Juche

buses or trains to work.The government not only lets communist officials own car,but in night time many streets are dark because of power outage. This is why the government has the female traffic directors in case of an power outer. The attractions juche tower is a monument in the city of pyongyang ,this tower was for Kim Il sung’s 70th birthday.North korea doesn't allow any religion but instead they raised their children worshiping Kim Il sung’s”the president for life”there are over than…

The capital of North Korea, Pyongyang is a city that went through a series of political, economic and social change over the 20th century. Pyongyang’s first major change was in its urban spatial structure in the 1930s when the city was under Japan’s rule. The city at the time resembled a capitalist city model which promoted commercial and industrial development. However, the city’s model completely transformed in 1953, after the Korean war. The Soviet Union introduced socialist ideals to North…

different social status exhibited. This lack of complexity in the textbook’s narrative on the post-liberation period is analogous to the lack of personal memoirs on the era other than those glorifying Kim Il Sung’s political roles and consistent with the Juche…

Beginning of Isolation Kim III sung took power of North Korea in 1948, and two years later the Korean War commenced. On June 25, 1950, soldiers from communist North Korea had launched an invasion of their noncommunist neighbor, South Korea. South Korean troops were surprised, outnumbered, and outgunned by the invaders. In the first week of the war, ROK forces suffered 44,000 casualties.” The United Nations entered the war with the U.S and supported South Korea while China entered the…

Trevon Shorts Ms. Gallagher College Writing 18 November 2016 How did each ruler of the Kim Dynasty come to power? North Korea has been under a dictatorship where even the most loved soldier can be executed. North Korea is in an systematic tyranny. A tyranny is usually thought of as cruel and oppressive, and it often is, but the original definition of the term was rule by persons who lack legitimacy, whether they be malign or benevolent. The Kim Dynasty has been ruling North Korea since…

First vs Third: World Problems Every country has their own set of problems. First world problems can be considered to be mild compared to third world problems. What should be considered a first and third world problem. People from these particular regions have to deal with different financial, health, food and safety issues. First and third world countries each have their own set of difficulties but these complications differ in almost every way. Problems that are seen in well developed…

The Cleanest Race: How North Koreans See Themselves and Why it Matters is a non-fiction book that is written by Brian Reynolds Myers. The whole book is basically a study that Brian Meyers did about the propaganda that is made throughout North Korea. He says that the “North Koreans mind set is based upon their own national pride and race.” (B. Myers., The Cleanest Race: How North Koreans See Themselves-And Why It Matters, Melville House Publishing, (2010), on pg 45.) The book is about just as the…

1. Fascist/totalitarian governments use propaganda for the sole purpose of promoting the view of the party in power. Propaganda is a method to control the media (newspaper, television, internet...) into a publication of biased information that would benefit a certain group/party. Examples of propaganda can be seen throughout history, it can be traced back to as early as the First World War. Opposing forces (the Allies and the Axis) put up countless propaganda posters across Europe and North…

The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), most commonly referred to as North Korea, and is today seen as one of the greatest threats to world peace. With an arsenal that has grown substantially within the past decade, North Korea’s ‘military first’ policy has challenged the socialist ideology of a classless society. Empowering military leaders and provoking surrounding nations into regarding North Korea as an influential authority. In order to understand this authoritarian regime, that…

regime, soon though his leadership would change from being Pro-Russian to Pro-Chinese to finally self reliant. Joche or self reliance would take hold of the country’s political stance in the world. “KWP theoreticians developed four self-reliance (juche) principles: “autonomy in ideology, independence in politics, self-sufficiency in economy, and self-reliance in defense.” (Encyclopidia Britanica , 2014). Kim Il-Sung would take the front of this belief and display himself as the sole leader of…