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 …show more content…
“North Koreans seeking asylum in countries that do not repatriate refugees are put in severely overcrowded detention centers, sometimes for well over a year, before being issued exit visas,” (US). This quote shows the mistreatment of North Korean refugees by other countries. China itself is guilty of human rights abuses because of its stance of forcing refugees to return to North Korea where they face death or imprisonment. “Human rights groups report that the refugees were sent by train to the northern Chinese city of Shenyang last week and then transferred to Tumen, on the Chinese side of the border with North Korea. There is a large detention facility in Tumen where North Koreans are held before being repatriated.”(Fifield). This quote from the article is stating that China is guilty of being an accomplice to North Korea regarding basic human
Since the year 1948, we, the people of North Korea have endured intolerable human rights abuses by the hand of our very own government. As individuals in this world, we are enervated with the governments unmindful treatment of its people. We demand an authentic democratic nation free from the reign of Kim Jong-Un. Must we rely on foreign nations to administer aid in times of famine while our “supreme leader” misspends funds formulating weapons of mass destruction? Must we live in a constant state of fear if we make one selves concerns heard? No, we must take the government into our own hands to better guide North Korea's political, civil, and monetary
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
Human Rights: The UN General Assembly reports that human rights in north korea are violated during his leadership. Since his regime focuses on development of nuclear weapon, the North Korean citizen left with poor of basic need of life. North Korea is suffering and some of them try to escape to South Korea. This Human Rights violations may leads to human trafficking against North Korean people in South Korea or any place in the world.
ABC News stated, “North Korea: Lives of luxury for elite as Kim Jong-un rolls out nationwide reform to combat widespread poverty.” The strict set of rules North Korea lives by is setting the nation up for failure. Their leader is a temperamental, immature, and power hunger man that will lead that nation to defeat. Kim Jong-un is testing with nuclear weapons and is threatening us and many of our allies. Jong-un is spending the money that can be used to help the nation thrive to help him gain personally. There is said to still be an estimated 120,000 prisoners still in labor camps. At these labor camps, torture and executions are common.
Kim Jong Un is systematically trying to eliminate every person who disagrees with him publically. Anyone who commits an illegal crime or gets exposed by gossiping or disagrees with him politically will be confined to these horrendous prison camps. Over one-hundred thousand people were imprisoned in labor camps and about forty thousand have died due to starvation,disease and execution. These camps oppress, degrade and violate innocent people for as long as they live. Prison camps in North Korea are considered the most gruesome throughout the world. Many people are ignorant of these conditions in North Korea, but are defenseless and intolerant towards this dilemma. Prison conditions in North Korea horrific and not much is being done to stop this.
Not saying that the government of North Korea may not be trying to kill off an entire race of people, but they are in a similar way killing for reasons people should not even put in jail for, like not supporting their government. While the Germans had massive ovens that they would burn people to death in, North Korea is a little less harsh in that manner. If a person stands up against the North Korean government they will be sentenced to a life in a forced labor camp. Not only will the person be sentenced to life in a camp most of the time their close family will also be forced to rot in the camps for their families wrong doings. Most of the time for political reasons like this people will get sent to the “political” forced labor camps which are 14, 15, 16, and 25. On average these camps hold 80,000 to 120,000 prisoners (Brooks, 1). In recent trends, these numbers have been falling for the political camps, the locals were forced to believe that it was because of a new camp opening and they were in the middle of transferring people to the new camps. The pictures taken from satellite proves this wrong. From the looks of the pictures a person can see giant mounds and piles of dead bodies just laying there without graves. What are they killing for? Most of these people are just in these camps just for the shear fact that one of their family member stood up for their rights and what they believe is right. Not only are the guards
A commision that was established in 2013 by the United Nations Human Rights Council in order to investigate human rights violations in North Korea stated about human rights violations in North Korea, “The gravity, scale, and nature of these violations reveal a State that does not have any parallel in the contemporary world” ("OHCHR | North Korea"). This sentiment is shared among many human rights organizations, including Amnesty International UK (“North Korea Country Profile”), Human Rights Watch (“North Korea: UN Inquiry Needed”), and many other international organizations. Prison camps in North Korea have been likened to those from the Holocaust (Anna Fifield) by some former holocaust survivors, comparing the current camps to those that they experienced in Auschwitz. Prison camps in North Korea are used for a wide swath of reasons beyond what one would normally consider a crime. You can be imprisoned for many reasons, including speaking against the government, being in contact with South Korea, crossing the border, officials who fail to implement a policy, being related to anyone who does any of these things, and more seemingly arbitrary reasons (“North Korea: Political Prison Camps”). What makes these punishments so much worse is the awful punishment and treatment that prisoners at these camps receive. It’s been reported that around 40% of prisoners die from malnutrition (“North Korea: Political Prison Camps”), and many more die from other reasons. Every person who survived one of these prison camps who has been interviewed said that they witnessed at least one public execution. Many of the camps that we know of provide no bedding or blankets to their inmates, which is made worse by the fact that the temperature in the regions of these camps are -20 to -30 degrees Celsius, which is -4 to -22 degrees Fahrenheit, on average (“North Korea: Political Prison Camps”). However,
“The German authorities also established numerous forced labor camps, both in the so-called Greater German Reich and in German occupied territory.” This meant that the Nazi party that control the Germany’s government established many forced labor camps in areas Germany controlled. In those areas all of the people who oppsited the Naiz’s party were forced into the camps, where they died neither from exhaustion or starvation. The way that the North Korean’s treated their people were just like how the Nazi’s treated the
North Korea is known worldwide as “The Hermit Country”, for being extremely reserved and closed off to the rest of the world. The country is currently under the complete dictatorship of Kim Jong Un, descendent of the Kim Dynasty, a three generation linage of powerful and influential leaders of North Korea. Because the country is so reserved and isolated only a number of outsiders are allowed in the country itself. The few that are allowed are only shown a staged view of the county’s normalcy and surpluses. Behind this painted picture lies the fact that most of North Korea’s citizens are living under extreme and inhumane conditions; citizens suffering from famine, manipulation, and many repressed forms of freedom.
The events that have been unfolding inside North Korea for the past decades is absolutely undeniable, and one of if not the biggest issue that is going is the government's severe actions it is carrying out on its citizens. This issue is one that must without a doubt dealt by nations whether or not they have political alliances with North Korea or not because citizens are being dealt with some of the most inhumane conditions imaginable. The government has for many years over the past claimed that they are committing no wrongdoing and deny any reports at every confrontation they have with other leaders that their people are being subject to torturous conditions. North Korea since the end of the Korean War in the early 1950s has had its share
The North Korean government seeks to control every aspect the lives of their citizens which essentially takes away human rights. Rich or poor, North Koreans have this idea put in their
The North Korean citizens have had their own trouble even surviving day to day. Kim Jong Un would rather feed his growing army than his own people, whom he’s supposed to rule over and take care of. Not only that but while the country is in famine he’d rather spend money building nuclear missiles. The people in North Korea don’t have many freedoms, they’re constantly monitored
And North Korea’s hunger problem continues to this day: Pyongyang has relied upon “emergency” international humanitarian relief for over a decade and a half. Earlier this year the DPRK lodged an urgent appeal to the United Nations World Food Program (WFP) for another round of food aid. North Korea is thus the world’s first and only industrialized economy to lose the capacity to feed itself.’’
North Korea, under the leadership of the dictator, Kim Jong-Un, is considered as a country that greatly lacks human rights. Basic freedoms have been limited under the Kim family. According to Human Rights Watch, 2014 UN Commission of Inquiry discovered that the abuses in North Korea were much beyond those of other countries in the current world. Abuses include rape, extermination, enslavement, murder, torture, imprisonment, forced abortions, and other types of sexual violence. Additionally, several secretive prison camps are being implemented in the “Democratic People’s Republic” of Korea. Those who oppose the government are usually sent to confront starvation, forced labor, torture, and abuse. Due to severe punishment, independent media, religious freedom, and civil society do not exist. North Korea also greatly focuses on ballistic missiles and nuclear weapons, despite its humanitarian issues. With North Korea committing these immoral actions, the United States strongly considers that an act must committed. Currently, China is considered as North Korea’s most important ally. China is the main source of trade, food, arms, and energy. By attempting to convince China to distant themselves from North Korea, a big change is possible. Without China’s support, North Korea would be greatly weakened, in terms of military and economy. If China stops helping North Korea and the country is put into
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.