North Korea Vs Bangladesh Genocide Essay

You would think that after the Holocaust and several other genocides, such as Bangladesh, the world would learn from its mistakes and no more genocides would happen. Sadly, that is not the case. There are many genocides still going on today, such as North Korea. The North Korea and Bangladesh genocides are both tragic events and many lives were lost, however they differ in the group of people being killed, the goal of the genocide, how they were/are being resolved.

In both genocides people are being killed, but for different reasons. In North Korea, citizens are starving to death, children who are fathered by a Non-Korean are killed or their mothers are forced to have an abortion, and people who practice any religion such as Christianity, are put into concentration camps. In the “World Without Genocide” article it says, ““Hundreds of …show more content…
These ways are different from how the Bangladesh genocide was resolved. Humanitarian organizations are getting involved and trying to help the citizen of North Korea. The United States created an office and its purpose is to focus on what is going on in North Korea. North Korean refugees are sending food and money to their families who were not able to escape. The “World Affairs Journal” article says, “If international humanitarian NGOs, religious groups, philanthropists, and other concerned persons and organizations got behind these defectors in an organized manner to increase the money entering North Korea through unofficial channels, the effects could be transformative.” In Bangladesh, people fled to other counties such as India. After the Bangladesh genocide ended, the government tried to cover it up rather than fix what was damaged. Many people especially women were traumatized and did not get justice for the crimes that were committed against them. Both genocides are/were being resolved, but in different