User:Hehernandez/History project

Summary
From 1920 up until WWI, Korea was one, belonging to Japan. Because of many disagreements, the Korean war emerged dividing the country in two between 1950 and 1953. Following the South Korean invasion by the North Koreans, the two territories agreed on creating a four kilometer demilitarized zone (DMZ) where no one was allowed to enter. These territories are now known as North and South Korea.

North Korea
North Korea, a communist country, makes all of the country's decisions, laws and basically chooses the president. The North Korean government limits greatly people's rights and privileges by banning certain websites and social medias, for example. They are also not allowed to listen to K-Pop, recorded and produced by South Koreans. The communist mentality is that everyone and everything should be equal. They would take land from wealthy owners who had worked hard for it and give it to people living in poverty who may or may have not just decided not to work.

South Korea
South Korea is a "free" country in the sense that they have the freedom to do many things people in North Korea aren't allowed to do because of their government. They are a democratic country and have freedom of speech. The United States currently protects South Korea from North Korea's threats.

Language
The Korean language consists of Hangul which only has 24 characters. Although many dialects are still used in North Korea, Korean is still the main language spoken in both North and South Korea. Korean is not as complicated as other Asian languages; it's quite simple. For example, my favorite K-pop band is SHINee; it is spelled 샤이니. If you break it down into each character and its sound, you get: 샤= "shya" 이= "ee" 니= "ni" altogether equaling the word SHINee (pronounced shiny).