KIM IL SUNG AN AUTOCRATIC LEADER Kim Il Sung was the pseudonym for Kim Song Ju. He was born on April 15, 1912, at Mangyongdae, Pyongyang, to a poor peasant family. He and his family emigrated to Manchuria in the 1920's like many Korean families did at the time. His family was a most p...

In Korea, we have been through tough political paths. We were conquered by the Japanese for thirty-six years, we had the Korean War in 1950, and we even experienced dictatorship for eleven years by President Park in 1970s and early 1980s. After all the chaotic political situations for more than fift...

Introduction This work will serve as a Lockwood Analytical Method for Prediction (LAMP) analysis of the question of nuclear proliferation in the Korean Peninsula. As an emerging nuclear power North Korea may significantly change the manner in which the political world interacts with it, though you ...

The Korean War is considered to be the first episode of conflict in the Cold War and therefore its causes are of particular interest in understanding the interaction between Russia and the West during the period. The debate as to whether Stalin was responsible for the Korean War concentrates on the...

Following the end of World War II, Korea was divided into North and South Korea with the border at the 38th parallel. Not only were the two sectors split geographically, but the governments' regimes were diametrically different as well. It was a conflict between the communist regime in the No...

Juche Comrade Kim Il Sung was a member of the Presidium of the Political Bureau, Secretary of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party, and a member of the Party Central Military Commission. He had created the Juche (defined as self-reliance) idea in the 1950s for the purpose of cutting off S...

Juche: The North Korean Religion Juche is one of the largest religions of the world with 19 million followers, whom are mostly North Korean. Its literal translation in English is "self-reliance". This is translated in practice by North Korea to conduct itself as an independent, self-reli...

Those who have visited North Korea have remarked that the country resembles "a sea in a heavy gale" because of the many successive mountain ranges that crisscross the peninsula. Some 80 percent of North Korea's land area is composed of mountains and uplands, with all of the peninsula's mountains...

The Korean War The Korean War was in all reality one of America's most significant conflicts. As time goes on, though, people seem to dismiss it, ans now we call it the "forgotten war." That is the reason that I decided to write a report on it. Not many of my teachers have ever tought me about...

The Korean War The Korean War was in all reality one of America's most significant conflicts. As time goes on, though, people seem to dismiss it, ans now we call it the "forgotten war." That is the reason that I decided to write a report on it. Not many of my teachers have ever tought me about...

For hundreds of years Korea was dominated by the Chinese empire. After Japan was defeated by the allies in WW II., Korea became occupied by the Russians in the North and the Americans in the South. Both the U.S. and the Soviets realized that Korea was a strategic country. It was important to occupy ...

The Korean War: US Response The war between the Republic of South Korea and the Democratic People's Republic of North Korea swiftly developed into a limited international war involving United States and 19 other nations. The Korean War is often known as the "Forgotten War" however for th...

The Korean War, or more accurately, the Korean Conflict was quite obviously both a civil conflict and an international conflict. As I go forward in this discussion of the "war", I will attempt to explain my theory on both separate ideas. Fundamentally, it is hard to have a civil conflict, ...

Should the U.S Engage in Multilateral Talks with N. Korea? "As day breaks on yet another peaceful morning, a young girl prances through an open field. She joyfully sang while picking up the bright and colorful flowers before her, examining them with care so that she can fully appreciate thei...

America's Involvement In World Affairs Since 1945 Since 1945 the United States government has been increasingly concerned with problems all over the world in various continents. Three countries we were concerned with for different reasons were North Korea, Cuba, and South Africa. Difficulties o...

~ What were the origins of the Korean War and what were the lessons learned or unlearned? Following World War II, tensions in the form of a Cold War between American and Democratic allies and the Soviet and Communist allies mounted. As part of the terms of the surrender of the Axis powers, Japa...

Koryo, or otherwise known in America as the southern portion of Korea, is a very diverse nation with a long history of cultural influences, and war. Nevertheless, it still manages to be a tasteful nation with an incomparable culture. A brief history of Korea: Korea, one of the oldest nations in the...

Koryo, or otherwise known in America as the southern portion of Korea, is a very diverse nation with a long history of cultural influences, and war. Nevertheless, it still manages to be a tasteful nation with an incomparable culture. A brief history of Korea: Korea, one of the oldest nations in the...

Koryo, or otherwise known in America as the southern portion of Korea, is a very diverse nation with a long history of cultural influences, and war. Nevertheless, it still manages to be a tasteful nation with an incomparable culture. A brief history of Korea: Korea, one of the oldest nations in the...

I believe that the Republic of Korea's (ROK) location is a paradox in that it is both advantageous and disadvantageous in their dealings with neighboring countries. The ROKs position at the center point of three major economic powers – China, Japan and Russia - allows for excellent trade...

A. Historical Background The peninsula of Korea was controlled by Japan in 1895. Later in 1910, the peninsula became a part of Japan. Japanese became the official language, and Shintoism became the official religion. Usage of the Korean language was banned, and local religions were persecuted. Korea...

It was in 1945 when Korea gained its independence from Japan after Japan's ruler surrendered to the United States. This was the end of the harsh treatment of the Korean people under Japanese occupation. This historical period was equally as brutal and inhumane as the treatment of the Jews by Na...

The Threat Called North Korea Nearly a year ago, George W. Bush first labeled Iraq, Iran, and North Korea, as the "axis of evil." So why then have we heard so much about how Iraq is such a threat to U.S. national security, and hardly a word about North Korea? There is no doubt in Am...

In the world today, media is presented in many diverse ways. Through radio, television, magazines, books, newspapers, and the Internet, media is everywhere. Freedom of the press and media does not come as easily for some countries of the world as it does for others such as the United States. Japa...

The Final Solution Those individuals upholding the philosophy that the course of history is repetitive may have never considered the advent of a nuclear world. With the possibilities of rouge states becoming, in terms of levels of destruction, as equally feared as even the most prosperous...