During the late twentieth century, North Korea’s governmental controls, over its citizens, were weaken. Reportedly, a famine severely engulfed the country killing approximately 600,000 and 1,000,000 civilians, or 3-5 percent of the North Korean population (Haggard and Noland, 659). Inevitably, the negative effects of the famine caused the country’s market and power to shift from companies and institutions to the general public. Therefore, North Korean’s new marketization shift enabled the general public to become too socioeconomically powerful for the state. Additionally, the marketization shift infuriated the state’s governmental officials because of its ability to generate an “independent civil society around unregulated market relations”
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Refugees who attempt to leave the country without permission, successfully or unsuccessfully, are charged with the capital crime of treason (Lee and Jurg, 22). The previous example is a component of North Korea’s, Juche, correction system. Juche is described as a state rule and practice for “self-reliance” which patriotically emphasizes the country’s need for autonomy from international persuasion and empowering the sovereign (Weatherley and Jiyoung, 275). Moreover, if a citizen is found guilty of defying the rule and law of Juche than state execution is imposed upon the alleged perpetrator. Several examples of crimes that are punishable by North Korea’s use of capital punishment are: political opposition, economic and social disobedience of the law, illegal trade, drug deals, and religious affiliation. Furthermore, North Korea inhumanely executes its prisoners through the use of starvation rations, arduous mining, logging, and farming labor, and public executions (Haggard and Noland, 663). Overall, showing how the country’s use of capital punishment is to regulate and affirm its general public’s allegiance to the state; while, the country continues to build on its state’s interest of autonomy and solidifying its
Refugees who attempt to leave the country without permission, successfully or unsuccessfully, are charged with the capital crime of treason (Lee and Jurg, 22). The previous example is a component of North Korea’s, Juche, correction system. Juche is described as a state rule and practice for “self-reliance” which patriotically emphasizes the country’s need for autonomy from international persuasion and empowering the sovereign (Weatherley and Jiyoung, 275). Moreover, if a citizen is found guilty of defying the rule and law of Juche than state execution is imposed upon the alleged perpetrator. Several examples of crimes that are punishable by North Korea’s use of capital punishment are: political opposition, economic and social disobedience of the law, illegal trade, drug deals, and religious affiliation. Furthermore, North Korea inhumanely executes its prisoners through the use of starvation rations, arduous mining, logging, and farming labor, and public executions (Haggard and Noland, 663). Overall, showing how the country’s use of capital punishment is to regulate and affirm its general public’s allegiance to the state; while, the country continues to build on its state’s interest of autonomy and solidifying its