South Korea

its own citizens has created a refugee crisis in the East Asian region, as thousands and thousands of its own citizens are continuing to flee secretly to neighboring countries such as China and South Korea (transiting via China) for better political and economic conditions. The refugee crisis in the North Korea-China border region has become more than just a regional problem for the East Asian countries, but also as an international problem as a whole, as North Korean refugees are transiting not…

24 million people face the most repressive regime in the world” (“Why North Korea”). North Korea is the harshest government in the world yet it is a member state of the UN. The DPRK is a prime example of human rights violations even as a member of the UN. Additionally, “25% of children in North Korea are chronically malnourished.” (“Why North Korea”). Creation of the DPRK. Korea was once a united peninsula, North and South, and a united people starting in 668 A.D.; their largest issue at the…

cannot see their family for entire life? Isn’t that horrible to think about it? However, this incident was actually happening in South Korea. This case deals with gruesome people, people who do not know anything, and people who are afraid. Comfort women, is it familiar? Although that name would not be usual, it is no exaggeration to say that the comfort women are ‘pain’ in Korea. This incident gave many people physical and mental pains. It is an incredible event that people have done, this…

Imagine living in the extremely dictated country of North Korea. You would never be able to leave the country’s limits because of the restrictions Kim Jong-Un has enforced among all of the North Korean citizens; North Korea’s leader has put on the country. The discrimination against North Korean’s by their leader is highly unfair and should be stopped immediately. North Korea has been a communist country and controls their people since 1918, democracy is a better way of life and not all are…

authoritarian countries live under similar rulings as North Korea. These social injustices include forced labor, poverty, access to healthcare and education, and unfair treatment in regards to race, gender, religion, and culture. North Korea has been ruled under the authoritarian leadership of the Kim Dynasty since 1948. This country is very impoverished and still thousands of people try to escape the country every year. Many people flee to China or South Korea to get a better life. If they are…

Despite Kim's propaganda, North Korea made itself universally acknowledged as a deeply restrained and confining state. The founder’s brutality relating to the his past reflect the ideas now practiced in North Korea’s totalitarian government. Spreading across three generations, the current communist party of North Korea has had the power to keep their objectives alive. In an essay written by Will Hopkins, he states that Kim started off his regime by eliminating any political opposition and…

Kim explains how North Koreans don’t recognize the pain and lies they live with and how the truth could send them into persecution. Throughout the talk she explains in greater detail through her experience she had when she went undercover in North Korea about the dangers of the truth and how the teaching and acceptance of lies is what allows the gulag to stay running while ruining. Suki begins her talk explaining her situation and time going undercover. 6 months, and not just any 6 months but…

Daily Life of North Korea Under a Centrally Planned Economy Throughout reading the book Nothing To Envy Ordinary - Lives In North Korea Barbara Demick depicts the everyday lives that go on in the regime that has been created under North Korean communist power. The book shows many of the economic factors that took place in the beginning and current state of North Korea. With the extreme government regulation that North Koreans experience, there is a lack of basic human rights, poverty, and…

anything that is considered obscene in a country. Most motivations for censorship can be for the benefit of a nation, government, or the ruler themselves. In North Korea, there is plenty of things that are censored and mostly for the sole purpose of being in control of the people of North Korea. As the world may be aware, North Korea has their own firmly controlled intranet called "Kwangmyong,” although to regime elites. In recent years, intranet access has been extended to some elite…

The Japanese occupation of Korea remains controversial; for most Koreans it was a time of national subjugation shame and betrayal, political authoritarianism and violence, and profound human suffering (Schoppa 269). Japanese colonizers in Korea operate different technique to make Koreans more like Japanese by forcing them speak Japanese, take away their identity, and help them in the war against western powers. Japanese want to unify all East Asian countries under their empire. But all this…