Liberia

West Africa Republic on the southwest of the Sahara Desert . The capital is Monrovia. Official language is English . Neighboring countries include Sierra Lion , Guinea and Cote Divend .

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The trees, ships, sun and birds' patterns, which can be seen as the archetype of the director, originally came from the insignia of the American Colonial Association. Liberia was independent in 1847 , and the director was now adopted, and since then, the design has changed several times.

There is much uncertainty about indigenous history, as much of it relies on oral tradition and archaeology, but it is believed that a significant number of indigenous people came from the west and north from the 12th to the 16th centuries.

It is near an area that was given names such as ' Pepper Coast' and ' Grain Coast' due to contact with Portugal , the Netherlands , and England .[7]

In 1602, the Netherlands established a village in Liberia, but quit after a year, and Britain also stopped its attempt to colonize the area. This country was founded and left its name in history in the 19th century. The American influence is very strong.

At that time , the issue of black slavery, which later triggered the Civil War , was becoming increasingly serious in the United States . In 1821, when the issue of black slavery was spreading between the South and the North, which had different economic structures, some people proposed a completely new stopgap measure, which was to 'send blacks back to Africa .'

The reason this strange solution was proposed was because it basically satisfied both abolitionists and pro-slavery advocates . The repatriation of black people to Africa had the justification of sending black people back to their original land of "freedom" for abolitionists, and on the other hand, supporters could put forward the reason that sending black people to Africa would block the black rebellion of slaves at the source. This worked well, especially since many Americans, including southerners at the time, were extremely concerned that the numerically superior blacks would drive out whites by force.

This series of black African repatriation movements was led by the American Colonization Society, but what was important was that it was led by white people, not black people, and even slave owners. The reason the American Colonization Association did this in the first place was not because they were particularly humanitarian or saintly, but because their main purpose was to propose realistic solutions to the black slavery issue, racial conflict, and North-South conflict that were spreading without answers. From the beginning, black people who had established themselves in the United States were negative about moving to Africa, a land they were unfamiliar with.

Of course, it should not be misunderstood that not all members of the American Colonization Society acted in such a calculated manner. It is often forgotten that among the black people who went to Liberia at the time, there were some former slaves in the South, but there were also quite a lot of free people from the North. This is because northern blacks were basically free only from slavery, but they also suffered a lot of social discrimination. Therefore, many intellectuals and politicians who were considered to have progressive views by the standards of the time held the view that "Rather than living in such discrimination in the United States, wouldn't it be true humanitarianism to help them live a new life without discrimination in their hometown?" We cannot just criticize their logic as wrong. Let us consider that black-white discrimination began to disappear in earnest in the United States in the 1960s, more than 100 years ago.

In the end, many black people who had nowhere to go immigrated to Africa and established colonies. However, as mentioned above, black people who had settled well in the United States had no intention of leaving the country, and only the lower class immigrated to Liberia with little hope.

However, the biggest problem was that Liberia was a land that even the Western European powers of the time had abandoned . As mentioned above, the Netherlands and Britain had already been involved in the war once and then fled, but there were no resources available immediately, and malaria, tropical indigenous diseases, and hostile natives were everywhere. In a way, it is similar to the attempt to develop the Darien Isthmus that took place a century ago, but both ended in bloodshed as they tried to establish a colony on land that could never be colonized simply because it was empty land left by others. In addition, the repatriation movement, which was ambitious, was carried out sloppily, with people being sent to that area indiscriminately because they were black. In the first place, the American Colonization Association also focused on getting black people who could become a potential source of conflict out of the United States, and was generally uninterested in how they lived in Africa.

Since then, it has been settled somehow, but it is not easy to settle, so early liberation slaves suffered from settling with high mortality. However, regardless of this effort, the problem of black slaves in the United States became more serious, and the black man's Liberia Lee Ju -an returned to Eoyoung Buyoung, except for the time, and there was no effect on preventing inter -Korean confrontation. Bantustan was almost built in South Africa It was the same idea as unmatched nations .

The American Liberian colonies became independent in 1847 and became Africa 's first republic , Liberia. Immediately after independence, it continued until the 1870s due to the two -party system between the True Whig and Republican Party , but became the same party system from 1878 to 1980.[8] # As a result, this dictatorship eventually collapsed Liberia and became a country with Haiti and its class.

Next to it was the establishment of the Republic of Maryland . It was administered as a colony until 1854, when it became independent as a separate republic and was annexed by Liberia in 1857 .[9]

Because Liberia was founded with the support of the United States , many powers at the time, including Britain , France , the Netherlands , and Portugal, did not attempt to conquer Liberia for fear of conflict with the United States, and independence was guaranteed. For this reason, it is often introduced along with Ethiopia as 'the only two countries in Africa that did not experience colonialism.' However, it is not an imperialistic colony; it is a very typical colony in the original meaning of 'colony'.[10]

The American freed slaves, the so-called Americo-Liberians, did not have a very friendly relationship with the local tribes, and believed that they, who spoke English and had come from the United States, were superior to the barbaric natives, so they introduced American-style slavery and a class system, and also discriminated against the natives by treating them as second-class citizens.

Voting rights were also given to those who owned real estate at this time.[11] A limited voting system was adopted, but for the first 100 years, the huts where the indigenous people lived were not recognized as valuable real estate, so the majority of the people did not have the right to vote, so it was effectively operated as an oligarchy. Taxes earned from farm management were mainly invested in large cities, including Monrovia , and local residents did not enjoy the benefits.

The natives were also given opportunities to rise in the world by learning English and receiving citizenship if they converted to Protestantism , but the existing black tribes were displeased with the actions of these freed slaves, who were clearly outsiders, calling them Uncle Toms, black whites, who forgot about the past just because they were fed up with the white nation.

Among black natives, there were cases where innocent or intellectually disabled freed American slaves were deceived and sold back into slavery, and conversely, even in the 1920s, when slavery was abolished, there was a scandal in which President Charles DB King was impeached for committing corruption by deceiving local people into collaborating with authorities in Spanish Guinea (now Equatorial Guinea ) and selling them as indentured laborers (actual slaves).

Due to this discrimination, there was severe conflict between the Liberian authorities and the indigenous people from the late 19th century to the early 20th century, and institutional discrimination was abolished by granting citizenship to all indigenous people in 1904. However, even until the 1940s, universal elections were not conducted with a limited voting system based on real estate, so only a small number of voters were eligible to vote, and even after universal elections were implemented, election fraud was common due to the one-party Whig party system.

The American Liberians took the party's party's right to party until the 1970s, and became an economically interested business, such as a farm or a joint venture. American -American lives in English and lived in Western -style houses and brought American culture and cultures, including soul foods , American cuisine , suit , and Protestantism , into Liberia. They still believe in indigenous faith and Islam and speak indigenous languages ​​in the first language[12] There was a big difference in culturally.

In fact, black people were not a single group,[13] For freed black slaves, Liberia was not their hometown but a land they had never seen before.

It is a known fact in academic circles that blacks also participated, although they did not play as central a role as Western countries in the increase in the number of slaves due to the slave trade between the 17th and 19th centuries . And even with the decline of the slave trade in the 19th century, the slavery system that had existed for a long time in Africa did not immediately disappear, and some African countries still used it for internal development.[14]

To make an excuse, the mid-19th century was a time when agricultural plantation projects in Africa began to emerge and the need for labor, including slaves, increased. Liberia is not the only country to have taken extraordinary action. Even in the United States, which was originally the home country, black slavery has not yet been abolished, so it may be nonsense to expect a complete change in thinking.

In addition, Liberia was not a very prosperous place to the extent that the Netherlands and Britain withdrew from colonization, so the slave trade was an economically viable business. Of course, it's definitely not a good thing. At the very least, this is an area that should be criticized more since they themselves lived as slaves.

There was also a holiday marking the conflict between these black Americans and the locals, the so-called 'Matilda Newport Day'.

It is a day to commemorate Matilda Newport, an American woman. On December 1, 1822, before Liberia's independence, an armed conflict broke out between black Americans and the locals. There is a story that Matilda Newport personally fired a cannon to attack the locals and defeat them. Afterwards, these American-Liberians glorified this event as a noble struggle and designated December 1st every year as Matilda Newport Day as a memorial day.

However, since the 1960s, criticism of this history has emerged, especially among locals, and it has been pointed out that it is unclear whether the incident itself is true.

Eventually, the anniversary was officially abolished during the administration of Samuel Kenyon, the first indigenous president who took power through a coup .

Nevertheless, through connection with Europe and the United States, Liberia has a favorable point in terms of education in trade in Africa, and in the early days, it has been able to expand its territory by fostering local blacks, and if it has succeeded in industrialization at home and abroad,[15] At least the economic power of South America was able to be equipped, but the coffee and sugar farming, which Liberia had leaned against in the competition with Cuba and Brazil , had been stagnant for a long time until the early 1920s, causing internal complaints to increase. Although he was independent, he was independent of the country, and it was like a dependency in the United States . For this reason , it was only natural that the US military was stationed after independence .[16] At the same time, Liberia began to go back economically since the 1920s, and from the late 1940s to the early 1970s, the economy returned to a well -established country in Africa, but it was about the middle of the world.

The European powers , Uganda and other African countries, and Muammar al-Gaddafi of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, who claimed to be Africa's protector, looked very unfavorably on Liberia, which ignored European and African countries on the back of the United States . And when a civil war broke out in Liberia, he immediately provided weapons to the rebels and helped to overthrow the pro-American American-Liberian government.

This period was so chaotic that a superior , who was not even an officer , staged a coup .[17]

Nevertheless, when World War I broke out , war was declared against the German Empire before the United States ( declared war in 1917 ) just a week after the outbreak of the war.

Summary of the civil war Liberia Reference[18] Reference 2[19]

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Ellen Johnson Sirleaf , October 29, 1938 ~, 87 years old)

On October 11, 2005, the first round of presidential elections was held.

In the first voting, 22 candidates were running, with George Wea candidate 29.8%and Ellen Johnson Sullif 's 19.7%. In view of the voting rate of the first voting, Wea seemed to be elected in the final voting, and many overseas media expected.

The second voting was held on November 8, 2005. The election was the final vote for the presidential election on October 11. In the first voting, there were no majority votes.

The election proceeded very calmly. UN peacekeepers were deployed to each of the 3,000 polling stations across the country in case of an emergency, but there were no incidents of concern.

It was predicted that it took a week to confirm the election results due to lack of telecommunications facilities and roads, but as the Liberians reflect high interest, the article began to appear that Johnson Sullif's election was strong after two days after the election.

George Weah's side immediately claimed that the election was fraudulent. Weah's claim was that in some ballot boxes, more ballots came out than the number of voters, but people were generally indifferent and responded that it did not affect the general trend. The election monitoring group of the United Nations and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) also released statements saying that this election was transparent and fair.

The final results are 59.4%of Johnson Sullif and 40.6%of Wow.

Liberia has been looking for stability since the inauguration of President Ellen Johnson Sullif, a liberal party, in 2006 . Sullif, the first female president of Africa , won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2011 for achieving the results of basic education and peace settlement. Of course, due to the civil war, GDP is still the bottom of the world's lowest civil war, and according to the long -term civil war, there are still many women who are prostituted in a serious state of sexual violence against women, according to local women's organizations . In addition, there is a possibility that some groups will be rejected, such as Burundi , and there is still a long way to go.

In fact, in March 2007, the Johnson Sullif administration arrested and prosecuted the government's president, and on July 17, 2007, George Koukou, who served as chairman of the National Assembly on July 17, 2007, and Charles, who was also the chief of staff during the regime. Julue) The former officers of former officers were prayer, but they were caught in advance and failed. As a side note, Julu attempted a coup in 1994 and was suppressed by Ecomog.

Johnson Sullif, meanwhile, filled his 12 -year term with twice as president. Later, George Wea , who was defeated by Johnson Sully in the last presidential election, was running for the presidential election on October 10, 2017, and received 39.0%in the first vote thanks to the sports star's reputation. The problem, however, was a running mate vice presidential candidate, and was controversial by choosing former His wife, Jeward, former dictator Charles Taylor , and talking to Taylor himself in prison. # In the actual election, he won the union with the Taylor's party, which was a party of the Taylor, and it seems to be the purpose of laying the foundation of this supporter because it belongs to the right -wing camp.

Anyway, after this controversy, George Wea was elected president in the final voting, and in 2018 He took office on January 22 . # And Charles Taylor's former wife, Jeward, also became Vice President. Whatever the former wife, Charles Taylor thinks, "If you still love me, vote for the civil war, the jewel Howard Taylor. If the jewel is elected, I can go out of prison," he regards her as a political comrade, and thanks to his definition, Bong County, Jewel Howard will be elected as a senator. It is considered to be the representative of Taylor as much as he is. For this reason, George Wea, who absorbed him and her forces, is also enclosed by Taylor and constantly raising concerns that Taylor will be influenced again in Liberian politics.

Meanwhile, on June 7, 2019, protests against the sluggish economy and high prices of the George Weah regime took place in Monrovia. #

On July 18, 2021, a vessel sank off the coast of Liberia, leaving at least 15 people missing. #

In the first vote of the Liberian presidential election held on October 10, 2023, President George Wea won the first place with a slight difference in former vice president Joseph Boakai, who won 43.44%with a 43.83 percent vote, and there was no candidate for a majority in the first vote. I did it. # In the final vote, Joseph Boachai won 50.89 percent, surpassing George Wea, who voted 49.11%.

During the end of the Liberian civil war and the transition government, Liberia reported the war crimes in Liberia from January 1979 to October 14, 2003, and the Truth Reconciliation Committee (TRC) was established in May 2005 and the total of two volumes in July 2009 to promote 'national peace, security, integration and reconciliation'. The final report of about 491 pages was released , but no one was punished . The Truth Reconciliation Committee was given only the degree of criminal investigation missions, and was not supported by the government, and the quality and infrastructure of the employees were poor.[20]

In addition, TRC presented reforms for the victims and reforms to prevent brutality, further investigations of new war criminals, and pardons for some people , and in fact submitted exactly 47 cases of reform recommendations that the Liberian government had to follow, but these recommendations were not properly implemented, and they were involved with the previous war between the previous war. It is forbidden to take office, be appointed, or elected . ' When the controversy broke out, President Sullif explained on July 26, 2009 that there was no person who criticized him more furiously than me when the true essence of Taylor's intention was known.

In January 2011 , the Liberian Supreme Court ruled on a trial against one of the people who came to the blacklist of the TRC report, saying that the TRC's recommendation, which banned the number of individuals in office, is unconstitutional for the TRC's ban on the proposed prohibition because it is unconstitutional violating the legitimate process of the listed individuals. Many of the recommendations of the TRC were canceled, and those who supported anti -human crimes or participated in the Nigerian Civil War were not exaggerated at all, and they were able to work in Liberia, rather than being appropriate punishment except for one President of Charles Taylor, who was the general manager of all brutality and dragged to Hagg.[21] Even in Liberia, unlike Rwanda , Cambodia , and Yugoslavia , the International Court was not established, because if it was punished , everyone was prosecuted as murder.[22] In the end, in Liberia, there are so many wicked war criminals that would have already been executed in other countries.[23]


Prince Johnson in his later years

The main warlord leaders of the Liberian Civil War were Prince Yormie Johnson (1952-2024), where Prince Johnson was the chief training officer of Charles Taylor's Liberian Patriot Front (NPFL) and caused Liberian civil war. Independence National Patriotic Front (INPFL)[24] It was notorious for indiscriminately killing civilians who oppose or criticized themselves, and especially instructed his subordinates to execute the former president brutally executed.[25] Johnson was famous for killing innocent people just because he was suspected of being suspected of being a former president and a soldier, and even his subordinates were famous for killing them at a faster speed than their enemies, and kidnapped and tortured the executives of the US tire manufacturer Firestone , especially Ribeth Rybe , Riberia . When Hladini Devi Dasi (1949-1990), who left the service, sent a letter to Johnson not to kill people, Johnson instructed her to kill her and committed a brutality to kill her and her five believers.[26] #

But Prince Johnson, rather than paying the price properly, was rather Nigeria in 1997. He was transformed into a Christian evangelical preacher ,[27] He made a lot of money as a preacher, and even reconciled with the family of the province, and even claimed that he was a "born" Christian. After the civil war, in 2005, after returning to his homeland, he was elected to the Senate in the Nimba region, his hometown and regional base in the elections in the same year. Since then, Johnson has been in the Senate in the Nyoba region since 2006 and has been in the Senate for 18 years until he died of 72 years of age on November 28, 2024, and he also served as chairman of the Senate Defense Commission and literally ran for the Liberian presidential election in 2011. The result was third with a 11.6%vote.[28] In particular, in an interview with the BBC in September 2010, he blessed a shame that "no one has seen a specific person tortured," he emphasized that he had fought to liberate the people against the oppressive system, but he said that if the residents of the civil war had suffered, they apologized for him, and they said their brutality. It is maintained that there is nothing.

It is said that a long -standing Jangseong, which was once drowned by hundreds of civilians in a river with a rope, was once a senator of Liberia.


Joshua Milton Blahyi (1971~) threatening an opponent with a knife during the Liberian civil war in 1996.


Joshua Milton Blahy became a pastor and preached shortly after the civil war.


In the 2020s, Joshua Milton Blahy is still active as a pastor even though he is middle-aged. They even have an Instagram account.

One of Liberia's worst massacres even turned into a pastor . The main character is Joshua Milton Blahi, a rebel leader during the Liberian civil war who boasted that he massacred at least 20,000 people in his testimony before the TRC. (Of course, according to the testimony of fellow warlords, the size of Blahi's troops was small, so it is widely accepted that the actual number of people sacrificed by Blahi was around 1,000.[29][30] ), he is better known as the so-called 'general butt naked ' because he and other child soldiers aged 9 to early 10 charged at the enemy with all their clothes removed except for shoes . However, in 1996, near the end of the Liberian civil war, Blahi saw the blood of a child on his hands and claimed to have had a vision of Jesus Christ telling him not to be a slave. After this experience, he converted to Christianity and became an evangelical preacher. For reference, Milton Blahy explains why he became a pastor as follows:

He is a pastor and is looking for forgiveness in search of victims in the past.[32] In addition to his subordinates, he visited Liberian refugees in Ghana and served as a minister , even in 2007. Even in 2007, children who are bumbling with former soldiers, drug addicts work in juvenile and drug addicts agriculture and construction, and aim to help them become reinforced in society and reinforcement in society . After establishing a resistance journey (Journeys Against Violence), he publicly said, " You must be trial to explain the individual role of former warlords like Prince Johnson and their actions . Said as if there was no enemy. Since then, Blahi has married a female pastor and has four children and lives calmly, and Blahhi's mother saw her son who cooks for the old boys.

In the end, after justifying himself by making such unimaginable remarks, on January 15, 2008, a Truth and Reconciliation Commission hearing was held in Monrovia, the capital of Liberia, to investigate the criminal acts of warlords during the civil war, and Blahi attended the hearing dressed in all white, from shoes to pants and shirt. Photographic evidence was presented at the hearing, showing child soldiers from Blahi's 'Bare Ass Regiment' eating human hearts, decorating street intersections with human bones, and gang-raping virgin girls. Blahi believed that his naked body would protect him from bullets, so he had his child soldiers fight naked with only their shoes on, and after the massacre, his unit was said to have committed acts worse than the literal devil.[perusalism] Although his atrocities were revealed, he continues to live as a pastor to this day.

It is not a joke to see that this article deals with Milton Blazi at the time of 2013 and a Liberian talk show in 2021, saying , "I regret it almost every time because of the children who have not been able to give birth to children . " However, Bleach is late, and he shows his attitude to acknowledge his mistakes. In addition, he visited 77 victims directly and forgive him.

Even though the terrible criminals are not punished at all, there is a stronger public opinion that the Liberian people do not reveal the tragedy of the past, but just bury it. Even among the characters at the time of the Hague Trial, the signboard that supports President Charles Taylor , the head of the head , is hanging around the streets of Monovia, and even a website run by the 'Love Meeting'. In fact, if this is a confusion, the anomi phenomenon will take place in which the morality that we learn and protect in the so -called civilized society will lose its meaning. For example, in civilization society, even if you kill a person, it is normal to feel guilty and surrender or suffer from PTSD . But in some situations, the kids are killing people.

In addition, Taylor's supporters oppose the war crimes trial by making sophistry, "If there is a war crimes trial in Liberia, all Liberians should sit in the prison cell" and "Who among us doesn't have blood on their hands?" also did[34]

The shocking fact is that many families in Liberia have daughters who have been raped, and at the same time, there are many families who have sons who were taken to the military and raped and murdered other people's daughters. As the number of people to be punished is so large, no one can easily claim that the criminals are punished. We are in an awkward position.[35] If you look at it that way, it is a tragedy where women and children are the most prominent and true victims. So, since the perpetrator will suffer for the rest of his life anyway, it seems that the law should forgive and forget as much as possible.

In fact, the reason most people are not favorable to the talk of war criminals being punished is because of anxiety that this may become the cause of new massacres or conflicts. There is no possibility of fair disposition of war criminals carried out by the forces controlling the government, and in a situation like this, coming forward to punish war criminals is close to openly urging the rebels to rise again. Although it is unsightly to see the general who broke his ass above acting like a Protestant preacher, it is better to let him act like a clown than to prevent him from doing that and then watch him break his ass and do crazy things again. It is also of practical benefit to the Liberian people. I have no intention of interfering with nonsense stories about punishing war criminals for the sake of one's own moral principles in a safe third country, and in fact, such liquidation has often led to new massacres and dictatorships, so it is right to just ignore it. This is the same way that Angola recognized UNITA , which committed numerous war crimes and massacres in the Angola civil war and was hostile to the ruling MPLA , as a legitimate political party without completely disbanding it.

Liberia's rebel commander was exceptionally charged with war crimes in Switzerland . # And the Swiss court sentenced the rebel commander to be sentenced to 20 years in prison. #

We have adopted a presidential system , and like our ancestors' home country, the United States , we have a presidential system. Under the current constitution, the presidential term is six years, and the president can be reappointed only once. In case of reappointment, the number of candidates is not calculated anew, but the entire 12-year term is counted as one.

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It was a country whose economy sank to the bottom in Africa due to a civil war that lasted from the mid-1980s to the mid-2000s, and is still suffering from the aftereffects. It used to be the world's second-largest ship owner after Panama , but as of 2025, it has now risen to first place. However, more than 90%, or even 99%, of these ships are foreign-owned. Except for the tongtong boats for coastal fishing, all of them can be considered foreign vessels. The reason foreign-owned ships register as Liberian ships is because taxes are low and regulations are weak . It is registered for the purpose of Flag of Convenience (FOC). Panama ranks first in terms of ship ownership , and for the same reason, many foreign ships are registered. Sometimes, when you look at domestic news about ship-related accidents, you see articles like ‘The Panama-flagged ship ** collided with the Liberian-flagged ** ship’ in Korean territorial waters. Suddenly, you may wonder why ships from countries so far away are in Korean territorial waters, and it’s all because of this reason. 40% of the world's ships are registered in Panama, Liberia and the Marshall Islands . For reference, as of 2019, the country with the ‘actual’ number of ships is Greece . They are followed by Japan and China, and Korea ranks 8th. #

Along with the United States and Myanmar , it is a country that does not use the International System of Units . The problem is so bad that people even come from overseas to volunteer to help us use the metric system . Of course, this is due to the strong influence of the United States. However, despite having a deep friendly relationship with the United States, Liberia is not a very large country in Africa, so the support is not that much and there are corruption issues. Although it holds the title of the second largest ship owner in the world, it does not have a large population and although it has many resources, its industry is underdeveloped due to the aftermath of a long civil war and there are not many proper companies.

As a result, Liberia is responsible for the hard carry of the world's unemployment rate , and although unemployment statistics usually tend to minimize the actual unemployment problem, the nominal unemployment rate itself was close to 70% . As the economic crisis that began in 2008 affected even Africa, many believed that Liberia's unemployment rate would soon surpass the 70% mark. Ultimately, the CIA estimated that Liberia's unemployment rate would exceed 70% in 2011. In fact, they have given up on estimating the unemployment rate. At this stage, unemployment statistics almost lose their practical meaning. Even before talking about job creation, the government has already become a mere beggar. In addition , the complete Hell Gate has been opened due to the activation of the black market , so we have virtually given up on providing accurate figures at this stage. Of course, the unofficial unemployment rate, not the official unemployment rate, is lower than 70%.

Resources are produced by diamonds and rubbers , but even 70%of the poor.

As the founding itself is initially led by liberation slaves from the United States , the influence of the United States is also enormous in culture. However, it is not only influenced by the United States, but the traditional culture that has existed before the arrival of liberation is preserved and coexist. And the obesity rate is low for countries that have been influenced by the United States. Of course, this is due to the fact that many people can not afford to have home appliances such as refrigerators and washing machines or cars, and fast foods such as hamburgers and pizzas are treated as high -end foods.

It is also one of the countries that use the imperial method as the only weights and measures . And, in Myanmar , the Myanmar-style weights and measures, including the English pound method, are used.

Liberia's official language is English . Liberian English is characterized by being greatly influenced by American English, unlike English-speaking countries in Africa that were under British rule. There are cases where Creole is used in daily life , and there are also cases where the languages ​​of minority groups (Roman, etc.) are used.

Although it has been greatly influenced by the United States, American football and baseball are not popular at all, while soccer and basketball are more popular. Legendary soccer player George Weah , who played for AC Milan and Chelsea FC , is from this country. Weah ran for president in 2005 but lost. And, as he runs again for the presidency in 2017, he is said to be waiting for the results of the second runoff election until November 25th. And, on December 28, 2017, he was elected president in the second round of the runoff election.

He led the Liberian national soccer team and challenged the FIFA World Cup as he was expensive, but he was eliminated by the 2002 Korea -Japan World Cup qualifiers.

However, compared to the enthusiasm of soccer, the popularity of affiliated leagues does not match this demand, as the demand for soccer is much higher than that of the National County Meet, a regional soccer tournament similar to Korea's National Sports Festival.

Canadian Alfonso Davies , who plays for FC Bayern Munich, is from Liberia.

In 2018, K-League 2 side Ansan Greeners FC signed striker Seku Kone from the country .

It has diplomatic ties with neighboring countries and is a full member of the African Union . However, Sierra Leone is not on good terms. Economically, Liberia is close to Côte d'Ivoire.

Since the 19th century, the relationship with the United States is deep.

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It was diplomaticous in 1973, but in 1988, it was bridge that year with the bombing of Korean Air 858, led by North Korean agent Kim Hyun -hee .

On July 21, 2015, there was a conflict when it was found that 23 footballers from Liberia, who were transferred to the Laos Chamisak Football Team, were treated unfairly. # In addition, it is also known that minors are included. #

Liberia was diplomatic with France. Liberia is not a Francohony member country, but some exchanges exist because neighboring countries are French -speaking countries. And some French are used in the Liberian border.

On September 17, 2014, Doctors Without Borders announced that a French doctor stationed in Liberia had died from Ebola. #

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It is friendly with the US .

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I have a bad relationship with Sierra Leone . In addition, the two countries had even gone through a war.

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Guinea has an economic relationship with Liberia and is closely related. However, during the 2014 West African Ebola trend, Liberia also suffered damage as well as Guinea.

Since Ebola has occurred in Guinea since the end of January 2021, Liberia said that in preparation for the possibility of Ebola, the Guinea Border is conducting inspection and tracking. #

Courty Buy had diplomatic relations after independence in France. The two countries are the full member of the African Union. And Court Die Buire is in contact with Liberia and Ghana, so English is designated as a first foreign language. Liberia is also economically closely related to Cote Divu Arre.

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Liberia has been politically stable since the inauguration of President Min -sun in 2006 after a twenty years of civil war, but economically, the public power and security are less than the provinces. Currently, the reorganization and ability of the national police are slowing down, and security maintenance is almost entirely dependent on the UN Peace Maintenance Army (UNMIL), but there is a limit to maintaining public welfare by the United Nations. Livelihood crimes are increasing around slums, and violent crimes such as robbery and rape are very serious, white and other foreign women are rape and pregnant, and criminals have guns. In particular, there are many cases of being robbed in a taxi, especially if other passengers are riding first, so the driver and passengers may be one defeat. Since English is used as official language, and it is widely used as a communicated language, English is well communicated, but only one is the advantage.

Still, the conflict and antagonism between the American, Aboriginal and Aboriginal races often appear as a conflict between the group, causing a riot and the People's trials or attacking public offices. In particular, the increase in crimes of selling illegal resources or trading drugs for selling drugs due to the high youth unemployment rate, rubber farms, which are the main sources of Liberia, and the lack of national administrative power, or the increase of crimes such as dealing with drugs are unstable. In addition, about 7,200 former government soldiers and armed group fighters return to society, which is very difficult to resolve.

When entering Liberia, yellow fever vaccination is checked, so vaccination is required before travel. All medical facilities in Liberia are extremely poor, and the blood stored in medical facilities is very dangerous, so treatment should never be performed using blood.[36] There is little stock of medicine, so it is necessary to carry emergency medicine with you when traveling. And if you are injured, you must be transported to Spain or the United Arab Emirates using a medical evacuation plane.

It is also a malaria dangerous area, so taking malaria inhibitors can reduce the risk of developing. In addition, since the infectious diseases such as typhoids and choleras are prevalent, it is necessary to cook food and eat and be careful with hygiene.

As of 2014, the entire area was 'withdrawal recommendation'. The border was closed due to the spread of the Ebola virus . For more details, please refer to the trend of Ebola Ebola 2014 .

In May 2015, unlike Guinea and Sierra Leone , Ebola's major occasional countries , the Evola end declaration (Ebola -free) was released and the special travel warning was lifted and changed to withdrawal.

As additional Ebola patients occurred, the end of the outbreak was declared again in September 2015, but as of November 22, 2015, three additional infected people appeared, making it seem difficult to declare the end of the disease for the time being. However, WHO announced Liberia's Ebola-free status on January 12, 2016. # Then, one day after the end was declared, another Ebola patient occurred. #

On October 29, 2018, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Korea downgraded the alert for Liberia and Sierra Leone from level 3 to level 2. #

Women need to be aware of sexual violence . On September 13, 2020, President George Weah declared a 'National Rape Emergency' in response to the rapid increase in rape rates during the COVID-19 pandemic and the subsequent protests .[37] According to a survey by the United Nations, 83% of Liberian citizens cite 'feminine appearance' as a factor in the occurrence of sexual assault. Needs to be.