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Propaganda In North Korea

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The North Korea, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea is considered like a totalitarian regime. The leader Kim Il-sung, his son and now his grand-son were considered like god, especially the first dictator. The entire population is sorted by a status classification system called Songbun: based on their behavior and the background of the whole family, (uncle and niece included) on three generations. If someone goes to jail, the whole family has to pay. That status can determine the access to adequate food, education, work and the possibility to join the ruling party. The population doesn’t have the freedom of association, expression and movement; the deviants can face arbitrary detention, torture or public execution. We can also find labors camps or total control zones where a lot of atrocities …show more content…

For her, he was a pillar and she always thought that he will always be back to her. He showed her how to bargain to survive but also how far he can go for his family.
“He was like a plant that could grow out of solid rock” by Min Sik.
Keum Sook Byeom (Mom): She had always put her children before herself, always cared for their needs first, even when his husband cheated on her, she would stay with him for the sake of her kids. Obviously, her caring personality made her into an altruist woman, who protected her daughters at all price.
She was also shaped by what she learned as a kid in North Korea, they were all raised to not ask or question the decisions of the authorities. Nobody could talk against the party or the “Great Leaders”, they didn’t developed their critical thinking. Because of her escape to China, she was forced to grow faster and to be face to the adult world before time. She learned about human traffic, prostitution, rape, forced marriage and how to escape abusive keeper at 13 years

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