One of my favorite things I saw there was the Korean War memorial . ... I learned alot more and here is the summarization of all of my knowledge on the Korean War The Korean War was the result of the division of Korea. ... At the beginning of the war, before the US's evolvement, North Korea was destroying South Korea. ... Since South Korea was falling apart the US knew we had to enter the war. ... At the beginning of the war North Korea handled South Korea and the United States. ...

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THE KOREAN WAR" WHY DID WE FIGHT IN KOREA? ... The Korean War took place between the years of 1950 and 1953. ... After World War II, in 1945, Korea was freed from Japan. ... Dulles was in Tokyo when the Koreans staged war. ... I feel that the Korean War was a tragedy. ...

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Immigration resulted from the need for cheap labor in Hawaii and the outbreak of the Korean War. Since 1965, five factors have influenced Korean emigration to the United States, these were factors such as the division of Korea into the North and South, the rise of the new middle class in Korea; the development of a new division of labor; and the changing status of Korea in this new situation. ... Korea is originally located on a peninsula. ... The second wave of Koreans arrived between the Korean War of 1950-53 and 1965, as war orphans or wives and relatives of American servicemen who had been...

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The Korean War A cry rang out, June 24, 1950, from a small country half way around the world and America listened. Korea was engaged in a civil war as an attempt to keep North Korea from thrusting its influence on South Korea. ... The Korea War ended in an ambiguous victory, that was purchased dearly. ... These are the words engraved on a marker at the Korean War Memorial. ... (Deming, 68) To most Americans, Korea is a forgotten war. ...

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The Korean War 1950-1953 was the first proxy conflict of the Cold War costing 5 million lives, 54,000 of which were American soldiers, yet it has often been described as America's, "forgotten war." ... " This essay shall evaluate how significant the American government perceived the Korean War to be to global security by analysing key documents from the early war period such as daily summaries in addition to key speeches and NSC 68 and 48/2.Also, differing historians interpretations shall be included to create a coherent and all inclusive answer to the significance of the conflict i...

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Then at the end of World War II, Japanese again abused Korea with forced labor. ... While trying to unify the nation back together the cold war begins and stopped all talks and Korea was never unified again. With unification out of the way North Korea decided to make a surprise attack in 1950 which started the Korean War. ... North Korea then also decides to post pone plans of reuniting families that were separated during the Korean War. ... In September of 2002 thousands of Korean families who were split during the Korean War were now meeting for the first time. ...

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The fights intensified after 1945, culminating in the Korean War. Pro-US elements took control of South Korea while pro-Soviet elements ruled North Korea. The Korean nationalists who wanted Korea for the Koreans were purged in both Koreas. ... The first sign of a reunification between the two Koreas was when North president Kim Jong I1 played the gracious host to the South's president, Kim Dae Jung, at a historic summit between the two countries who are technically still at war. ... The statement said it would have a reunion for the 1.8 million families divided by the war and that Kim Jon...

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North Korea hasn't been involved in a war in almost fifty years; Iraq has been involved in several conflicts in the last twenty-five years. ... That North Korea won't use their nuclear weapons? ... North Korea has a much better track record than Iraq and North Korea can be reasoned with. ... North Korea's economy is a mess and I believe with the right amount of money that North Korea can be persuaded to disarm. ... From Japan's occupation of North Korea, to North Korea's kidnapping of dozens of Japanese citizens. ...

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Therefore the U.S involvement in the Korean War was justified as a way to prevent the spread of Communism throughout the world. ... At this time, North and South Korea were set to have an election that would eventually reunify them sometime after World War II. ... The United Nations also felt obligated to hinder North Korea in an effort to prevent another world war. ... Stalin was supporting the invasion of South Korea because he requested to be updated on the wars progress. ... The Korean war was a tremendous part of The Cold War. ...

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As tensions between South and North Korea have greatly risen since death of the former leader of North Korea, Kim Jung-Il, his son, Kim Jong-Eun, successfully took over the power in place. ... As a South Korean, it's always a blemish to identify myself as a South Korean every time and furthermore, it's such an irony to see my home country divided. ... That being said, I feel dreadful to see posts in Korean forums that sometimes make me go nuts reading about blemishing subjects that often end up in a flaming war regarding how Koreas should never be reunited. ... Would the reunificatio...

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The Sino-Japanese War changed the future of these countries and ultimately set a standard for how their relationships would develop. ... On August 1st, 1894, war was declared between China and Japan after Japanese infantries sieged the Korean palace. (211) The Sino-Japanese War was ultimately a battle for Korea. ... The end of the Sino-Japanese War brought discontent in all three Eastern Asian countries. ... After losing the two Opium Wars and the Sino-Japanese War, their military was humiliated. ... The Sino-Japanese War would prove to be a turning point in the relations between China, Japa...

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After the Korean War, Korea had a very difficult time both economically and politically. ... The American dream was to immigrate to America and have a better life than in Korea. Since the U.S. military stayed in Korea after the Korean War, a lot of cross-cultural marriages were prevalent between American soldiers and Korean women who wanted the American dream to come true. ... First, Korean mothers and their children suffer from their different mother tongues. ... It results in difficult relationships between Korean mothers and their children. ...

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Since 1910, Korea had been under control of the Japanese government. ... North Korea remained under control of the Soviet Union, while South Korea was given to the United States. ... Although the U.S. had begun to withdraw troops from Korea as early as 1948, they were forced to remain, as communist North Korea threatened to invade South Korea. ... Due to a multitude of reasons, the United States suddenly found themselves on the verge of a war against Communism on Korean soil. ... This internal pressure was a direct result of the intense tensions revolving around cold war era politics. ...

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Korea and Vietnam essay Some people say Vietnam and Korean War was a bad thing for America, but I disagree to some extent. ... I understand that we lost many lives in the Vietnam and Korean wars, but we also saved a lot. ... The Vietnam and Korean War has changed our life because throughout the lectures in class I learned that since then we are more cautious about getting involved in a war. The current war we are in and the Vietnam and Korean War are similar in many ways. ... In conclusion, I still think it was a good thing for the U.S. to be involved in Vietnam and the Korean War....

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The U.S has already fought in two world wars and the possibility of a third is inconceivable. With an invasion of North Korea this third world war could come to fruition. ... On top of this, the U.N has also suggested its concern in saying that, "It would not be in our national interest, however to take action in Korea which would involve substantial risk of general war" (National Security Council, Sept. 1950). ... With countries like China desiring peaceful negotiation, to start an invasion in North Korea will lead, "To the dangerous trend toward extending the war" (Rad...

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Influences of international powers have shaped Korean economy in many ways. ... United States plays a crucial role for war-devastated Korea in the 1950s. ... The Vietnam War provided economic opportunity at the right time. Korea was in dire need of new sourced of foreign exchange. Another was the construction boom in the Middle East, which came just as the Vietnam War winding down (Eckert et al., 1990, p. 411). ...

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A war that is; but not just any war, a war between the United States and Iraq. ... War, war, war, its nothing new to the English language, yet, why is such a small, three-letter word the source of so much pain and suffering? ... The Gulf War had more than crippled the military capabilities of Iraq, and our spy satellites have not detected sufficient amounts of war facilities in Iraq (but they have in North Korea). ... Peace talks with the North Koreans have been looked upon as a solution to uneasiness between the United States. ... So the Koreans have a few nukes, is that the only reason t...

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If Taiwan fights for independence it would most definitely be an all out war. ... The United States and North Korea have been the longest standing adversary's . Recent steps to keep North Korea's WMD under control have been difficult. ... Since post-World War II times, North Korea has been seen to have corrupt and dangerous intentions. ... Bush could relate Iran, Iraq, and North Korea to the same standards of the original "axis of evil" (Germany, Italy, Japan) of World War II. ...

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Asian Americans include Chinese, Filipinos, Japanese, Koreans, etc. ... Japanese Americans were also recruited from concentration camps during World War II to accept many unfilled positions in Chicago. ... By 1905 there were about 7,000 Koreans in Hawaii. In 1906 the Korean government prohibited immigration to North America. ... Most of the Chicago Koreans represent the wave of Korean immigrants under the Immigration Act of 1965, known as the Hart-Celler Act. ...

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"The cold war was the inevitable global conflict between capitalism and communism" Since 1945 to 1991 the world faced a non-violent war know as the Cold War. ... To begin with, The Cold War was a struggle between conflicting universal values. ... To prevent an expansion of Marx system, USA got involved in the Korean and Vietnam wars which show that wherever communism could beat capitalism the Americans would intervene. ... Conflict between the two opposing victors of World War II was inevitable. However, the war could be avoided at some time. ...

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Another area of containment was taking place in the Koreas. North Korea supported communism, however, South Korea supported capitalism. Without warning, North Korea attacked the south but President Harry Truman vowed to defend South Korea. ... Luckily, the conflict was ended with no war and compromise was achieved quickly. ... If the Soviets tried to force communist views on the US, there would have been a high chance of conflict, war, or in the worst case scenario, nuclear war....

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The Vietnam war was fought in 1955 to 1975, and the Australian military fought in it from 1962 to 1973, and at the time, it was the longest that Australia had participated in all-out war. ... There are many contributing factors for the beginning of the Vietnam War which was all linked to the Cold War. ... Communist forces in The Vietnam War were: North Vietnam, Viet Cong, Khmer Rouge, Pathet Lao, Soviet Union, China and North Korea. Anti-Communist forces were: South Vietnam, United States, South Korea, Australia, New Zealand, Thailand, Khmer Republic and the Kingdom of Laos. ... In 1975 the wa...

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Born into a rich North Korean family he lived through 2 eras- the Korean War (25 June 1950- 27 July 1953) and The Japanese Occupation of Korea 19101945. ... At age 19 he was kidnapped by the North Korean army and forced to fight for the greater good. ... After the war had ended on July 27, 1953 my grandfather had the chance to stay in South Korean territory and receive asylum as a South Korean citizen where he met his brother after 5 years. ...

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The Chinese Enter On October 25,1950, Chinese forces started a fight with the South Koreans less than 40 miles South of the Yalu River. ... South of the city of Koto-ri the marines took 12 days to reach the northeastern Korean plains 50 miles away which became the longest pull back in Marine Corps History. ... Jet Aircraft The improvement of American Aircraft changed the nature of air war in Korea. During the Korean war large numbers of jet-powered aircraft were in battle. ...

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Some of these cultures include; Chinese, Koreans, and Mexicans. ... Mexican Immigrants The United States annexed half of Mexico's territory by seizing Texas in 1836 which is what launched the Mexican-American war. Since the war Mexicans have served as a primary labor force for the United States economy and the immigrants also helped Mexico's economy by foreign exchange, oil, and tourism. ... Korean Immigrants Koreans have been immigrating to North America since 1902, even though they faced a lot of hardships. ... Despite these factors Koreans continued to migrate and work i...

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