Censorship in North Korea

Would you live in a place where there is no worldwide internet, no phones, or where none of any kind of your usual advertisements do not exist?(rhet) Well, in North Korea, millions live without knowing what it is like to live your kind of life where media is usually freely distributed and absorbed everywhere. The North Korean citizens are constantly being malnourished of information with the exception of the government's propaganda. To clarify, the North Korean regime's extreme media censorship should be suspended allowing the citizens free access to all kinds of media.

1984 demonstrates a dystopian society in Oceania by presenting a relentless dictator, Big Brother, who uses his power to control the minds of his people and to ensure that his power never exhausts. Aspects of 1984 are evidently established in components of society in North Korea. With both of these society’s under a dictator’s rule, there are many similarities that are distinguished between the two. Orwell’s 1984 becomes parallel to the world of dystopia in North Korea by illustrating a nation that remains isolated under an almighty ruler.

Clearly it is not acceptable for countries to select what their population can view. North Korea is an excellent example of a regime that depends on mass censorship to prop up its existence. Every media stream

North Koreas government uses its power to control information and restrict independent thought and freedom. The BBC News mentions, “North Koreas economic hardships or famines are not reported to the domestic audience” (North Korea’s Tightly Controlled Media). This shows how the government in North Korea uses their power to keep the inhabitants of the country blind to issues that would cause worry amongst them. The BBC News author later on mentions that rather than inform its citizens on real life issues occurring, they are informed of technological advances developed by their leaders’ revolutionary thinking. By doing this the North Korean government keeps the people blind and ignorant to complicated

George Orwell’s 1984, gives readers a glimpse of what it would look like to have a future with a totalitarian government. A future where one person will control everybody through manipulation and fear. These types of governments continue to exist in certain countries today, one of them being North Korea. North Korea’s government is similar to the Party in 1984, in which their government is a totalitarian dictatorship where Kim Jong Un, their singular leader, controls everything. Both governments in North Korea and 1984 are led by dictators, “Big Brother” in 1984 and Kim Jong Un in North Korea, who are similar in many ways. Their similarity is due to the various techniques they use, which include mind control, propaganda and deprivation of freedom. It is clear that both governments use a variety of different methods of manipulation to control to their citizens.

Potter Stewart, an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court, once said,“Censorship reflects a society's lack of confidence in itself”(“Potter Stewart Quotes”). A well-built, structured society can tolerate dissent. On the other hand, some governments censors their citizens to suppress opposing opinions. This is relevant to the novel 1984, by George Orwell, and today’s North Korean government as both countries use the same types of censorship to censor information and ideas and influence their citizens’ opinions. In the novel, the totalitarian government, which is called the Party ruled by a god-like figure who is Big Brother, controls every aspect of human life ranging from action to thought. This control can be seen

The Secret State of North Korea offered a great look into what basic things North Koreans are lacking. Even within the realm of Communism. Lack of freedoms, lack of food, lack of community, lack of trust, lack of a social society, lack of programs for children, lack of equality, and a lack of information. When Kim Il-Sung created North Korea, the government was based on Marxism and Leninism, called “Juche.” Just as the Soviets, the North Koreans followed suite with massive inequality between the government officials and the common people. The documentary showed its viewers what the government is omnipresent in the everyday lives of its people, so much so that recordings of daily life are illegal, and “random” searches take place commonly.

The government claims that citizens get the full amount of basic rights and claim that DPRK has the best rights in the world ( Federal Research Division, 172-175). Contrary to what they said, the DPRK is one of the most repressive governments on the face of the earth. Their constitution claims that they get freedom of religion, speech, press, and more ( 175-176). The North Korean government instead ignores every single word in their own constitution (United Nations Human Rights Council 3). The Supreme People’s Assembly meets only once a year ( Federal Research Division, 175-176). The current state of modern North Korea is based off the policy of aggression, fear, and governmental brainwashing. (Daily Mail Reporter). North Korean citizens can and will be placed in a labor camp if they do anything that goes against the regime (“North Korea”). Not only can North Korean citizens get placed in a labor camp for going against the regime, but foreigners can and will be placed in a labor camp for committing that crime, too (David Brunnstrom). In the North, the government boasts about many of their so-called achievements and superiority over the others. Their media constantly shows how plentiful and how powerful the country is (“Kim Jong Un's New Year Address”). Videos and images of industry, food, technology, and stocked stores picture the country as a perfect

Most people probably think 1984 is completely fiction, but there are many drastic similarities between 1984 and North Korean Society. These societies have forced labor camps, powerful dictators or government parties, and the use of propaganda. Both of these societies slowly gained power over many years and took full control of their country or territory. On the other hand, they differ when it comes to they way they designed their governments. Both 1984’s and North Korea's societies are similar in the ways they control, torture, and deprive their people, but differ when it comes to government organization.

Within the book the topics of domestic surveillance and the use of organizations to uphold this surveillance was discussed. The control of the ideologies of the people in North Korea and the importance of that control is shown in this quote "Within any society, dominant elites are capable of controlling the inflow of information and influencing the values and behavior of the majority...This is why the organized life is so important for the continuous survival of North Korea's system. It should be seen as one of, admittedly, many ways of exposing North Koreans to the information the regime considers necessary for manufacturing the "correct" attitude to the world" (Lankov Kwak Cho 210). The organizations discussed within the research article

Though many developed countries have reaped the benefits of Democratic Governance, a wave of Unitary Governments, paired with the malevolence of terrorism, has acted as a malignant plague across the world. Throughout the globe, dictators have seized control of numerous states, and their abundant populations and militaries. A quintessential exemplification of this phenomenon is Kim Jong Un’s rule over North Korea. Since rising to power following the death of his father in 2011, the CIA estimates that Kim Jong Un has ordered the execution of over 70 officials. In addition, the North Korean government has been accused of a myriad of human rights violations against its 25 million citizens. Furthermore, North Korea was recently accused of a cyberattack against Sony, as well as a

Understanding how North Korea as a country defines itself in a changing world. Where do they derive their customs and practices, political standings and military power? Define North Korea’s history leading into the modern age and define its culture and characteristics and how they interact with the world today. Understanding a subject as broad as the term culture begins where the culture began with the birth of civilization and the people that influenced it. There are many factors that play a role in the shaping of a nation none so much as turmoil and conflict and the Korean peninsula saw its fair share for the better part of a millennia. A complete statistical breakdown of North Korea shows a struggling nation that strongly depends on

Abraham Lincoln once said “Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.” (Lincoln) Most people live their lives searching for power. But once they obtain this power and gets a taste of it they use and abuse their authority to make others struggle and surfer like the people of North Korea do while Kim Jung-Un is in power. While strong leadership is often a good thing, the government’s control of media in North Korea is a problem because it creates fear of other countries, eliminates freedom of speech, and promotes no human rights. North Korea is isolated and powerful, simply from the use and abuse of their leaders power.

In 2013, Vice Media, a former punk magazine, had shocked the world with their HBO series showing the “basketball diplomacy” between United States and North Korea. Like never before, Americans had finally seen what inside North Korea through the eyes of this new emerging media company. By essentially going against traditional ways of delivering the news, the company had surprised most existed media companies. Vice Media has since then been in the public eye. Regarding how they execute their contents, Vice media could be seen as an example of postmodernism.

PAt the beginning of XXI century communication processes perform an important role in regulation of state and economic interests. The modern world of information builds its own priorities, based on new types of opportunities of the media and media content. Media content are messages produced by mass media such as Internet, newspapers, magazines, books, video entertainments and television. People have great opportunities of getting information they need in short time. Mass media are important functions of political literacy of citizens and an important channel of political communication (Louw,2010). Without Internet, television, newspapers and magazines, even well-educated people can not properly navigate the complex mosaic of conflicting