KOREAN NATIONALISM IN JAPANESE COLONIAL PERIOD
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This 3 page paper discusses the period leading up to Japanese occupation and the degree to which nationlism was helped and hindered by the Japanese occupation and the subsequent split of Korea. Bibliography lists 0 sources.
Filename: MBkoreanat.rtf

Korean Re-Unification
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10 pages in length. There are few subjects in the genre of international politics that have received more attention in the period after the Cold War than that of Korean reunification or as most Koreans prefer to call it, unification. The existing studies on the subject cover many different sections: geopolitical, political, military, economic, sociological, psychological, religious, philosophical, and comparative. This paper covers all of this, and more. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: JGAkorea.wps

Korean Shamanism and Syncretism
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A 2 page research paper that defines shamanism and syncretism and shows their relationship in Korean culture . Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: 90shaman.rtf

Modernization in Korea and Taiwan
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This 5 page paper considers the issue of the modernization of both Korea and Taiwan and the assertions made by American modernization theorists who claimed that development in economically challenged countries would determine unilinear trends and that economic modernization would inherently lead to political development and the assertion of modern democracy. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: MHkortai.wps

NEPOTISM AND KOREAN CORPORATIONS
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This paper discusses the concept of nepotism in Korean corporations, focusing on the chaebols, huge family-owned conglomerates in Korean that were, in part, responsible for the economy's collapse. The paper attempts to bring an objective view in terms of this topic. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
Filename: MTnepkor.rtf

North Korea as a Threat to the West in the Twenty-First Century
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This 4 page paper looks at the threat that North Korea poses to the west. Several articles are examined which report on North Korea's position in respect to nuclear arms. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: SA332NuK.rtf

North Korea in New York Times Articles
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A 4 page review of four articles appearing in the New York Times between March 5 and April 7, 2003. Taken together, these articles indicate that North Korea’s interest in developing nuclear weapons may be very real, and for purposes of weapons rather than for gaining aid from other countries. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: KSnKoreaNYT.rtf

North Korea: Rogue State
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6 pages in length. Basking in its well-earned reputation as a rogue state, North Korea offers no apologies for the lying, conniving and deliberate misleading it is guilty of carrying out with regard to nuclear weaponry. That the nation has long been – and continues to be – a threat to the United States and world peace stems from its refusal to honor an agreed-upon nuclear contract established during the Clinton Administration, taunting with preemptive strikes and defiantly selling their weapons to anyone who has the money to pay for them, just to name a few valid reasons. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: TLCNorthKor.rtf

North Korean Famine
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A 35 page paper that explores various issues around the famine, including the U.S.-Korean conflict and how the past influenced the present situation, the statistics and descriptors of the famine itself, the effects of the famine and related nuclear political environment for the East Asian community, the views of various political analysts, and why China doesn't step in. Bibliography lists 22 sources.
Filename: Korfam.wps