North Korea

Cultural Exploration of North Korea Little known about North Korea due to the strict government and life style that they live. In this paper, informative information will be revealed on some of the challenges North Koreans face and living condition that they are exposed to that differ from the American way of life. In a publication by Sonya Yang on The Democratic Republic of Korea, “The Soviets endorsed a group of former guerrilla fighters as national leaders. This included a…

Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, more commonly known as North Korea, is a country founded on September 9th, 1948 after being liberated from the Japanese by the Russians while South Korea was liberated by the United States of America. South Korea took on a Democratic government similar to the US while North Korea took on a Communist government similar to Russia. This caused a serious divide between the countries. Roughly two years later North Korea invaded South Korea with support from…

As New York Times (NYT) says, “North Korea may be the most oppressed nation in the entire world,” this article will demonstrate to you why. Everyone already knows that North Korea is a strict and highly censored country. Canadian Journalists For Free Expression (CJFE) says, “To call North Korea an authoritarian environment would be putting things mildly.” An authoritarian environment means that the people of NK have to have a strict obedience to authority, especially in a government. Freedom…

North Korea is an Asian country located in the Northern part of the Korean peninsula. It is surrounded by China, South Korea, the East Sea, and the Yellow Sea. North Korea’s physical land mostly consists of rigid mountains and valley and is divided into the east and west coasts by the Nangnim Mountains. A multitude of river systems flow through the valleys and end up in the adjacent seas. Dormant volcanoes are scattered through North Korea’s mountain ranges. The temperature is generally cool in…

On January 6, an earthquake was detected near a North Korean nuclear testing facility. Kim Jong Un later claimed that this was due to the testing of North Korea’s first hydrogen bomb, which would be a very large step forward in their weapons development. News stories such as this have been dominating the media over the past few decades, with events such as this occurring seemingly every other month. North Korea, and its somewhat crazy lineage of leaders from the Kim family, has been a large…

North Korea has put the world in a very precarious situation, with the risk of nuclear war breaking out being front and center. They have constantly appeared in the news for various hostile activities, but their nuclear weapons program is the most prominent. It appears that North Korea acts with hostility towards all western countries, most notably by threatening the United States with nuclear weapons. What is even more terrifying, however, is North Korea’s hostility towards its greatest ally,…

documentary, “Secret State of North Korea,” explains the hidden world of the North Korean people. Throughout the documentary, North Korea is defined as an isolated and controlled country. Kim Jong-un, the dictator of North Korea, wants to maintain tight control over what North Koreans see of the world – and what the world sees of North Korea. The people are told that the leader is like the sun: "If you go too close you burn. If you go too far you freeze to death." North Koreans and the world…

Like Father, Like Son? Imagine silence, then life. A little baby boy has just been born in North Korea. He has been given a new life to do whatever he pleases; except he can’t. That little boy has been born in a concentration camp and will stay there for the rest of his life. This is what is happening in North Korea at this moment; so cruel, yet still tolerated. The violence and dehumanization in North Korea still has not ceased, and the genocide will continue to affect the world until their…

Another threat comes from North Korea. Choi (2015), argues that the North Korea nuclear problem is becoming significantly serious. It withdrew from the Treaty of the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons in 2003 and since then it has launched nuclear tests three times, officially declaring itself a nuclear state. North Korea employs the policy, byunjin in which the state pursuits nuclear power and economic development (28; 29). North Korea has been an ominous and uncanny neighbor for Japan. Many…

Culture Awareness; North Korea What do you think about when you think of North Korea? There are many things that can go through your head when trying to define a country. The traditions, customs, religion, the food, and the language plays major factors of that definition of a country. Culture is the behaviors and beliefs that make up the characteristics of a particular group of people or in this case, a country. This essay will cover a lot that goes into the composition of North Korea’s culture.…