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​ North Korea and South Korea

__** History- **__ Small groups of nomadic hunters migrated to Korea from Central Asia. Over thousands of years Korea developed their own country. From A.D. 100 to A.D. 668, three kingdoms dominated Korea. Koguryo, Paekche, and Silla dominated the Koreas. Korea gained many ideas from China like Religion and Cultures. In 1592 Japan tried to take over China by getting through Korea. The next six years Korea fought them off and they won. Korea was very weak and they went into isolationism for 200 years. By 1905 Japan took control of Korea and most of China. During WWII Japan lost and the Koreans wanted independence. After WWII Korea split and North Korea attacked South Korea right away. South Korea retreated so many countries including America helped. Finally, in 1953 both sides agreed to an armistice.media type="custom" key="6303921" width="140" height="140"


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In North Korea it has been said that they have weapons of mass destruction. These weapons can contain nuclear, chemical, biological, and radiological power. North Korea was apart of the Nuclear Non - Proliferation Treaty until they withdrew in 2003 because they failed to fulfill the Agreed Framework. On october 9, 2006 North Koreas government announced that they succesfully conducted a nuclear test. Japan and the U.S. relized that an earthquake with a magnitude of 4.2 was detected near their testing area. Then on May 25, 2009 they did another testing which they believe caused a 4.7 earthquake. There are no real information on this, but they are led to believe their texting caused this.



Colonialism How does colonialism impact the culture of the society being colonized? The Japanese colonialism on Korea During its occupation, Japan built up Korea's infrastructure, especially the street and railroad systems. However, the Japanese ruled with an iron fist and attempted to root out all elements of Korean culture from society. People were forced to adopt Japanese names, convert to the Shinto religion, and were forbidden to use Korean language in schools and business. The Independence Movement in 1919 was brutally repressed, resulting in the killing of thousands, the maiming and imprisoning of tens of thousands, and destroying of hundreds of churches, temples, schools, and private homes. During World War II, Japan siphoned off more and more of Korea's resources, including its people, to feed its Imperial war machine. Many of the forced laborers were never repatriated to Korea.  What are the long and short term effects of colonialism? There are many long and short term effects of colonialism in Korea. Some short term effects were poverty and economic problems.