Analysis Of The Photograph Of Park Jong Chul 's Student Lead Demonstration At The Korea University Of Seoul

1984 demonstrates a dystopian society in Oceania by presenting a relentless dictator, Big Brother, who uses his power to control the minds of his people and to ensure that his power never exhausts. Aspects of 1984 are evidently established in components of society in North Korea. With both of these society’s under a dictator’s rule, there are many similarities that are distinguished between the two. Orwell’s 1984 becomes parallel to the world of dystopia in North Korea by illustrating a nation that remains isolated under an almighty ruler.

Individual needs, diversity and personality have recently gained greater laxity. Therefore Confucian teaching is, in practice, being modified for modern life. Confucianism, therefore, is gaining a renewed sense of importance because of these modifications. This paper seeks to investigate how modern Korea has reacted to Confucianism. To accomplish this we will discuss the traditional impact of Confucianism on Korean culture and analyze how this traditional philosophy measures up within modern Korean culture to try and come to grips with how Korea’s understanding of Confucianism has evolved. Rather than completely losing its significance, Confucianism is possibly beginning a new stage in its long life. The core of Confucianism seems unassailable in

As a result of the regimes isolationist policy the people of North Korea suffered greatly in both mental and physical health. The hold the state had over the beliefs of the citizens presented in “Nothing to Envy”, varied from absolute belief to uncomfortable awareness. The reader is presented often with Mrs. Song’s dedication to the regime, and Kim Il-sung himself. A mother of four she was often gone from home, working and attending ideological training sessions. “Fridays she stayed especially late for self-criticism. In these sessions members of her work unit- the department to which she was assigned- would reveal to the group anything they had done wrong—Mrs. Song would usually say, in all sincerity, that she feared she wasn’t working hard enough” (Pg. 43).When Kim Il-sung died, she

Dave Hazzan's article offers how the Korean media think about Black people. Media critics did not know for the first time the appearance of black people in Korea.It was true that the images of black culture that were familiar to Koreans before 1980 were slaves and poor people. Since the 1980s, media images have become more sinister, focusing on black crime, violence or drug use.

The dystopian novel, Anthem, and North Korea have similarities and differences that links them together as well as distinguish them from one another. North Korea is a country that is ¨protected¨ by their leader, Kim Jong-un, the North Koreans worship Kim Jong-un as a god. In the novel, Anthem, their government is solely based upon everyone living and working for the benefit of others, never themselves. Everyone in the society is equal, one is never better than the other. Both North Korea and Anthem are similar in ways in which they are to never question their leaders, they are all told what to do and believe. The country and the novel are alike and conflict each other, in this essay we will go in depth.

In the film Stray Bullet (1960), the film portrays the struggling economic conditions after the Korean War. Chilsu and Mansu (1988), portrays the struggling economic conditions of working class men in South Korea during the 80’s. Even though these two films highlight the economic conditions of different time periods, it shares a coherent theme of social marginalization. Social marginalization refers to a group of people who are socially excluded and experience inequalities in the distribution of resource and power. In Stray Bullet and Chilsu and Mansu, both films portrayed the social marginalization of those individuals that were in a lower socio-economic class. This paper will provide an analysis on the social marginalization that was portrayed in Stray Bullet and Chilsu and Mansu.

Socially conscious art confronts and engages the viewer in critical awareness and thought, and protest artists create worlds where oppression and victimization are met with organized resistance. During the Vietnam war, many artists and activists — in America and internationally — focused on the perceived lies and atrocities of the war and urged for radical alternatives. Artists who became involved with the antiwar protest posited graphic rebuttals to the status quo of their time, and their visually artistic dissent commented on both the horrors of war and as well as on a state of current events in definite need of change. In the mid 1960s, Antiwar activists argued that America’s corporate capitalism profited from the war in Vietnam.

Jun-sang lived a better quality life than most North Koreans. His family lived in a freestanding house with a garden to grow vegetables. In addition, the family also owned five wooden wardrobes containing quality clothing and quilts from Japan. In North Korea, a household with more wardrobes meant the family was prosperous. Jun-sang’s family possessed more appliances than their neighbors. These appliances included: a television, sewing machine, electric fan, and a refrigerator. Jun-sang had a pet dog which was unusual in North Korea. Dogs served the purpose as a meal rather than a companion. Although Jun-sang’s family was prosperous, they were lumped into the hostile class because they were Japanese Korean. There was also a constant fear within Jun--sang that his family would be sent to the gulag. Jun-sang’s father is not hesitant to beat his children with a stick if he thinks it will instill fear in his children to get higher scores in school (Demick, 18). high goals of attending the most prestigious university (Kim Il-sung Uni) are the main goal of Jun-sang and his father (Demick, 18). Rigorous studies and career oriented path leaves no time for girls or dating (Demick, 19). Both of Jun-sang’s parents were born in Japan (Demick, 32). They were part of “a cross section of Korean society” made up of people who were forced to support Japan in war efforts, high ranking people that have gone there to study, or immigration workers (Demick, 32). Propaganda stirred up an image

Koreans protest Japanese control in the "March 1st Movement," 1919. (n.d.). Retrieved May 09, huhuhu2017, from http://nvdatabase.swarthmore.edu/content/koreans-protest-japanese-control-huhuhumarch-1st-movement-1919

In her book, Babara Demick follows the lives of six different North Korean defectors in South Korea, mainly focusing on the economic downturn and famine in the 1990s. She concentrates on their lives before, during and after their defection from North Korea. However, there is a gender imbalance in the defectors interviewed; four out of the six defectors are women. Through this, Demick manages to subtly portray the gender imbalance of North Korean defectors which is skewed in favour of females. The reason to this is that ‘The Gender dynamics of East Asia and in North Korea, as well as women’s smaller bodies, made women more likely to survive and defect during the economic downturn and consequent famine.’ In this report, I shall first

Under the Black Umbrella tells the many captivating stories about the 35 years of Japanese occupation in Korea through both world wars. The memories are all from the perspective of Korean men and women who lived through some or all of it. Many of their stories and the history during that time are influenced by several factors, some of which include their location in Korea or surrounding areas and the government’s involvement in recording history. The Japanese were not all awful to the Koreans, since they were humans all the same, but they committed enough atrocities to have a bad reputation with the Koreans. In attempts to unify, North Koreans employed nationalism and ethnocentrism to fuel their way to become a strong nation again. South Koreans did not rally around such extreme ways and did not utilize their northern brethren’s methods of fear for power. Back then and now, globalization is a part of life and it should not be stifled. Nationalistic thinking will bring about more pain and suffering rather than just trying to coexist. Korea faced many hardships with the Japanese occupation. In recovery to their rule, issues arose when it came to accuracy in history, nationalism, ethnocentrism, and the different roles they all took between the north and the south.

“ My Escape from North Korea”, a speech by Hyenseong Lee describes the North Korean’s experience as a refugee and the challenges she faced throughout her journey. The famine in the 1990s prompted countless to escape from North Korea, where they are incited to cross the border into China, and eventually South Korea. But despite risking their lives for a better living condition, what other challenges would they face in a new environment? Being separated for 70 years, the use of language, religion, technology and even the eating regimen between the North and South Koreans contrast significantly. Therefore, one of the many challenges North Koreans face is the adaption to the cultural norm in South Korea.

Kawashima, Ken C. The Proletarian Gamble: Korean Workers in Interwar Japan. Durham: Duke UP, 2009. (Chapter 1 & 3)

Given the poor state of the nation's economy, North Korea's government has to rely upon the cult of personality in order to keep the population in check. Most art in the country venerates, either directly or indirectly, the 'great leader' Kim il-Sung or his successor, the current North Korean leader Kim Jong-il. Among the population, there is a strong level of belief in such apparent absurdities as the idea that Kim il-Sung created the entire world, or that Kim Jong-il controls the weather (Martin, 2004).

My return to Korea in the summer of 2001 was nothing short of a culture shock. I was in a country I thought I had learned by heart. It was the country I always rooted my identity and pride from. I wasn’t ready for the shock. I