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    The Korean War begun on the arrival of the North Korean Army troops consisted of 750.000 soldiers at the 38th parallel- the imaginary boundary between South Korea- on une 25, 1950 (History.com Staff,2009). According to (PBS, N.D.), Korean War was the first war to provide the confrontation of nuclear powers and the war also showed how hard was the difficulty of both sides to create the right decision on when to attack using the bomb at the right time. Although it might seemed to be difficult, the

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    The Two Koreas: War or Peace?

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    Finally, after stalling for two more years, the armistice was signed on July 27, 1953, which drew a new boundary near the 38th parallel giving South Korea extra 1500 squared mile and creating a 2-mile wide demilitarized zone that still exists today. The relatively short but exceptionally brutal war came to an end, and resulted in 5 million lives dead, over half of them civilians. The war that ended six decades ago still split the two nations that were one in the

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    Korean American Immigrants Before the World War II era, the smallest Asian community to settle in the United States of America was the Korean American community. Between 1903 and 1905, immigration records show some seven thousand Koreans migrated to Hawaii. Hawaii had been annexed to the United States in 1898 and organized as a territory in 1900 A fraction of those immigrants came to the mainland. After 1905, sizable. Korean emigration was all but stopped by Japanese

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    potentially represent how this plan would be presented to Kim Jung Un leading up to the exercise. From here forward, we will see the scenario from this point of view. North Korea will amass troops and artillery along the entire distance of the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) in an attempt to show the Western Devil United States that we will invade and destroy South Korea; in the name of The Great Leader, if the United States does not lift economic sanctions and embargos placed on North Korea. Collection

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    communist government, now known as the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), whereas the South adopted a Democratic government. The Korean War lasted from 1950-1953 when an armistice or cease fire was declared and the 38th parallel or Demilitarized Zone

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    This essay will detail the intelligence and national security architecture of the Republic of Korea (ROK - South Korea). It will discuss how the current structures were developed and the effectiveness the ROK services and agencies, and thirdly it will look at key events that have led to reforms and restructuring of the system, and if those changes have produced better outcomes. In 1905 Korea became a protectorate of Imperial Japan following the Russo-Japanese war and in 1910 Japan annexed Korea

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    Our world is full of hundreds of cultures, scattered all over the place, but when we can’t travel to every country on earth, how can we find out about these cultures. We can learn a tremendous amount about a culture, just through studying their literature. First of all, we can learn a great amount about their basic culture; their everyday life. We can also learn what kind of society they live in now, and what kind they did live in hundreds of years ago. And finally we can learn about their history

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    Obstacles Threatening the Existence of the Kaesong Industrial Complex The Kaesong Industrial Complex is one of the only remind points of economic interaction between South Korea and North Korea. The KIC is also referred as a park or complex. It was officially opened in December 2004. It is considered by many to be the only possible route for reestablishing better political relations and reducing friction between both countries. Many scholars have argued that the KIC is the only way to improve the

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    Causes Of The Korean War

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    battling until the armistice was signed in July of 1953. The ongoing cold war between America and Russia can be linked to as to why the Korean conflict was originally initiated. Still to this day the border between North and South Korea is a heated zone, there is little to no hope of a united Korea anytime soon. Short term cause American troops began to leave South Korea around mid-1949 with Dean Acheson Releasing a speech in January 1950 stating that the US would no longer commit their forces

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    “As long as I can remember, I’ve wanted to be someone else,” (Swanson 1). South Korea, known as the world's capital of plastic surgery, is highly-image conscious. It is known that even scoring a job sometimes depends on how attractive you are. South Korea's major aspects on plastic surgery include how it became so popular, the impact of America's beauty standards on Koreas, and the reason as to why plastic surgery is so looked upon by both women and men of all ages. Plastic surgery holds a great

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