North Korea Government Analysis

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North Korean Government North Korea is located within the continent of Asia, and is viewed as the 99th largest nation in the world as it stands at a staggering 120,408 kilometers of land. The traditional religious views in North Korea are made up of Buddhism and Confucianism. North Korea is also known to practice that of Christianity. The language of North Korean is Korean, and is shared with that of South Korea. North Korean government is very patriarchal as the regime goes about creating and enforcing social classes based upon pollical loyalty to the system. The government is a very brutal part of the Korean culture, but it is also the centerpiece of it all. North Korean civilians live under a harsh dictatorship with their daily lives being …show more content…
Due to these limited advantages, it is nearly impossible for people to share their experiences or even escape the hell that is North Korea; however, there was one fortunate women named Park Min-Young who found a way out and share the traumatizing activities that she endured. Min-Young expresses the atrocious sights and unbelievable actions of North Korea in a documented journal, “Tales from North Korea: A defector 's story”. She starts by evaluating how the dictators are viewed by the people of the nation. She states that "… All North Koreans believe the Kims are gods, I never thought that they did what we normal humans do, like even sleep or use the bathroom." It was a view Park began to question in 1994, when President Kim Il-Sung died. The country was devastated once their leader died, but Park simply asked herself, “How could a God die?”. The government started to enforce action after the death of the president by threatening and carrying out public executions to people who were viewed as “not crying sufficiently”. Park describes how she witnessed her first public execution when she was only seven: a factory worker hanged beneath a railroad bridge with a sack over his head. Within the nation, it is mandatory for the North Koreans to watch public …show more content…
I was born and raised in Lakewood, CA until I was 4; then I moved to Corona, CA where I lived until I was 18. Both cities were a typical family suburb as everyone in the neighborhoods knew everyone. All my life I grew up in the SoCal culture adopting the overall mindset, the concept of more so staying to yourself and just going with the flow of things. I was also raised in a Christian home following the ideals of Christianity, but I have now made my own decisions with religion later in life and now no longer include myself in it. These cultural surroundings all played a major role in the way I was brought up, and they all affected my overall well-being. On top of this societal environment, I am also in a nation whose government is democracy, and possesses a higher power whom does not abuse its ability. This aspect is what greatly contrast to that of North Korea. Due to the free government that overlooks the United States, there is a plethora of opportunity that is put forth into peoples’ everyday lives. Our government has allowed anyone to become what they choose and follow a passion that they desire. They’ve also allowed for a large sense of freedom, especially freedom of speech. Any civilian within in the nation can speak their mind and voice their concerns to fellow communities and the rest of the country. Within my culture, having an open mind and being

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