Laos People's Democratic Republic

mmunism. After North Korea’s invasion of South Korea, it became evident that South Korea’s survival required outside intervention. The United States was to take action alone, but reconsidered due to the high risk of a Soviet and Chinese response and then referred the issue to the United Nations where member nations were asked to provide assistance to South Korea. Therefore, the Korean war was an international war in which the United States used the United Nations to Further its anti-communist policies due to the fact that communism was democracy’s greatest enemy.

The purpose of this paper is to analyze how the Pathet Lao (PL) created the “Liberated Area”. Many scholars have already showed that the PL developed it as the military, economic or cultural base with the assistance of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (DRV) during the Second Indochina War. However, no studies have ever tried to clarify when the PL gained the area.

The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is the largest country in sub-Saharan Africa bordered to the west by the Republic of Congo and a small coast to the Atlantic Ocean, to the south by Angola and Zambia, to the east by Tanzania, Burundi, Rwanda, and Uganda, and to the north by South Sudan and Central African Republic. The capital of DRC is Kinshasa, which lies on the south bank of the Congo river at 4.4419° S, 15.2663° E. DRC is home to most the Congo Rainforest, which is the largest rainforest in Africa. Geographically, this location is very good, having numerous resources including lumber and oil and minerals such as cobalt, diamonds, gold, coltan (niobium-tantalum ore), copper,

From 1430-1470 Cambodia was invaded by Vietnam and Siam, also known as modern day Thailand, many different times. By the 19th century, Vietnam ruled part of Cambodia and enforced their customs onto the people, this led to many strikes and revolts. After about two years of fighting, Cambodia, Vietnam, and Siam reached an agreement that Cambodia would be equally ruled by Siam and Vietnam. Ang Duong was appointed king of Cambodia in 1848. For ten years, Cambodia was at peace.

Ethnic groups have always been a big part of the African continent and countries leaving the DRC in no difference. Once a primordial, ethnic groups are now recognized to be historical creation, products of tangible processes of administrative categorization, political mobilization and socialization (Posner, 2003).The Democratic Republic of Congo, formerly known as Zaire is the second most ethnically diverse nation in the world, only behind India. Research shows that the DRC has over 200 different distinct ethnic groups as the nation is located in sub-Saharan Africa with the second largest rain largest rainforest in the world. The DRC accounts for over half of the total remaining rainforests in the Central African region. The capital city Kinshasa, now has its official language being French and other spoken languages consisting English, Swahili, Lingala, kikongo/Kituba and Tshilumba/Kiluba. Christianity, like many parts of Africa due to missionary influences, is the major religion practiced in the country and has a population of about 62.6 million, leaving Adult literacy rate at 70% and life expectancy rate of forty-six years sadly. The Bantu speaking people are the major ethnic group in the land leaving the others; mongo, lumba and kongo, also mangbetu-Azande making about 45% of the population.

“Communism is not love. Communism is a hammer in which we use to crush the enemy.” –Mao Zedong. This quote is saying that communism is a way to conquer your enemies. The People’s Republic of China shares many similarities with the Republic in the book Legend. They are both communist, militarily run nations, where the citizen’s rights are oppressed, and they are both totalitarian states. They both have authoritarian leadership, and they deny many of their people basic human rights. They both suppress their citizen’s freedom of expression, and imprison those who fight for it. These governments have very small middle classes, medium sized rich classes, and very large poor working classes. They

We, mankind don’t always have human rights as we human have a lot of dark history of human getting taken away, and one of them happen in a place called Cambodia. In Cambodia, there was a period where everyone was stripped of their human rights called Khmer Rouge. Pol Pot came into power and forced people to live in harsh conditions resulting in million of deaths.

Lao People’s Democratic Republic, or simply Laos, is a landlocked nation in Southeast Asia occupying the northwest portion of the Indochinese peninsula (“Geography”). It is surrounded by Vietnam, Myanmar, Thailand, and China (“The World Factbook”). Despite having abundance natural resources compared to other countries in the region, Laos is referred to as “one of east Asia’s poorest countries” (“Laos Profile - Overview”).

Cambodia is still underdeveloped. Cambodia was totally destroyed by the Pol Pot regime, Khmer Rouge, in between 1975 to 1979. Four million people were killed, most educated people, and the entire country was covered by dead bodies and empty houses. People were not allowed to live in their house, and they were not allowed to own any property. In fact, everything they had belonged to the regime, and they were forced to live and work so hard in the rice field without providing enough food. Because that regime had killed so many intelligent people, until today Cambodia is still struggling with human recourse issue. Even the Cambodian top leader, prime minister, is not educated enough. He was the first prime minister after the Pol Pot regime finished

From its inception in 1976, the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), or Tamil Tigers, have launched a campaign to form a separate independent state for the Tamils in the Northern and Eastern part of Sri Lanka (SATP). The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) released a report in 2008 stating the LTTE to be “among the most dangerous and deadly extremists in the world” (FBI). According to the FBI report, the LTTE perfected the use of suicide bombers, invented the suicide belt, became the first to use women in suicide attacks and are credited with the assassination of two world leaders, the only terrorist organization to have ever done so (FBI). Apart from its ruthless guerilla tactics, the LTTE are considered as one of the most organized and disciplined terrorist organizations (SATP). The leadership within the LTTE is divided between two groups: a military wing and a political wing just beneath it. The military wing is composed of a naval unit- the Sea Tigers, an air force- the Air Tigers, a suicide unit- Black Tigers, an elite fighting wing, and an intelligence unit (SATP). The central governing committee was responsible for overseeing the two wings and Velupillai Prabhakaran, the founder of the LTTE and head of the power structure, was the chairman of this committee and the commander-in-chief of the Army (SATP). The leadership and command structure of the LTTE allowed for a continuous Sri Lankan civil war that lasted for over 30 years and has claimed the lives of an

The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea is an improvised country, mostly isolated from much of the world that has committed numerous human rights violations. Ruled by Kim Jung Un, North Korea has created a personality cult around the Kim family for several decades, which has kept the Kim dynasty in control with an iron first. Any opposition to the regime is quickly silenced, and many citizens are starving through the huge economic downturn in the country. The DPRK has tense relationships with many Western powers, especially the United States due to its aggressive military policies. In February 2013, it has been repeatedly and continuing their nuclear weapons programs despite heavy backlash from the international community. Fortunately

The Democratic People 's Republic of Korea (DPRK) is a self-reliant and insular state. It’s paranoia and mistrust of the Republic of Korea (ROK) and the United States (U.S.) has contributed towards the relentless drive for expansion of its military capabilities under the ‘Military First’ (Songun) policy, this equates to 22% of GDP . This has been an aggressive expansion focussing on its nuclear and missile capabilities. The overt testing of the nuclear capability has caused concern amongst the international community. The political picture is also uncertain; Kim Jong Un continues to try and consolidate his position, under significant political, economic and military instability and a constant threat of regime change. The economic

The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, also known as North Korea, is the northern half of Korea, after its separation. After Japan’s defeat in World War II, Korea was liberated from the Japanese military regulation. Communism became strongly established in the North, due to Soviet Union’s influence after the liberation from Japan. This resulted in the emergence of Kim Il-Sung, who, in 1948, ended up becoming the first premier of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. Meanwhile, the United Nations General Assembly decided to allow the constitution of the Republic of Korea. In 1950, rivalries between these two hostile nations soon erupted into a war. This war resulted in 2.5 million casualties, and ended in July 1953, with Korea still separated into two opposing states. On its southern portion of the border, a 215 mile wide area separation the North from the South. The former battleground is now a nature preserve, filled with forests, wetlands, and estuaries, housing countless species ranging from birds to fish. North Korea has been governed exclusively by one family for its entire existence. In 1948, the Soviet leader, Joseph Stalin, established Kim Il-Sung as the leader of North Korea. He remained in office, until his death in 1994. His son, Kim Jong-Il, took his place and also remained in office until death, in December 17, 2011. Currently, Kim Jong-Un is in charge of the rule of North Korea. However, the country still suffers from a series of excessive

Thailand is located in South-East Asia that is near to the border of Burma, Laos and Cambodia. Thailand has an area of about 513,000 km2 and the population of people is about 70 million people. The capital city of Thailand is Bangkok.

The Philippines, officially known as the Republic of the Philippines, is a sovereign island that comprises an archipelago of 7,107 islands located off Southeast Asia, between the Philippine Sea on the east and the South China Sea on the west. The islands are categorized broadly under three major islands which are Luzon in the north, the Visayan Islands in the center, and Mindanao in the south. The Philippines total area is approximately 300,000 sq km, which includes approximately 298,000 sq km of land. The country has no land boundaries. The capital of the Philippines is Manila and the country’s most populous city is Quezon City, both part of Metro Manila. The archipelago, a Spanish colony during the 16th century and ceded