History Of Republic Of Korea ( R.o )

The Republic of Korea has a liberal democratic political system. South Koreas political foundation resides in the sovereignty of the people and the responsibility to maintain every citizen’s welfare. Currently the president of South Korea is Park Geun-hye. The 11th and first female president was elected on February 25th, 2013. With Korea’s limited 5 year presidency she has until

North Korea, officially the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, is a unitary singe-party state. There is only one political party: the Worker’s Party of Korea. North Korea was founded on August 5, 1945. The per Capita GDP for the country is $1,700. The country has a supreme leader (head of state); Kim Jong-un, who was chosen by the Supreme People’s Assembly. The premier (head of government) is Yon-rim. The national literacy rate is 99%. Also, the citizens’ roles are to follow laws and to be loyal to their country. Citizens cannot vote and have very little say in the government.

one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union. It was primarily the result of the political division of Korea by an agreement of the victorious Allies at the conclusion of the Pacific War at the end of World War II. The Korean Peninsula was ruled by the Empire of Japan from 1910 until the end of World War II

The two governmental structures that I have chosen to analyse are those of North and South Korea. Despite being in very close quarters their governmental structures differ greatly. North Korea is a Communist state with “a one man dictatorship” (CIA World Fact Book), South Korea on the other hand, is a republic democracy (CIA World Fact Book).

In the northern part of the Korean peninsula lies North Korea. After Japan ended its rule over Korea, it is soon divided between the Soviet Union and the United States. The Korean War lasted for three years and remained divided. The "eternal president", Kim Il Sung, ruled from 1912 to 1994. He wanted North Korea to be self-sufficient and independent socially and economically. Sung created reforms to

The current government that North Korea has in place in its country is a communist state. Communism can be defined as advocating class war and leading to a society in which all property is publicly owned and each person works and is paid according to their abilities and needs. North Korea’s major political party is the Korean Workers’ Party (KWP) and has been governed by the Kim dynasty since 1946. North Korea also has minor parties such as the Chondoist Chongu Party and the Social Democratic Party (Both run by the KWP). All political parties are controlled by the “Supreme Leader” and appoints members to political positions as needed. The people of North Korea refer to whoever is leading the government as “Supreme Leader.” Currently, North Korea’s “Supreme Leader” is Kim Jong Un and he was elected, unopposed, in December 17, 2011. The biggest concern with North Korea’s government is that they do not possess any diplomatic representation in the United States, nor does it posses any diplomatic representation from the United States.

In 1910, Korea was annexed by the Empire of Japan. After the Imperial Japanese surrender at the end of World War II, in 1945, Korea was divided into two zones, with the north occupied by the Soviets and the south by the Americans. Negotiations on reunification failed, and in 1948, separate governments were formed: the socialist Democratic People's Republic of Korea in the north, and the capitalist Republic of Korea in the south. An invasion initiated by North Korea led to the Korean War (1950–1953).

After the Japanese invasion, Korea had been swept into turmoil, which lead to the division of the country into two separate states. In the North the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, (D.P.R.K.) and in the South the Republic of Korea, (R.O.K.). The United States presence in South Korea would remain until an independent and unified Korean government was established successfully in the country. Following the impact of the Korean War, South Korea has undergone significant reform, which has aided in many changes in the cultural, economic, and political growth in the country.

The Korean War began on the 25th of June 1950 and lasted until the 27th of July 1953. However the war is still classed as ongoing because no peace treaty was signed. The war began when leader of North Korea, Kim II Sung believed that the South Korean military was weak. He also thought that the Northern invasion would be welcomed the people in the south, he was wrong. He began seeking support from Stalin for an invasion in March 1949.

Under Yi Sŏng-Gye’s son King Sejong, considered Korea’s greatest ruler, inventions like the rain gauge, the use of a movable type, and the birth of Korean alphabet called Hangeul, still in use today, surfaced. (Piddock, 27-28) They ruled the entire peninsula for 500 years. Then Korea was annexed by neighbors Japan in 1910. Korea continued to be under Japan until 1945 when it was liberated at the end of World War II. (“North Korea”, Culturegrams) “With the defeat of Japan in 1945, the Allies agreed to divide the Korean Peninsula between the Soviet Union and the United States at the thirty-eighth parallel as a temporary measure.” (Piddock, 30) The Soviet Union received the Northern part of Korea, and the United States the South. “.. Soviet forces closed off northern Korea at the thirty-eighth parallel and placed Korean communists in power there.” Evidently, North Korea was bound to turn communist.

The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, also known as North Korea, is the northern half of Korea, after its separation. After Japan’s defeat in World War II, Korea was liberated from the Japanese military regulation. Communism became strongly established in the North, due to Soviet Union’s influence after the liberation from Japan. This resulted in the emergence of Kim Il-Sung, who, in 1948, ended up becoming the first premier of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. Meanwhile, the United Nations General Assembly decided to allow the constitution of the Republic of Korea. In 1950, tensions between these two hostile governments soon erupted into a war. This war resulted in 2.5 million casualties, and ended in July 1953, with

A major factor in shaping Korea's history was its geography. The Yalu and Tumen rivers divide the northern land borders of the Korean peninsula and China. The west coast of the peninsula

Whereas, South Korean getting over economy’s long-term challenges include a small number of population, raw material scarcity, by exporting high value products: semiconductors, wireless telecommunications equipment, motor vehicles and parts, computers, home appliances, wire telecommunication equipment, steel, ships, and petrochemicals that had been made with imported relatively cheap and small amount of raw materials so that they can yield lucrative margin (CIA, 2014). And the export comprises about half of GDP. South Korea, a democratic-based government backed by the United States, was set up in the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula while North Korea partaking a communist-style government. U.S. soldiers and United Nations (U.N.) forces fought on the side of South Korea troops to defend from the North Korea’s invasion for preventing the permeation the Communist ideology of China and the Soviet Union During the Korean War, A 1953, armistice declared the Military Demarcation Line, called 38th parallel, which split the Korea peninsula with a demilitarized zone at about the 38th parallel. In 1961, Park Jung Hee took over leadership of the South Korea with stratocracy from President Yoon Bo Sun. During his regime (1961 to 1979), South Korea achieved rapid economic growth with per capita income rising to approximately seventeen

Consequently, in the southern half the Republic of Korea (ROK) was established under the leadership of Syngman Rhee in May 1948 with the backing of the United States; the Soviet Union, on the other side, supported the establishment of the Democratic People`s Republic of Korea (DPRK) led by Kim Il-Sung. With the formation of two different governments in one nation, the division of Korea was now absolute. The leftist communist ideology prevailing in the north and the pro-American rightists in the south drove the country into an inevitable polarization.

North Korea’s political system is based on centralization which means that the concentration of control or power is given to a small number of individuals. Even though the constitution guarantees the protection of human rights, a limit is placed on freedom of expression and also the government keeps a close eye on people’s lives. The constitution defines it as the dictatorship of