Cultural Awareness of North Korea
SSG Zane A. Holbrook
13M40 Senior Leader Course
Cultural Awareness of North Korea
The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, usually known as North Korea, is a state that occupies the northern half of the Korean peninsula. North Korea is a relatively new state, founded in 1948 because of the postcolonial settlement handed down by the United States of America and the Soviet Union (USSR). In 1945, the U.S. and the USSR replaced the Japanese as the responsible bodies and this division of responsibility caused the establishment of the Soviet north and the American south. During its inception North Korea regarded as a satellite state of the USSR; however because of the fall of the
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Spanning a land mass of nearly 50,000 square miles with 1,037-land mile and 1,547 miles of coastline the strategic significance is of global importance and routinely is found in intense international summits to ensure stability of the region. Mostly covered with mountain ranges, rolling hilltops, 61 percent forest, and woodland area the country’s terrain presents a particularly difficult agricultural challenge. According to the latest information available, the country only presents with 14 percent arable land with just 2 percent permanent cropland. As a whole, all land ownership controlled by the state being direct responsibility by the state or communally owned, as is the case with most agricultural areas. North Korea’s major industries focuses on the production and supply of essential domestic resources as iron and steel production, mining, machinery and other heavy industry production. Due to its isolationist, mentality the country suffers in international trade restricted mostly to fellow socialist states including China, Russia but occasionally Africa. In recent years, North Korea has tried to increase its trade relationships with the United States and Japan however it has suffered major setbacks in these areas due to trade sanctions imposed due to unsanctioned nuclear testing. Throughout the country class, division is highly
In North Korea, the government strictly controls the economy. The economy is driven by its major natural resources, agricultural, and industrial products. Natural resources, such as minerals, graphite, and coal, are found, but not abundantly. Agricultural products that are production are grains, rice, and beans. Industrial products include weapons and steel. North Korea has little
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This means that everything that creates the economy there is run by one group of people and that is the government. Most communist nations we have seen in the past do this for example the Soviets did this before there government crashed. China used to do it but has become somewhat lenient on it now due to it becoming one of the top factory made stuff in the world today. Anyway, North Korea is very strict on their economy for certain reasons. One is the don’t want any uprisings to happen that can throw off the leaders of the country and switch the power. North Korea also tries to make their economy very secretive even though there economy was left in the dust by their “evil step-brother” in the South by the mid 1970s. Like anyone wants to steal from an economy that was about 40 years ago?
The founder of North Korea, first president Kim Il Sung, created the country’s policy of juche or “self-reliance,” which has essentially cut off North Korea economically and diplomatically from the rest of the world even in times of great need such as famines. This is generally how the start of
In North Korea, the people believe in the principle of Juche, which simply translated means self-reliance. The three main pillars of Juche are political independence, economic self-sustenance and self-reliance in defense . As such, the North Koreans do not want to have to rely upon any other country for food. Therefore North Korea desires to grow most of their own food. As a result they over farm portions of their land which will eventually lower their crop production. If the North Koreans were willing to trade with other countries, they would instead focus their efforts on mining since ore deposits are abundant
Korea was the Empire of Japan in 1910. In World War II, after the Japanese surrendered, the Unites States and the Soviet Union decided to break Korea into two countries. They are now known as North and South Korea. The North was occupied by the Soviet Union, and the South was occupied by the United States. North Korea, Democratic Peoples Republic Government, has a population of around 23 million people, who’s under control by one man, Kin-Jun-Un. Kin-Jun-Un, a dictator that has absolute power over his country, has guided his country to unfair treatment, violent actions, and a lot of conflicts with the Unites States.
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
For the most parts the main importing partners are the same but with a different percentage rate: China 67.2%, South Korea 20% and the European Union 4.0%. The importing goods are coking coal, petroleum, machinery and equipment, textiles and grain. North Korea’s most recent Gross Domestic Product are as followed: Purchasing Power Parity $40 billion, real growth rate .08%, official exchange rate $28 billion, per capita $1,800.00, agriculture 23.3%, industry 42.9% and services 32.9%. International trade is highly restricted.
North Korea appears on the international stage as a country existing beyond the world we all know. It isolates its citizens from the rest of international community and does not obey any rules determined by international law, but requires respect and recognition. Moreover, North Korea is one of the countries that remains aggressive towards its neighbors and applies various terrorist techniques, i.e. illegal contraband, political terror and mass abductions of other countries’ citizens in its foreign policy. The reasons for which the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) behaves so unpredictably and irrationally are diversified. First of all, the DPRK as a country is managed very irrationally – regimes of Kim Il-sung and
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North Korea is a country that is ruled by a dictator and has a communist government. A communist government rules all the land and gives the same amount of money and supplies to all the people in the country. “Daily Necessities were obtained from the Public Distribution System (PDS)” (95,Hassig). The PDS shut down in 1995 because foreign aid was cut off expect for Pyongyang, the capital city. In rural areas, a lot of the children were born as “no-count” meaning that when they were born they weren’t counted as part of the existing society and didn’t have supplies given to them. North Korea was once a unified country with South Korea until September 9, 1948 when it became a separate country. From 1910 to 1945 Japan had ruled
North Korea is a land of many aspects including: an eventful history, an unusual government, an amazingly sculpted geography, self sufficient economy, amazing spicy food, a variety of leisure activities, long time customs, strong military, free religion, and free schooling. North Korea was founded September 9, 1948. North Korea’s form of government is Authoritarian Socialist. North Korea’s countryside is next to nothing, from high mountains to valleys to ocean beaches. This country is attempting to be a self sufficient country with minimal help. North Korea is well known for their spicy foods. North Korea has many different hobbies, from sports to theatre. Although North Korea is a new country, they carry on Korea’s customs. Kim
This has to be taken in the context of the considerable global recession that has been in play since 2008, the results from which North Korea was largely shielded due to its insularity. In general terms, the North Korean economy is still far poorer than most other Asian nations.
The war in Korea has affected North Korea’s economy today as well as the human rights of its citizens.
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