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    culture would like to promote a different spirit or attitude. Besides, different tea culture use different types of tea leaves and utensils to represent itself. China, Japan and Korea are neighbors geographically and they all have tea culture. In the following, it is going to compare the tea culture of China, Japan and Korea in history, culture and utensils. The history of tea and variety Chinese Tea Ceremony was called Chadao and started from Tang Dynasty at 841 AD year. Tea is one of the seven

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    North Korea ( Nk )

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    Introduction North Korea (nK), bordering the Republic of Korea (ROK), also known as South Korea to the south and China to the north , maintains a standing army of over million soldiers , a large special operations force , and a sizable missile force . At the strategic level, maintaining situational awareness of North Korea’s activities is paramount to countering an all-out attack on South Korea. Consider the following scenario in which nK would gear up for an attack on South Korea. In this scenario

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    Buddhism in Korea During the summer I took a trip to Japan for the second time. We went on a cruise and my destination next was Busan, South Korea. My family and I went through all of the security procedures and we finally made it through. My cousin lives in Korea so he was gonna give us a tour of the city and my grandma's house, in which my grandma lives here too. His name was Dong-Hoon. He was asian ,but he knew a lot of english and was pretty effortless to understand what he was saying. He was

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    protecting its political discourse and impact on other countries, and maintain its geostrategy. One of the iconic geopolitical issue right now, is the American Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) anti-ballistic missile system is disposed at South Korea after North’s test according to the news on The New York Times at March 6, 2017. This essay will use the theory of Robert Skidelsky in Imbalance Of Power to analyse the

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    relationship between Capitalism and Christianity in regard to the changing religious population in South Korea. I will use Max Weber’s The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism as a starting place in the field, critique it, and explore more recent research as well. I will apply Weber’s methodology onto South Korea, paying particular attention to the first modern universities in South Korea, most founded by Protestants, which plays an important role in Korean culture today as your “rank” of university

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    (1924), North Korea and South Korea have never competed as a country. As a historical background, Korea competed under Japanese rule during the Summer Olympics from 1912-1936. After the end of World War II, South Korea was founded in August 1945 and North Korea was founded September 1948. In 1948, South Korea began competing in the Summer and Winter Olympics even though North and South Korea were still at war because technically a peace treaty was never signed. In 1964, North Korea began competing

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    was very successful was China. Korea adopted Chinese culture because they knew that China was an advanced civilization, so Chinese culture was beneficial. Korea was divided into three kingdoms, Silla, Koguryo, and Paekche, and they were all warring each other, until 660 when Silla allied

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    Communism In North Korea

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    North Korea was born when Korea was split in half. The northern half being dominated by communism while the southern portion became western oriented. Although this may be true, North Korea named itself the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, despite it being a totalitarian communist government. For example, the elections held in North Korea are non-competitive since North Korea is a single-party communist state currently led by Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un. Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un, ruled with

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    Culture of North Korea A particular society that has its own beliefs and ways of life define Culture. Major characteristics that define culture are Learned Behavior, Abstract, Products of Behavior, Attitudes, and Values Knowledge. We may define culture as the total of human achievements or the way of life of the people in a certain geographical area. The Peoples Republic of North Korea is a great example of this definition. The Democratic People 's Republic of Korea is a country in East Asia located

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    South Korea Communism

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    mmunism. After North Korea’s invasion of South Korea, it became evident that South Korea’s survival required outside intervention. The United States was to take action alone, but reconsidered due to the high risk of a Soviet and Chinese response and then referred the issue to the United Nations where member nations were asked to provide assistance to South Korea. Therefore, the Korean war was an international war in which the United States used the United Nations to Further its anti-communist policies

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