Imagine a society where the government has stripped its people of their most basic rights. The corrupt, abusive government enforces extermination, murder, enslavement, torture, imprisonment, rape, forced abortions, and other acts of sexual violence. Secretive prison camps operate where anyone who speaks out against the society’s ruler or its government is subject to starvation, forced labor, physical torture and other acts of cruelty. No one is allowed to use the internet for any reason, and all other media is heavily censored and laden with propaganda and blatant lies. This sounds like a scene taken right out of a dystopian novel, right? Unfortunately, it’s not; this is the brutal reality of the citizens of North Korea, and these shocking
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Despite the horrendous living conditions of the nominally Communist country, its people are actually convinced that their lives are some of the best in the world. Kim Jong-Un has created a web of lies to keep his subjects happily brainwashed while still treating them with abysmal conduct, blatantly lying about the conditions of other countries to keep his reputation as a supposedly great leader intact. North Korean people also have absolutely no access to computers or the Internet whatsoever. In contrast, around 85% of people in South Korea, North Korea’s neighbor, have full access to the internet. His reasoning behind censoring the media is that it is “for (the people)’s own good” and “protects them from Western influence,” but it is actually to censor its media to keep North Korea’s people blissfully ignorant and blinded to reality.
Although the secret horrors of civilian life in North Korea were once hidden from the world, they are finally coming to light in recent times. Now that other countries are aware of the Kim family’s dubious political dynasty, perhaps the abysmal conditions in which their people are forced to live in will be changed in the near future with enough help from the rest of the world. Thank you for your
Despite the horrendous living conditions of the nominally Communist country, its people are actually convinced that their lives are some of the best in the world. Kim Jong-Un has created a web of lies to keep his subjects happily brainwashed while still treating them with abysmal conduct, blatantly lying about the conditions of other countries to keep his reputation as a supposedly great leader intact. North Korean people also have absolutely no access to computers or the Internet whatsoever. In contrast, around 85% of people in South Korea, North Korea’s neighbor, have full access to the internet. His reasoning behind censoring the media is that it is “for (the people)’s own good” and “protects them from Western influence,” but it is actually to censor its media to keep North Korea’s people blissfully ignorant and blinded to reality.
Although the secret horrors of civilian life in North Korea were once hidden from the world, they are finally coming to light in recent times. Now that other countries are aware of the Kim family’s dubious political dynasty, perhaps the abysmal conditions in which their people are forced to live in will be changed in the near future with enough help from the rest of the world. Thank you for your