Lukas Sun Final Portfolio WP2 3/12/2013 Economics Discourse toward South Korea’s Future challenges An analysis of the Sustainability Report (an organizational report which gives information about economic‚ environmental‚ social and governance performance) states the fact that Samsung Group was ranked number one for sales among global IT companies for the first time in 2009. By reviewing the outstanding performance of Samsung‚ an information technology company established in South Korea in 1969
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The Korean peninsula found itself in a situation much like Germany during the early years of the Cold War. Korea was under Japanese control until the surrender of the Japanese at the close of World War II. The 38th Parallel divided the Korean Peninsula into two halves. North Korea was under Communist control with the Soviets placing Kim Il-Sung as the leader. With Soviet assistance and training‚ Sung had quickly repressed the opposition in North Korea and solidified his control with Russian support
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TITLE: The Korean invasion comes ashore AUTHOR: Lim Jin-Mo SOURCE: http://joongangdaily.com SUMMARY: Korea has been striving with excellence in their “hallyu wave” these days or better known as “Korean Invasion” not just in their popular koreanovelas but more on their music known as Kpop. Kpop music is gaining worldwide recognition due to their popularity in United States‚ England‚ France‚ Japan as well as Philippines. Big thanks to Youtube‚ Twitter and other networking sites. Kpop have
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Korean War Timeline (1950-1953) Date Venue Description March‚ 1950 Stalin agrees to invade North Korea Kim Il Sung ask permission to invade North Korea to Stalin. Stalin approves the permission. Stalin believe that US take part in Korea. June 25‚ 1950 North Korea invades South Korea North Korea get permission from Russia to invade South Korea. North Korea continues to invade until the capital city‚ Seoul. North Korea doesn’t have strong army June 25‚ 1950 President of North Korea executes 100‚000
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Little‚ Brown and Company‚ 2008. Pp. 177-200. 2. Summary: First two parts of chapter seven tells that Korean airlines have a high rate of crashing. According to the record‚ the loss rete for Korean Air in the period 1988 to 1998 was more than seventeen times higher than in the same period of United Airlines. But it turned itself around since 1999. In 2006‚ Air Transport World gave the Phoenix Award Korean Air in recognition of its transformation. In this chapter‚ it’s going to conduct a crash investigation
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built on the foundation laid by the moral concerns of Neo-Confucianism of Korea. The early message of Christianity for Koreans did not considerably deviate from the moral and social values of Confucianism which was an integral part of Korean society and culture at that time. Koreans believed that the ethical values of Protestant is conformed to Confucian-centered moral values of Koreans‚ and it would make their nation more advanced and stronger. The early Protestant missionaries to Korea were those
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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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History of the Korean Broadcasting Early Stage(~1926) The first broadcasting of Korea was carried out by the Bureau of Post of the Chosun Trustee Government in 1924. At that time‚ the Bureau of Post acquired receiver and sender for the experimental broadcasting. The first experimental broadcasting was successful in November 1924 with 750 Kh/50W‚ and from 1925 on the Bureau of Post Wireless Laboratory broadcasted 4 times a week. the following year (1926) the Kyungsung Broadcasting Corporation
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Although the Korean War proved a moderate success for United States‚ the tense foreign relations with the Soviet Union and the disaster of the Vietnam war proved the policy of containment in the United States between 1945 and 1975 ultimately unsuccessful. Since even before the end of World War II‚ tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union began to plague their alliance. As soon as the Soviet Union threatened to force smaller nations under their communist sphere of influence‚ the
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withstood many changes. As South Korea‚ or the Republic of Korea‚ has only within the last hundred years obtained independence‚ the Korean language is shared between both North and South Korea. The language originates from part of the Altaic language family. Like English there are various apparent dialects‚ but these diverse dialects are mostly understood throughout the Korean speakers. Although the region this language is spoken in is small and partially remote‚ it is still spoken by over sixty-five
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