In the United States, every person is granted with human rights. While we believe it’s humane, many North Koreans think of it as a privilege. It’s the year 2015 and North Korea is still one of the most oppressed countries in the world, they lack in human rights and still have concentration camps while cutting all ties with the outside world. The oppression in North Korea has caused some people to believe it as some kind of joke when there are thousands of people suffering with no way out. When Kim II- Sung took over North Korea in 1948 after the split of the Korean War, he closed the country’s borders and put fear into citizens. Even today, citizens are brainwashed into believing their leader is equivalent to God. A quote from Asahi Shimbun
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In the article ‘Liberty of North Korea’, the article states that “The regime has invested massive resources in trying to maintain an information blockade and keep its monopoly as the only source of information and ideas to the North Korean people” (Web). The quote discusses the importance of keeping their citizens brainwashed, their television shows are all controlled by the government and are not even given the option of switching channels, only turning the off/on button. The country relies on it’s citizens not knowing about the outside world, no contact is allowed and leaving the country is exceptionally difficult unless given a reason that includes for work. The oppression of North Korea’s people is also by training them since nursery school to thank their leader, the Kim family. Citizens are trained every day to memorize the history that is the Kim family for which they have ruled for over 60 years. In the film ‘Inside North Korea’, we follow a doctor who ventures into North Korea to visit patients, to determine to help get their eye sight back. After the procedure, all the patients were gathered in one room where the doctor took off their bandages to see if their sight has returned, and instead of thanking the doctor who gave them …show more content…
The major issue in North Korea is the fact that there’s not enough food to feed the entire population, there has been a shortage ever since the 1990’s and has asked the United States and South Korea for help. Although the United States has been sending food aid till 2009, in Peter James Speildman’s article, he states that every one in four kid suffers malnutrition. The food shortage is such a huge problem that it’s driven people to cannibalism. Although these were rumors reported back in the 1990’s, we do not know what goes on behind closed doors. All we understand is that people are suffering, the weather ruins what little crops the country farms and has no protection from plantations. In the film, ‘A Journey to North Korea’, the foreign officials film the very little vast land that they passed by; farmers suffering with no little luck with their crops. Even today, 40% of North Korean children are 8 inches shorter and almost 20 pounds lighter than children in South Korea, they call this the stunted
In the article ‘Liberty of North Korea’, the article states that “The regime has invested massive resources in trying to maintain an information blockade and keep its monopoly as the only source of information and ideas to the North Korean people” (Web). The quote discusses the importance of keeping their citizens brainwashed, their television shows are all controlled by the government and are not even given the option of switching channels, only turning the off/on button. The country relies on it’s citizens not knowing about the outside world, no contact is allowed and leaving the country is exceptionally difficult unless given a reason that includes for work. The oppression of North Korea’s people is also by training them since nursery school to thank their leader, the Kim family. Citizens are trained every day to memorize the history that is the Kim family for which they have ruled for over 60 years. In the film ‘Inside North Korea’, we follow a doctor who ventures into North Korea to visit patients, to determine to help get their eye sight back. After the procedure, all the patients were gathered in one room where the doctor took off their bandages to see if their sight has returned, and instead of thanking the doctor who gave them …show more content…
The major issue in North Korea is the fact that there’s not enough food to feed the entire population, there has been a shortage ever since the 1990’s and has asked the United States and South Korea for help. Although the United States has been sending food aid till 2009, in Peter James Speildman’s article, he states that every one in four kid suffers malnutrition. The food shortage is such a huge problem that it’s driven people to cannibalism. Although these were rumors reported back in the 1990’s, we do not know what goes on behind closed doors. All we understand is that people are suffering, the weather ruins what little crops the country farms and has no protection from plantations. In the film, ‘A Journey to North Korea’, the foreign officials film the very little vast land that they passed by; farmers suffering with no little luck with their crops. Even today, 40% of North Korean children are 8 inches shorter and almost 20 pounds lighter than children in South Korea, they call this the stunted