Japan and the Koreas

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Japan and the Koreas
CHAPTER 25

• Section 4 The History and Culture of the Koreas

South Korea North Korea
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North Korea
South Korea
Japan
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Topics
Section 4The History andCulture of the Koreas

• Koreas ancient history
• Koreas early modern period
• Korea divided after World War II

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Koreas ancient history
Section 4The History andCulture of the Koreas

• 108 BC Chinese invade and influence culture,
  including Buddhism and Confucianism.
• 600s AD Korean tribes recapture the peninsula

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Koreas ancient history (continued)
Section 4The History andCulture of the Koreas

• 900s Koryo dynasty rules, inventing 1st
  moveable metal printing type
• 1446 Hangul alphabet adopted... Just 24
  letters instead of 20,000 words like in China

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Section 4The History andCulture of the Koreas
yes! yeh
Good bye! ahn-nyong-i kah-se-yo
Im sorry. che-sohng-hahm-ni-da
Lunchchum-shim
Watermool
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Events of Koreas early modern period
Section 4The History andCulture of the Koreas

• Early 1600s China took Korea... Korea became
  Hermit Kingdom, cut off from outside world
• 1890s Japan defeats China in war
• By 1910 Japan takes over Korea, ruling harshly
  until after WWII (1945)

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Korea divided after WWII
Section 4The History andCulture of the Koreas

• 1948 Communists ran the North (supported by
  Russia) Democratic gvmt. ran South (backed by
  U.S.)
• 1950 KOREAN WAR North invaded South, and U.S.
  helped defend South against invasion. War ended
  1953 in a tie.
• Demilitarized zone (DMZ) divides North/South
  still today War is still on hold

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Communist
demilitarized zone
Democratic
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American Casualties in Korean War
33,741 Dead 23,615 Killed In Action 92,134
Wounded  4,820 MIA (Declared Dead) 7,245
Prisoners Of War 2,847 Died in POW Camp 389 POWs
known to have been alive after all U.S. POWs
supposedly returned.
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CHAPTER 25
Section 5 South and North Korea Today
South Korea North Korea
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South Korean MoneyCoins- 10, 50, 100, 500
Korean Won.Notes- 1,000, 5,000, 10,000 Korean
Won. 1 US Dollar 1,043 South Korean Won
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North Korean Currency
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Section 5South and North Korea Today
South Koreas government and society

• Capital Seoul
• Problems dense population, pollution,
  overcrowding, housing
• Multi-party democratic government
• Population homogeneous
• Religions OK

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South Koreas government and society
Section 5South and North Korea Today

• Sons are valued so they can carry on the family
  name
• Strong sense of family
• Most complete high school, half to college

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South Koreas economy
Section 5South and North Korea Today

• 1 of strongest in Asia
• Gvmt. encourages nuclear power tech
• Industries ships, steel, cars (Hyundai, Kia)
• Agriculture limited
• Crops rice, cabbage (makes kimchi), soybeans

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Facts about North Korea
Section 5South and North Korea Today

• Communist Party runs everything
• Population homogenous
• Capital Pyongyang
• North Korea recently claimed a test of a nuclear
  weapon

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Government and development
Section 5South and North Korea Today

• Gvmt owns all land, housing, and controls
  industry, employment
• Cannot produce enough food, doesnt have many
  friends to get aid from
• Famine is constant threat
• Outdated technology, poor economy

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Died 1994 During 3 years of mourning, people
could be arrested for NOT showing enough sadness
over the loss of the Great Leader
Kim Il-Sung
"Great Leader"
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October 2006
the north is so short of electricity that the
whole country is switched off at 9 p.m. - apart
from the capital of Pyongyang where dictator Kim
Jong-Il and his cohorts live in relative luxury.
But even there, lighting is drastically reduced.
http//www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/new
s/worldnews.html?in_article_id410158
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Anti-
U.S.
Posters
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There will be no assistance to Pyongyang until
it gives up its nuclear weapons and programs.
Kim Jong-Il North Korea Must be called the
Dear Leader
Roh Moo-hyun President, South Korea
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North Korean kindergarten children cry on cue as
they sing "Kim Il Sung, we want to see you one
more time" during a rally in Pyongyang in 1995.
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Satellite photos of North Korean prison camps for
political criminals and their families. Three
generations of families are swept up and taken
away even for the smallest anti-government
comment. Beatings, torture, executions, medical
experiments, starvation are common.
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From an American man touring North Korea
The Internet was basically a giant mystery to
the North KoreansI met. Some of them had at
least heard the word but they didn't really seem
to have a handle on exactly what it was. Even
Mr. Baekdidn't quite have a grasp of what
exactly e-mail and the Internet really were.
When asked if he felt like they were missing
out on all the great information available on
the Net, Mr. Huk just brushed us off with, "we
already know the truth from our government. Why
would we want to learn what others say?" Which,
in a nutshell, seemed a pretty good explanation
of North Korean thought as a whole.
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Radio and TV sets in North Korea are pre-tuned to
government stations that pump out a steady stream
of propaganda. North Korea has been called the
world's worst violator of press freedom by the
media rights group Reporters Without Frontiers.
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North Korean News
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• North Korea imported 24 million worth of luxury
  watches over 10 years in the 1990s when its
  people suffered in poverty. Perhaps 3 million
  died during that time.
• During those times, the North Korean government
  also spent 1.3 million on purchasing perfume
  from France and 12 million for jewelry, sports
  goods and game machines from Germany.

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North Korean young men must serve 10 YEARS in
the North Korean military.
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Weird Facts

• North Korea has the 5th largest military in the
  world, costing them 31 of its annual budget.
• 75 of this fighting force is stationed near the
  DMZ.
• As many as 2,000,000 people have died of
  starvation while Kim has gathered the world's
  largest collection of Daffy Duck cartoons.

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Weird Facts

• The countrys official flower is called the
  kimjongilia
• The countrys belief system is known as
  "kimilsungism"

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Weird Facts

• He favors platform shoes and Hennessy cognac, and
  boasts a collection of 10,000 Hollywood films.
• He reportedly surfs the Web at home, has a taste
  for pizza, and distrusts air travel.