranked fourteenth out of twenty-three industrialized countries. According to David J. Lynch, “almost one-quarter of all students-more than 1.2 million individuals-fail to graduate” in the United States, where as in South Korea in 2013 the graduation rate was 94% (Lepi). Because of the intense workload and long hours, South Korea is ranked number one in education while the United States is ranked…

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    geography are key in attaining the understanding of a country as a whole prior to moving forward in discussing key issues facing that country. The country that will be the focus of this analysis is South Korea. Physical Geography South Korea, a country in East Asia, amounts to 45% of the Korean peninsula containing rivers, mountain ranges, natural resources, and volcanic islands. The country is surrounded by three main bodies of water, the East China Sea to the east, the Yellow Sea to the west,…

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    What should the world do about the North Korean situation? More than 1.2 million people died in the Korean War. Now, over 60 years later, both North and South Korea have rebuilt and become more developed. Even so, the North remains hostile to the South and has threatened nuclear attacks on more than one occasion. While it seems logical to fight fire with fire and have the South develop nuclear weapons, this is not the best solution for the long-term stability of the peninsula. Therefore…

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    less than friendly circumstances. That is the Modus Operandi of South Korea, despite the nation’s relatively young age, and conditions of coming into existence; it is a major Asian power. Prosper in the face of adversity, with the odds stacked against you, when no one expects you to. Seeing where something comes from can shed light on how it became the way it is. When someone or something is faced with a lot of hardships, those obstacles can lead to something truly amazing. Looking at Korea’s…

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    Since South Korea joined the wave of globalization, it has benefited from the global market while being challenged by the impacts from outside, both socially and economically. During the late 20th century, Korea could hardly keep its “Miracle on Han”; in order to survive the competition with foreign goods that came with the economic globalization, Korean companies chose to exploit their workers more than ever. Yet what brought by the socio-cultural globalization was the awareness of democracy…

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    conforming into this major demographic trend of being below the fertility replacement level since the last midcentury (Chamie, Opinion para. 1). Among these countries, including all European countries, a few North American countries, and some Asian countries, is “The Land of the Morning Calm,” South Korea. In order for a country to reach the replacement level and stabilize its population, the average fertility rate must be at least two births per woman (Chamie, Humanity’s para. 3). However,…

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