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Primary Sources Project

Dino (David) Kim: CNN 9 World News

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Jiheon Kim: E-mail to Ichigo from Yasuko




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Dear Ichigo, I miss you too. How is it going in America? I can’t wait to see you. Anyways, I also saw the news; Japan is also serious about this nuclear bomb problem. To tell you the truth, I don’t think world peace is going to be kept through nuclear bombs. I mean, it’s so scary to think that another country could attack anytime. Having nuclear bombs is just going to lead to another war. Tell your dad that this isn’t a good idea. You never know if other countries are also willing to keep world peace; they might just bomb a country and start a fight. Anyways, I can’t believe that you’re coming here. It’s been so long since we saw each other. Japan changed a lot while you were in America. There has been a boost in technology and the scientists are concentrating on making robots. When you come, let’s go to the museum about robots! Well, I’ll see you next week! Bye With all love, Yasuko

Jennifer Nam: UWG Flag

Claire Jung: Diary Entry of a Young Girl in America




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July 28th 2058 Dear, Diary Today was a very hot day. I didn’t want to do anything and couldn’t do anything in this hot weather. It was 38 Celsius! Too sore to do anything, I lounged on the couch, turning on TV shows. Unfortunately, my dad came in the house and took over the remote control!!!! What a great dad he is. Any ways, my dad changed the channel and we had a short conversation of how our days were when a newsflash showed up. It was about the nuclear power again. How I was “sick” of that news! It was a newsflash for about 4 days! Anyways, we watched the news (for the 12th time) about the nuclear weapon. The Anker announced the topic: The world in crisis. Then the reporter babbled about how every countries own nuclear weapon and how it could harm us. Since news reporters always criticize everything, I began to think that this issue was actually a good thing for the simple fact that I don’t believe in the news. My dad watched with interest since he was a politician and all. I asked my dad what this was all about. “It’s about every countries owning the nuclear power! Well Jess, this could be a bad thing and a good thing. If another World War is started, every countries would be involved due to the power of nuclear weapons. Also the earth will be gone after the WWIV. In contrast the good thing is that there is a small chance of having WWIV, since every country owns nuclear power, one country would be reluctant to attack another country.” “What does that mean?” “it means… well… for example, if Korea tries to attack Japan for the revenge of their past, Korea won’t attack Japan because, if Korea attacks Japan, it knows that Japan will attack them again with nuclear power.” After the long talk I had with my dad, I perfectly understood the issue. I wish the news showed 2 parts: positive and negative. Anyways, after the lecture, there was another news coming up about the UWG (United World Government) at CNN 9 World News. It was about the world coming together to make a government and make a document that formed the worldly government. I, as a teenager didn’t like the idea of UWG, because for me I wanted to revenge on the countries that used to attack us. And even after listening to my dad, I thought nuclear power was a good thing. I still don’t get why the world created nuclear power in the first place? If they were going to create the UWG, why make the nuclear bombs? I might be too young to understand, but I have my own thoughts about this issue. I hope somebody will understand.

Brian Moon, Ryan, Lisa Ahn, Joodi Son, Ho Joon

In the world, severe case of global warming occurred. World war 3 occurred in the past with no indication. The diary states that World war 4 might occur, since all countries have nuclear weapons, one or two countries might be victims of nuclear attack. To bring back peace, the world forms UWG, which stands for United World Government. One question is still left unanswered: knowing such attempts to keep peace, why would every single country in the world create nuclear weapons?