Korean Reunification
Royal University of Phnom Penh
Institute of Foreign Languages
Department of International Studies
Introduce to East
And Southeast Asia
(IES102)
ASSIGNMENT
Topic: Korean Reunification
Lecturer: TAN Sodany (TSD)
Class: DIS A1.2
Room: T302
Group Members: Dy Sophorn Lim Pheng San Vatanak
Submitted date: June 16th 2014
Korean Reunification Korea, called Hanguk in South Korea and Chosŏn in North Korea, is an East Asian territory that is divided into two distinct sovereign states, North Korea and South Korea. Located on the Korean Peninsula, Korea is bordered by China to the northwest and Russia to the northeast. It is separated from Japan to the east by the Korea Strait and the Sea of Japan (East Sea); it is separated from Taiwan to the south by the East China Sea. Throughout most of the 20th century, the Korean people have yearned for the establishment of an independent and unified Korean. Korean reunification refers to the potential future reunification of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (commonly known as North Korea), the Republic of Korea (commonly known as South Korea), and the Korean demilitarized zone under a single government. The process towards this was started by the June 15th, North – South joint declaration in June 2000, where the two countries agreed to work toward a peaceful reunification in the future. However, this process has always been met with many difficulties due to continuous tension between the two countries, which have become vastly different through over six decades of separation. That is why there are some questions have been asked why North Korea and South Korea could not be reunified as one country? Will both North and South Korea be reunified one day in the future? My group has chosen “Korean Reunification” as a research topic in order to study more deeply about the roots of these two countries that still cannot reunify until nowadays. As we can see the cases of
Institute of Foreign Languages
Department of International Studies
Introduce to East
And Southeast Asia
(IES102)
ASSIGNMENT
Topic: Korean Reunification
Lecturer: TAN Sodany (TSD)
Class: DIS A1.2
Room: T302
Group Members: Dy Sophorn Lim Pheng San Vatanak
Submitted date: June 16th 2014
Korean Reunification Korea, called Hanguk in South Korea and Chosŏn in North Korea, is an East Asian territory that is divided into two distinct sovereign states, North Korea and South Korea. Located on the Korean Peninsula, Korea is bordered by China to the northwest and Russia to the northeast. It is separated from Japan to the east by the Korea Strait and the Sea of Japan (East Sea); it is separated from Taiwan to the south by the East China Sea. Throughout most of the 20th century, the Korean people have yearned for the establishment of an independent and unified Korean. Korean reunification refers to the potential future reunification of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (commonly known as North Korea), the Republic of Korea (commonly known as South Korea), and the Korean demilitarized zone under a single government. The process towards this was started by the June 15th, North – South joint declaration in June 2000, where the two countries agreed to work toward a peaceful reunification in the future. However, this process has always been met with many difficulties due to continuous tension between the two countries, which have become vastly different through over six decades of separation. That is why there are some questions have been asked why North Korea and South Korea could not be reunified as one country? Will both North and South Korea be reunified one day in the future? My group has chosen “Korean Reunification” as a research topic in order to study more deeply about the roots of these two countries that still cannot reunify until nowadays. As we can see the cases of