Revision Notes: Korean War KOREAN WAR North Korea [Communist] invaded South Korea [Capitalist]. Causes [memory word: DUCKS] Domino theory - Truman thought that Far Eastern countries would fall like dominoes. China became Communist in 1949. Truman feared Japan would follow. He felt he had to stop this. Undermine Communism - - NSC 68 (April 1950) recommended that the US abandon ’containment’ and start to ’roll back’ Communism. Cold War - Truman and
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peninsula resembles an elongated New Jersey. 2. What two rivers form the northern‚ land boundary of Korea? • Yalu River (between North Korea and Manchuria) • Tumen River (boundary for Manchuria) 3. What is the major topographical feature of the Korean peninsula? How does it affect transportation and communication? • Taebaek Range of mountains 4. What two seas does Korea separate? What three great powers of East Asia are its neighbors? • It separates the Sea of
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Pennington‚ Matthew. "Rival Koreas resume contact‚ but no closer yet on resuming nuclear disarmament talks." Washington Post. Sept. 20‚ 2011 Summary of the Article: Representatives of North and South Korea finally met on Wednesday after a huge hiatus of communication‚ but showed no sign of bridging their differences to resume negotiations on ending Pyongyang’s nuclear program after it walked out two years ago. Despite the lack of apparent breakthrough‚ South Korean talks did leave open the
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Extent was the Korean War a Part of the Cold War? The Korean War‚ that began on the 25th of June 1950 and lasted until the 27th of July 1953‚ was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea) and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea). It was initially the result of the political division of Korea by an agreement of the victorious Allies at the conclusion of the Pacific War at the end of World War II. American administrators divided the peninsula along the 38th parallel‚ with
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Contents Page 1.0 Introduction 2.0 Comparison of Cultural foundations 2.1 Time Focus 2.2 Time orientation 2.3 Space 2.4 Power 2.5 Structure 2.6 Communication 2.7 Action 2.8 Competition 3.0 Management priorities for South Korean and French cultures 3.1 Planning 3.2 Staffing 3.3 Organising 3.4 Directing 3.5 Controlling 4.0 Conclusion 5.0 References 1.0 Introduction As travelling around the world has become easier and businesses continue to grow‚ we are beginning to experience globalisation
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1. Jusik Hoesa (Stock Company) Jusik Hoesa is the only form of corporate entity that is allowed to publicly issue shares. The vast majority of corporations in Korea chose the Jusik Hoesa corporate form. It is also the most common corporate form that foreign companies chose for their subsidiaries. 2. Yuhan Hoesa (Limited Liability Company) Yunhan Hoesa is a closely held company that is prohibited from having more than 50 shareholders. In recent years a few foreign companies have chosen the Yuhan
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html Asia-Pacific | | World leaders vow to confront nuclear threat | | Statement at end of two-day summit in Seoul pledges strong action and closer co-operation against nuclear terrorism. | World leaders attending a summit in the South Korean capital Seoul have pledged strong action and closer co-operation to combat the threat of nuclear terrorism. In a statement issued at the end of the two-day 53-nation nuclear summit‚ the leaders reaffirmed "shared goals of nuclear disarmament
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The decade after the Second World War saw Communism spread to the Far East‚ eventually dividing Korea. The Korean War lasted three years and peace was only achieved when the use of the atomic bomb was threatened. The problem in Korea In 1945‚ Korea was split along the 38th parallel between a communist north led by Kim IL Sung‚ and a non-communist south led by Syngman Rhee. But communism was growing in the Far East. In 1949‚ the Communists had taken power in China. The US developed the ’domino
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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 armistice a series of diplomatic
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The Cold War is often thought of a war only between the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) and the United States of America‚ however that is not the case. There were proxy wars in countries like Vietnam‚ Korea and Pakistan. The Cold War itself is a complicated subject that was seen as “good (capitalism)” vs. bad (communism)”‚ which in itself was a bad idea that wouldn’t allow for a case by case analysis of the conflicts around the world. But in a time of “Domino Theory”‚ President Eisenhower’s
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