Propaganda And Self-Indoctrination In North Korea

North Korea’s Propaganda has been ongoing for years now. Propaganda is information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to publicize a particular political case. (Webster) So, North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong Un uses propaganda to brainwash his citizens. Before Kim Jong Un II died, propaganda posters were created and posted around the country. Inn majority of the posters, Americans and America are depicted as terrible. In the first photo, it shows that the U.S. started the Korean war. In reality, the U.S. joined the ongoing war to aid South Korea. The second photo depicts an American soldier throwing a Korean baby down a well which once again is used as a brainwashing tactic to make Americans seem like

Movies have become a powerful form of media used to sway a large audience. Not only is a story told to the viewer, but an overall message is also portrayed through film as well. So it is no wonder that in North Korea, the usage of movies to create propaganda films in order to project a certain view of their country towards their people. The strengthened usage of film as propaganda could be see after Kim Jong Il moved the to the Propaganda and Agitation Department of the Korean Worker’s Party in 1966 and eventually lead him to become director of the Motion Picture and Arts Division in 1970 (Armstrong, 210). Kim Jong Il was known to have an affinity for arts and film and in a county with such strong influence with propaganda, Kim knew that these position would propel the message and powers of the leaders.

Since its origin in 1948, North Korea has been isolated and heavily armed, with hostile relations with South Korea and Western countries. It has developed a capability to produce short- and medium-range missiles, chemical weapons, and possibly biological and nuclear weapons. In December 2002, Pyongyang lifted the freeze on its plutonium-based nuclear weapons program and expelled IAEA inspectors who had been monitoring the freeze under the Agreed Framework of October 1994. As the Bush administration was arguing its case at the United Nations for disarming Iraq, the world has been hit with alarming news of a more menacing threat: North Korea has an advanced nuclear weapons program that, U.S. officials believe, has already produced one or

The United States views North Korea’s nuclear expansion behavior as intolerable. Current U.S. policy aims to weaken North Korea’s nuclear capabilities primarily through isolation, and ultimately to never accept it as a nuclear state. We presently continue to tighten sanctions, condemn the DPRK’s behavior and use traditional deterrence measures in order to denuclearize the state.

Perception affects what we know about the rivalry between the US and North Korea based on our five senses. I got the information about North Korea through sight, and interpreted it as a dangerous situation and as something that I should be scared of. Though we may not be able to physically see, feel, hear, smell, or taste the missiles and weapons, we see on the news what is happening. We can watch and hear what each leader says about the other, and the steps they are taking to respond. Because we are not given 100% of the information about what is happening, we use expectations of perception in order to fill in the gaps. An example would be that we do not know exactly when North Korea will have a missile that could hit the US. Because of this,

Kim Jong Un tells his people every day that the US wants to destroy them and their country. On September 20, 2017, President Donald Trump, brought Kim Jong Un’s rhetoric to reality when in his maiden address to the United Nations he announced the United States would “destroy North Korea”(Washington Post). That was exactly what Kim Jong Un needed to hear, and the sound bite from this speech will surely be used over and over on North Korea’s state television channel. Since the end of the Korean War in 1953, the country has told its people that the United States was an Imperialist wanting to take over their country and that nuclear weapons were essential for protection from the evil Americans. Keep in mind the people of

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.

SAN FRANCISCO - Our investigators recently uncovered a clandestine operation run by the United States government that is being used to create a facade of strength and power. The United States government had recently been engaged in a war with North Korea that the United States was steadily losing. Our analyzers recently discovered that the North Koreans had been planning to let fly their secret weapon: a death day missile that would kill 90% of the entire population of the United States, and that would release radiation across the entire western hemisphere of the globe. However, twenty days before the weapon was to be released, the skilled laborers crafting the missile itself saw a colleague fall asleep and hit his head on

The Washington Post article outlines the perceived collective viewpoint regarding the perception of North Korea by the world and the conflict with how North Korea sees itself. The article quotes multiple examples of world leaders demeaning North Korea and their leader, Kim Jong Un, by commonly referencing them as spoiled and misbehaving children. The viewpoint of North Korea is drastically different as they see their country and leadership as a contemporary, relevant and forceful world power but who appear to be desperate for respect and recognized legitimacy. Dr. Jeffrey Lewis is a frequently quoted and consulted expert in geopolitics, with emphasis on nuclear nonproliferation, implying his viewpoint will always be focused on the nonproliferation

So, what we have learned is that North Korea is massively corrupt. North Korea is also a very poor country as well as a very destructive one. Everything there is monitored to the point when there is no privacy. It’s a big example of a mislead country. They not only have the nuclear power to cause mass devastation, but are currently testing out nuclear weapons and aren’t scared of causing acts of terrorism. They even use fear tactics on their own people. Now, compare North Korea to North America and you can see the differences. In conclusion, be glad that you live in such a privileged

The greatest threat to the security of the people of North Korea comes from the government of North Korea.” - Ari Fleischer. In this essay, I will be discussing propaganda in North Korea, as well as looking at various propaganda graphics in the country.

Moreover, DPRK’s foreign policy since the 1970s focused on forceful unification of Korean Peninsula and spreading communist revolution in the South. It has to be remembered that an official doctrine till the end of the 1970s ideologically and practically postulated communization of the south on the basis of military intervention . Since that time North Korea placed its spies in the East Asia and started sheltering revolutionists and terrorists from all over the world, among others nine members of radical left-wing group called the Japanese Fraction of the Red Army who skyjacked a Japanese airplane to Pyongyang in March 1970 . Furthermore, North Korea has been for many years developing its nuclear program and numerously threatening to use it what obviously attracts attention of the whole world .

North Korea is not honest about their country. Most of the citizens live in poverty and don't eat enough. The government is terrified outsiders will find out about their situation. North Korean government uses propaganda and most of what they say is just lies. They use fake businesses and facilities to lure in South Koreans. The government gives most of the money to military and government officials.

Ideology can be looked at different perspectives of the way people think about it. Some people think that ideology is bad, while some people think it is good. Ideology takes a very harmful way in Christianity; Pope Francis explains to Christians that ideology drives away the church and the people. In his perspective of mind, ideology is a “serious illness.”(Dolan) In some other places such as North Korea, ideology is a “dangerous belief system.” North Koreans Ideology is most commonly referred as “Juche,” this ideology is harmful to people because most people would like to praise people who do good things, but in North Korea people have to pray to a dictator who is capable of killing, torturing, and murdering his own people.

As you can see, the North Koreans have failed to determine their stand on nuclear capabilities and therefore have failed at every chance to redeem their international image with other countries. North Korea has constantly said one thing to the face of the world only to break their word and conduct their business how they seem fit even if it costs them at the bargaining table with the rest of the world.