Perhaps it appears preposterous, but there is a small, impoverished nation in south central Asia that poses an authentic threat to peace in the world. Moreover, that nation considers the United States its worst enemy. You may be surprised that it calls itself a democracy. We know it as North Korea, but the name it has given its self is the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea – the DPRK Against long odds two Korean nations have lived and … [Read more...]
10 Things You Didn’t Know About North and South Korea
With North Korea making headlines on a near-daily basis, US relations are on edge (to put it nicely). But what do we know about the socialist state? Books such as The Korean Crisis, seek to answer some of our questions about the history and current status of North Korea, but it’s near impossible to cover it all. Here are some facts you may not know about the isolated country and its democratic neighbor to the south: Abandoned, homeless … [Read more...]
THE KOREAN CRISIS: One People, Two Nations, A World On The Brink
After a beaten Japan surrendered to the United States and its World War II allies in 1945, a little-known peninsula, home to 30 million Korean people, was dangling leaderless from the Asian continent into the Yellow Sea. Treated as an afterthought in negotiations between the Soviet Union and the United States, it was halved at the 38th parallel. That line still separates hostile armies on each side. Do Americans remember that nearly 75 years ago … [Read more...]
Jack Van Der Slik
Jack Van Der Slik's teaching career extends from 1958 to 2006 in classes from junior high to doctoral studies, for courses in social studies, education and political science. His degrees are from Calvin College, B.A.; Western Michigan University, M.A.; and Michigan State University, M.A. and Ph.D. His affiliations have been with Bellflower Christian School, Denver Christian School, the Michigan Legislative Intern Program, Southern Illinois … [Read more...]
