On June 25‚ 1950‚ the Korean War begins when North Korean troops invade South Korea‚ but the report goes largely unnoticed in Seattle. Seattle’s principal role during the three-year conflict will be as a port of embarkation through which personnel and materiel flow to the Far East. News of the invasion by North Korea came on a Sunday. The first indication of the seriousness of the event came the next day when military installations in Puget Sound and in Alaska were placed on full alert. Even after
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KOREAN MUSIC Traditional Korean music includes both the folk‚ vocal‚ religious and ritual music styles of the Korean people. Korean music‚ along with arts‚ painting‚ and sculpture has been practiced since prehistoric times. Two distinct musical cultures exist in Korea today: traditional music (Gugak) and Western music (yangak). Korean Folk music Korean folk music is varied and complex‚ but all forms maintain a set of rhythms (called Jangdan) and a loosely defined set of melodic modes. Because
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Korean War The first significant Canadian event that I picked was the Korean War. The Korean War was a conflict in Korea between North and South Korea spanning from June 25th 1950 to July 27th 1953‚ the south backed by the United Nations and the north backed by China with some material aid from the Soviets. The war was started due to a political division of Korea due to an agreement with the allied forces after WW II. After that the American administrators proceeded in dividing the Korean Peninsula
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The growth of the Korean immigrant population in the United States has undoubtedly been on the rise within the context of the past several decades. This is evidently the case as many of the major American cities now house massive Korean diasporic communities including Los Angeles‚ Atlanta‚ and Chicago (Min‚ 1370). The rise of these Korean communities in the United States has definite links to the history of immigration policy in the U.S. The history of Korean immigration into the United States
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Introduction In my Observation Paper‚ I wrote of how I received the assistance of Koreans when I had arrived. The collectivistic assistance of the Koreans was something I was especially amazed‚ as they could approach the people along the street whom they did not know‚ just to make sure I received the help I needed. Given this opportunity‚ I would be discussing about the collectivistic attitude of Koreans in the modern society‚ with an attempt to link the origins. This paper would also discuss on
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Confucianism on Korean Corporate Culture Tan Soo Kee Introduction Korean corporate culture is one of the most dynamic and distinct corporate cultures in the world. With its high quality of labor and positive organizational behavior‚ it has contributed to the rapid development of the Korean economy. Big Korean conglomerates such as Samsung‚ Hyundai and LG have emerged as well-known brands in the global consumer market within a short period. Besides the strong leadership of the Korean government
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Korean Immigration by Jenny Franko Pogi hajimara. In Korean‚ this translates to “don’t give up‚” three words that became their motto during their times of despair. The Koreans have faced many difficulties‚ but managed to overcome them with the aid of hope. As soon as one war would come to an end‚ another one would start. Though Koreans have only recently immigrated in large numbers to the United States‚ due to North Korean oppression‚ they have managed to make a reasonable amount of contributions
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Korean Munjado paintings With particular focus on their comparison to Chinese munjado Lucie Pejsarova‚ Korean Studies M.A Introduction Korean munjado are paintings of classical Chinese characters‚ decorated with various patterns and symbols related to exposed character. Concept of classical Chinese character’s modification and its change to an object to be artistically varied has its origin in Sung China. Than‚ decorated Chinese character paintings become popular in many regions of Chinese
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The Catalyst to the Korean War It is often thought of‚ as the “Forgotten War”‚ the Korean War took place between the years 1950-1953. Korea was a frequently fought-over peninsula in the late 19th century and early 20th century. Korea was dominated by China as a tributary nation for centuries‚ fought over by China and Japan in the first Sino-Japanese War (1894-1895) and fought over again by Japan and Russia in the Russo-Japanese War (1904-1905)‚ both wanting it for colonization. It was annexed
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Consequences of the Korean War * The Korean War never ended‚ and they are still under an armistice to this day. The Korean War is technically not over; all that’s keeping the two sides from going to war again is a cease-fire agreement. * The Korean War brought the US and Russia further apart‚ and the fear of communism would later lead the US to throw itself into Vietnam‚ to avoid another North Korea. * It also brought China into conflict with the US‚ bringing bad feelings between the
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