Pyongyang Essays

Hanna Arendt (Könisgurg, 1906 - New York, 1975), political philosopher, was a student of Husserl, Jaspers and Heidegger. She received her doctorate at 22, University of Heidelberg. Persecuted for being Jewish, escaped the Nazis, going to France in 1933. From there, she was expatriated to the United States in 1941, becoming an American citizen in 1951. She was research director and visiting professor of many prestigious American Universities. Among the books she published, are: The Origins of Totalitarianism

Daisy Lv Ms. Jamieson English 12-1 26 February 2018 Nineteen Eighty-Four Versus The Handmaid’s Tale: Is There a Difference? “It is possible to dehumanize man completely (Fromm 318)?” In Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale, Christians have seized control of the Republic of Gilead and set up a totalitarian theocracy in which God is the supreme ruler. In Nineteen Eighty-Four portrayed by George Orwell, inhabitants in Oceania are controlled by the English Socialist Party ("INGSOC" for short), living

With diverse ethnicities, occupations, and ideologies, individuality is an innate part of humanity. Independent thought and reasoning is encouraged as means to a smarter and safer society. However, in the dystopian novel 1984 by George Orwell, the ruling government strives to alienate humanity’s individuality in an attempt to consolidate power. Orwell depicts an oppressive society ruled by the ruling class called the Party, where Winston, an individual, struggles against the totalitarian government

Introduction Technology and war are closely related as it shapes the strategies adopted by nations and also influence the outcome of the war . Technological advancements are also driven by war due to the perceived needs to stay ahead and stay relevant in the new era so as to provide a technological edge against potential adversaries2. Although technology employed during war does provide an advantage against potential adversaries, however, it does not always result in a decisive advantage or victory

Moral preferences ordinarily drive and alter our decisions in life when we are faced with questions. These often tense situations in which one must decide based off of their morals are frequently present in literature. Your Republic is Calling You, written by Young-Ha Kim is no exception. In the novel, Kim Ki-Yong, a North Korean spy in Seoul must decide which way his life will turn based off an email supposedly from North Korea. The moral question that Ki-Yong is faced with is “are we every really

A primitive society with an undercover government may seem like a story in the past; it is still seen in some parts of the modern world. In how the pressure affects individuals, a certain pattern interrelated to one another emerges. Pyongyang by Guy Delisle, is a narration of the author’s stay in North Korea- a country suppressed under the government. “Harrison Bergeron” by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. and “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson, are fictional stories that both illustrate people’s behaviour under

The Korean war began on June 25,1950 when our country, North Korea invaded South Korea. The Korean war lasted a little over 3 years. Our country had the assistance of China and the Soviet Union. While, South Korea had the assistance of the United States and the United nations. China assisted our country, North Korea with weapons, money, and military. The Soviet Union assisted by supplying our Country, North Korea. The start began when our country, North Korea sent about 90,000 troops to invade

Founder Kim Il-sung established a state-run socialist government that may be considered to be influenced by Stalin. After being elected as Chairman of the National Defense Commission, Kim Il-sung formed the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea in Pyongyang he claimed jurisdiction over all of Korea. North Korea’s regime invested an incredible amount of time and resources creating the Songbun system; a form of political apartheid that ascribes you with a level of perceived political loyalty. After World

Both “Postwar Reconstruction and a Declaration of Self-reliance, 1953-55” by Charles Armstrong and “North Korea’s Vinalon City: Industrialism as Socialist Everyday Life” by Cheehyung Kim focus on the post-Korean War reconstruction of North Korea as a model of the socialist economic development. The authors analyze the rise of North Korea as a showcase of socialist industrialization with “fraternal” supports from the whole Eastern Bloc, the role of this rapid` industrialization in consolidating Kim

PYONGYANG- In the morning of Monday April 1st , 1974, approximately at seven am, military captain, Torres, 45, was brutally murdered. The body was discovered in a barber shop after four days of seaching. Main suspect is the Barber, and he is currerntly missing. The murder of Captain Torres enraged Supreme leader Kim Jong Un. Conflict between the rebels and the government reaches a new level of intensity with many people claiming that the barber was a rebel. Military captain, Torres was not present

South Korea’s capital is Seoul, which has a population of 10 million. North Korea’s capital is Pyongyang with the population of 3 million. Two capital cities have the highest population in each country, and this shows that Seoul and Pyongyang are the hearts of two Koreas’ economy, politics, and culture. Two countries’ urban population percentages are 82.7% and 61.2%, and these figures prove that South Korea is more urbanized

1) MASS MEDIA ACCESS IN NORTH KOREA The Mass Media are often described as ‘a double-edged sword’ for society: they contribute to democracy-building but they can also become mouthpieces and propaganda instruments in many authoritarian regimes. North Korea, known officially as the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, is ruled by one of the world's most repressive regimes, where the Korean Worker Party is in charge of defining what subjects are to be covered by the Media and refuses to open the

North Korea has been slowly growing since the Korean War. Tensions between the U.S.A. and North Korea first began during the 1980s, when North Korea developed their first nuclear power plant, Yongbyon, aided by the Soviet Union (Boghani, 2017). Pyongyang, North Korea’s capital, insisted their aims were peaceful with nuclear development and agreed to the

North Korea has quickened its questionable rocket program in the last couple months, completing a chain of provocative tests. In spite of overall judgment, North Korea leader, Kim Jong- un has kept on expanding the capability of his arms specifically against his Western opponent. Last month North Korea tested a missile that passed through Japan, starting vigilant and Japanese government evacuate some cities in Japan. Even more dangerous some new research showed that North Korea is capable to reach

Since the Korean War, all American presidents have pursued the same basic policy toward the Korean Peninsula. The first priority for American presidents has been protecting, nurturing and promoting South Korea. During the Cold War, U.S. leaders regarded it as essential to check communist expansion and the deaths of nearly 34,000 Americans in the Korean War made it politically unacceptable at home to again risk the loss of South Korea. This led to the signing of a security treaty with the ROK in 1953

George Orwell’s novel “1984” has an incredible amount of mood swings for the reader because of the sudden changes in events, setting and emotional status of the main character, Winston. While a modern day 1984 is North Korea, they too have the same amount of influence on each other because of their similar societies, rulers, and surveillance. North Korea uses machines to monitor your phone calls, emails, text messages etc. While 1984 also uses intense surveillance, they use telescreens to monitor

withdrew. On the morning of June 25th 1950, the Pyongyang regime ordered more than a hundred troops across the thirty-eighth parallel in a surprise attack, pushing back South Korean defenders and capurating Seoul on June 27th. Well the United States was convinced that the USSR was a part of the attack, they persuaded the United Nations to adopt a resolution to repel the aggressor. They then went in armed with armies from twenty countries and captured Pyongyang within a few weeks. After two more years of

THE KOREAN WAR • HISTORICAL BACKGROUND : Korea during its history managed to recollect its independence for large periods of time. But, since the 16th century AD, it was the main aim of Japanese imperialism. Koreans used Chinese support to repel the Japanese danger, but the latter replied with more force. That eventually led Korea to become Japan’s protectorate (1905) and fully invaded 1910 The peninsula endured in Japanese hands until the end of the Second World War

The Korean People’s Army consists of 1.5 million people total being active soldiers and reserve forces. The KPA has been known to have a very offensive posture, as they march through the countries capital of Pyongyang. They display everything from cold weather gear all the way to intercontinental ballistic missiles. “No nation in the world develops missiles and shows the real thing during a parade, it’s just too dangerous.” (Markus Schiller) The KPA puts unmeasurable

Spring of 1952, between the mountainous region of Kumwha, Pyongyang, and Chorwon Korea known as the “Iron Triangle”, would become a historical showdown between the United Nations and Korea. In June 1952, the United States Army appointed General Mark Wayne Clark, commander of the US Fifth Army during World War II, to overall command on the Korean Peninsula as a replacement for the leaving commander General Matthew Ridgeway (Ecker, 2010). General James Van Fleet, commander of the Eighth United States