- From 2333 B.C. to A.D. 1910, Korea was self ruled as a series of empires.
They oten worked with China.
Did not get along with Japan.
Known as Hermit Kingdom during the 19th Century..
1910-1945: Korea was occupied by Japan,
then World War Two came...
Alittle More History...
-Japan was defeated in WWII
-1947, UN divided Korea in two halves at the 38th parallel
-Soviet Union administers the N. half
-US administers the S. half
This was suppoesd to be temporary....
Division of Korea
USSR and US could not agree on a government.
-Soviets set up Communist gov't in the North, ruled by Kim Il-Sung
-US sets up pro-Western, democratic gov't in the S.
Each side
Two nations, completely divided
North Korea
Democratic People's Republic of Korea
capital: Pyongyang
totalitarian Stalinist dictatorship
single-party state
cult of personality
- Kim Il-sung (1948-1994) "Great Leader"
- Kim Jong-il (1994-2011) "Dear Leader"
- Kim Jong-un (2011-now) "Great Successor"
Juche ideology, Songon policy
And to the South...
- Republic of Korea
- capital: Seoul
- presidential republic
- very high standard of living
- fourth-largest economy in Asia
- President: Lee Myung-bak (2008-now)
socialism: govt has complete control
stalenism: based on Russian government
totalnism: total control by gov
songan: Military first
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