GOOD MORNING!!!
• Take out your CNN Student News
paper!!!
• If you did not turn in your OCP DBQ essay
yesterday, I NEED THIS NOW!!!!!
• Sit down quietly!!!
A Tale of Two Koreas
Koreas: North and South
1. “The Hermit Kingdom”: isolated
themselves
2. Non-Stop Invasion(s)
– Japan/China (Korea is a
buffer b/w them, lots of
invasions)
– Influence religion, art, music,
etc. (Confucianism,
Buddhism)
3. WWII (Japan ruled until they
lost WWII)
– North= Soviet Union / South=
United States
The Koreas: North and South
 Led to the
Korean War in
1950
 Ended with
treaty in 1953
dividing the
peninsula on
the 38th
parallel
 Hostility
remains
between the 2
Where is North Korea?
What does the
38th parallel
represent???
South Korea
 South
more
Westernlike, more
developed,
industry
 An
“economic
tiger”
Korean Peninsula at night
Government: Hereditary juche
(military order & reliance only on
North Korea’s resources) singleparty state
- Eternal President: Kim Il-sung
1948-1994
- Eternal WPK General Secretary
Kim Jong-il 1994-2011
- Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un
2011-present
http://www.korea-dpr.com/
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2013/11/12/north-korea-publiclyexecutes-80-for-crimes-like-watching-films-owningbible/?fb_action_types=og.likes&fb_source=other_multiline&action_o
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North Korea at night
Marine Traffic (Cargo ships)
Flight path to Seoul, South Korea
Government Sanctioned Haircuts
Labor Camps?
60 Minutes “Escape from Camp 14”
• https://www.youtube.com/watch
?v=Lr6Rw0ltFxc
"Because we saw so
many people die,
we became so used
to it," one survivor
told the UN
Commission. "I'm
sorry to say that we
became so used to
it that we didn't feel
anything."
How do North Korean defectors adapt
to life in South Korea?
• HBO GO: “North Korean Defectors” Starts at
14:48
• http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2013
/10/18/north-korea-just-built-the-creepiest-water-parkyouve-ever-seen/
As we watch the following “Vice North Korea”
episode, keep a list of your TOP TEN WOWS! As
you watch make a list of the top ten most
shocking characteristics of North Korea. Be
prepared to discuss
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IrCQh1usdz
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ABC Diane Sawyer