Idea of Confucianism is “Do not do to others what you don’t want to do you” South Korean intellectual achievements and success is the substantial contributions of Confucianism. Today, South Korean way of thinking, lifestyle, moral and fundamental values is part of Confucianism.
South Korea has extraordinary economic growths that has led country out of poverty and stand the nation on the road of wealth. In 1960s, 70s, 80s south Korean economy was less than $100 per capita. In 1987s South Korea was a target of military dictatorship, however, luckily, nowadays it has a powerful government. South Korea does not only have a big economy but it stands between great powers in the context of successful legislations, justice and human rights inside
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Generally, wars always have negative consequences and millions of victims but Korean War still exists in North Korea. It still has its own victims even today. New generation becomes a victim of previous ones. Negative influences of War did not involve physically death people but mentally death ones. War separated thousand families. The results of the war still can be seen nowadays.
Korean war has profound effects; first and most importantly it was expensive war in terms of lives and money. During 1950-1953, 50,000 American casualties were killed in a “Limited War” and approximately 4 000 000 Korean and Chinese people were died, wounded or missing.
Korean war has changed the mentality of people and set North Koreans under the one
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The main philosophy of Juche is to be separate, to reject dependency on other countries and even relationships among the countries. From my perspective, Juche ideology is the main pillar of North Korea that communist leaders use for their own purposes. Self-reliance is the spirit of North Korean ideology. It also involves to solve problems independently and to take a responsibility on one’s own. Therefore, According to Juche philosophy, North Korea is not reliant on other countries; they have specific authority, and own powers. North Korea does not have any commercial or business relations with neighbor countries. Juche states: No one will be powerful if they are dependent on other countries. But what consequences does it have? This is another controversial issue. Philosophically, according to Juche philosophy, a person has decisive power over the planet and on his own intention, because he has creativity and awareness. According to the Juche philosophy, the man’s viewpoint is a dominant and exclusive contribution of Juche understanding to the body of deep-thinking philosophy. Kim IL Sung’s strategy focuses on themes like class battle, the awareness of the mass streak, and the role of the only brilliant leader in a history and the significance of belief in a capability of one’s own.
The Kim IL Sung administration organized the citizens of North Korea in a Juche ideology according to the anthropological
Food shortages, media bans, torture, and political camps are some of the major issues that are going on in North Korea today, and their dictatorship is the cause of it all. One of the main factors of food shortages in North Korea
The Korean War emerged after the Soviet Union intended to spread Communism around the world; it began with China, following to North Korea, intending to reach the South area. Communism represented a threat to the United States since the latter “prized the concepts of personal liberty and freedom of political organization” (Staff, 2010), while the former aimed a society that followed Karl Marx’s motto: from each according to his ability, to each according to his need. During the Red Scare—national anti-communism movement—the United States saw Communism as a threat, the United States firmly believed that engaging into a war that fought the spread of Communism was for the common good. The Just Ad Bellum principle states that for a war to be just, it must be declared openly by a proper sovereign authority.
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.
The government limits culture in NK as civilians have no direct influence to change culture. This paper’s purpose is to educate readers about the cultural aspects and considerations of NK. (U) First off, are North Korea’s political aspects, consisting of provinces, political
“Government 's first duty is to protect the people, not run their lives”. The short story Harrison Bergeron is written by Kurt Vonnegut. It is the year 2081; because of the new Amendments to the constitution everyone is now equal. One day, Harrison Bergeron is taken away from his parents’ home, George and Hazel. They are both unaware of what is happening because George is required to wear a radio in his ear that makes it so he cannot comprehend what is happening around him, the reason he must wear this is because he is smart.
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 Il Sung’s power, and external and internal backgrounds behind the North’s gradual transition from an externally dependent economy to an autarky after the initial years of industrialization. Armstrong argues that “fraternal” assistances from the USSR, the PRC, and the Eastern European countries as well as its strict adherence to Stalinist economic programs with the heavy emphasis on heavy industries were the two biggest characteristics of the rapid industrialization of North Korea. Armstrong summarizes, “through a combination of tremendous work and sacrifice on the part of the North Korean people, generous economic and technical assistance from the “fraternal” socialist countries, and the
As an American, we cannot comprehend the types of laws that are enforced upon North Korean Citizens. A few bizarre controlment rules that I still struggle to comprehend myself are there are only twenty-eight ways North Korean men and women can cut their hair, North Korean Men and Women are not allowed to own a bible or any western literature, and also there are only three channels on tv and you must only watch those. Along with those laws in place, the North Korean government has control over education and news which leads to many growing up to hate other countries besides their own with no reasoning behind their hatred. Our lives along with many others are still being affected by the iron grip of societal norms.
In retrospect, however, the United States should not have entered the war. Not being a part of the war would have saved American lives and money, potentially eliminated PTSD in a generation on soldiers, and would have prevented the animosity that exist between the United States and North Korea that dominates the headlines today. The Korean War was fought between two major wars, Word War II and the Vietnam War. Due to being fought between these major wars, the Korean War is known as “The Forgotten War.” The Korean War started on June 25, 1950 and ended July 23, 1953.
In North Korea ever since birth every man and woman are to love their ruler as if they were “God” themselves stated well in the Documentary of North Korea. They must bow everyday and pray to their ruler and to please their ruler. In the book “Anthem” the people love their brothers as equal no such thing as loving more than one another. There is no selfishness and may not exceed what you are told the amount of intelligence is required; they are put into a group with a given name and number. They have a routine they must follow in their everyday lives until death.
North Korea is a mysterious place to outsiders but from the inside it may seem normal because the people have no sense of reality or awareness. In the novel 1984 a made up character named ‘Big Brother’ is much like Kim Jong-Un in our world. There are two parties outer and inner and the inner parties consist of people from the inside and the wealthier class unlike the outer witch holds the middle class. The outer party of 1984 worship Big Brother and most are forced to because they are being watched by spies and telescreens (surveillance systems). North Korea is very similar to 1984 due to the constant surveillance and the cult of personality.
The current relationship between South Korea and North Korea is very similar to how the United States and the Soviet Union were in the Cold War. As the World War II came to an end, so did the Japanese occupation in the Korean peninsula from the Soviet
North Koreans believe that as long as they follow their ruler, they will have a happy, full life. They hold large, elaborate celebrations, parades, and children compete in the Mass Games. During parades “as they march past, they cry 'Mansei ' which means "Long Live!"”
In Asia, China and North Korea did many things to maintain control. China was under Mao and North Korea is totalitarian. Mao Zedong was China 's leader and Kim Jong Un is North Korea 's leader. Both China and North Korea used indoctrination, propaganda, censorship, persecution, and dictatorship to maintain control. In China, Mao Zedong had led a cultural revolution that brought a form of government called Communism to the country in 1949.
Barbara Demick has developed the idea that North Korea “has fallen out of the developed world” by providing several examples of life as analytical ways of thoughts and processes of North Koreans in comparison to other countries
There already exist few countries that follow by the custom of totalitarianism. One of those few countries includes North Korea, one of the world’s most secretive and isolated societies. North Korea arose in 1948, by the end of World