NEIGHBORS BUT STRANGERS: KOREA‚ CHINA AND JAPAN For more than 200 countries in the world‚ neighboring countries have the most compassionate ties above all. They may have some things viewed differently‚ but at least they share some basic traits and culture. However‚ this is not the case of the countries Korea‚ China and Japan. These three countries are so close yet so far. The prominent endurance of the civilization of the Chinese along with its phenomenal technological and economic progress
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Professor Pierce ENGL 1301 6 AUG 2016 Narrative Essay UCMJ I was only nineteen years old living in Korea. It was my first duty station in the army fresh right out of AIT‚ which is Advanced Individual Training. When I got to Korea everyone had warned me about the rules and which one everyone gets into trouble the most. Underage drinking‚ everyone all my NCO’s said if you are not twenty one do not drink the MP’s‚
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Famine In North Korea During World War II‚ two resistance groups fought the Japanese in Korea. One is communist group which is the North and the other is the nationalist group which is the South. After World War II‚ the Korean peninsula did not have a functional government because of the Japanese colonization therefore the allied groups came to an agreement that until an election is held‚ the North will continue to run as a communist and the South as a nationalist. However the North elected a
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invading Korea during the late sixteenth century‚ the Meiji Restoration nearly three centuries later allowed Japan to finally interfere in Korean affairs. With the strong desire to export manufactured goods and possession of effective Western military technology due to the rapid modernization‚ Japan was able to extend its influence in Korea through the forced Japan-Korea Treaty. Also known as the Japan-Korea Treaty of Amity or the Treaty of Ganghwa Island‚ the document was forcibly signed by Korea in
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INTRODUCTION North Korea is possibly the least accessible‚ and "the most brutal and repressive country in the world." (Martin‚ 2006) Since its formation after World War II very little information has left the country. What has left are the defectors and the stories of horrible atrocities against humanity the government is bestowing upon its citizens. Classified as a democracy‚ it is just a mask hiding the Kim Dynasty’s totalitarian ways. With its ideology of "Juche‚" they have relied as little
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Moreover‚ when North Korea citizens are feeling ill the hospital is free‚ but they have to pay for the doctor and medicine. It is difficult for a citizen to get the health care that they deserve because they cannot afford it. There are times when doctors come from other countries to see and help out patient at no charge. Jonathan Watts states “But according to the WFP‚ supplies are dying up because countries that were formerly major donors have either cut or reduced their support as a result of tensions
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The dilemma between America and north Korea has been going on for some time. First‚ heres a little history on North Korea. On June 25‚ 1950‚ Kim Il Sung‚ introduced by the Soviets to lead North Korea‚ chose to attack the South. (In spite of the fact that in the North Korean rendition of occasions‚ the South and their radical benefactors began it.) The push south was shockingly effective until Gen. Douglas MacArthur handled his troops on the mudflats at Incheon‚ sending the northern troops back. At
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Inside North Korea North Korea is the most isolated country on earth. Along the border of North and South Korea‚ the 148 mile long border is the most heavily militarized in World. This joint South Korea and American platoon‚ is on constant alert for infiltrators from the north. Behind these fences‚ North Korea has a million man army and now nuclear weapons that they can use or possibly give away to the terrorist. The solders can monitor every sound and movement close to the border‚ but what makes
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to govern efficiently‚ or both” (Orwell 166). The “High”‚ in reference to Orwell’s quote‚ is the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea who themselves believe to be in complete control of its citizens‚ but will surely crumble due to the group’s recklessness of power. There are many parallels between the dominating political group‚ Democratic People’s Republic of Korea‚ and the Party of George Orwell’s 1984. One parallel is the deprivation of human rights within North Korea’s society‚ which corresponds
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Japanese occupation in 1945‚ Korea emerged onto the world stage as one of Asia’s most industrialized nations. Her people surfaced all at once ecstatic‚ confused‚ on the way to prosperous times‚ clothed in rags‚ united as Koreans‚ and yet still divided into societal factions preceding and formed during Japanese occupation. In the decade following her liberation‚ Korea fought a civil war‚ leaving the newly once-again-autonomous nation divided on the 38th parallel. As the South grew into “The Miracle on
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