Thank you for meeting with me today, Minister. This morning I will be talking to you about the conditions in North Korea and how Australia can help.
At first glance North Korea looks like the perfect place to live, free housing, schooling, and health care. Picturesque landscapes, fresh air, and loving neighbours. But this is all just a performance for the outside world to see, an act that unsuccessfully hides the true North Korea.
When World War II ended in 1945, Japan lost control of Korea when it joined the Allied forces. Korea then divided along the 38th parallel and the Korean War began in 1950. North of the 38th parallel was declared The Democratic People's Republic of Korea and the South was delared The Republic of Korea. The war lasted …show more content…
In the 1990s North Korea suffered first through horrific flooding and then through drought. As a result the country found itself in a state of famine. This caused the economy to fail, and infrastructures to disintegrate. After the death of the countries leader, Kim il-Sung in 1994 his son Kim Jong-il took over. Kim Jong-il transformed the country from a traditional communist government to a military dictatorship. Sadly, Kim Jong-il died in 2011, but fortunately the gallant Kim Jong-un or Dear Leader, as the North Koreans call him, was able to take his father’s place. The Kim’s have made North Korea a place of secrecy and lies, because of this nobody knows what exactly the real North Korea is like. Even tourists that are followed, instructed, and fed propaganda by tour guides experience only what Kim Jung-un wants them to. The only people who know the true North Korea are the citizens that have lived there and have experienced the true horrors of the …show more content…
They believe that Kim Jong-un can read their minds. Citizens are forced to wear clothes given to them by the government, which includes a badge depicting their Dear Leader. The propaganda tells the people of North Korea that the outside world is evil and that even though not everything is perfect in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Kim Jong-un is there to keep the evil away. The people of North Korea are forced by the fear they feel, to follow their Dear Leader and his laws. Citizens view Kim Jong-un and his predecessors as gods that can rid the world of evil.
Although the North Korean government can choose to enforce the laws that it sees fit, some laws and practices are in violation of the Declaration of Human Rights. A Commission of Inquiry established by the United Nations Human Rights Council, published a devastating report in the February of 2014 that concluded the North Korea government has committed systematic human right abuses at a scale without parallel in the contemporary world—including extermination, murder, enslavement, torture, imprisonment, rape, forced abortions, and other sexual
At first glance North Korea looks like the perfect place to live, free housing, schooling, and health care. Picturesque landscapes, fresh air, and loving neighbours. But this is all just a performance for the outside world to see, an act that unsuccessfully hides the true North Korea.
When World War II ended in 1945, Japan lost control of Korea when it joined the Allied forces. Korea then divided along the 38th parallel and the Korean War began in 1950. North of the 38th parallel was declared The Democratic People's Republic of Korea and the South was delared The Republic of Korea. The war lasted …show more content…
In the 1990s North Korea suffered first through horrific flooding and then through drought. As a result the country found itself in a state of famine. This caused the economy to fail, and infrastructures to disintegrate. After the death of the countries leader, Kim il-Sung in 1994 his son Kim Jong-il took over. Kim Jong-il transformed the country from a traditional communist government to a military dictatorship. Sadly, Kim Jong-il died in 2011, but fortunately the gallant Kim Jong-un or Dear Leader, as the North Koreans call him, was able to take his father’s place. The Kim’s have made North Korea a place of secrecy and lies, because of this nobody knows what exactly the real North Korea is like. Even tourists that are followed, instructed, and fed propaganda by tour guides experience only what Kim Jung-un wants them to. The only people who know the true North Korea are the citizens that have lived there and have experienced the true horrors of the …show more content…
They believe that Kim Jong-un can read their minds. Citizens are forced to wear clothes given to them by the government, which includes a badge depicting their Dear Leader. The propaganda tells the people of North Korea that the outside world is evil and that even though not everything is perfect in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Kim Jong-un is there to keep the evil away. The people of North Korea are forced by the fear they feel, to follow their Dear Leader and his laws. Citizens view Kim Jong-un and his predecessors as gods that can rid the world of evil.
Although the North Korean government can choose to enforce the laws that it sees fit, some laws and practices are in violation of the Declaration of Human Rights. A Commission of Inquiry established by the United Nations Human Rights Council, published a devastating report in the February of 2014 that concluded the North Korea government has committed systematic human right abuses at a scale without parallel in the contemporary world—including extermination, murder, enslavement, torture, imprisonment, rape, forced abortions, and other sexual