Defectors

1Part A North Korea, officially The Democratic People’s Republic of North Korea, is a country isolated by its ideals and views. North Korea’s extreme views have caught the attention of media worldwide, as it is so different to most governments. Australia, having been colonized by Britain, appears quite similar to the British system, having human rights and equality at the center of their ideals. Both Australia and North Korea are labeled as liberal democracies on paper, and have written…

Amity means a mutual understanding and a peaceful relationships. They believe in a democratic system an unanimous vote for everything, they want a peaceful society that doesn’t any conflict or any sadness that they believed that were caused by instigation and war (Blogger). The Lucchese family started Carmine ‘Mr. Gribbs’ Tramunti he was in and out of prison since the 1930’s once he was released the first time in 1938 he took over a gang called the Harlem Game and could be stated the beginning…

November 22, 1963 is a day that will forever be a mystery. This was the day that President John Fitzgerald Kennedy was shot and killed in Dallas, Texas. The Warren Commission says that the killer was Lee Harvey Oswald, a Soviet defector who sympathized with the Communists in Russia and Cuba. However, many Americans believe that Oswald couldn 't have done this alone. Theories range from multiple gunmen, to the shots being fired from a different location, as well as those who agree with the Warren…

All ages and races welcome, over 900 people occupied an idealistic socialist community in the jungles of Guyana called Jonestown. In November 1978, the entire population had perished. What was the purpose of Jonestown and what influences did Jim Jones have on his followers? As the People's Temple grew during the 1960s, Jones became obsessed with the idea of Marxism and he started to preach about an imminent nuclear apocalypse during the Cold War. He gave a date on which the 'apocalypse' would…

“I think computer viruses should count as life. I think it says something about human nature that the only form of life we have created so far is purely destructive. We 've created life in our own image.” (Hawking, n.d.) No matter what humans invent it will always end up being used for warfare and computers are no different. Cyber warfare is now commonplace throughout the world because just about any country can do it. This causes it to have many various effects throughout the world.…

In 1948, the United Nations defined genocide as “acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group….” The Ukrainian Famine, which lasted from 1932-1933 was a famine in the Soviet controlled Republic of Ukraine, in which more than 7 million people perished and died from starvation. This famine, also known as the Holodomor, was true to the meaning; people were not being sacrificed for a cause, instead they were dying for no reason…

President Bashar al- Assad and his authoritarian government. The protest quickly turned violent with hundreds of protesters killed and many more imprisoned. July of 2011 saw the creation of the Free Syrian Army, a rebel group made up of military defectors of Bashar al- Assads government with a goal to overthrow al- Assads government. This is what plummeted Syria into a civil war of regional and international significance. Before 2011 Syria was generally home to a large percentage of educated,…

Resolving Conflict: War Versus Peace Throughout history, mankind has struggled to maintain a balance between war and peace. Individuals are continuously attempting to maintain peace, yet they struggle with the prominent reality of conflict and war. Historically, English thinkers have surmised that conflict is an inert quality, yet some think otherwise. Additionally, many people question whether peace or war is more effective in dealing with conflict. More recently, the Modernists—especially…

“How selfish soever man may be supposed, there are evidently some principles in his nature, which interest him in the fortunes of others, and render their happiness necessary to him, though he derives nothing from it, except the pleasure of seeing it.” Adam Smith, The Theory of Moral Sentiments (1759, p.47) Introduction A million little incidents happen every day when people make choices that are not in their interest-for the sake of family, friends or even complete strangers. Be it in the…

issue regarding its human rights. According to the Lancet (2014), the crimes against humanity, for instance, sexual violence, tortures and persecution on political, religious and racial grounds in the country were revealed by numerous testimonies of defectors from North Korea. Further, it argued that international aids to people in the nation should be more demanded instead of international sanctions to the head of the country, because to save people endangered from a lack of social and economic…