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Hello Internet,
This is my first post, and since it's a first post about, well, something, I will attempt to describe Korea in a simple way (since I can't keep things simple.)
Well, if you don't know what Korea is, you can say it is 2 countries in East Asia, or a strip of land usually called the Korean peninsula with an area of 220,847 square kilometers and 75.12 million people (In 2013) living within it.
First, I'll show you where Korea is located.
I'm sad to say that I have to describe it by saying that it's close to other nations, as some of you guys don't know where Korea is, but know where Japan or China is.
"Sea of Japan Map en" by Sea of Japan Map.png: Chris 73derivative work: Phoenix7777 (talk) - This file was derived from: Sea of Japan Map.png:. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sea_of_Japan_Map_en.png#/media/File:Sea_of_Japan_Map_en.png
The Sea of Japan is actually the "East Sea", as in the East of Korea. Many people and groups, such as NASA, mistake it for the Sea of Japan, the name Japan gave for the East Sea. This is probably due to the "Unification" of Japan and Korea, where for 35 years, Japan colonized the Korean peninsula under their rule. (The Korean peninsula is South and North Korea.)
If you look at the map, (and you don't know a lot about the "conflict" going at that place), there are two nations with borders under the name "North Korea" and "South Korea". Why is this?
Simply put, it is kind of a result of the Cold War, where in the start the U.S. attempted to make Korea into a democratic, capitalist nation (and have good relations with the U.S. and bad ones with the USSR), and the largest country from 1923 to 1991, the Soviets themselves tried to make Korea into a communist nation siding with them and getting filled with all sorts of propaganda about the "fat" Americans. This whole conflict eventually started the Korean War (1950-1953), which almost became the Third World War, however luckily was stopped by the Americans. It was also a mark of the start of the Cold War. More about this in future posts about the whole conflict of Korea.
South Korea only borders one country: North Korea. North Korea, in which should've been a bridge to the world for all Koreans when the two brother nations are unified, borders the People's Republic of China, the King of censorship and the most populous communist nation+the most polluted of the world, and the Russian Federation, in which is in a situation where former soviet nations are being invaded.
South Korea borders the island nation of Japan by water (of course, Japan is an island nation! Oops, I already mentioned that), with the Korean Strait, and again, the controversial East Sea.
If you think that the East Sea-Sea of Japan conflict is the only geography conflict between the two East-Asian nations, you're wrong. In the southwestern part of the East sea, there is Dokdo (독도), which is made up of 2 major islands and 89 rock-sized islands, and was territory of Joeson Dynasty of Korea recorded back into the 1400's (and until the 1900's acknowledged by the Kingdom/Empire of Japan that Dokdo was Joeson territory, and later the Republic of Korea since 1948. However, modern Japan is trying to claim Dokdo, by stating that they "acquired" from the Joeson dynasty in the early years of the 20th century and even appeared on Japanese textbooks. And if South Korea and Japan, the two highest GDP per capita nations do not cooperate (they still economically do) well due to these conflicts, there will be trouble when a war near them breaks out. (Hint: Another Korean War?)
Anyways, that's it for now, thanks to whoever was reading this!
Oh, by the way, NO COPY/PASTING! I can connect with a personal memory when I found someone mad that their copyrighted news article was all over small newspapers all over the web.
South Korea only borders one country: North Korea. North Korea, in which should've been a bridge to the world for all Koreans when the two brother nations are unified, borders the People's Republic of China, the King of censorship and the most populous communist nation+the most polluted of the world, and the Russian Federation, in which is in a situation where former soviet nations are being invaded.
South Korea borders the island nation of Japan by water (of course, Japan is an island nation! Oops, I already mentioned that), with the Korean Strait, and again, the controversial East Sea.
If you think that the East Sea-Sea of Japan conflict is the only geography conflict between the two East-Asian nations, you're wrong. In the southwestern part of the East sea, there is Dokdo (독도), which is made up of 2 major islands and 89 rock-sized islands, and was territory of Joeson Dynasty of Korea recorded back into the 1400's (and until the 1900's acknowledged by the Kingdom/Empire of Japan that Dokdo was Joeson territory, and later the Republic of Korea since 1948. However, modern Japan is trying to claim Dokdo, by stating that they "acquired" from the Joeson dynasty in the early years of the 20th century and even appeared on Japanese textbooks. And if South Korea and Japan, the two highest GDP per capita nations do not cooperate (they still economically do) well due to these conflicts, there will be trouble when a war near them breaks out. (Hint: Another Korean War?)
Anyways, that's it for now, thanks to whoever was reading this!
Oh, by the way, NO COPY/PASTING! I can connect with a personal memory when I found someone mad that their copyrighted news article was all over small newspapers all over the web.
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