North and South Korea

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North and South Korea
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Density and Distribution

• Most people live in coastal plains
• South Korean population increased between 1950
  until 1990 to 48.8 million
• North Korea has lower standard of living as
  compared to South Korea

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• North and South Korea are divided by a
  Demilitarized Zone (DMZ)

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History

• Buddhism introduced by China
• Confucianism introduced when China seized Korea
  in 1300
• Japan invasion 1500
• Hermit Kingdom isolationist policy to keep
  foreign powers out

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Wars to Control Korea

• Sino-Japanese War 1894-1895
• Russo-Japanese War 1904-1905
• Annexed by Japan 1910
• WWII ended Korea divided
• North communist
• South U.S. Backed

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Korean War

• North invades South 1950
• War ends 1953
• DMZ at 38th parallel

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Cultural Divergence

• Growing apart of cultures
• North and South grow apart because of different
  political and economic systems

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South Korea

• Strict rule
• Political power changes
• 1960 Coup- General Park Chung-Hee
• 1979 Assassination
• Now A Democracy

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North Korea

• Centralized government by Korean Workers Party
• Only party
• Kim Il Sung leader
• Father of Kim Jong Il
• Grand Father of Kim Jong Un
• Strict rule results in food shortages 2 million
  have died
• 200,000 political prisoners
• Human rights abuses in labor camps

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• North Korea reactivated nuclear program
• Tested nuclear weapons in 2006

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Culture

• Education communist ideology
• Government provided healthcare
• Language Korean
• Arts - influenced by communist ideology

• Most attend middle and high school
• University attendance increasing
• modern healthcare
• Language Korean
• Arts influenced by western culture

• North Korea

• South Korea