The Two Koreas and the Responsibility of the International Community

presentation on TED Talk entitled, “My Escape from North Korea”, summarizing about her life in North Korea. She was born and raised there and sing patriotic songs. All the history books told her that North Korea was the best country in the world. As she got older, a famine struck North Korea in the mid-1990’s. Although, she never experienced starvation, she witnessed the events first hand. This was the pushing point for Hyeonseo, who decided to leave North Korea. Due to China and North Korea’s stringent border

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

Venezuela Capital: Caracas Continent: South America Issue: In Venezuela, the United Socialist Party (PSUV) has been in the power 18 years first with Chavez and them with Maduro, both elected by democratic elections. Now the country is divided into two significant groups Chavistas, people who support socialism and the actual president, and opposition, people anti-government and believe the corruption of the actual president. With this, the country is immersed in extreme violence, constants violations

organisations, the International Crime Court, the security council and through the use of media. The effectiveness these each have is largely debated, differentiating by each case. The security council plays the most crucial role in militant enforcement, having the overall authority on which countries can be legally invaded and enact embargos. The security council is made up of five permanent nuclear powers which are France, Britain, China, Russia and the US. There is a rotation every two years where

Lee-Byung-Chull founded Samsung in south Korea, this company began by selling food. Nevertheless, after the second world war in 1945 the company decided to branch out into different parts in the business from telecommunication, construction and medical care and more. When Samsung decided to venture into different areas that’s when they established themselves as a multi-international company Joseph Nordqvist (2014). In this essay there will be an in-depth explanation on how Samsung has contributed

Critically examine the geopolitics of humanitarian aid within the 21st century. How have responses to famine changed over time and what are the key challenges to famine prevention today? Geopolitics have played a huge role in humanitarian aid in the current century. Because humanitarian aid is largely sponsored by western countries it poses a huge problem in the form of a “parochial form of theorizing"1 that supports the interests of the richest countries of the world. For the purpose of this essay

SECURITY OF SOUTH KOREA Introduction The economy of South Korea is ranked at fifteenth place in the world. In terms of its relation with the United States, South Korea is the seventh largest trading partner. South Korea is well known for its high level of growth in economic field. Before 1960, South Korea was just another poor third world country and hardly known regionally as well as internationally. Its economic booming has elevated South Korea in the eyes of international cooperation especially

particular aspects of the war predominantly the death toll, how long the war lasted, if core states got involved in the conflict and if so how far removed were they from the region of conflict. Finally and most importantly, I will compare and contrast the two types of wars (1.) Wars caused by ethnic conflict and 2.) Wars not caused by ethnic conflict) and determine how these wars were ultimately resolved. More specifically, I am determining if wars caused by ethic issues are resolved by internal means or

In the geo-political world of 2014, there are two countries that stand in the forefront of Communist regimes. One would expect that with similar systems of governance, both countries would imitate, or begin to imitate, one another. The policies that deal with human rights, poverty, education, and hunger should be similar, if not the same. In the Western world where democracy is preached and practiced, the living standards and labor conditions are comparable. Just as the fatalities are low in

Introduction In February 2014, a report was released by the Commission of Inquiry on Human Rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK). The report detailed a number of human rights abuses that the country has allegedly committed. Because of the report a United Nations committee has called for the Security Council to refer North Korea to the International Court (ICC) for committing crimes against humanity. Using the report that the Commission issued as a guideline, I will examine whether