The Importance Of Poverty In South Korea

The streets roared with loud car horns as my parents and I walked down the polluted sidewalks. It did not matter how far I walked or what part of the city I was in, I’d always see homeless men, women, and children were all around. Those who were not already passed out from starvation held their hands out to us, to me, in desperation. The looks in their eyes told stories of pain and loss. Yet they lived on, clinging to life, waiting patiently for the next rupee. “Don’t stare at them,” my mother commanded. “But why? We have change, let's give them some!” I demanded. “If we give to one person, all the others will come, and we don’t have enough for everyone,” she responded. Her brutally honest words lingered as I helplessly walked past the crowds. This experience not only taught me how fortunate I was, but it also made me want to fight harder. To fight for all the people who could not fight and to one day give them a voice-a chance in our unfair hierarchical society so that they too could be self-sufficient and pursue their own endeavors. I was determined to make a sustainable

As an American Citizen, my hope for the future of America is that we end the inequality between the haves and the have-nots. It´s just a simple idea, isn't it? Sharing what you have with others who are not as fortunate as you. So many have so little while some have too much. If we, as a nation, were a bit more caring and compassionate as people our country could be a place where everyone had an equal chance to the person behind them, regardless of gender, social class, race, religion, color, creed, or sexual orientation.

Hope is a roaring fire that is rooted deep into our society, our nation was forged from the flames of hope by our founding fathers that risked their lives for the right to exist as an independent nation. But the hope and resilience that was instilled in the American people has slowly faded out and is now a weak match.

Desmond Tutu once said, “Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness.” He is saying that no matter what happens, Americans must continue to believe there is hope even in adversity. Americans usually come together spontaneously, or perhaps, instinctively at times of disaster and heartache. Americans must learn from the past and be united, be stronger, and be re-energized.

Living in America, we don’t tend to have to deal with these problems first hand. But in other countries, their whole life is based on protecting their family from rebels, or other attacks. This image shows the lack of basic necessities in other countries that are suffering. It is important to know what is going on around the world, because these people are human just like us, yet they don’t have anything. Humans are all equal. We should all have the same chances in life, but unfortunately money, and politics will always affect our lives in one way or

In the past weeks or so I have noticed a spike of people losing hope for the world, this mentality (and its influence) is not new but recent events in my life have amplified my attention to this problem and made me want to annihilate it.The first time I analyzed this problem and all its contributing factors I thought of how stupid can people be to think that the world is not capable of developing peace through change with so much potential in hands, hypocritical and lazy can a person get, and is this mentality actually affecting people and society.As time passed I encountered experiences which answered these questions and made me regret my accusations,I realized that people feel like this wretched mentality is the only way to live and that we have to stop

When you think about the United States of America, what comes to your mind? Most people would answer that they would think of our blue, red, and white flag, which stands proudly in front of our school, or of the Bald Eagle, which has been the symbol of America’s freedom since the beginning of our nation. No one however, would ever think to answer that our flag has lately become more synonymous with suffering. Our nation has always been a symbol of hope and opportunity for people living in other countries, where they might not have the freedom provided to them here, or the economical stability. However , that might not be the case anymore. In 2010, the number of people living in poverty in the United States totaled 15.1 percent, which has been the highest rate of

A couple years ago, I noticed something while my mother was taking me to the mall. It was an indigent man with a sign stating “Help me”. Often as a child, I wanted to assist needy individuals around me. This seemed like a substantial opportunity to make that into a reality, I opened my car window and held out change. He came running and took the money while uttering the words “God Bless You”. This hit me hard. I thought about this for a while and it occurred to me that we take our lives for granted, but don’t realize that millions and millions of people cannot enjoy life because money is an immense need. In third world countries, there are not enough money and facilities available. Being born and growing up in Canada, I didn't realize that

Poverty is “the state or condition of having little or no money, goods, or means of support; condition of being poor” (Dictionary.com, 2017). Based off this definition poverty is a condition that can cause a cascade of cause and effect actions that is detrimental to families and individuals both physically and mentally. Haan, Kaplan, & Camacho (2017) completed a study on the correlation between social and economic status and health in adults in Oakland, CA. They found that the lower the socioeconomic class the higher incidents of diseases and deaths related to chronic diseases (p.1161-1162). Just being without money or little money was not the only indication of health indication, a person living in an area with higher poverty issues

When we analyzed Francisco and his family, we kept on mentioning he was “in poverty”. However, I feel like we were not looking at the whole picture. When we actually analyze the North Korean children that are “also in poverty”, we can see that they live in a far worse world. For example, in The Circuit Francisco never actually talks about hunger. Francisco was also able to go to school and work in the fields for money. However, the North Korean kids who are in poverty cannot do anything like that. The impoverished kids pick up crumbs off the mud path and become delirious with not having enough food. They also are not able to work for any money or get to go school. When we used to compare Francisco to us, we used to think he was in bad poverty.

In today's world, it is hard to find hope, with so many problems, so many lies, a lot of wrong things. The beginning that I said, is the fact that we get the opportunity to be the change. We are no longer children, and now is the time, to create an ideal, a way to keep on living. It is time to thank, time

Everyone is plentiful and living a virtuous life, No stress or affliction, our lives are so bright. But not all of this is the world’s reality, Some children in the world won’t find a gift under their Christmas tree. Some don’t have food or shelter to stay warm, Some need to suffer from hunger or a catastrophic rainstorm.

South Korea is nicknamed the 'Suicide Capital of the World', the was a time where they held the lowest suicide rate, but now it's no more.

It was a sunny morning, the sun was beating down like a drum on the hot summer day. The temperature was at least 110°. But of course, this was no unordinary occurrence. In Yangon, Myanmar, which was right in the equator, high temperatures were no stranger to the natives. I had just woken up and had immediately started sweating. Today was the day, I had realized. My aunt is a senator in Yangon, so as her duty she was to visit parts of Yangon to check up. And since I was there visiting, she decided to let me come along to the exhibition. I was to wake up, eat some breakfast and take a shower to change into clean clothes. Last night, my aunt had told me some statics to give me some background knowledge due before we went. In Myanmar, almost 35% of all citizens are in poverty. Rural areas and cities such as Dawbon, a city that has a densely populated area, suffers from the lack of clean water and sanitation. Under these circumstances, it makes diseases like tuberculosis rife. Poverty in Yangon, Myanmar exists at an alarming rate. Forty percent of Yangon’s population is very poor and vulnerable, and as a result, are exposed to health scares, commodity-price rises, and floods. The United Nations estimates that over 40 percent of Yangon’s five million people are poor or extremely poor. In Yangon, garbage and rubbish are everywhere littering the streets and homes. Children play amongst the human waste and garbage. There are no drainage systems, so homes dwell over the slime-filled,

At the end of World War II, Korea was a poor former agricultural colony of Japan. But the rapid growth of Korea’s industrial economy has been remarkable. The economy of South Korea is now the third-largest in Asia and the 13th largest in the world by GDP as of 2007. To trace back the economic development of South Korea, the former president Park Chung-Hee played a pivotal role, and was credited for shifting its focus to export-oriented favoring a few large conglomerates. Unlike his predecessors, Park showed a strong commitment to economic development, believing good economic performance as a primary means for enhancing his political legitimacy. Under the President Park Chung-Hee’s era, the government played a dominating role in a