Kim Jong-Un In Korea

In the late 1890s, tensions between China and Japan were growing. China’s power was growing into the early 1900s as it converted to Nationalism. Japan felt the need to expand and conquer because they had been forced into the modern age by the United States, and they believed it was their destiny to exert government over other nations (Chang 23-24). The Japanese felt the need to do something before China became “too powerful to be conquered” (Chang 28-29). This put Japan on the path to war with China (Chang 25).

American troops invaded many countries and remain with them for a very long time, but nothing quite like the history between America and Japan. America’s presence in Japan has shown to have had grave effects on the country from past to present. The intent of this paper is to discuss how America has altered the Japanese way of life through the incorporation of its military, politics, and culture.

The man, the legend, the one and only, supreme leader, Kim Jong Un. Standing at a height of 5’9, and 210 pounds, he is one of the world’s youngest supreme leaders, and in under 4 years, has managed to continue his own father’s legacy. Kim Jong Un has managed to successfully take complete control of North Korea just like his past family members who have been in power. At age 32 the supreme leader happens to own the longest list of honorifics anywhere, in which every single one of them is unearned, and is also most likely the last hereditary male in power. Kim is the third and youngest son of his father, and the second-born son of Kim II’s second mistress, Ko Young Hee. His grandfather, Kim Il Sung, ruled for 46 years, with Kim Jong Il, his son, taking over after his death in 1994. Kim Jong Un took power after his father's death in 2011, in which he was favored for by his father. Kim Jong Un has two older brothers, named Kim Jong-Chul and Kim Jong-Nam, who should’ve been next in line, but weren’t when their father decided to not make either one supreme leader because they were too “feminine in character”, while Jong-un was "exactly like his father". Around the same time he took power, he got married, in an arranged marriage, to a woman named, Ri Sol Ju, who is a former cheerleader and singer. Mrs. Kim is seen a lot with her husband in public. (unlike his

The early life of Kim Jong-un is not well known, since usually North Korean dictators has kept the family out of the public eye, although in the “Unauthorized biography of Kim Jong-un” is released some information about the regimen and his actual leader. The young president was many considered

The United States under President Trump has responded to this threat by bringing an aircraft carrier towards the Korean Peninsula, and one of our more powerful submarines arrived in South Korea. Trump has also increased pressure on China to do something about the situation, stating that

Japan is an excellent example of a modern nation. “By identifying the modern as a cluster of related principles rather than as merely a period, we are able to trace its occurrence in different periods in different national or cultural settings” (Goto-Jones, 7). The idea of what is culture and what is modern can be subjective. Time and setting are merely measurements showcasing a particular in relation to everything else. Although Goto-Jones is critical of what it means to be “modern,” reasons supporting his opinion on whether Japan is modern or not can be given by looking at some of the changes Japan has made; observations of the dynamic and stagnant in Japan’s past and present. By comparing and contrasting through history the government,

“Japan has been alternatively receptive or closed to outside influences.” (Irving, Richard, & A.Stanley, Thomas, 2017). For centuries Japan was closed off from

Between 1932 and 1936, admirals ruled Japan. Within government, the idea of the ‘Greater East Asian Co-Prosperity Sphere’ emerged. This plan called for Asian unification against western imperialism under Japanese leadership, leading to Asian self-sufficiency and prosperity. In reality, it meant an agenda of Japanese imperial domination in the Far East because of the domestic coup in

Kim Jong-il’s rise to power began in July of 1961 when he joined the Workers’ Party, which is the official ruling party of North Korea (Biography). The beliefs of the Workers’ Party were based off of Stalinst Russia before Kim Jong-il and Kim Il-sung expanded on those beliefs. Kim Jong-il eventually was elected as head of the Workers’ Party Central Committee. His main job as head of the committee was to lead a revolt against the revisionists and to keep the beliefs of the party. This is where Kim first took control of the military as he used them to kill disloyal officers. His main goal was to keep the military on the Workers’ Party side.

relations and security on the Korean Peninsula. Many older Koreans believe that the North Korean invasion of the South in 1950 was related to the full-scale withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1949. The relocation and reduction of U.S. troops—amid the acute ongoing tension over North Korea’s nuclear affairs—would significantly change the security environment on the peninsula. Although the number of USFK has reduced, nevertheless, it is clear that USFK is the main measurement to deter North Korea. When the United States withdrew all its troops in 1949, just one year before the Korean War, North Korea decided to invade South Korea. However, the North has not made a total war since the truce, only provoked sometimes. Namely, USFK is the most important among various alliance provisions within the Mutual Defense Treaty that aim deter attack in the Pacific

In the 20th century, Korea had to go through many troubles, or challenges, due to various factors such as lose of independence by Japanese colonialism and Korean War. These factors have caused even more subordinate issue, which some of them are still on a debate, such as “comfort women”. It is common for conventional South Korean narratives to tend to blame Japanese colonialism and North Korea for most of these troubles; however, while it is hard to deny that Japan and North Korea were the main elements that caused many serious problems, there are something being missed by the narrative. Although Japanese were using Korean people as resources to expand their colonialism, there were many Korean who decided to side with Japanese government in

Notwithstanding the fact that North Korea continues their nuclear program, the Republic of Korea persists in pursuing improved relations with its neighbor. After Park had labeled unification as a bonanza, South Korean citizens displayed significant

Japanese imperialism was uniquely derived during the nineteenth century within the structure of the informal empires of the West in East Asia. Due to Japanese political feudally and economically backwards system, it was a victim to powerful Western Empires such as Russia, Britain and the United States. They had imposed similar legal and commercial disabilities previously in China to serve their imperialistic needs. Japan was officially integrated into the treaty port system by 1860, thus establishing it’s first step towards incorporation into the world economics. The international political environment was crucial in structure Japanese imperialism particularly in two ways. Firstly, treaty privileges in China became Japanese definition of success, hence structuring Japanese responses and international aspirations. Secondly, it raised awareness for an unavoidable setting for action. Historically, Japan would appease and seek satisfaction within the structure of western imperialism. Thereafter, Japanese imperialism reformed internally in response to the demanding international environment.

After Soviet-backed North Korea invaded US-backed South Korea, more than three years of bloody warfare ensued. Despite all casualties, the territorial divide between the Koreas remained roughly the same, with the two states divided among the thirty-eighth parallel by an armistice. (Stueck, 1995) Apart from a brief period in the last decade when tensions eased, the two states continued to espouse intense hostilities against one another, with no formal peace agreements negotiated. (Sigal, 2002) From time to time, North Korea commits acts that are considered aggression under International Law, including but not limited to tunneling to South Korea, launching missiles towards South Korean military facilities and allegedly sinking a South Korean warship. Coupled with Pyongyang’s secrecy in foreign policy making, North Korea’s mixed foreign policy signals, at times, may cause one to believe that they are

The events would complicate the alliance by questioning the mutual expectations on the military capabilities of the US and Japan, along with exacerbating the feelings of unrest as the Japanese government started viewing Japan as an entirely passive player in the alliance (Bisley 2008, 77). As a result, the Japanese government has started demanding a bolstering of military capability to start the process of the "normalization" of Japan's military and changing its approach to the use of force which had dominated its post 1945 foreign and security policy for the sake of strengthening their alliance (Bisley 2008, 78). According to the article, Japan’s process of military normalization has given it the characteristics of having one of the world's largest military budgets, increased employment of the Special Defense Forces (SDF), one of the most technologically capable defense forces, and increased operational capabilities (Hughes 2005). This mobilization had the unfortunate effect of making the alliance less about mutual assistance and more about shared threat perception and limited to the continuation of a common