... heavy industrial plants around the Yalu River in what is now North Korea. The Japanese to facilitate and manage the industrialization of a colony also put in place a strong central government. Although Japan's colonial industrialism in Korea was aimed at advancing Japanese policies and goals and not those of the Korean populace; colonization left Korea with distinct advantages over other developing countries at ... the end of World War Two. Korea was left with a base for industrializing, a high level of literacy, experience with modern commerce, and close ties to Japan. Japan's colonial...

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... than Iraq and North Korea can be reasoned with. North Korea has had nuclear capabilities since the early 1990's, and we helped them set up their first nuclear reactor. The government believes that in the ten years that North Korea had their reactor running that they were able to stockpile enough plutonium to build at least two nuclear bombs. In 1997 ... any damage... they can! So what can we do? We basically have only two options with dealing with North Korea. Either a preemptive military strike to overthrow the leaders of their government or Diplomatic Measures such as U.N. inspectors ...

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... domestic product of $931 billion dollars. However, Korea is a nation recovering from a financial crisis and still has a considerable external debt. It has good economic relations with Japan, the Unites States, and China mainly and is member of many international economic organizations such as: APEC, OECD(Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development), and WCO(World Commerce ... as acid rain which is produced partly by China and is swept to Korea by the wind. Korea was under rule of Japan at the end of the Second World War. After the successful landing of the USSR the United State...

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... Japanese rule ever since the end of the Chinese-Japanese war in 1895. After World War II, in 1945, Korea was freed from Japan. The United States troops occupied the southern part of the country and Russian forces took the north. The very first and main reason we ... should fight for South Korea. Also, since South Korea had a dictatorship, we wanted to prevent it from becoming communist and remaining a dictatorial form of government. If the communist started conquering many nations they might start a whole empire (the domino effect). In December 1943 the United States, China and Great Bri...

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... Japanese rule ever since the end of the Chinese-Japanese war in 1895. After World War II, in 1945, Korea was freed from Japan. The United States troops occupied the southern part of the country and Russian forces took the north. The very first and main reason we ... should fight for South Korea. Also, since South Korea had a dictatorship, we wanted to prevent it from becoming communist and remaining a dictatorial form of government. If the communist started conquering many nations they might start a whole empire (the domino effect). In December 1943 the United States, China and Great Bri...

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By 1898, Western Imperialism in China had gotten out of control. Countries like the United Kingdom, Germany, Russia, France, and Japan were all in control of China, and China was left powerless. China wanted their country and its power back. China had to ... the tea; except Opium. The opium trade started to spread, and soon a great number of Chinese people were addicted to the drug, therefore the Chinese government outlawed it. On the other hand, the British did not want to let go of this profitable trade, for that reason they went to war in order ... China. This was a time of control for Ch...

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By 1898, Western Imperialism in China had gotten out of control. Countries like the United Kingdom, Germany, Russia, France, and Japan were all in control of China, and China was left powerless. China wanted their country and its power back. China had to ... the tea; except Opium. The opium trade started to spread, and soon a great number of Chinese people were addicted to the drug, therefore the Chinese government outlawed it. On the other hand, the British did not want to let go of this profitable trade, for that reason they went to war in order ... China. This was a time of control for Ch...

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... Korea and Vietnam had both been occupied by colonial powers and were struggling for their own independence post World War Two. Korea had been occupied by Japan and Vietnam had been occupied by France. Korea was a short war, it lasted only three years, from 1950- 1953 whereas the American military ... this support, America's Korean campaign was unsuccessful, this was to some degree the fault of President Truman, who had not believed that the Chinese government would be prepared to intervene and he also underestimated the military power of China. Therefore, not wanting to engage in an all...

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... accepting the idea of democracy because it promises the freedom and right of individual. Also democracy will reduce the amount of mistakes made one or few person. South Korea and Japan are good model for successful democratic countries that other countries can follow. One of the best strength of democracy is that each individual can enjoy freedom and equal rights in ... to make mistakes. But, in democracy, we follow the majority vote so there is less possibility to make mistakes. In democratic society like South Korean, before making an important decision, government hears lots of opini...

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... in the Vietnam Conflict where the soldiers were treated as killers and not defendants and warriors against communism. This breakdown was in the most part caused by disorganization of the government since they had forgotten that the people are the true rulers of our country. Of course there is no way to keep all the population happy but the ... government could very easily avoided so many casualties. Again some how our nation has gradually getting far from being controlled by the people rather than a guy sitting at a round office at ... efficient use of it in order to avoid a war out o...

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... include former rivals from the earlier war (Zavis 4). These rebels want to play a bigger role in the proposed transitional government that will organize new elections. They also disagree with the fact that leaders in their rebel groups are excluded from top government positions (Accra1). Fighting between the rebels and President Taylor in the capital city of Monrovia has resulted in numerous civilian ... have nuclear weapons. The third and best option: the United States should inform North Korea that unless it abandons its nuclear ambitions, the United States will encourage South Korea ...

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... of Communism. After WWII a line at the 38th parallel was established to separate North Korea from South Korea. The North was completely Communistic (probably due to the high influence of Japan, and the Russian soldiers that occupied their land) and the South (occupied by American troops) ready for a new way of life. A life of not bound by Communism, but that was ... Capitalistic. In 1947, the UN General Assembly declared that elections should be held throughout Korea to choose one government for the entire country. The UN was trying to help Korea become united under one government, but ...

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... , namely by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA – UN Agency). This makes for a vicious circle of tension between States. The six parties in these talks are the U. S., Russia, China, Japan, North and South Korea; however the North wants to talk to the U. S. one on one only. Once in a while the U. S. does indulge the DPRK's desires, but they always expect the ... in the world, by increasing sanctions and denying any sort of aid or discussion whatsoever. With a strict denial of dignity in international affairs, it is thought that the North Korean government would have nowhere els...

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With their allies achieving victory in Japan and Europe, Korea was held under temporary control of Russia and the United States. Korea was divided into two separate states at the thirty-eighth parallel with America in control ... control of the North. As the relationship between Russia and America became more and more tense, both attempted to gain as many allies as possible to support them. The American government felt it was their duty as a democratic nation to stop the Soviet Union. President Harry Truman released the Truman Doctrine, an international relations policy which stated that the...

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... floating about. It is also said by Goldman Sachs that if North Korea's growth potential reaches its full capacity, the gross domestic product of a united Korea would overtake that of Japan and other highly industrialized economies in thirty to forty years. Of course thirty to forty years sounds like an awful long time, but at least it's assuring to know that ... the unification is ever to happen in the foreseeable future, it's an inevitable outcome that needs to be considered. Realizing the issue, it's an urgent and difficult task for Korean government to find the best way possible to d...

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