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today we had a test on north and south korea

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today we werent in school because of snow .

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Today in class we watched a movie. We have a test tomorrow on north and south korea.

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yesterday in class we watched a movie on north korea. a doctor snuck a camera crew into north korea to show people the real side of it . that parts they dont want you to see

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today in class we just went over everything

Two Koreas- One Tense Situation

1. The Republic of Korea. 


2. Lee Myung-Bak-- Lee Myung-bak; born 19 December 1941) is a South Korean politician and the President of South Korea. Prior to his presidency, he was the CEO of Hyundai Engineering and Construction and the mayor of Seoul. He is married to Kim Yoon-ok and has three daughters and one son. His older brother is Lee Sang-deuk, a South Korean politician.


3. South Korea came into being after World War II, the result of a 1945 agreement reached by the Allies at the Potsdam Conference, making the 38th parallel the boundary between a northern zone of the Korean peninsula to be occupied by the USSR and southern zone to be controlled by U.S. forces.


4. https://nie.wikispaces.com/file/view/South_Korea_Map.gif  link to regional map

5. The Yellow Sea and the Sea of Japan. South Korea shares its only border with North Korea.

6. At the end of World War II, the governments of the United States and the Soviet Union decided that the Soviet Union would invade the Japanese held territories of mainland Asia south to the 38th Parallel and the United States would invade north to the same point. In 1948,with a failure to unite the two areas, elections were held and the new South Korea came under the power of Syngman Rhee. Kim Il-sung took power in North Korea. 

On June 25 June, 1950, communist North Korean forces crossed the 38th parallel into democratic South Korea. The 38th parallel, as the pre-war boundary between the countries, became the focal point for negotiations of a cease fire. 

There has been no peace treaty, only a cease fire. The 38th parallel continues to be the most highly defended border in the world across the 3 mile wide Demilitarized Zone

7. North Korea is in poor shape comparatively speaking. It is existing in a mode similar to that which caused the second world war.

South Korea is a peaceful country that is on its way to being a world leader in production, technology and trade.

8. Living life in South Korea is not easy if you aren't included in the 'high class' with

money and power but people are working hard so that the economy and the democracy to be well

established. The so called 'Conservative Party' or 'Han Na Ra Dang' are mostly rich and powerful

people are grabbing for more money and even trying to control the media.

9. The United Nations had a meeting in December 2010 to try to "cool the tension" on the Korean Peninsula. They were concerned and they are talking about how North Korea needs to destroy all of their nuclear weapons. 

10. Seoul

11. South Korea has a "joint" military with the U.S. Based on the leadership roles in each country, South Korea's military is less powerful because they are not ruled by a dictatorship.

12. South Korea no longer has nuclear weapons.

13. USA and Australia. Australia have been there for South Korea since the Korean War. Australia will helf the USA defend South Korea at all costs. Kevin Rudd will make sure he sends troops when North Korea invade or fire a missle at Seoul. The USA are also a major ally of South Korea

14. yes people can enter and leave out country freely because we don't have a dictator. 

15. Citizens regularly choose the President and members of the National Assembly in South Korea. Their government generally respects their citizens


16. In December 2005 South Korea launched its T-DMB service which includes both television and radio stations. 


17. South korea is a democracy.


18. U.S. helped establish capitalism in South Korea and and helped an supported them in World War II and they respect the United States.


19. South Korea's economy is a market economy and it is ranked 15th in the world, they are a high-income country with an emerging economy.


20. Dominated by the Buddhist faith and Christianity is growing.


21. North Korea attacks South Korea on November 23, 2010 at Yeonpyeong.


22. Lisa Ling is an american journalist who was on the view in the 1990's up until 2002. Her younger sister Laura Ling was captured by North Korea and set free in 2009. Laura and her friend Euna Lee were detained when they crossed into North Korea from The People's Republic of China without a visa card. Bill Clinton flew over their to talk to Kim Jong-il in order to get Ling and Lee back.

Citations: .
http://www.trueknowledge.com/q/who_is_president_of_south_korea_2010
 http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0107690.html
 https://nie.wikispaces.com/file/view/South_Korea_Map.gif
 http://www.chacha.com/question/what-are-the-country's-that-border-south-korea
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_was_the_significance_of_the_38th_Parallel_during_the_Korean_War#ixzz1A4ZzfvbO
.http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_the_relationship_between_North_and_South_Koreas_today#ixzz1A4bWa9gL
 http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_daily_life_like_in_South_Korea#ixzz1A4cQti5I
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTOE6BG05Y20101219
 http://www.turbomaps.com.ar/english/southkorea.php
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_Korea_Armed_Forces
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Korean_nuclear_research_programs
 http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Who_are_South_Korea's_current_allies#ixzz1A4dzyJ1O 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_radio
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Korea_%E2%80%93_United_States_relations
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_South_Korea
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion_in_South_Korea
http://wn.com/korean_crisis_north_korea_attacks_south_at_yeonpyeong_23rd_november_2010?orderby=viewCount
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laura_Ling

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today in class we continued working on our projects involving south korea and north korea .

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yesterday in class we started a project on north and south korea