Personal Narrative: My Experience With North Korea

Kim Jong Un, the name itself brings fear, terror, and despair in the hearts of millions. This so-called leader, terrorized the people of North Korea since April 11th, 2012; his cruelty is subject to the fact he has no mercy towards anyone who speaks against him, no matter if they are a civilian or political figure. The supreme leader is perceived as a devil, as he has total control over the country, using his power to manipulate the North Korean media. People are unaware that there is a genocide that is happening at this very moment. Although, many people may not believe this argument, a genocide is defined as an act committed with the intent to destroy, and unfortunately that is exactly what Kim Jong Un is doing. He is eliminating all the bureaucratic parties that oppose him (1). In this country, there are internment camps that are still functioning with the sole purpose of forced labour and extermination. Similar to the captives in the Holocaust, prisoners endure lifetime isolation, inhumane conditions, and humiliation. Therefore, the North Korean internment camp, Kaechon is proven to be just as horrid as Dachau.

Hyeonseo Lee gave a presentation on TED Talk entitled, “My Escape from North Korea”, summarizing about her life in North Korea. She was born and raised there and sing patriotic songs. All the history books told her that North Korea was the best country in the world. As she got older, a famine struck North Korea in the mid-1990’s. Although, she never experienced starvation, she witnessed the events first hand. This was the pushing point for Hyeonseo, who decided to leave North Korea. Due to China and North Korea’s stringent border policies and the Chinese government immigration policy, the life of a North Korean refugee is challenging and extremely risky. They risk being deported back to the very country that they escaped from. There are reports and stories about the violation of human rights and labor camps in North Korea. She would live in China for ten years before moving to South Korea. Hyeonseo was forced to help her family escape from North Korea. The regime caught Hyeonseo for sending money to her family. Lee’s family to be relocated by the order of the North Korean government. She needed to smuggle them through China to a South Korean embassy in Laos. Unfortunately, Hyeonseo Lee’s story won’t be the last we hear about the abysmal conditions in North Korea. There are, potentially millions more, stories detailing the humanitarian disaster in the country and we must take steps to prepare for the eventual collapse of the country.

North Korea is the most dangerous and unpredictable actor in the Indo-Asia-Pacific (Harris Jr.). Kim Jung-Un is regularly ordering proactive and escalatory actions. He continues to harass and make his neighbors feel that their country is in danger. He and his regime refuse to abide by the norms of the international community (Harris Jr.). The regime’s irrational, unpredictable behavior is a danger to the region. This begs the question can a U.S. led effort quell North Korean provocation in the region. With its large military presence in the region along with its many regional partners the U.S. has the ability to restrain North Korea. With the use of military deterrence the U.S. can deter future North Korean provocation.

In every world publication they sent out, they recall a country that is successful and coming together as one. Stating that the citizens never suffer from famine or poverty and that citizens would sacrifice themselves for their leader(10 most censored Countries (2006). However, everyone knows that this is false and that the country's people are in trouble. One of North Korea's recent lie from within the country is the reconciliation of the Munitions Train explosion. The government and police force reported that the citizens displayed “spirt of guarding the leader with their very lives.” Everyone in the proximity tried to save the leaders posters and reminders before they searched for their families or even saving household goods.(10 most censored Countries (2015) However, they completely skipped over the thousands of citizens injured, the 150 plus citizens killed and the amount of damage the town took. The government took a major event in the country and turned it into something about the leader, leaving people wondering about the damage and living situation citizens were left in.

Currently, 24 million people defy the most serious organization on the planet. The overall public of North Korea is denied even the most crucial benefits of free speech, free improvement, and information opportunity, in light of the way that the choice composes organization survival over all else. They use a brutally harsh course of action of political control to ensure their authority over society, using extreme measures including total order, open executions, and political correctional facility camps. Additionally, 25% of youths in North Korea are unendingly malnourished. This destitution is the result not of a non-appearance of conditions for fiscal change—North Korea has the same potential that saw South Korea go from one of the world 's poorest countries to the dynamic economy it is today inside 50 years—rather it is the appalling after effect of the choice tip top repulsiveness for change and aggregate prioritization of political relentlessness, kept up through the micromanagement of society and the savage concealment of alternative points of view. This covers the overall public 's potential and has left an entire time of North Koreans with thwarted improvement and higher weakness to wellbeing issues. To irritate matters, overall foreign interest has focused their views on nuclear weapons and the Kim family. The overall authoritative issues are gridlocked, yet that is still what the all inclusive media focuses on. This impacts the all inclusive community because the

The inadequate leader of North Korea, Kim Jong Un, is a merciless dictator who takes away his country's rights. Living conditions for the trapped people in North Korea are poverty-stricken and unfair. The natives to the country are being deceived of the image of what life is like, especially outside the borders of North Korea. This is the reason the United States. must take charge with the dispute in North Korea.

The situation for the people of North Korea is growing more desperate every day due to the conditions the government has put on it’s people. From famine to imprisonment and concentration camps there is unmistakeable misery. North Korea needs to have intervention from other countries to assist their people with human rights reform. Also South Korea has challenged North Korea to prove it does not violate human rights of its citizens. “For starters, there's a resurgent famine driven by gross government mismanagement that threatens millions of lives, hundreds of thousands of political prisoners languish in concentration camps, and an estimated half-million refugees remain in hiding from forced repatriation that often results in torture and execution” (Hong). In this quote Hong explains that these people needed help because they feel threatened, so they are scared for what will happen next. Hong’s opinion that, North Korea

North Korea is a Southeast Asian country that is on the Korean Peninsula. Pyongyang is the capital and also the largest city in North Korea as well. North Korea has no official religion and is an Atheist state. North Korea is a country that is not like any other.

This article informs the people of the actions of North Korea and how it affects the people in a harsh way. North Korea continues to build nuclear weapons and they do not care who disagrees. There are many nations who feel what North Korea is doing is wrong and believe that they should end their construction of deadly arms. Based on this article, North Korea has the potential of starting global outrage and chaos to the people of the

North Korea is a dictatorship country that has limited resources but the people live below poverty and are constantly restricted from the outside world. The Kim Dynasty has established a government without the help of the United States and the United Nations. Through their government, they have learned to be self-sufficient. North Korea is a country with many problems, but it is also a country with unique history and a serious enemy of the United States. This analysis will briefly review North Korea’s economy, government, and history.

    Liberation for the oppressed people must be obtained as soon as possible. ‘Rocket Man’ is starving his citizens and causing them to live in poverty. One third of children in the nation have suffered stunted growth do to the lack of food available (Newman). Not only is North Korea’s economy so weak it can not pay to feed its people, the citizens only make two-three dollars a month (Newman). Although the majority of people make so little, it is

North Korea (NK) is the greatest Hybrid Threat (HT) to the United States (US) because of NK’s capability of employing missiles, cyber-attacks, criminal elements, Special Operations Forces (SOF), and conventional forces (CF) to create scalable challenges at the strategic, operational and tactical levels. Training Circular 7-100 defines HT as, “the diverse and dynamic combination of regular, irregular, and terrorist forces, criminal elements, or a combination of those forces and elements all unified to achieve mutually benefitting effects.” NK can create strategic diversions, challenges, and deterrence through the threat of development and/or use of its WMD/missile program.

North Korea is located in southeastern Asia on the northern part of the Korean peninsula. It is known worldwide as having an oppressive regime. The country is controlled by the ruling family and punishments are severe. Its history has had a clear effect upon the nation. Other nations have tried, to no avail, to learn what goes on in North Korea and how to handle the North Korean problem. However, these other countries have been going about the process in the wrong manner. The road to solving the North Korean problem needs to be solidly paved before it can be trod upon. Trying to sprint down a road that is full of potholes and obstacles will only exacerbate the problem at hand. Bluntly put, there needs to be preparations in place for the

North Korea’s success has thus far been in its ability to lie to its people. The nation’s rudimentary military technology, although usually real, has been grossly over-exaggerated with the use of photoshopped material (“How North Korea...”). The public unveiling of several purported “nuclear weapons” via the North Korean News Agency, KCNA, has led to a rapid rise in national fervor for the military (Witty). Although mostly fake, the rapid spread of such propagandized material around North Korea has led to increased public confidence in the government, The propagandist model has succeeded in making up for North Korea’s lack in technological advancements with high conscription rates. If America were to turn to war with the North Koreans, ground troops under Kim Jong Un’s propagandized leadership could be as reckless as those of the Japanese kamikaze that fought almost a century ago. Although the DPRK poses a significant future threat to US security, it has also proven illegitimacy in its committal of countless human rights violations. Last year, the United Nations Commission of Inquiry reported multiple instances of state-sponsored murder, torture, and enslavement. (“North Korean Defectors”). These recent human rights abuses are part of a long-standing history of governmental disregard for human life at the North Korean gulags, or

Did you know that in North Korea, the punishment for questioning the political system there is having three generations of your family killed? Or that if you watch a Hollywood movie there, you will be killed? These laws only show us the depth of the huge human crisis that is happening in this country. North Korea is a terrible country for living. Most of its population suffer tremendously, and they wish that they could be helped. They are right to wish for help, and we can clearly see this with two main points that seriously affect citizens’ lives; nonsense laws, and a severe military style punishment system. But, there is hope. We are the ones who are able to help North Koreans, with a strong awareness how to this could happen. Hi, I’m Alessandro and today I am going to show you why and how to help North Koreans