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In Linda Sue Park’s When My Name was Keoko, personal struggle is essential for cultural freedom. The novel takes place during World War II, when Korea was under Japanese rule. The main characters are faced with laws made to destroy Korean culture and replace it with Japanese culture. The book is told through two siblings’ points of views. Sun-hee, an 11-year-old, and Tae-yul, a 13-year-old, are forced to change their name to a Japanese name because of a countrywide law. They discover that their uncle

his next film. Eventually, they stop in a village to eat. Unfortunately, the seemingly peaceful and polite owner, Pan-gon is paranoid murderer who, almost immediately, kills the director and chains the girl in a cage in his basement. Her sister, Hyun-jung, who is worried when she does not communicate with her foe some, goes to the village and starts searching for her. The local police officers show no will to help her. She, however, starts suspecting Pan-gon after a while. Kim Sung-hong does not delay

known he is the third and youngest son of Korean military leader Kim Jong-Il, who had ruled since 1994. His father saw a lot of himself in his son, leading to Jong Il passing his leadership on to him once he died. He passed away in 2011 and that’s when Jung Un came to power. Under his power, North Korea started weapon testing programs. In February 2012, he started testing nuclear testing on long range missile launching, going along with his weapon testing. In April, 2012 North Korea launched a satellite

Korea a land of mystery due to its isolation. Though it has been an isolated country and is slowly opening up to the world. Though isolation has shrouded much of Korea and what goes on, what is known was that it’s history impacting Korea such as the Korean War has ultimately lead it into a divided peninsula. Korea has divided itself into north and south. Though North and South Korea are so close to each other and once one in the same, history has forged several differences from the two countries

Alastair Gale, “In Seoul, Kim Jong Un Preferred to Shinzo Abe,” The Wall Street Journal, March 4, 2014. Kim Jong-un came out ahead of Abe Shinzo by a margin of 1.3 to 1.1 on the survey’s zero-to-ten scale, zero being the least favorable 
 See the “Treaty of Friendship, Co-operation and Mutual Assistance Between the People’s Republic of China and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea,” signed on July 11, 1961, in particular, Article II, which calls on both contracting parties to render immediate

In traditional society, the role of a woman is limited to her private sphere which is known to be the household. Of course, throughout time we have seen the rapid growth of awareness for women’s rights, often resulting in protests and law changes. However, despite the new mindset, we are unable to escape the patriarchal system that runs society to this very day. As a practice that is embedded into our everyday growth, we often do not question its intentions. Our behaviours and attitudes towards one

of impeachment or resigning for criminal actions. It is believed that the altering of the constitution in 1987 limiting presidential terms to a single five-year term is linked to the numerous scandals which took place. First up is president Kim Dae-Jung the first president elected during the 20th century who

The purpose of this whitepaper is to develop a strategic plan that addresses the challenge articulated within the Air War College Warfighting Op Ed article, “U.S. Moves Missile Destroyers Near Korea -- Seoul Raises Tone; Washington Points To Need to Avoid Unilateral Action.” (Barnes, 2013) The Op Ed article summarized the policy intentions of the U.S related actions around the Korean Peninsula as North Korea increasing their provocative rhetoric and actions against its southern neighbor – South

Introduction In this paper, I will evaluate Hallyu in regards to its effect on medical tourism. However, I will first define the terms in order to give a clearer picture of what is Hallyu and which medical tourism I am referring too. Hallyu is defined as the growing popularity of Korean-based products that include drama, film, and pop music (Kim). It is also used to describe the fast spreading popularity of Korean culture like food, clothing, and housing. Recently, Hallyu or Korean Wave has not

The Korean War occurred from 25 June 1950 to 27 July 1953 when armistice was signed. (Stokesbury) It was between Republic of Korea and Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. United Nations were on the South Korea side and China and Soviet Union were at North Korea side. North Korea invaded South Korea after United States’ military evacuation. North Korea occupied most of South Korea, but after Incheon Landing, it turned the tide of the war. Finally, the war ended by declaring ceasefire and made Military