North Korea Inhumane

North Korea has done many things which have caused the rest of the world to place sanctions on them. Some of the reasons for the sanctions include the lack of human rights for the North Korean people, government corruption, and developing nuclear weapons. Are U.S. sanctions enough in dealing with all of the North Korea problems? Here are some reasons they can or can't help North Korea problem. Human right is a big problem in North Korea. Majority of North Koreans must perform unpaid labor at some point in their lives(¨North Korea¨). They also have food shortages, political prison camps, executions, torture and inhumane treatment such as rape, sleep deprivations, and beatings(World report 2013). U.S. sanctions are unhelpful when it comes to human rights because we don't know how they will impact ordinary citizens. If anything the …show more content…
The ruthless dictators of North Korea said that they have long had a hostile relationship with the U.S. vowing to destroy America and wipe it off the map(Smith, Zissou). That is another reason the U.S. is trying to stop North Korea, because they might actually do that. North Korea's nuclear program is particularly alarming for not only the U.S. but its allies in Asia such as Japan and mostly South Korea(Smith,Zissou). They are worried because a single bomb can wipe out an entire city and kill millions of people(Smith,Zissou). For over the past two decades the U.S. has tried to limit North Korea's nuclear capabilities through negotiation and tough economic sanction but neither worked(Smith,Zissou). There is no such thing as a good solution at this point. If there was a solution, wouldn't we have done something already? Most officials agree that North Korea is unlikely to give up its nuclear weapons program. (Smith,Zissou). Therefore the U.S. sanctions are ineffective when it comes to the nuclear weapons because of these