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    ideas that are accepted as true” (ACAC, 2006, p. 3-7). The cultural and political philosophy of Juche plays an important role in the belief system of North Korea. Moreover, writers and artists in North Korea are all assigned to government institutions and the regimes uses the work they produce to promote the “superiority and independence of Korean culture” (Jung et al, 2018). In addition to Juche, the people of North Korea believe there are hostile forces working against them at all times,…

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    uses to justify its policy decisions. The idea of Juche, is the religious, political, social and economic ideology of North Korea.The Juche Idea was first introduce by Kim Ilsung in 1955. Over time, Juche evolved, borrowing from Marxism, Leninism, Stalinism and Maoism. ‘According to Juche, there is no god but Kim Ilsung, the country’s ‘Eternal President’, which makes North Korea the only country in the world, governed by an embalmed dead body. Juche attributed divine powers also to Kim Jongil,…

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    The political system in North Korea depends on a unique ideology called Juche Ideology. In Blaine Harden’s “Escape from Camp 14,” he explains that “Juche means, in nutshell, being the master of revolution and reconstruction in one’s own country. This means holding fast to an independent position, rejecting dependence on others, using one’s own brains, believing…

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    This quote states that military dictatorship is born by force and not democracy. This concept is present in both books were the government is dangerously powerful and uses any means necessary to scare its own people in doing what they want them to do. Writers of dystopian novels often write stories set in the future to warn us about the potential hazards of the choices we are making TODAY. The novels, Surviving Antarctica, and Legend both depict a future in which government has become…

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    well. The Korea Asia-Pacific Peace Committee, which handles the North’s external ties and propaganda, gave the statement, “The four islands of the archipelago should be sunken into the sea by the nuclear bomb of Juche. Japan is no longer needed to exist near us (Kim and Takenake).” Juche is the North’s ruling ideology preached by Kim Il Sung, grandfather of current leader Kim Jong Un (Kim and Takenake). Because of recent events, Japanese Defense Minster Itsunori Onodera is quoted as saying,…

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    North Korea’s constitution highlights freedom of religion, freedom of expression and democratic voting. Unfortunately, for the country’s citizens; this is far from the truth. The country claims to run under the “Juche” ideology, or rejecting dependence on others using one’s own mind, and believing in one’s own strength. Due to this ideology, roughly 12 million people live in extreme poverty and do not have access to basic human needs. This paper will discuss North Korea’s culture, terrain,…

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    south. They were both molded from relatively the same culture, but something happened during the division of the country. While the people of the south were fighting for human rights and democracy, the people of the north were unified under a Juche ideology. Juche is a word that means to put the state over oneself. This means for the people of North Korea that everything and anything they do should be for the advancement of their country and not for their own needs and desires. This would mean…

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    Did you know hundreds of women have died because of antihiggenic abortions in north korea? We will disucse how USA and north korea approve abortions in their own way and its religion interntion Reasons of abortion in USA: 26% want to postpone childbearing, 21% can not afford a baby, 14% has relationship problem or partner does not want pregnancy, 12% too young, 11% having a child will disrupt education or job, 8% want no children. In north korea the reasons for arbotion are any impurity from…

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    ability of the nation to defend itself. Nationalism as its own ideology is subordinate, or a smaller part of juche. It has a nation-first principle that places individual freedoms below that of the state. In this ideology, an individual can be considered as a person if they go along with societal principles and allow themselves to be remodeled by it (Kwon 2016). Kim Il-sung’s policies of Juche created a social structure where members of the party had more power and privilege over the rest of…

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    The Pueblo Incident Essay

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    During the cold, gray morning of January 5th, 1968 the USS Pueblo sent sail from U.S. Navy base in Yokosuka, Japan to Korean ports to monitor and collect data on North Korean and Soviet electronic communications including but not limited to radar, sonar, radio signals and possible naval activity. A short eighteen days later the 176-foot-long ship Navy intelligence vessel would come under attack by North Korean forces, leaving one for dead and several others wounded. This event would later be…

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