Introduction One of the biggest headaches faced by United States of America is North America and its growing power in the region. South Korea a perennial ally of USA is the separated brother just like India and Pakistan and the tension is growing day by day. The Korean peninsula is one of the global hot spot in IR studies today. Both the North Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) and the South Republic of Korea are heavily armed‚ the situation is potentially explosive. Since the 1953
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Traditional arts [edit] Main article: Korean art Dance [edit] Main article: Korean dance Jinju geommu As with music‚ there is a distinction between court dance and folk dance. Common court dances are jeongjaemu (정재무) performed at banquets‚ and ilmu (일무)‚ performed at Korean Confucian rituals. Jeongjaemu is divided into native dances (향악정재‚ hyangak jeongjae) and forms imported from Central Asia and China (당악정재‚ dangak jeongjae). Ilmu are divided into civil dance (문무‚ munmu) and military
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It is located 68 miles northeast of Pyongyang‚ North Korea. The camp is approximately 145 square miles surrounded for a 14-foot tall barbed wire electric fence. The fence has 25-foot tall watchtowers along with 1000 heavily armed guards and dogs. There is a special section of the prison for
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The Korean War marked an important stage of the Cold War. It was a crucial moment in history when communism faced capitalism in a war front. In October of 1950‚ China intervened in the war only to increase the existing tension of the time. According to Michael Hickey‚ after Korea was independent from Japan by the end of WWII‚ it was split along the 38th parallel between North and South. Anti-communist US troops occupied the South and the Soviets the North. Stalin encouraged North Korea’s president
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incident when the North fired multiple artillery strikes against the South‚ for which the South responded with dozens of strikes. The North is said to have done it to back up the claim they were going to destroy speakers that were broadcasting anti-Pyongyang messages. A similar event happened in 2010 when the North attacked a live fire-drill the south were conducting which killed four people. The South has also had mines explode that injured two of their soldiers where one lost both legs and the other
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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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other battles‚ and operations. The listed battles and operations were all had ended in American favor. On August 29‚ 1952‚ AA contributed to the Korean War’s largest air raid in which carrier planes and FEAF all launched an assault bombing on Pyongyang. Through the continuous‚ relentless battles‚ assaults‚ and airstrikes. Until July 26th 1953‚ in which the final ground attack in the Berlin
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and the land elevation is being higher than 400 meters so it’s not farmable. The official language in North Korea is Korean and the country is mostly consists of Korean‚ Chinese and Japanese. The country is Atheist officially. The capital city is Pyongyang. The currency is Won which is 1075 Won one dollar. The GDP in 2011 is $320 billion and the main finance comes from its plentiful natural resources and mining. The type of government is Communist state one- man dictatorship. It has Cabinet which is
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Assess the impact of foreign involvement on North Korea’s foreign policy and isolation: North Korea is‚ as stated by Bruce Cummings in North Korea – Another Country‚ “The Author of most of its own troubles”. The country is close to entirely isolated from the rest of the world maintaining only small contact with certain nations. Since the ceasefire of the Korean War‚ North Korea has become increasingly detached from the majority of the world; however what factors have led to this increased isolation
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Shin confessed to him that he really has no idea what can be done besides spreading the word like he has been trying to do since his escape (Philling). Shin continued to say to the interviewer that David Philling and him also went on to discuss that the only full proof solution to the political prison camps‚ besides the spreading of information about them‚ is complete invasion in North Korea to liberate my countrymen (Philling). The mentioning of liberation hung in the air between Shin and the interviewer;
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