...The Nuclear Fallacy of North Korea Bill Gonzalez April 22 2013 Since its inception, North Korea has never ceased to stir up trouble with the international community. Officially know as the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea (DPRK), North Korea split from the neighbouring South Korea at the end of the Second World War in 1945. The young nation was initially adopted by the Soviet Union, which implemented their Communist ideals into the countries government and society. The tension between the communist government of the north and the republican government of the south would eventually lead to the Korean War, a three-year conflict which saw the US and other members of the UN supporting South Korea and North Korea being supported by the Soviet Union and later China. The Korean War, which never ended in a piece treaty (it’s still technically going on today), would lead to the strained relations that exist between North Korea and the UN today. North Korea’s economy initially recovered from the aftermath of the Korean War, however increasing debt, inflation, the mismanagement of funds, numerous droughts, and the lack of western trade partners lead to an eventual economic decline in the late 1970’s. North Korea has since been one of the world’s poorest countries, with roughly 20-27% of the population living below the poverty line. The social economic issues in North Korea haven’t stopped the government from developing nuclear weapons however, a process which has lead to...
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...North Korea Inter-Continental ballistic missile is a threat that could influence or impact US operation; economically, the diplomatic politics and security of the Asia-Pacific region. The ICBM is North Korea effort a threat capable of serving as a deterrence to United States’ attack on North Korea soil. The North Korea is using the ICBM as a means that could change the US approach to the Korean Peninsula situation. The development ICBM could also be a move to buy time for favorable negotiation. The Hwasong-15 is the newly developed ICBM of North Korea believed to have the capabilities of delivering nuclear bomb on US soil. This could be an indication that North Korea it targeted goal of nuclear production. According to some expert, Kim Jung Un is optimistic that the Hwasong -15 will be a retaliation against any aggression from the US and her allies in the region. Despite United nations and US sanctions and trade restrictions been placed on North Korea, the Kim Jung Un regime remains...
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...That cruel reality of a country called North Korea and the one man who is the absolute leader. Declare by his son as a god with over 34,000 statues. Even after death his ideology lives on with unimaginable living conditions at the cost of unrealistic human life. That brings the unanswerable question why the entire world is sitting down and watching what's happening for the past 65 years generation after generation without even coming up for one solution or action. To answer the question we need to understand what North Korea is. It came into existence as an inhuman country with a cruel history and grim future. Korea was an independent united country for much of its history. In 1910, Japan occupied the Korean peninsula. Korea spends 35...
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...South Korea has an impressive body of work regarding the introduction and the use of the home Internet service. The small country already claims the world’s fastest Internet connections and is by far, the fastest globally. My company intends to connect every home in the country to the Internet at one gigabit per second. That would be a tenfold increase from the already blazing national standard and more than 200 times as fast as the average household setup in the United States. The US, on the other hand, has a "closed network" system—it doesn't require ISPs to share their pipes, making it harder for other companies to enter the market. South Korea's network is more open, allowing for more competition, which drives speeds up and prices down. The country also has a super dense population, with some 1,200 people per square mile. Today, more than 80 percent of South Koreans are wired, and Seoul's been called the "bandwidth capital of the world." When we talk about Korea, we must first understand how the country began and the particulars of its culture. The family is the most important part of Korean life. In Confucian tradition, the father is the head of the family and it is his responsibility to provide food, clothing and shelter, and to approve of all of the marriages that occur within the family unit. The eldest son has special duties: his first duty is to his parents, followed by duty to his brothers, from older to younger, then to his sons, then to his wife, and lastly...
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...North Korea in Japanese is written as 朝鮮民主主義人民共和国. Japanese people generally use this name all the time we call North Korea, but this name is really controversial because of the meaning of the Chinese characteristics “民主主義 (min-shu-shu-gi)”. “民主主義” means democracy in Japanese. Is North Korea a democratic country like North Korea is described with democracy in Japanese? To begin with, what does North Korea go in for? It is suspicious that North Korea applies to just one thing from many options such as socialism, democracy, capitalism, communism, or liberalism. Everyday Life in The North Korean Revolution, 1945-1950 by Suzy Kim, North Korea Markets and Military Rule by Hazel Smith, and other articles demonstrate if it is true or not. By looking...
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...entering Thailand and South Korea. In addition, South Korea has provided Tesco with its second-largest market after UK. The reason why Tesco can achieve such successful market enter in South Korea is that having transferable marketing that means Tesco has opportunities or ability to enter the market. In 1997-1998, Asia suffered economic crisis, which give Tesco opportunities to enter. Domestic market was seeking for cash injection and investment to enter into the market.Tesco’s entry strategies into new foreign markets involve joint ventures with local partner, which can release the enter barriers. Tesco has cooperation with Samsung- Homeplus that is the local retail company. In 2005-2008, Tesco purchase store form Aram Mart and from E-Land. By using this strategy, Tesco became leader on retail industry in South Korea. 2. Cost drivers: In 2011, the world first “virtual store” is launched by Samsung- Tesco, which smartphone users can scan the code of products in order to obtain delivery at home the same day. This is innovation of technology that leads to cost decrease on opening new physical store and achieve scale economics as well. In addition, multi-format chain with more than 400 stores achieved the scale economics. 3. Government drivers: Building on its 51% original stake, Tesco made substantial investment capital investment for partners to competitive with domestic market leader, which is in order to reduce the enter barriers on investment because South Korea is trying to protect...
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...OVERVIEW OF SOUTH KOREA WOOD, WILLY 09, JULY, 2015 Introduction This paper is an analysis of the country of South Korea. Using the operational variables of PMESII-PT this paper will identify the current situation in South Korea and the countries current issues. The overall objective is to understand the motives of South Korea. Political The Republic of Korea has a liberal democratic political system. South Koreas political foundation resides in the sovereignty of the people and the responsibility to maintain every citizen’s welfare. Currently the president of South Korea is Park Geun-hye. The 11th and first female president was elected on February 25th, 2013. With Korea’s limited 5 year presidency she has until 2018 to implement her current goals. President Park’s main goals are to maintain the prosperity and safety of her country. She believes that one day tensions will cease with North Korea and continually pushes for a peaceful unification despite the constant threats and military provocations of North Korea. As long as the United States and South Korea maintain their strong relationship, Park said, "You may rest assured, no North Koreans provocation can succeed."(1) North Korea is a shared enemy of the US and the Republic of Korea. The ROK relies on the US for protection against a possible invasion of North Korea and in return the US maintains a strategic hold in Southeast Asia. Military The ROC currently has the 7th strongest military power...
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...of wealth. This is significant to comparative politics because we study how underdeveloped countries come to be more successful nation-states with prospering markets. We also study examples of countries that have failed at this. Some of the more successful countries would be Japan, South Korea and Taiwan. Africa and Afghanistan would be prime examples of countries that still have trouble with underdevelopment. 2. SYNCRETISM- Sil reading. Syncretism is the strategy of Nation building that combines foreign/modern and native/traditional values. Sil believes that in order for a Third World country to move forward, traditions must be reconstructed with newer, more modern ideals. This is significant to Comparative Politics because it is a way of understanding how social mobilization affects modern nation building. 3. ZAIBATSU- Johnson and Fukai reading. Zaibatsu are eastern Asian industrial and financial conglomerates that unleashed entrepreneurship in countries like Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan. They focus capital in developmental projects in underdeveloped countries and constitute compromise between inefficiencies of purely state enterprise and indifference to developmental goals of purely private enterprise. This is significant to Comparative Politics because it started entrepreneurship and encouraged investment in Third World counties. It is also a prime player in the Capitalist Developmental State Model of Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan, and has spread globally. 4. 5...
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...| TCE 216 | | | Research Paper | | There are many different educational philosophies around the world that are much different than the ones American students receive. Education is often times highly related to the country’s politics, personal values, religious belief and social issues so it is more than just teaching young people in a right way. I came from South Korea which is not far from Japan. Since the Japanese education is renowned as one of the better educational system in the world, some part of education system in South Korea was benchmarked from Japanese. However, South Korea has risen as top educational country and I believe that this was only possible because of the influence that our politics and social values that we hold. According to the report in the New York Times, South Korea led in the international rankings in math and fourth-grade science while the United States was ranked in 11th and 9th respectively. Also 47% of eight graders reached the advanced math level while only 7% of American eight graders reached the advanced level. I believe that the lag between the countries come from how education is perceived by people in different countries. In Korea, kids are pushed to pick up foreign language and a music instrument at a very young age. There are many private kindergartens that offer extensive education that ranges from foreign languages, advanced math and science class which costs thousands of dollars per year. When they go into elementary school...
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...339 What Is the K in K-pop? South Korean Popular Music, the Culture Industry, and National Identity John Lie* In the early 2010’s, the expansion of South Korean popular culture around the world is led by popular music, usually known as Kpop. In this paper I seek to answer two questions. First, what are the sources of its success beyond the South Korean national border? Secondly, what does it say about contemporary South Korean society and culture? Key Words: K-pop, Korean Wave, Hallyu, South Korean Popular Culture, Popular Music I. Introduction T he phenomenal success of the Korean Wave has generated collective celebration in South Korea.1 In the early 2010s, the national self* John Lie is C.K. Cho Professor of Sociology at the University of California, Berkeley, U.S.A. He received his Ph.D. in Sociology from Harvard University. His forthcoming books include The Global University and The Consolation of Social Theory. E-mail: johnlie@berkeley.edu. 1. The Korean Wave is the literal translation of the term which originated in China ( ; Hánliú). The first character refers to “Korea” and the second usually evokes “flow” or “current,” signifying “style.” The same Chinese characters KOREA OBSERVER, Vol. 43, No. 3, Autumn 2012, pp. 339-363. © 2012 by THE INSTITUTE OF KOREAN STUDIES. 340 John Lie congratulation is especially manifest for the popularity of South Korean popular music (K-pop), which has spread from neighboring Asian countries, such as Japan and...
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...the U.S.A and South Korea gained economic victories, China and the U.S.S.R benefited politically. The fact that not one singular country benefited in all aspects proves that there was no outright winner in this war however. Economically speaking, the U.S.A was victorious, gaining a 10% rise in GDP following the end of the Korean War. This was due to a great amount of military expenditure and employment. Moreover, the U.S.A returned economic prosperity to Japan and successfully gained a buffer state to communism in the form of South Korea. However, we must note that there were also failures, such as the fact that total military expenditure in the war rose from 4% to 14% of their GNP for no apparent reward. While the U.S.A were obvious victors in this aspect, there were also clear losers. These were North Korea and the U.S.S.R. Russia gave North Korea $500 million dollars a year, which resulted in no advance in the spread of communism. Russia was also dependant on North Korea for a positive economic result which it didn’t get. It was a similar situation for North Korea, who had 8,700 industrial plants knocked down and 600 000 homes destroyed. With concern to human cost, it can be argued that Russia were the true victors. They sustained very few casualties in return for a much bigger reward than U.S.A or China as they gained a buffer state in North Korea and now had another communist ally in China. This, however, cannot be said for the U.S.A, China, or Korea. There were a total...
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...commodities such as cell phones, computers, home appliances, etc. South Korea has been a bigger player in all the trade between Asia and North America. These products are sold all around the world and they need the demand to grow if they want their country to survive. The dependency is obvious due to the imports of natural resources as they have minimal amounts in their country. In the past decade South Korea has been able to see large growth in their cargo that move in and out of the country. Their biggest airline is Korean Air and they handle a large portion of the freight. Even with all the positive signs for their cargo fleet, they are facing obstacles like every other airline such as the rising cost of fuel. They need to compete with airlines such as Cathay Pacific, China, Japan and others which are all trying to find ways to make Air cargo profitable. The problem is that almost all the crude oil used in countries such as Japan and Korea are imported via ships. This automatically makes it even more expensive for the oil refineries than countries such as China and America, where oil can be produced. The 4 dollar average Americans pay per gallon seems a little better when you compare it to about 2 dollars per liter. This means that you would pay about 7.80 for a gallon of gas. You take that number and see how many times more it cuts into the airlines revenues and profits. One of the major exports from Korea is the electronics. This is anything from the cell phones, tablets...
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...Torres September 28, 2014 ABIS -4 IS 44 XC THE BROTHERHOOD OF WAR The war erupted in1950 between South Korea and North Korea. One male in every family has to serve the army in order to protect South Korea from North Communist. It was a deadly battleground where your only choice is to kill or be killed, with no food or water it was a total test of survival for the soldiers. Bullets were flying everywhere that even in their sleep they have to wear their helmets and guns with them in case the enemies attack. Some soldiers die due to infections and complications as to their wounds because of the lack of medical tools and procedures conducted during the war. Innocent citizens were also affected due to their political ideology as to being a democrat or a communist. They were being slaughtered in groups that had caused thousands of innocent lives who were merely accused of being a communist just by attending rallies in order to get food. Later on , Reinforcement came with the aid from the United States that had caused South Korea’s victory from their first encounter with the North. The Chinese Army had also supported the North Korean’s which had led for South Armies to deploy their mission and another attack had occurred which was led to the end of Korean War. After the war, the citizens are trying to cope up with the loss they have and see life as a new beginning...
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...United Nations | Intro to Political Science GOVT 2304-23404 Spring 2016 (INET) Word count:729 | Edgar Calvillo | Every year hundreds of young women start the process to pursue their long lived dream of becoming Miss USA. The majority of America watches, even if they deny doing so. During the interviewing segment the candidates are asked “How to solve world peace”. Not to take away from their effort, but it takes much more than a short and well-rehearsed statement along with a pretty smile. The true efforts of world peace lie in the hands of The United Nations, UN. The UN is the world’s second attempt to have a united front to obtain world peace after the failure of the League of Nations. To identify the United Nations true success we must look at what they have attempted. We must not overshadow the good and fair attempts with the failure that have come up. The job these individuals from all around the world have been chosen for is not one to take lightly. Their efforts should be praised but not overlooked. We live in the world where the unexpected is to be expected. For this reason we have certain people put in place to protect are needs. There are 196 delegates from 26 countries who are entrusted to maintain order and peace in our world. The UN was established in 1945 in efforts to keep peace after World War II. This international organization helps us in many ways. The United Nations is involved with political, economic, and human right activities...
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...Korean Peninsula.The Korean peninsula consists of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) on the northern part of the peninsula and the Republic of Korea (ROK) on the south, dividing on the 38th parallel. The peninsula split up in the 1950s during the Korean War, which involved the Communist North against Democratic South Korea. As the Korean War broke out on the peninsula in 1950, the United Nations Security Council recognised North Korea’s act as an invasion. Due to the fact that North Korea ignored the United Nations’ call for a ceasefire, the United States, United Kingdom and many other nations sent forces towards the peninsula in order to defend South Korea. Although a cease fire agreement have been signed in July 1953, North and South Korea are technically still at war to this very day. Since the Korean War divided one nation, whom share the same culture, values and language, they were separated because of two enormous political ideology differences, that the leaders believed in. We can safely say the Korean War was an “Ideology War”. The North being more towards socialism / communism (left wing) and the South being a firm believer in a semi-western, democratic (right wing) ideology. There isn’t only different ideologies within the politics, but also economically and educationally are being influenced by this ideology. Often we ask ourselves whether we can see Korea as one again in the future? Is unification in the peninsula a sustainable option? Or...
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