successor. The great leader later died in 2011, allegedly from a heart attack, and North Koreans in the capital mourned and wept for their deceased leader.
Kim Jong Un’s birth is even more shrouded in mystery than his father’s. No one is aware of where he was born, and his age is a mystery as well. He is thought to have been educated in Switzerland, and his mother was an opera singer married to his father. He became leader of North Korea in 2011, and when he did this, it is believed that he executed many senior officials, including his uncle, who was thought to be conspiring against him. Under Kim Jong Il, it is thought their nuclear weapons program has been growing, and the leader has made numerous underground nuclear tests despite other …show more content…
They have very few occurrences of individually bought and sold products, although one example of this was in the end of the famine in the mid 90s, when people were allowed to buy and sell food. The government sets all standards for prices and amounts of products produced, creating horribly distorted prices. “As the main source of employment, the state determines wages” meaning that whatever the government pays its worker is whatever they get. The entire economic system is highly centralized, and the government controls all money, products, and businesses. “Korea is a divided country where we can see and compare the results of two governmental systems: the communist Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea) and the Republic of Korea (South …show more content…
Numerous threats of bombings are purported by Kim Jong Un leave many people wondering how scared they should really be. North Korea is capable of enriching uranium, and also has weapons grade plutonium at their disposal, and is also thought to have access to chemical and biological weapons. Since it is not a part of any agreement that would prevent it from developing all these weapons except the biological weapons, they can technically continue these developments. However, it is a part of the Biological and Toxic Weapons Convention and the Geneva Protocol, so if it is developing biological weapons, that would be a serious violation. It has also tested weapons numerous times. “North Korea conducted five nuclear weapons tests in 2006, 2009, 2013, and twice in 2016 claiming that the January 2016 test was a thermonuclear device; however, experts remain skeptical.” It has in the past suspended its nuclear program, usually for food aid, but at the moment maintains an active and, to some, threatening nuclear weapons program. But while it may have powerful nuclear bombs in its arsenal, in order for it to be able to hit another country, even one as close as South Korea, the nuclear bomb would have to be small enough to fit on a missile. “North Korea claims it has successfully "miniaturised" nuclear warheads - but this has never been independently verified, and some experts have cast
Kim Jong Un’s birth is even more shrouded in mystery than his father’s. No one is aware of where he was born, and his age is a mystery as well. He is thought to have been educated in Switzerland, and his mother was an opera singer married to his father. He became leader of North Korea in 2011, and when he did this, it is believed that he executed many senior officials, including his uncle, who was thought to be conspiring against him. Under Kim Jong Il, it is thought their nuclear weapons program has been growing, and the leader has made numerous underground nuclear tests despite other …show more content…
They have very few occurrences of individually bought and sold products, although one example of this was in the end of the famine in the mid 90s, when people were allowed to buy and sell food. The government sets all standards for prices and amounts of products produced, creating horribly distorted prices. “As the main source of employment, the state determines wages” meaning that whatever the government pays its worker is whatever they get. The entire economic system is highly centralized, and the government controls all money, products, and businesses. “Korea is a divided country where we can see and compare the results of two governmental systems: the communist Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea) and the Republic of Korea (South …show more content…
Numerous threats of bombings are purported by Kim Jong Un leave many people wondering how scared they should really be. North Korea is capable of enriching uranium, and also has weapons grade plutonium at their disposal, and is also thought to have access to chemical and biological weapons. Since it is not a part of any agreement that would prevent it from developing all these weapons except the biological weapons, they can technically continue these developments. However, it is a part of the Biological and Toxic Weapons Convention and the Geneva Protocol, so if it is developing biological weapons, that would be a serious violation. It has also tested weapons numerous times. “North Korea conducted five nuclear weapons tests in 2006, 2009, 2013, and twice in 2016 claiming that the January 2016 test was a thermonuclear device; however, experts remain skeptical.” It has in the past suspended its nuclear program, usually for food aid, but at the moment maintains an active and, to some, threatening nuclear weapons program. But while it may have powerful nuclear bombs in its arsenal, in order for it to be able to hit another country, even one as close as South Korea, the nuclear bomb would have to be small enough to fit on a missile. “North Korea claims it has successfully "miniaturised" nuclear warheads - but this has never been independently verified, and some experts have cast