The Ignored North Korean Genocide The genocide in North Korea has been happening for decades, evidence of these camps has been traced back to the end of the Korean War in the 1950’s. Ever since the first reports of these labor camps, the U.N has done little to nothing to stop them as well as the death happening inside of them and that is why the genocide in North Korea is being ignored by the rest of the world. The things happening in North Korea have not been labeled officially as “genocide” by the United Nations, however studies from the United Nations have shown the terrible genocide-like acts that are being committed in North Korea. “A commission of Inquiry (COI) established by the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC), chaired by
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If you think differently than the state you are a criminal. If you are the decedent of someone who thinks differently than the state you are a criminal, if you try and run from the state you are a criminal. No matter what the person’s crime is they are all punished equally. The women of North Korea are the victimized majority “Hundreds of thousands of North Koreans have been forced to flee to china in order to survive famine and oppression. The majority of these refugees consist of women” (Park 2). There is no questioning that what is happening in North Korea is the largest crime against humanity since the …show more content…
This is more evidence of a possible mass genocide in North Korea, however the extent of the United Nations’ actions was writing a letter accusing them of these crimes, and having it brushed off by the North Korean Government. If the United Nations do not step up and realize that history is once again repeating itself, then the world has another mass genocide on its hands that could have been stopped by our international community. “High School students in America debate why President Roosevelt didn 't bomb the rail lines to Hitler 's camps. Their children may ask, a generation from now, why the West stared at far clearer satellite images of Kim Jong Il 's camps, and did nothing.” (Harden back cover). In the centuries ahead we will learn about how our nation failed the people of North Korea, and about this hidden genocide as well as how it could have been stopped. Hopefully the next generation will not be as foolish as the last, and the world will learn from its past mistakes. Every day the United Nations’ opportunity to stop
If you think differently than the state you are a criminal. If you are the decedent of someone who thinks differently than the state you are a criminal, if you try and run from the state you are a criminal. No matter what the person’s crime is they are all punished equally. The women of North Korea are the victimized majority “Hundreds of thousands of North Koreans have been forced to flee to china in order to survive famine and oppression. The majority of these refugees consist of women” (Park 2). There is no questioning that what is happening in North Korea is the largest crime against humanity since the …show more content…
This is more evidence of a possible mass genocide in North Korea, however the extent of the United Nations’ actions was writing a letter accusing them of these crimes, and having it brushed off by the North Korean Government. If the United Nations do not step up and realize that history is once again repeating itself, then the world has another mass genocide on its hands that could have been stopped by our international community. “High School students in America debate why President Roosevelt didn 't bomb the rail lines to Hitler 's camps. Their children may ask, a generation from now, why the West stared at far clearer satellite images of Kim Jong Il 's camps, and did nothing.” (Harden back cover). In the centuries ahead we will learn about how our nation failed the people of North Korea, and about this hidden genocide as well as how it could have been stopped. Hopefully the next generation will not be as foolish as the last, and the world will learn from its past mistakes. Every day the United Nations’ opportunity to stop