North

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North South Korea
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MDSD Backgrounds

• After world war II, North and South Korea was
  split. The North was made into a Communist
  dominated regime backed by the Soviet, and the
  South became a republic. Since then, the South
  capita income rose 14 times the level of the
  North. As of today, South Korea is a fully
  functional democracy while North Korea is a
  totalitarian state ran by a communist dictator
  Kim Jong Il.

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Backgrounds cont.

• South Korea
• Location Eastern Asia, southern half of the
  Korean Peninsula bordering the Sea of Japan and
  the Yellow Sea
• Population 48,846,823 (July 2006 est.)
• Religions Buddhism, Christianity
• Languages Korean, English widely taught in
  junior high and high school

• North Korea
• Location Eastern Asia, northern half of the
  Korean Peninsula bordering the Korea Bay and the
  Sea of Japan, between China and South Korea
• Population 23,113,019 (July 2006 est.)
• Religions Mainly atheist or non-religious,
  traditional beliefs
• Languages Korean

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Government Type

• South Korea
• Republic
• Independence August 15, 1945
• Constitution July 17 1948
• Legal system combined elements of European civil
  law system, Anglo-American law, and Chinese
  classical thought

• North Korea
• Communist state one-man dictatorship
• Independence 15 August 1945 (from Japan)
• Constitution adopted 1948 completely revised 27
  December 1972, revised again in April 1992, and
  September 1998
• Legal system based on German civil law system
  with Japanese influences and Communist legal
  theory no judicial review of legislative acts
  has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction

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North and South Korea Branches
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Government cont.

• By using close government ties, including direct
  credit and a strong labor effort, South Korea has
  joined the trillion dollar club of the world
  economies as of 2004. On the other hand, because
  of a poor economy, North Korea has been estimated
  that up to 2 million people have died since the
  mid-1990s because of food shortages, caused by
  natural disasters and economic mismanagement

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Government cont.

• Because of poor human rights that the North Korea
  government has in place, South Korea has been
  pressured by international committees to sanction
  North Korea, but South Korea has resisted
  sanction and has pursued a sun-shine policy of
  engagement, which involves fertilizer and rice to
  help ease hunger in North Korea and help easy
  tension between the North and South.

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References

• Becker, Jasper. Rogue Regime Kim Jong Il and the
  Looming Threat of North Korea. New York, New
  York. Oxford University Press, Inc. 2005.
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