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The Political and Economic Oppression of North Korean Citizens Freedom of speech is defining aspect of every American’s, life. The american dream is defined through freedom to express what is ideal to a specific individual. While the people of America may take these freedoms for granted, they are sparse in eastern civilizations, specifically North Korea. Limited freedom is nothing new in North Korea, but their sudden prominence has been aided by modern media. A corrupt economy and political…

North Korea and its leader Kim Jung Un are a society of very overwhelming power. The citizens bow down to their leader and give him the power over themselves and their lives. North Korea also has prison camps that they send people who disobeyed them off to. At these camps there are distortions of thoughts that the government forces onto the people. They do this because they think that everyone should only believe in what they tell them. In George Orwell’s 1984 he predicts of what he believes the…

Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg brought a lot of attention and became a huge controversy internationally. The plot focuses on two men, who were producer and host of a celebrity show, who landed an exclusive interview with the North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un. Knowing that, the CIA contacted them and gave them a mission to assassinate the North Korean dictator. When the trailers were out, the North Korean government was not happy, and they threatened the U.S with “merciless…

proportion of pregnant women are also malnourished.” Kim Jong-Un currently rules this totalitarian state. He became the leader after his father, Kim Jong-Il, died in 2011. Much of Kim Jong-Un’s life is left a mystery, including his date of birth and early childhood. His mother, Ko Yuong-Hee was an opera singer. He has an older brother named Kim Jong-chol and a half-brother names Kim Jong-nam. In May 2001 his half-brother was deported from Japan. Kim Jong-un is Swiss-educated and attended Kim…

Songbun: The Lives of North Korean Citizens In North Korea, its citizens live much differently compared to western civilization. North Korean citizens live through widespread hunger with little to no help from their government. On the contrary, the government forces propaganda into their citizen’s minds giving the Kim leader a god like status, all while enforcing strict laws alongside cruel punishments. Socioeconomic status, region, and different demographics including loyalty to the supreme…

Failed States index (FSI) uses a number of political, social and economic indicators to evaluate a state’s fragility, with North Korea satisfying majority of the indicators. Using these indicators, it demonstrates that North Korea is a failed state. Firstly, the economic assessment of North Korea is described as scepticism. North Korea does not release official economic data. However, based on the Congressional Research Service (CRS) findings in 2015, they suggested that DPRK had experienced a…

In North Korea they worship one or two people ( currently Kim Jong-Un). The current leader is treated as a God, and made out to be great by constant propaganda. The documentary “Inside Undercover In North Korea” showed how all around the country there were large statues, pictures, etc all of the leader where people…

Frank Darabont’s film, The Green Mile, shows great examples of compassion and empathy, being corrupted by power, and how the death penalty can have many negative affects on the people performing it and those related to the sentenced individual. This movie’s topics are very relatable to every person’s opinions, and are still very relevant to this day and age. This is why the movie is still very popular amongst people, because there are still to this day arguments whether or not the death penalty…

“Good evening! This is James Bunn with the latest news across the world. From Donald Trump’s Travel Ban to the importance of the 1965 Voting Act, we have a lot to go over.” “First, the Travel Ban. This conveserial bill was created by the newly elect Donald Trump to prevent terrorist and illegal immigrants from coming into our country. He argues that by preventing these certain Middle Eastern countries from traveling to America, he is preventing terrorism from reaching the shores of America. Our…

The novel “A Kim Jong Il production” by Paul Fischer emphasizes in kidnapping, films, tortures, and leaders in the country. There are two couples from South Korea who are film makers known as Shin Sang-OK and Choi Eun-Hee, who were kidnapped by the great leader of North Korea, and brought to Pyong Yang to make successful films. Shin was popular at filming good movies and Choi was an actress, but turned out to film with Shin after they were both kidnapped. However, Kim Sung became a leader of…