North Korea Infrastructure

North Korea’s economy is very different then the United States’ economy. Even though one dollar in American money doesn’t seem much to us Americans, it is worth nine-hundred dollars in their currency. North Korea’s main sources of income are military products, machine building, electrical power, chemicals, mining, metallurgy, textiles, food processing and tourism. North Korea’s overall condition of the economy is not good.

North Korea’s government is very similar to Anthem’s form of government. North Korea is a dictatorship, meaning one person has absolute power and controls everything. The people of Korea are under strict rules and if

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

North Korea is one of the last family-run dictatorships in the world. They have been determined to become a “Powerful and prosperous” nation (Kiener). North Korea is so set on being extremely powerful and building nuclear weapons but has not been able to feed their people for years. Missile testing has become more and more common from North Korea in the last year and has been striking fear into all nations around them. North Korea has launched missiles over Japan and most recently Hawaii; they have also conducted six underground nuclear weapon tests. Not only has North Korea become a threat to South Korea but also to the rest of the world. People all over the world are asking how can we protect ourselves and what actions will be made to stop North Korea from creating havoc throughout the world.

Due to how much North and South Korea despise each other the border between them is one of the most militarized in the world. Pyongyang has about 1.2 million military personnel compared with 680,000 troops in South Korea, where 28,000 U.S. troops are also stationed. Nearly 6 million North Koreans are made into workers till the age of 60. North Korea still continues to terrorize South Korea due to the way they run their government.

Article one titled “A Kim in his counting house; North Korea’s awful economy” explains North Korea’s collapsing economy. North Korea suppresses most economic data. The information is created by using near statistics of its trade with other countries. We can use those countries records and a jazz for population growth and inflation to get a close estimate of that country’s economy. In 1950s through the 1970s its economy outgrew the capitalist’s country of South Korea. All their resources were placed towards production. Although today North Koreas per capita GDP is only one 40th of South Korea’s at a whopping $600 year. Korea spent almost 3,000,000,000 each year in the military. There are 1.2 million people in the Army out of 25 million people in the whole entire country. They have huge conventional arsenal, rocket launchers and nuclear tests. Most countries who invest highly in the military grow economically. North Korea however their economy has gone up only a little. North Korea’s exports in 2015 were no higher than that at their peak in late 1970s, while per capita imports were 2/5 lower. The underperformance is remarkable either for a country that is neither a failing country nor at a state of war. So where North Korea go wrong? The collapse of the Soviet Union hit North Korea hard in 1990s on addition bad weather and agricultural reduction collapsed in the 1990s that led to famine in which hundreds of thousands of people died. Also North Korea’s nuclear bombing test has

Since 1953, North Korea has been a spectacle in the world news that continuously reminds other nations of its presence. Upon further investigation, one would surmise that North Korea’s totalitarian government, focus on military, and appalling economic situation are a result of their push for a successful culture of their own. Throughout history, various other nations have influenced and controlled North Korea, in reaction to this, the small country masquerades as world power that it really is not.

Any technology incorporating Global Positioning Systems must be left with North Korean customs on entry into the country and collected on departure. Foreign mobile phones can be brought into the country but must be registered at the airport. They can only be used in North Korea by purchasing a North Korean SIM card.

North Korea defines its military actions as part of a historical continuum and…will continue to use force as the single most important policy tool in the foreseeable future” –says Narushige Michishita, Deputy Director of Japan Ministry of Defense. . The Korean Peninsula is the last remaining division of Cold War along its Demilitarized Zone (DMZ). To the south lies the Republic of Korea (ROK), which is one of the world’s fastest growing economies and to its north lies the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), better known as North Korea, a country of continued repression and seclusion from the outside world. The succession Communist Kim-regime has an iron fist reign over the DPRK since the country’s formation in 1948, stands as the

This paper will be a summary of North Korea that will cover some of the history behind the country. This history is essential for showing why the country operates as it does. I will then cover political, military, economic, social, and information aspects that try to give a picture of a general life in North Korea. In the midst of doing so, I will attempt to demonstrate an updated operational picture of North Korea as I see it being pertinent in a military operation. I will jump topics out of order as each aspect plays into other aspects, life, and functionality of North Korea.

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

As one of the most antagonizing countries, North Korea seems to find the wrath of the United Nations more frequently than any other sovereign nation. The country’s human rights abuses and violations of international law have led the international community to impose heavy trade sanctions with North Korea (cite). While the country attempts to be largely self-sufficient, malnutrition is a growing problem for the people of North Korea (worldhunger). Based on its geographic location and violation of international law in regards to nuclear capabilities and human rights abuses, North Korea is in a perilous situation in the next seven years. Its increasing globalization and fervent nationalism suggest, however, that while the country may evolve and become more globalized, it will survive as the contentious nation-state it is today.

In the United States, Americans are given the freedom to communicate through social media, which has taken away the priority of verbal communication. In other cultures, namely North Korea, communication isn’t allowed through technology. North Korea is a communist country making technology unattainable due to its isolation from the rest of the world. The life of a typical North Korean is simple: do what the government expects. Quite the opposite, in the United States an average American can do and say what they believe in. In the realm of communication, both countries have their differences and similarities; language, individualism, power distance, gender roles, and other aspects make North Korea diverse.

North Korea (officially named the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, or DPRK) is a single-party Communist state in south-east Asia, ruled since 1949 by the Korean Workers' Party (KWP). Regarded by many in the international community as a pariah state (meaning that it is an outcast), North Korea has in recent years become increasingly poverty-stricken, with many of its citizens having barely enough food to survive.

North Korea, also referred to as “The Hermit Kingdom”, has gained great publicity and news coverage for its unorthodox nature and borderline reckless politics. This extremely militarized and sequestered nation is one of the last powerful totalitarian nations left and it is for this reason so much interest is being placed on this country. With its newly acquired arsenal of nuclear weapons, North Korea will soon find itself heading into chaos or learning to live peacefully with the international community.