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    Korea, formally a Japanese possession, had been divided into two divisions, the north and south. This division was supposed to be only temporary after World War II. In southern Korea the U.S. forces accepted the surrender of the Japanese after the War, but the Soviet forces controlling Northern Korea did not, therefore this division of Korea stayed permanent. The Soviet Union continued to assist the northern division of Korea and assisted in setting up their government into a communist society while

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    Analysis of South Korea Kim, J., & Zhong, Y. (2010). Religion and Political Tolerance in South Korea. East Asia: An International Quarterly, 27(2), 187-203. doi:10.1007/s12140-010-9112-1 http://0-ehis.ebscohost.com.uncclc.coast.uncwil.edu/eds/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?sid=a478dc7f-a3bc-4396-95e5-fe531c37065b%40sessionmgr113&vid=5&hid=26 This paper goes into great detail about the relationship between South Koreans’ religious and level of political tolerance. In South Korea, there are

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    the United Nations to the involvement in protecting Kosovo from ethnic cleansing to the multitude of proxy wars initiated between the Soviets and the United States. One of these proxy wars was the Korean War, where the United States allied with South Korea against the North Korean invasion backed by the Chinese and later Soviets. The purpose of this essay is to investigate and answer the research question “How did the United States’ policy of intervention in the Korean War achieve America’s objectives

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    KIA in South Korea, A Porter’s Diamond Perspective Timothy J. Rausch Mount Vernon Nazarene University MSM002MV MAN6093 Global Business October 11, 2008 Introduction KIA, which means “arise from Asia” in Korean, started out making bicycles prior to World War II (Kia Motors Corporation, 2008). The company developed the manufacturing of steel bicycle tubing into a multi-national corporation producing cars and trucks. Prior to merging with Hyundai in 1998, Kia was the second largest producer

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    People in North Korea immigrate to other countries because of these reasons, starvation within the country, a drought that’s been going on for a while, and freedom. North Korea takes the people 's rights away, and starves them because they only care for the leader Kim Jung-Un. The drought in the country has been going on for over a century, but they still have not overcome it. Freedom is stripped in North Korea and people can not choose what they want to do because they could be killed. Immigration

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    ASIA 356 Term Paper: Topic 1 Introduction Every film implies its own meaning and message that the director intends to convey. The same subject matter can be interpreted distinctively by many different film directors, and it is expressed in a particular way in the film according to the director’s perspective. Therefore, different movies that deal with the same subject matter allow audiences to have different perception on the same subject matter, depending on the intentions of film directors, or on

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    The Woodbridge Group Development in South Korea The Woodbridge Group is a private, Canadian owned company, where co-founder and chairman, Robert Beamish, holds the majority stake. In 1978, Robert Beamish and Bob Fitzhenry purchased Monsanto Company’s polyurethane foam operations in Canada. The Woodbridge Group, was subsequently established and consisted of one facility located in Woodbridge, Ontario. Over the past 30 years, the company has grown from one local Canadian plant, to over 60 locations

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    International Perspective: South Korea Name: Institution: International Perspective: South Korea Officially known as the Republic of Korea, South Korea is located in East Asia and constitutes the southern part of the Korean Peninsula. It was proclaimed a republic on August 15, 1948 and a rapid growth of its economy transformed it into a highly advanced economy by 1995. Today, South Korea is the eighth largest country in international trade and a regional power with among the largest defense

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    Before the period of Cold War, Koreans were included in one of the biggest vulnerable groups in the world and they were standing at the passive international position between Soviet government and Japanese empire. In Choi Kiyoung’s article “Forced Migration of Koreans to Sakhalin and Their Repatriation”, Choi points out that Japanese empire forced Koreans to migrate from Korean peninsula to Sakhalin to occupy this land with abundant nature resources and these Sakhalin Koreans were conscripted to

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    Korean War On North Korea

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    Korean war affected almost millions of people in Korea. Other people’s inhumane actions due to their greed and manipulating their power caused unjustified deaths. Those deaths odes not worth any a penny they gained after the war. A person’s life cannot be paid with money. Those people are willing to kill because of land and resources. The Korean War not only affected both South and North Korea but it also affected many countries all over the world, especially, America. Since America played a big

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