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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Korea was under rule of Japan at the end of the Second World War. ... In June 1950 he launched a full-scale military invasion of South Korea, thereby starting the Korean War. ... In July 1953 an armistice agreement signed by the UN, North Korea, and China ended the fighting of the Korean War. Without a formal peace treaty, however, North Korea and South Korea technically remained at war. ... South Korea made a slow recovery from the war. ...

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On June 25 1950 North Korea crossed the thirty-eighth parallel, officially invading South Korea, and marking what has been recorded historically as the beginning of the Korean War. ... This different stance argues that the Korean War was more of a Korean civil war, which has its roots in circumstances on the Korean Peninsula that began at least five years before the official dates that the conflict began. ... The letter is a warning that there " is a possibility of a civil war developing between the communist and nationalist factions in Korea (Lee 2001:6). In this light, the factors that he...

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There are a number of differences between the Korean and Vietnam wars. ... Both of these wars were expensive, the Korean War cost the US $67 billion and Vietnam cost $140 billion . The Korean war commenced on 25 June, 1950 with the invasion of South Korea by North. ... The Korean War became the first American war ever waged solely as an ideological war. ... The Korean War was extremely popular domestically because it was part of the Cold War. ...

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North Korea ironically also known as the Democratic People's Republic of Korea is a totalitarian country. ... North Korea is constantly in conflict with other nations, and was almost the reason for World War III, through the Korean War. According to history.com, The Korean War began when approximately 75,000 soldiers crosses the 38th parallel to invade what was soon to be known as South Korea. ... Following the Korean War, a demilitarized zone was set up and was the site of many discussions of peace. The Soviets supported the war, and thrived on this invasion by backing North Korea. ...

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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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After the cold war had ended, the world had transitioned from bipolarity to a world of many independent nations fighting for hegemony. ... According to the Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI), Korea has allied with the United States ever since the nuclear war and has abandoned its nuclear weapons program. South Korea has also signed the Joint Declaration on the Denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula along with North Korea. Although North Korea has clearly violated this declaration, South Korea has called on the North to abide by the declaration. ... South Korea would look for a resolution that e...

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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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Globalization in South Korea can be a challenge. ... Graph of South Korea's annual export from 1971 to 2007. ... This will decrease conflicts and war that occur due to territorial issues. ... There are many wars that happen due to territorial issues (Frieden, Lake, Schultz, 2014). ... When nations decide to disregard boundaries drawn by history, culture, language, and religion, there will not be unnecessary tension and war. ...

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The main antagonisms leading to the Cold War rose almost simultaneously with the birth UN; the very nature of the antagonisms was deeply ideological: one could pragmatically put it as a US vs. ... When the Korean War broke in 1950, the Security Council consisted only of pro-western powers, since the USSR was boycotting the UN as a response to the US' refusal in 1949 to recognize Mao's PRC. ... A latter Anglo-French resolution for an unified command to fight in Korea was passed as a result of a lack of soviet veto. ... The same happened when the Security Council's resolution to w...

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IMPACT OF WAR WITH IRAQ ON AMERICAN ECONOMY ABSTRACT This research paper focuses on how the American economy has been affected by the war on Iraq. ... Direct cost of war Unlike in the Gulf War, this time around the US was largely the sole financier of the operation and spent almost as much as $100 billion for military preparation and the war. ... The cost incurred during war preparation was massive. ... A "shock and awe" war strategy raised the total bill several notches higher (Stark). ... "Steadily rising unemployment, mounting consumer debt loads, a corporate sector that is still st...

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IMPACT OF WAR WITH IRAQ ON AMERICAN ECONOMY ABSTRACT This research paper focuses on how the American economy has been affected by the war on Iraq. ... Direct cost of war Unlike in the Gulf War, this time around the US was largely the sole financier of the operation and spent almost as much as $100 billion for military preparation and the war. ... The cost incurred during war preparation was massive. ... A "shock and awe" war strategy raised the total bill several notches higher (Stark). ... "Steadily rising unemployment, mounting consumer debt loads, a corporate sector that is still st...

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At The end of World War II brought the redrawing of boundaries all over the world. ... Their first leader was Kim Il Sung who called North Korea as the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. ... Between (1951-1953), in the Korean war communist country North Korea surprised the US by invading the democratic South Korea. The Soviet's one more time are trying to take over the entire peninsula from their position in the north to spread communist, but the United States right away respond by moving their troops into Southern Korea even though they were not ready for war. Truman once again ...

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The 65th would later own its fair share of victories during the world campaigns of World War I, II, and later the Korean War. ... Owning the first shot fired of World War I, campaign credit for its participation in World War II, and the Korean War, the Spanish speaking Soldiers of the Regiment served with great distinction living up to their reputation as the "Boriqueeners". It was not until the mass court martial of Company G during the Korean War that the Regiment suffered a devastating blow by the actions of its American Commanders. In the wake of the Korean War, the Regiment wa...

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In the post-Cold War world no power can challenge the US. ... USA and China were hostile up to the 1950's during the Korean War, as they were against each other, where China was with North Korea supporting communism and USA was preserving the integrity of South Korea (see Appendix A, Cowie H.R, (1980), Asia and Australia in World Affairs, Australia, page 100. Map showing who were supporting South Korea and North Korea in the Korean War, in June 1950), where the CCP recognised the importance of relations with their powerful communist neighbour; USSR. ... However, the Vietnam War generated ...

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Cold War, a term used for the period of tense relations between the United States and the Soviet Union, stretching from the late 1940s to the late 1980s when Communism collapsed in Eastern Europe and the USSR ceased to exist. The two superpowers faced each other as leaders of conflicting political, economic and ideological alliances; became engaged in a nuclear arms race; and fought surrogate wars with each other in various locations in the Third World, from Korean, to Cuba and to Afghanistan. ... Another main reason was that there was a long history of mistrust between the two countries The ...

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Public opinion over proliferation has varied widely over the past five decades, ranging from mass hysteria during the Cold-War era, to indifference. ... Perhaps this is the most critical period due to the fact that in the post Cold-War era there is not one imminent threat, but a multitude of threats. ... The withdrawal of North Korea serves as the first challenge to the NPT. Korean officials claimed that their withdrawal from the treaty was a self-defensive measure taken against the United States and the IAEA. ... Uncertainty, fear, and continued disputes over Kashmir characterize these co...

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Since the ancient times societies have been involved in battles and wars which reinforce patriarchal views of the world. Rarely has a war been fought where the soldiers have not used native women of the country they are invading sexually. ... During World War II the Japanese military was involved in the trafficking of Asian women. ... According to the US military, security provides justification for their presence because North Korea is a threat to South Korea. ... War and prostitution coincide because they are both acts of dominations in the face of patriarchy. ...

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The five conflicts that show the most common action of the real reason why we invaded are: World War Two, the Cold War, Korean War, Vietnam, and Operation Iraq. ... The outcome of the Cold War was that Korea and Vietnam both gave into Communism, and wars were started because of this converting. ... The ideals of Communism spread to two third-world countries we both recognized as a threat, Korea and Vietnam. ... When the Cold War with Russia was going on we decided to not invade them because of the loss of lives due to ever growing capacity of both powers nuclear arsenal, but our President deci...

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The United States and the Soviet Union became the two superpowers of the post - World War II era. ... The Cold War has brought around all the new kinds of weapons, propaganda and a permanent threat of use of the weapons of mass distraction, several so called, "proxy wars" took place, where the rivalry between capitalists and communists resulted in the real fights on the other states territories, when the US and the Soviet Union supported different sides in the Civil Wars, for example Berlin Crises, Korean War, Cuban missile crises, Vietnam and Afghanistan wars. ... Although, I personally wo...

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This was an example of the fight of the cold war. ... During the Cold war fight against communism many groups began to demand rights. ... A Zuni veteran of World War II and the Korean War argued termination policies and stated to a congressional committee, "Gentlemen, this is supposed to be a land of freedom. ... In "A Declaration of Indian Rights," which was the official response to the termination bills, a veteran of World of WWII and the Korean War, Joseph Garry, argued with the common idea that reservations were like concentration camps. ... Native Americans won the fight against terminati...

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The basic premises of the new alignment of the world developed in the final stages of the war. ... Differences between the former Allies after it was generally uniting them during the war aim, moved to another plane. ... In addition, the United States played in the war, and as the largest creditor of the coalition, which after the war proved to be financially dependent on the United States. ... The establishment of the ruined economy of the country also participated huge army of prisoners of war. However, by 1945 the country was far from the pre-war economic indicators. ...

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An overly aggressive Soviet Russia influencing lower European countries even spanning as far as China, Korea, Africa, and even Vietnam which was one of the main reasons for the later Vietnam war. ... After the war, the countryside was battered and broken looking for a reliable government to run them, and economic aid to help the post-war rebuild; which the soviet union was quick to provide as many countries such as Yugoslovakia, Romania, Lithuania, and Bulgaria had already seceded to communistic ideals. ... However, after the financially taxing World War II, Britain was unable to continue such...

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Possible reasons for such portrayal include: the experience of war, Asian Economic success and trade relation, and even colonialism. ... In American history, in the last three wars (WWII, the Korean War and Vietnam War) the enemies of America were all Asians. ... During the time of war, the role of the press and media rooted many misconceptions with Asians and misrepresentation of Asian values and false images in the American mindset. ... Today's economic powers consist of Asian countries such as China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea and Japan. ... The idea of American patrio...

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This was the year in which World War 2 began in the region, during the period of Japanese expansion. ... World War 2 did not change Australian attitudes so much as it reinforced them. ... This was shown to be happening when at first China and the North Korea and then Vietnam became communist. ... Examples of this was the Korean War in 1950 during which the communist forces which occupied North Korea, which was run by communist Russia, crossed the border and invaded South Korea, which was run by the USA. ... Since these wars communism has died out as a threat to the region. ...

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