How did the Korean War affect America?
Q. I've looked all through the internet and through my history book and I've found many possible answers. I'm looking for simple and accurate answers without huge explanations, and sources are greatly appreciated! Thank you.
A. The Korean War affected America in many ways: politically, economically, and militarily. After WW2, capitalist and communist countries divided Korea into two parts. Korea was a country that had entirely lost its political powers ever since Japan had conquered them in 1910 and tried eradicating their culture until the war ended in 1945 and Japan was kicked out. In the late 1940s, USA established the Republic of South Korea under a capitalst system, while China and Russia aided in the establishment of North Korea under communist rule. The two Koreas that still exist today began back then.
In 1950, the Korean War broke out when North Korea invaded the South in an attempt to unify the country and to prevent a planned attack by the USA. The USA and the UN came in to aid their client state of South Korea in 1950, and managed to defeat the North Koreans and take over much of the country. However, General MacArhur, leading the Western forces, was fired when he got too confident and wanted to use the atomic bomb on China, which was threatening to attack the Western armies as they approached the Chinese border. China invaded and retook North Korea in 1951, and then the USA was forced into a war of attrition until 1953. The war ended in a truce that exists until this day, with the borders standing at the 38th parallel demilitarized zone where North and South soldiers stare at each other night and day and wait for the next war.
The Korean War had the following effect on America:
1) Political: USA took over almost total control over South Korean international politics. They aided in the establishment of military dictators in the nation for the next few decades, up until the 1980s, which made the country ready to attack the North at any moment. South Korea until today is essentially a puppet state of the USA. The Americans set up huge military bases for the 150,000 US troops in Korea, have a TV station with US soldiers telling their side of the news, and have warships around the ports. South Korea has recently been forced to have a very pro-American president who is forcing all Koreans to learn every school subject in English to make the local population "friendly" towards USA. Older South Koreans, especially those who fought in the war, adore Americans as their saviours. Even some places are named after Americans: Walker Hill, a mountain in which General Walker fought the Northern armies, is one example.
2) Economically: South Korea, with its huge 42 million population of hard-working people, is a massive economic benefit for America. Because of their political dominance over Korea, the USA has forced the South Korean people to buy their products at extremely high prices. A pair of Levis jeans, which costs around 150$ in USA, costs around 400$ in Korea. The irony is that Korean wages are lower than in USA and the Koreans are the ones who are manufacturing the jeans! Essentially, Korea is an economic puppet of the USA. The locals have a schizoid feeling towards USA: they hate the American military and political presence there, but are addicted to Hollywood and everything American. They even believe that having "Western features," like wide eyes rather than slanty Asian eyes, is more attractive, and people as young as 10 years old get plastic surgery done to look more Western. The USA also has a huge population of workers who create their computers, cars, and TVs for a fraction of the price it would cost them to make it in America due to the very low wages and long hours of Korean workers.
3) Militarily: The Korean War gave America a very important military presence in Asia. The USA already had Japan as a launching point for any military activities in the area once they took over Japan after WW2, but Korea is equally important. Any war requires land troops to take over conquered cities. Unlike the islands of Japan, Korea is primarily a mountainous penninsula. It would provide a landbase for any future war with China or Russia, which was seen as a possibility during the Cold War. Korea is a perfect place for the US military to test new weapons in the waters, use Korean soldiers as guinea pigs for new guns or artilley shells since the country has a two year military service requirement of all men, and of course the ports for warships which deliver massive amounts of military supplies each day. Also, the Korean Army buys huge amounts of US-made weapons, which costs the nation a fortune, and provides America with a ton of money.
America has only benefitted from the Korean War. Now that the Arab Terrorist Wars are in full swing, the Americans are using their well-developed bases in South Korea to send in troops into Arab countries. Soldiers stationed in South Korea have tours of duty that take them to Arab countries every year.
In 1950, the Korean War broke out when North Korea invaded the South in an attempt to unify the country and to prevent a planned attack by the USA. The USA and the UN came in to aid their client state of South Korea in 1950, and managed to defeat the North Koreans and take over much of the country. However, General MacArhur, leading the Western forces, was fired when he got too confident and wanted to use the atomic bomb on China, which was threatening to attack the Western armies as they approached the Chinese border. China invaded and retook North Korea in 1951, and then the USA was forced into a war of attrition until 1953. The war ended in a truce that exists until this day, with the borders standing at the 38th parallel demilitarized zone where North and South soldiers stare at each other night and day and wait for the next war.
The Korean War had the following effect on America:
1) Political: USA took over almost total control over South Korean international politics. They aided in the establishment of military dictators in the nation for the next few decades, up until the 1980s, which made the country ready to attack the North at any moment. South Korea until today is essentially a puppet state of the USA. The Americans set up huge military bases for the 150,000 US troops in Korea, have a TV station with US soldiers telling their side of the news, and have warships around the ports. South Korea has recently been forced to have a very pro-American president who is forcing all Koreans to learn every school subject in English to make the local population "friendly" towards USA. Older South Koreans, especially those who fought in the war, adore Americans as their saviours. Even some places are named after Americans: Walker Hill, a mountain in which General Walker fought the Northern armies, is one example.
2) Economically: South Korea, with its huge 42 million population of hard-working people, is a massive economic benefit for America. Because of their political dominance over Korea, the USA has forced the South Korean people to buy their products at extremely high prices. A pair of Levis jeans, which costs around 150$ in USA, costs around 400$ in Korea. The irony is that Korean wages are lower than in USA and the Koreans are the ones who are manufacturing the jeans! Essentially, Korea is an economic puppet of the USA. The locals have a schizoid feeling towards USA: they hate the American military and political presence there, but are addicted to Hollywood and everything American. They even believe that having "Western features," like wide eyes rather than slanty Asian eyes, is more attractive, and people as young as 10 years old get plastic surgery done to look more Western. The USA also has a huge population of workers who create their computers, cars, and TVs for a fraction of the price it would cost them to make it in America due to the very low wages and long hours of Korean workers.
3) Militarily: The Korean War gave America a very important military presence in Asia. The USA already had Japan as a launching point for any military activities in the area once they took over Japan after WW2, but Korea is equally important. Any war requires land troops to take over conquered cities. Unlike the islands of Japan, Korea is primarily a mountainous penninsula. It would provide a landbase for any future war with China or Russia, which was seen as a possibility during the Cold War. Korea is a perfect place for the US military to test new weapons in the waters, use Korean soldiers as guinea pigs for new guns or artilley shells since the country has a two year military service requirement of all men, and of course the ports for warships which deliver massive amounts of military supplies each day. Also, the Korean Army buys huge amounts of US-made weapons, which costs the nation a fortune, and provides America with a ton of money.
America has only benefitted from the Korean War. Now that the Arab Terrorist Wars are in full swing, the Americans are using their well-developed bases in South Korea to send in troops into Arab countries. Soldiers stationed in South Korea have tours of duty that take them to Arab countries every year.
Why do so many people think North Korea is atheist?
Q. In North Korea, everyone who denies that the Great Leader created everything that exists goes to concentration camp. There was a show on discovery Channel where and eye doctor offered cataract surgery with anesthetic as humanitarian aid for North Koreans who were blinded by cloudy cataracts. Once they could see again, the first thing thing they did was bow down to paintings of the Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il. The great leader is God in North Korea. I'm not even being sarcastic, they actually believe Kim Il Sung is god. They don't even think he really died.
Just because it's fear based doesn't make it not a religion. Christianity condemns non believers to eternal hell, which is pretty much a concentration camp that you can't get out of.
Just because it's fear based doesn't make it not a religion. Christianity condemns non believers to eternal hell, which is pretty much a concentration camp that you can't get out of.
A. Atheism has its own deities and high priests.
Lenin (who body was encased in wax), Darwin (whose beard hair is now preserved in the Natural History Museum), Stalin, Mao, and now Kim il Sung.
Lenin (who body was encased in wax), Darwin (whose beard hair is now preserved in the Natural History Museum), Stalin, Mao, and now Kim il Sung.
how do you think the current korea would be if japanese occupation never happened?
Q. what do other koreans think?
just out of curiosity, of what the occupation has effected korea's lives today and how their mindset, culture, economy, and every other domino effect that might have occured......
just out of curiosity, of what the occupation has effected korea's lives today and how their mindset, culture, economy, and every other domino effect that might have occured......
A. Korea would probably be different from what it is today.
Long time ago, there has been a huge controversy between Korea and Japan. Leading to the division of Korea, since of the crimes, it had to lead to a communist country and a democratic country. One side an independent country, the other an independent, yet free country. If the separation hasn't happened in history, it wouldn't lead to nuclear bombs being tested in North Korea. If the Japanese occupation never interfered with Korea, China etc, they will all remain a peaceful country. But, obviously, long time ago was about getting the riches and the land. So, today, no one cares about that, its all about being the ones with the style and the looks. I'm pretty sure Japan created the look, where you get a double-eye lid surgery and whiten your skin, so that's what most people are doing. Ruining their natural image and looking down at other people.Economy would remain the same, since all countries are not doing so well. Yet, the older generation of Asia still don't like Japan, but thats for the some of them. Not all Japanese people are bad.
Long time ago, there has been a huge controversy between Korea and Japan. Leading to the division of Korea, since of the crimes, it had to lead to a communist country and a democratic country. One side an independent country, the other an independent, yet free country. If the separation hasn't happened in history, it wouldn't lead to nuclear bombs being tested in North Korea. If the Japanese occupation never interfered with Korea, China etc, they will all remain a peaceful country. But, obviously, long time ago was about getting the riches and the land. So, today, no one cares about that, its all about being the ones with the style and the looks. I'm pretty sure Japan created the look, where you get a double-eye lid surgery and whiten your skin, so that's what most people are doing. Ruining their natural image and looking down at other people.Economy would remain the same, since all countries are not doing so well. Yet, the older generation of Asia still don't like Japan, but thats for the some of them. Not all Japanese people are bad.
i just realized american may hate north koreans more than chinese,how can i make myself look more chinese and?
Q. less north korean?
or how can i make people think that i'm NOT from north korea but china?
when people ask/talk to me, their first guess of where i'm from is:Japan, second is Korea(i guess it doesn't matter which korea), china is the third guess, but i'm chinese.
so how?
so please help me god...
@WWW,
why so rude? suffering PMS i suppose? take an Aleve.
or how can i make people think that i'm NOT from north korea but china?
when people ask/talk to me, their first guess of where i'm from is:Japan, second is Korea(i guess it doesn't matter which korea), china is the third guess, but i'm chinese.
so how?
so please help me god...
@WWW,
why so rude? suffering PMS i suppose? take an Aleve.
A. The best way to avoid being mistaken for a North Korean is to look cute. You can transform yourself into a cute Hello Kitty girl with these fun steps:
1) Have cosmetic surgery to get big round eyes
2) Use skin whitener every day
3) Wear ample make-up and plenty of big jewelry
4) Dress in cute, short, tight clothing that shows off your body
5) Only listen to J-pop music like Nami Tamaki
6) Have 3 or 4 boyfriends, but don't let them know about each other
7) Tell your parents that you are away at college, but secretly work as a KTV hostess
1) Have cosmetic surgery to get big round eyes
2) Use skin whitener every day
3) Wear ample make-up and plenty of big jewelry
4) Dress in cute, short, tight clothing that shows off your body
5) Only listen to J-pop music like Nami Tamaki
6) Have 3 or 4 boyfriends, but don't let them know about each other
7) Tell your parents that you are away at college, but secretly work as a KTV hostess
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