The Korean War took place between the years of 1950 and 1953. The cause of the war was that Korea was under Japanese rule ever since the end of the Chinese-Japanese war in 1895. After World War II‚ in 1945‚ Korea was freed from Japan. The United States troops occupied the southern part of the country and Russian forces took the north. The very first and main reason we entered the war in Korea was because John Foster Dulles‚ the future Secretary of State under Dwight Eisenhower‚ said that
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the first Korean music video that got 100 million views on YouTube. The Korean singer/rapper Psy then became an international star that reached the number two spot on the American Billboard Charts and number one on the Chinese music charts. He was even invited on the Ellen Show to perform his dance next to Britney Spears and Ellen Degeneres herself. These are prove that the Korean Wave (or Hallyu in Korea) is gaining more recognition not only in Asia‚ but also the world. With Korean culture in
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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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Medium: Korean Writing and Script‚ a comparison. Korean writing and scripts was said to be one of the remarkably unique writing system and language in the world apart from the Chinese and Japanese scripts. The sources of the origin of the script were lost at an early date in Korea and thus resulting to the variety of conflicting theories which had risen among the Korean and Western scholars. It was established during Joseon Dynasty by The Great King Sejong and was completed in December 1443
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the path of learning. Korean language and culture is indeed a treasury of wisdom‚ which combines the principles of Asian ancient philosophy with modern perspective on daily life. I would like to draw my attention on the studies of Korean language and culture in order to convey this knowledge to the speakers of other languages‚ facilitate the globalization of Korean education‚ aim multi-cultural Korean society‚ and to be able to design creative and flexible understanding of Korean culture. Since I started
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listening to Korean musics watching Korean dramas. In statistic‚ since 2009‚ there is a dramatically increased in the d more people are listening to Korean music. College students are not studying foreign languages as much as they were. Starting in 2009‚ there was a decreasing of seven percent of the college students stop taking foreign language classes. However‚ there are more college students are taking Korean. There was an increasing of forty-five percent of college students are taking Korean language
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Positive Effects of Korean Reunification Abstract The purpose of this paper is to identify positive effects of Korean reunification. The Korean reunification refers to the hypothetical future reunification of North Korea and South Korea under a single government. The process towards this was initiated by the June 15th North-South Joint Declaration in August 2000‚ where the two nations agreed to make efforts towards a peaceful reunification in the future time. However‚ there are difficulties
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"To what extent can the Korean War be regarded as a Cold War proxy war?" The Cold War was the continuing state of political conflict‚ military tension‚ proxy wars‚ and economic competition existing after World War II between the Communist World – primarily the Soviet Union and its satellite states and allies – and the powers of the Western world‚ primarily the United States and its allies. The Korean War was a military conflict between the Republic of Korea‚ supported by the United Nations‚ and
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Korean civilization and Mayans civilizations were very different. First of all‚ they are located in the opposite side of the world. Secondly Koreans belongs to Asian society and Mayans to Central and South Americans. They eat different kind of food‚ and live in different environment/government system. Koreans are the people who have long history. People say that ancient Korean originated from Mongolia‚ as the time went on‚ people from a little villages started to movie down. As they grew bigger
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1. Was the Korean War a US war or a UN war? Provide two historical examples to support your views. The Korean War was a US war. This is because ninety percent of fighting men in the war were provided from the US and South Korea. Also‚ Macarthur was prevented from communicating with the United Nations because of President Truman. Disagreeably‚ the US dispatched the 7th Fleet to the Taiwan Straits‚ but this displays that the US acted on its own against those nations that disagreed. 2. How do Canada
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