Why We Should Not Be Allowed In North Korea

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There has been some discussion on the conditions of North Korea and whether we should get involved. In my opinion I think we should not be indifferent to North Korea. The reasons for why are; it is repeating the past, costing innocent lives, and it is a oppressive dictatorship. Here is a bit of background on North Korea. After the Korean War Korea split into two different parts North Korea and South Korea. North Korea was founded by Kim Jong Sun ever since then it has been a dictatorship.

The current leader of North Korea is Kim Jon Un he has executed his uncle and used government money to spend it on ridiculous luxuries. In North Korea there Is a slave labor camp that many North Koreans that disagree with Kim Jon Un or his followers go to. If you look back in history this is similar of what Hitler did to his people. This is repeating the past and we need to stop it in someway or another.
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As we have said in the first paragraph the people of North Korea Kim Jong Un is spending his money on luxuries and nuclear warheads. These things are taking away from the people's money and are not being put to good use. People aren't getting good nutrition, housing, health care and education. Most of these should be supplied by the government. In the education system children's books are censored. Some houses don't have power and the health care is atrocious. These are rights that have been taken away from the people through the outlandish spending of North Korea.

This is costing innocent lives and making people's lives terrible. Studies have been taken that a child in North Korea same as his counterpart in south only grows half his counterparts size.
North Korea contains a concentration camp where they work people to death. They also have poor health care so if you get hurt you are more or less likely dying. This is inhuman and ungodly for a leader looked upon as a

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