Korean War

which Koreans cannot imagine. After Bora came to America, she learned how to call people’s name even though she meets elder, but she still keeps this custom when she meets Koreans. Sometimes Bora felt confused when someone asks her where she comes from. As the result of the news we saw everyday online about the difference between south and north Korea, people usually divided them very clearly. However, Bora even did not think that she is a south Korean. She just identifies herself as a Korean. In addition

inflow of information and influencing the values and behavior of the majority...This is why the organized life is so important for the continuous survival of North Korea's system. It should be seen as one of, admittedly, many ways of exposing North Koreans to the information the regime considers necessary for manufacturing the "correct" attitude to the world" (Lankov Kwak Cho 210). The organizations discussed within the research article

visit specific monuments, and allowed no contact with ordinary citizens. While in South Korea, Demick began speaking with North Koreans who had defected and escaped to South Korea and China. As she spoke with the people who had defected, Demick uncovered what lied beneath the façade

Another interesting observation was the projected image of women in North Korean films as well. In the films where there is a female lead, A Traffic Controller on Crossroads, Order No. 27 and A Broad Bellflower, there are surprisingly given are very much given a position of influence, diligence, and authority on a small scale. According to Suk-Young Kim, she emphasizes the this when she states, “To extol the values of a female workforce, visual media promoted the image of working women in all spheres

Overview: North Korea Most have heard of North Korea. With a shroud of secrecy over internal and external matters and a dictatorial reign opposed to most outside nations, it is viewed as the most isolated country in the world. It is for this precise reason that we have chosen North Korea as our point of focus. Information on this country are unreliable and scarce, but if enough is pieced together then a closer picture of today’s most famous totalitarian regime will start to form. Economic Growth

Xenomation Corporation is a publicly traded company which is twenty years old. It went public five years ago and has sales of $100 million for the prior year. Market capitalization is about $200 million dollars, 500 employees and an annual growth rate of 10%. Their products are industrial products sold to various production companies in the US and some internationally, but is seen as the growth in the future. Xemovation Corporation has to this point in time, only produced their products domestically

Koreans are considered to be the most successful of the immigrant groups that comes into the United States. Income wise in 2015, Koreans had a median household income of $62,000 while native born populations median income sat at around $56,000. Korean immigration has grown immensely since the immigration act of 1965, which removed restrictions on Asians from migrating. In 1970, there were only about 39,000 immigrants but in 2010 there were about 1.1 million immigrants. Kristina, an immigrant from

In 2015, The US Supreme Court rejected a challenge by gun rights activists to an ordinance enacted by a Chicago suburb that bans assault weapons and large-capacity magazines. The refusal by the nine justices to hear the case, coming at a time of fierce debate over the nation's gun laws following a series of mass shootings, means that the 2013 ordinance passed by the city of Highland Park, Illinois remains in effect. The Highland Park regulation bans various semi-automatic weapons, including well-known

because I liked Korean pop and drama at that time. I remember when I step out of the plane and entered Incheon International Airport, I was so fascinated by Korea. It was so different from America, I became was instantly starstruck. Everybody in the airport was fashionable and I remember myself looking like a bum in sweats. Exploring the airport, I freaked out when I saw my favorite kpop idols on billboard and advertisements. The best experience for me in inches airport was Korean food, it was so

Inequality in South Korea”, because it provides much information about the wealth inequality and specifically the reasons why it has occurred in South Korea and is in English. For an illustration, I chose an image from Hankyoreh, an English language Korean newspaper.