important factor to induce North Korea to develop its’ missile program. In fact‚ North Korea is one of the world’s poorest and least developed countries. North Korea’s economy is a centrally planned system. In 1990s‚ the government pursued Kim Jong Il’ Songun policy‚ under which the military is deployed to direct production and infrastructure projects. As a result‚ the economy of North Korean has become increasingly isolated from the world. Therefore‚ it is necessary for North Korean to develop weapons
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another job. The country was the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea‚ better known in the west as North Korea. The job entailed raising translations into English that Koreans had made of the works of their President‚ Kim Il Sung‚ his son and heir apparent Kim Jong Il‚ and sundry other propaganda. A certain amount of kudos seemed to attach to this job. The advert stated that the successful applicant would be the first Briton to reside in this country since before the Second World War. The
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parallel‚ which is the border between North and South Korea prior to the Korean War. “The foreign administration of North and South Korea was intended to be temporary‚ and plans had been laid for free elections in the two districts‚ but in 1948‚ Kim Il-sung‚ communist-aligned leader of the Korean People’s Army‚ convinced Soviet leaders not
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Korean War Timeline (1950-1953) Date Venue Description March‚ 1950 Stalin agrees to invade North Korea Kim Il Sung ask permission to invade North Korea to Stalin. Stalin approves the permission. Stalin believe that US take part in Korea. June 25‚ 1950 North Korea invades South Korea North Korea get permission from Russia to invade South Korea. North Korea continues to invade until the capital city‚ Seoul. North Korea doesn’t have strong army June 25‚ 1950 President of North Korea executes 100‚000
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24 Apr. 2013. <http://www.leadership-toolbox.com/characteristic-of-leadership.html>. "5 things the world hated most about Kim Jong Il - The Week." The Week Magazine: Political News and Cartoons‚ Current Events and Entertainment Online. N.p.‚ n.d. Web. 24 Apr. 2013. <http://theweek.com/article/index/222656/5-things-the-world-hated-most-about-kim-jong-il>.
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public is Kim Jong-Il of North Korea. Kim Jong-Il is known for being a totalitarian dictator‚ giving his people little to no political rights or civil liberties. He has also forced women into marriage‚ mandated abortions‚ tortured his people‚ executed citizens publicly‚ and used forced labor in prison camps. The fear of Kim Jong-Il and his incredibly strict and derogatory regulations allowed him to rule over North Korea without being assassinated by his people. Kim Jong-Il proves that being feared
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attacked‚ the USA would not have got involved and neither would China. This is the view of historian James Patterson and of historian Peter Lowe who believes that although the USA‚ China and the USSR did play roles in the war‚ the blame falls onto Kim Il Sung (North Korea) and Syngman Rhee (South Vietnam) and Korea in context was a civil war. However questions can be raised about this view‚ why would North Korea suddenly launch an
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National Security Council recommended that America start ’rolling back’ Communism. Thirdly‚ Truman realised the USA was in a competition for world domination with the USSR. Russia went to war because Stalin wanted Communism to grow. In 1949‚ Kim Il Sung persuaded Stalin and Mao Tse Tung to support an invasion of South Korea. In 1950‚ Syngman Rhee threatened to attack North Korea. It was an excuse – the trigger for war: the NKPA invaded South Korea The underlying reason that the Korean
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Once Kim Jong-il took power in 1948 he watched North Korea slowly deteriorate; therefore he implemented the Military First policy. This method put the military over North Korea’s general population. Taxes‚ food‚ and daily needed supplies were sent to the military before
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The history of Korea can be traced back thousands of years‚ with Korea having had many and varied master‚ both from within and outside Korea. Only in recent times though‚ has Korea been divided as a nation. During World War II‚ Korean independence fighters formed a Provisional Government is anticipation of the defeat of the Japanese Empire‚ but it was never implemented. Rather‚ the Korean Peninsula was divided at the 38th Parallel of latitude with the Russians forming a Communist regime to the North
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