1. Dissertation on K-Pop Music
"" This interpretation of the apocalypse resonated with Korean people because it provided hope that something else was possible in the dark period of domination under the Japanese colonial empire. ... Also, like Kil, he was imprisoned by the Japanese (four times in fact) for his spiritual and political views. ... Ironically, it was in Japan, where he was studying to be a teacher, that Ham Seokheon first reconciled his Christian faith with his political and social concerns. Influenced by the Japanese religious thinker and Christian pacifist Uchimura Kanzo, who said he loved two Js...
Initially by the Japanese, then the Manchus. ... In the late 19th century this policy took its toll, while other countries were experiencing industrial and military growth, the Koreans were unprepared and fell to Japanese imperialism. The Japanese occupation ended at the close of World War II. ...
During the 1990s, literature on the international political economy was dominated by the idea of globalization. Dramatic decreases in transport costs and the rise of fast and cheap telecommunications technology have made geography less relevant and facilitated massive increases in global trade and new forms of multinational production. Whether or not such developments are good or bad is a topic of ongoing political debate. Some argue that an expanding global economy provides new opportunities for the developing world to integrate into global markets and to achieve rapid rises in living standar...