On September the nineteenth an article was written about North Korean social injustices. It explains many unfair practices and laws that are different than how we live in the United States. Many other authoritarian countries live under similar rulings as North Korea. These social injustices include forced labor, poverty, access to healthcare and education, and unfair treatment in regards to race, gender, religion, and culture.
North Korea has been ruled under the authoritarian leadership of the Kim Dynasty since 1948. This country is very impoverished and still thousands of people try to escape the country every year. Many people flee to China or South Korea to get a better life. If they are caught then it is called a criminal offense because they didn’t get permission from the government to leave the country. As their punishment, the Koreans are either put in a labor camp or can be publicly executed. …show more content…
The rule states if one family member is punished and goes to labor camp, they can sometimes send their entire immediate family there as well. Then their next two generations born while in the labor camp also stay. There are several other crimes a person can commit to get into the prison camp. These include not wiping off the dust on a painting of Kim, have contact with someone in South Korea, try to escape the country, engage in private enterprise, have an interracial relationship, and practice
North Korea has been ruled under the authoritarian leadership of the Kim Dynasty since 1948. This country is very impoverished and still thousands of people try to escape the country every year. Many people flee to China or South Korea to get a better life. If they are caught then it is called a criminal offense because they didn’t get permission from the government to leave the country. As their punishment, the Koreans are either put in a labor camp or can be publicly executed. …show more content…
The rule states if one family member is punished and goes to labor camp, they can sometimes send their entire immediate family there as well. Then their next two generations born while in the labor camp also stay. There are several other crimes a person can commit to get into the prison camp. These include not wiping off the dust on a painting of Kim, have contact with someone in South Korea, try to escape the country, engage in private enterprise, have an interracial relationship, and practice