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South Korea

Jul 25, 2014

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South Korea . By Dilon Rochniak. Itinerary . Plane ticket:1,182.10$ Starting City: Seoul, South Korea I will be in South Korea for seven days and ill visit many cool places like Lotte World, Namsan park, Bongeunsa, Halla San, and Seoul Resort. EXPENSES . Flight:1,182.10

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South Korea By DilonRochniak

Itinerary • Plane ticket:1,182.10$ • Starting City: Seoul, South Korea • I will be in South Korea for seven days and ill visit many cool places like Lotte World, Namsan park, Bongeunsa, Halla San, and Seoul Resort.

EXPENSES • Flight:1,182.10 • Hotel: Mayfield Hotel 4 star for 7 days for 140 a night. • Food will be around 100 bucks a day for 7 days at the hotel so about 700 hundred for the whole week. • The rest of the money will be for things I just want to buy to take home.

FACTS • Population:2010 estimate is 48,875,000 people. • Religion : no religion, Buddhist, Protestantism, catholic. • Government: Republic. Powers between president, legislator, and the court. Budget is 227.2 billion. Political parties. • Economy: The GDP is about 1.364 trillion. The unemployment rate is around 3.6%. Natural resources: coal, tungsten, graphite, molybdenum, lead, hydropower. Agriculture, Trade: Exports about 363.5 billion of goods. • History: It is one of the oldest civilizations in the world, dating back to 2333 b.c. by the leader Dangun. They went through a lot of dynasties. Now a days South Korea is a huge economic power and one of the wealthiest, in Asia. Its nickname is the Asian tiger because of there strong military. It used to just be Korean until the had a civil war, so it was separated into north and south Korea after a truce to seize war. They are still at war today. • Food: They have a bunch of Nomadic traditions. Mostly rice, noodles, tofu, veggies, and meat.

Facts Continued… • Climate: Four distinct seasons that there have. Winters are long and cold. Summers are short and really hot/humid. Spring and autumn are peaceful but short, and less vulnerable to typhoons. There is a good amount of rain enough to keep agriculture going. About 100cm of rain a year on average. Droughts do occur around every 8 years. • Geography: Mostly surrounded by water has 2,413km of coast line. To the west is the Yellow Sea, East China sea. Has about 100,032km of land mass. South Korea also has a lot of mountains the highest is called Halla San 1,950 meters high. • Language: Mostly every single person speaks some sort of Korean. About 65 million speak Korean. • Money: The money that the Koreans use is called wons. If you had one Korean won it would be equal to 0.0009 US dollars. If you we to have 2,500 won it would be 2.25 American dollars. • Requirements: IF YOU ARE STAYING FOR UNDER 30 DAYS ALL YOU NEED TO ENTER IS A PASSPORT. • Best time to visit: Autumn, September and November skies are blue and calm. Spring can also be a good time to visit. The worst time to visit is in the Summer because there is rain, heat, and monsoons.

Attractions • Lotte World: The largest indoor theme park in the world. In Seoul. 35,000 won for an adult ticket for one day. • Namsan Park: Tower in which you can take a cable car to a tower and have lunch/dinner for 6,300 won + food. • Bongeunsa: Buddhist temple where you can live as A monk for a few hours. Free admission. • Halla San: Biggest Mountain in South Korea. • Seoul Resort: Go snowboarding on one of the best mountains in Seoul. Its a year round resort. For a full day its 41,000 won.

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Current Events • The United States and South Korea are nearing a free trade. • South Korea is going green. They now have a model in green powered development.

Bibliography • www.wikipedia.com • www.state.gov • www.countrystudies.com • www.wiki.com • www.yahoo.answers.com • www.expedia.com

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Why North Korea may find the South’s new vision for unification provocative

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Every year, on August 15, there is a public holiday in South Korea to commemorate the day the Korean peninsula was liberated from Japanese colonial rule . On this day, there is a longstanding tradition whereby South Korean presidents outline their vision for Korean unification – Korea has been divided between the North and South since 1945.

But the country’s current president, Yoon Suk-yeol, proposed a new approach this year. Rather than emphasising “peaceful unification” with North Korea, as has been the focus of many previous presidents, Yoon’s vision places “freedom” at the heart of South Korea’s unification pursuit.

In his speech, Yoon spelled out the tasks he sees as crucial for moving towards a unified Korea. Among them was the “need to change the minds of the North Korean people, to make them ardently desire a freedom-based unification”. Simply put, this will involve promoting the freedom of North Koreans to access information from the outside world.

This approach suggests the South Korean government will continue its hands-off policy towards the activists who have for months been sending balloons across the border filled with leaflets criticising the regime of North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong-un.

Yoon’s government has refrained from intervening with the activities of these activists, who are mainly North Korean defectors. It has even cited a Constitutional Court ruling from 2023 that declared these actions protected under freedom of expression.

At the same time, Yoon’s approach will involve preserving the values that make South Korea a “free” nation, and making these the guiding principles for a unified Korea. These include its liberal democracy, free-market economy, and respect for human rights.

So far, there has been no response to Yoon’s announcement from the North. The North’s silence is quite unusual, as Pyongyang almost always responds to Seoul’s proposals for unification immediately – and negatively.

What South Korea wants

Seoul’s aims are twofold. For one, it hopes that with plenty of access to outside information, more North Koreans may aspire to live in the South, increasing the number of defection attempts across the border.

The number of successful defections dropped significantly from 2020 after North Korea sealed its borders during the pandemic. But after border controls eased again in 2023, the annual number of defectors making it to the South almost tripled to 196 . Recently, on August 20, Seoul’s military announced it had picked up a North Korean soldier who had crossed the border – the second defection in two weeks.

Furthermore, Seoul envisions that an influx of information could lead to a popular uprising in the North. Such an uprising may pressure that regime to either bend and allow greater freedom and human rights to its people, or to break.

But, in my opinion, these scenarios are unlikely to turn into reality. After all, Pyongyang’s tight control of outside information has so far enabled the regime to survive.

Seoul’s new vision for unification is provocative and may not be well received by Pyongyang. It may even put the lives of ordinary North Koreans at risk by encouraging Kim’s regime to tighten its information control.

Yoon’s commitment to developing a new vision for Korean unification can be traced back several months. In March, South Korea’s presidential office announced its intention to update the National Community Unification Formula , which since 1994 has been the government’s official unification policy.

The formula is comprised of three stages: seeking reconciliation and cooperation with the North, establishing a Korean commonwealth, then creating a single unified Korea.

While the exact nature of the update is not yet clear, the decision to revise the existing unification formula is not a surprise. There has been no progress beyond the first stage since the formula was introduced three decades ago.

Seoul’s decision to review and update its unification formula also came after Kim reportedly abandoned hopes for unification in January. In a speech delivered at North Korea’s parliament, he said the constitution should be changed to designate the South as the “principal enemy”.

Retaliation from the North

The primary goal of freedom-based unification – giving ordinary North Koreans greater access to information from the outside world – is something to which Kim’s regime is fervently opposed.

Information control has for decades been, and will continue to be, one of North Korea’s top priorities . The increased consumption of foreign media in North Korea, especially of K-Pop music and K-Drama television shows, has already resulted in multiple public executions.

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So, retaliation against Seoul’s freedom-based unification overtures should be expected. North Korea has already sent hundreds of balloons filled with excrement and trash into South Korea as a response to the leaflet launches. And in June, Kim’s sister, Kim Yo-jong, warned of additional retaliatory measures if they continue, saying South Korea should be “ready to pay a gruesome and dear price”.

From North Korea’s point of view, any attempt at sending flyers containing outside information is a direct threat to the regime’s stability.

Freedom of expression and access to information are important universal values that need to be protected at all times. But provoking Kim’s regime may jeopardise lives by triggering a more repressive crackdown on people in North Korea.

It is for this reason that Seoul’s push for freedom-based unification could be a hard sell for the North Korean people.

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