Dokdo ("독도" in Korean)‚ also called the Dokdo island‚ is a group of islands in the East Sea (Sea of Japan). These islands are collectively called Dokdo. The name means a "rock island." Dokdo has been a Korean territory throughout all known history except during the Japanese occupation of Korea between 1905 and 1945. Dokdo is also called Liancourt Rocks after the French whaling ship‚ Le Liancourt‚ which rediscovered Dokdo on January 27‚ 1849. The Japanese name for Dokdo used to be Matsushima (松島)
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think the Soviets were responsible for the North Korean attack in June 1950? • Stalin encouraged the North Korean president (Kim Il Sung) to invade South Korea in order to create a Korea that was led by him • The Soviets were in charge of Manchuria and the area around North Korea • Koreans were miserably treated by the Japanese during the Japanese invasion; the Koreans were made to work — by force • Japanese thought they were superior to the Koreans • When Mao came to power in China‚ the Americans
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K-pop? South Korean Popular Music‚ the Culture Industry‚ and National Identity John Lie* In the early 2010’s‚ the expansion of South Korean popular culture around the world is led by popular music‚ usually known as Kpop. In this paper I seek to answer two questions. First‚ what are the sources of its success beyond the South Korean national border? Secondly‚ what does it say about contemporary South Korean society and culture? Key Words: K-pop‚ Korean Wave‚ Hallyu‚ South Korean Popular Culture
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Traditional Korean Dance Heoak Lee “Imperial Jewel” Traditional Korean Dance Group Traditional Korean Dance originated in ancient shamanistic rituals thousands of years ago benefited from regular support of: – – – royal court numerous academies an official ministry of the government Traditional Korean Dance in the Occupied Korea (1910-1945) Due to cultural suppression by Japan during the Japanese occupation of the Korean peninsula (1910-1945)‚ most dance academies
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The Korean War is often referred to as the forgotten war since October 1951 because it happened soon after Second World War and to most people it was the result of that war. Moreover‚ it did not bring with it the same type of rationing and full mobilization as the World War II. As such‚ the Americans turned back to their lives thus ignoring the conflict in Korea. Further‚ the stalemate that resulted from Chinese entrance into the war made few people to think or read about Korea. There was a noticeable
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• The Koreans left their homeland because they were being oppressed by the Japanese. • The first wave of Korean immigrant to Hawaii which was an American colony. There experience in Hawaii was better than the other entire immigrant group because at the time Hawaii was still mostly Hawaiian and not Americans. So they were treated fairly and were paid 75-95 cents a day comparing to the Irish‚ who made 1 dollar a week. • Life as an immigrant was the Korean immigrant working for an sugar plantation
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The Generalized System of Preferences‚ or GSP‚ is a formal system of exemption from the more general rules of the World Trade Organization (WTO)‚ (formerly‚ the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade or GATT). Specifically‚ it’s a system of exemption from the most favored nation principle (MFN) that obliges WTO member countries to treat the imports of all other WTO member countries no worse than they treat the imports of their "most favored" trading partner. In essence‚ MFN requires WTO member countries
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announced the splitting of into two occupation zones‚ and Stalin accepted. While the USSR and US moved in‚ an association of Korean Nationalists formed a government known as the KPR (Korean People’s Republic). As time passed‚ this government became progressively communist and extremely popular among the people. Although the US had not recognized the KPR‚ the Soviets had‚ and Korean guerrilla leader‚ Kim Il-Sung‚ became known as the pro-Soviet leader of the KPR. Meanwhile in South Korea‚ a detrimental
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Abstract This experiment was conducted to study gender differences in mate selection preference. 82 participants‚ aged 17-23 years and have never been married were randomly selected for the experiment in a convenience sample. Participants were given a survey- listing considerations important to people in choosing a life partner- to complete. Participants had to rate how willing they are to marry a person with a certain characteristic; each characteristic is rated individually on a 7-point scale
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Sex differences in parental investment and sexual selection investigation. Abstract. The study explored how differences in gender affect the partner preferences. Results were obtained through a questionnaire of school-aged individuals. The researchers expected that the results to show a difference in preferences of the characteristics of a partner depending on gender which is linked to the ideas of sex differences in parental investment and sexual selection. The results were consistent with
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