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The Invasion Of North Korea

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North Korea, Its almost everyday we hear about it, the country has a long history of making terrifying threats that defy global norms. In 1994, the North Korea threatened to turn neighboring Seoul into a “sea of fire.” When President George W. Bush said that the Hermit Kingdom part of the “axis of evil” in 2002, Pyongyang claimed it would “mercilessly wipe out the aggressors.” And after the UN sanctioned North Korea for conducting a nuclear missile test in 2013, the country responded with a lengthy document that included the line: “Time has come to stage a do-or-die final battle.” North Korea often puts the U.S. in its crosshairs when it threatens the outside world. Deciding if North Korea is a truly unpredictable enemy requires asking the …show more content…

The history of North Korea began with the partition of Korea at the end of World War II in 1945. The surrender of Japan led to the division of Korea into two occupation zones, with the United States control the southern half of the peninsula and the Soviet Union controlling the area northern half. The Soviets and Americans were unable to agree on the Joint Trusteeship over Korea. This led, in 1948, to the establishment of two separate governments - The Communist-aligned Democratic People's Republic of Korea and the West-aligned Republic of Korea - each claiming to be the real government of all of Korea. In 1950 the Korean War broke out. After much destruction, the war ended with the same status being restored, as neither the DPRK nor the ROK had succeeded in conquering the other's side of the original Korea. Tension between the two sides continued. Kim Il-sung remained in power until his death in 1994. He developed a pervasive personality cult and steered the country on an independent course in accordance with the idea of Juche (self-reliance). However, with natural disasters and the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, North Korea went into a severe economic crisis. Kim Il-sung's son, Kim Jong-il, succeeded him, and was in turn succeeded by his son, Kim Jong-un. Even through the national alarm, North Korea …show more content…

These sort of jokes make our generation turn a blind eye at what is really happening in the North Korea, if all were not to care at all about North Korea there would be no one to impose sanctions and stopping nuclear developments therefore North Korea can progress to making anything they want. North Korea is definitely not a weak and powerless country, but they have a few problems such as food shortages as well as daily power outages and this is in the capital city of pyongyang! There is major difficulties in cities far away from the capital as featured in a short from CNN documentary where a man went undercover in one of the towns and found people crying and cannibalizing each other for food as for those that were not as lucky there bodys where to be left to rot in ditches, over 600,000 people had died due to the country's lack of food and the entire population was affected in height and weight due to severe malnourishment. Exposing this sort of truth to the world is punishable by death because Kim Jong-Un wants to cover up these sort of realities with so many people malnourished North Korea might just end up destroying itself instead of

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South Korea didn’t want to be a contribution to communism, where North Korea believed that communism was the solution to all problems. This invasion caused and all out war the involved many other countries like Russia and the US. As stated in “Document C”, Russia’s job was to help North Korea and promote their communists government, where the US was there to help South Korea promote their capitalism. Several years after continuously fighting on whether Korea should have a communist or capitalists government, the war finally ended. The country is still divided today and North Korea still remains communists leaving the US failing to stop communism.

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Accordingly in 19 Hundreds the japanese occupied the korean peninsula and this occupation was very forced and violent until the japanese lost the war and were forced to retreat. The the americans started to enter korea through the south and the soviets started entering from the north and both agreed to stop at a significant point and that point was the 38th parallel which split almost evenly korean in to two sides (Hickey). Both sides wanted to have party leaders and even though the elections where heavily rigged the elections still continued and Kim Il-sung was elected for the soviet party and Syngman Rhee was selected to represent the US and South Korea (Millett), parties both leaders were cruel and corrupt but the soviets had already started to build up troops to start the

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Almost at the same time was founded the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) which under the control of the Communists. Political leaders of both countries wanted to take power over the whole Korean Peninsula. In 1949, Soviet and US troops leave the Peninsula, however, local begin to prepare for war. USSR and China secretly supported the decision of North Korean leader to unify and take power of the peninsula.

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Following WWII, in 1945, the division of Korea was initiated. The Soviet Union established a pro-communist government on the Northside of Korea and Americans created a pro-democratic government on the Southside of Korea. After the division, known as the 38th parallel, occurred, North Korea began to attack again. This attack consisted of both the South and North pushing each other farther from the 38th parallel until the Chinese troops drove them back to the 38th parallel. The United States and The Soviet Union knew the war was not going anywhere but still persisted to continue.

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Many people don’t know the real truth behind North Korea, but this book uncovers the many secrets that people like the Kim Dynasty have to hide from us. Many people including myself do not know much about the happenings inside North Korea. Before I read this book, all I knew about North Korea was that it was overrun by a tyrant named Kim Jong Un, and that it was not on friendly terms with most countries. I didn’t know that it held unjust labor prison camps like the one that Shin was held in. As Blaine Harden recalls, “Guards taught him and other children in the camp that they were prisoners because of the ‘sins’ of their parents”(Harden,18).

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Following WWII, the Allied powers split up the Korean peninsula similarly to how Germany had been divided, with the Soviets controlling the North and the US controlling the South. This led to a communist North Korea and non-communist South Korea, and when these two wanted to unify, both wanted to do so on their premises. The North, then attacked the South to take over as a way to unify, leading to a war between the two. The US, as well as other countries, entered the conflict between the nations in order to combat or advocate for the spread of communism. The United States, one of the countries opposing communism under was led at this time by President Harry Truman.

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South Korea was modernized post-war with the help of the US. The North Korean economy was able to recover of being supported and dependent on Russia post-war, but when the Soviet Union collapsed, the country went into crisis. A ceasefire was signed, without the South Korean president, and consequently, both countries are still at war.

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Following the liberation, Korea was divided by zones of occupation; the Soviet Union took control of the north and the United States took control of the south. Each country provided the military and financial support for the northern and southern regions. In the American occupation government of the south, Seungman Rhee was elected as the first president of Korea in 1945. Under the Soviets, a man named Kim Il Sung was strongly influenced by communist ideas and set out to establish a new kind of government. In 1948, Kim formed the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, a communist group, and tried to unify the country under his rule by military force.

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“For North Koreans, the 1950-53 Korean War that pitted the North Koreans and Chinese against U.S.-led United Nations troops -- known in Pyongyang as the Fatherland Liberation War -- remains in full tilt. The two sides may have signed a ceasefire in 1953, but the war still looms large in the North Korean psyche.” (Ebsco). This war ended almost 70 years ago, however, North Koreans are still told that this war is still active. Kim Jong Un has all the power within himself

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South Koreans live a completely different life to that of their neighbors. The first amendment is protected in South Korea. Although if it is found out that you have fled to South Korea, Kim Jong Un will still punish your family, thus once again giving political, social, and religious freedom consequence. South Koreans have been among the first to take action against North Korea’s policy. South Koreans will send over USB sticks with modern western entertainment, real world news, and other unfiltered material.

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Thinking they intended to seize the entire peninsula the U.S moved its own forces into the southern half of Korea. In an effort to avoid a long term decision regarding Korea’s future, the U.S and Soviet Union agreed to split the country in half at the 38th parallel. Peace was maintained for a short while. This border became more intense when Kim 2nd Sung established a communistic form of government in the north due to influences from the Soviet Union, called the Republic of Korea (ROK). Meanwhile the American controlled side was influencing alternative views.

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This helped them recuperate any monetary loss they encountered during the war. Due to their goal of self-sufficiency and isolation, the DPRK took this economic prosperity and turned quickly inward. Since this time the DPRK has come to be known as a state with possibly the most closed and centralized economies in the post 1940’s world. However, while they had a short lived 10 year period where their economy was stable, once they reached the 1960 the country’s economy took a drastic turn. During the 1990’s the DPRK lost several important international training partners and experienced a series of natural disaster which resulted in a countrywide famine.

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Once economically and socially dependent on one another, the South's agriculture complimenting the North's industrialization, North and South Korea today are more accurately characterized as bitter enemies. Interestingly, South Korea had been in favor of reuniting with North Korea under one government from the time of the original separation. North Korea, on the other hand, had opposed such reunification. Much of this opposition is attributable to the influence of the U.S.S.R. but it is an opposition which infiltrated the governmental structure of North Korea. The result was two diverse countries each eager to achieve control of the

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After the war, in 1948, Korea was split in two. The Republic of Korea, controlled by the Allies, and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, ruled by the Soviets. Both considering themselves the ruling government there was tension which led to North Korea’s invasion of the South on June 25th, 1950. This sparked the Korean war between the American and the Vietnamese. In 1953 the war was over and Korea was still split in two with a De militarized zone in between.

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North Korea has many nationalistic beliefs. Both past and current leaders of North Korea are seen almost as divine entities and are praised. Kim Il Sung, although deceased for nearly 25 years, is still respected and treated as the true leader of North Korea. The most common religions in North Korea are Buddhism, Confucianism, Korean Shamanism, and Cheondoism. However, Kim Jong Il approved some Christian churches throughout the country.

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