The Issue Of North Korea

To begin with, the North Korean government's extreme censorship of media is corrupt, since it can help increase influence over the public and control over the

North Korea, formally known as the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea (DPRK), is a relic of the Cold War and the world’s last remaining totalitarian Stalinist dictatorship. Arguably the most secretive state in the world, North Korea poses a unique set of challenges to the world, especially to its democratic and capitalist neighbor, South Korea, formally known as the Republic of Korea (ROK). As one of the last remnants of the Cold War era, North Korea remains an anomaly of the international system due to its unpredictable nature and disregard for international norms. With the recent bombardment of the South Korean Island of Yeongpyong and the sinking of the warship Cheonan, tensions between the two Koreas are at the lowest point since

The conflict I am focusing on is the conflict between North Korea and the USA.

Eliminating the knowledge of past protests and resources pertaining to them from the history books, allows the population to remain ignorant on the subject. This control over the media is censorship at its worst. In a very similar instance, the Russian population is also currently experiencing this restriction of knowledge. “All Russian media is now controlled by the government — just like in Soviet times… In March, the Kremlin put Chinese government-like restrictions on the Internet, and cracked down on the few remaining independent news outlets and bloggers left in Russia” (McIntosh 300). As the state unites under one media source, the people are forced to accept the Putin’s government sanctioned propaganda outlet. This systematic withdrawal of all news sources denies the Russian people exposure to anything else. The same could be said for the censorship of the internet in North Korea. “The contents of the web site consist mostly of political propaganda such as the superiority of the North Korean regime, the North Korean leader’s greatness, North Korean people’s happiness, and attacks on the US and the South Korean” (Cheng et al. 659). Riddled with deceit, nothing but a positive view on the North Korean regime is permitted to be posted. This limitation of speech is a hazard to not only the views of the people, but any hope for progression. With the fear of

The rising tension over the sinking of a South Korean ship reached to a serious conflict between South Korean and North Korea. South Korean is accusing North Korean for firing the torpedo on purpose which resulted in 46 sailors deaths. According to Yonhap news, North Korean military official accused the South of intruding into North Korean waters in the Yellow Sea. North Korea sends a warning message to South Korea by firing torpedo to warn South Korea to not intrude in to their waters in Yellow Sea. North Korea doesn’t want to admit to their mistake; instead they are threatening to retaliate with military actions if South Korea won’t stop with accusations.

In North Korea, a totalitarian or dictatorial government prevails, where one “Supreme Leader” is revered and even worshipped. This government features a monolithic system, which plays “a crucial role in enabling the continuing monopoly of power by a sole leader” (Park 5-6). All components of life and society thus become fully oriented toward the goals of the head of state, Kim Jong-un, and the Kim dynasty. According to Encyclopedia Britannica, the government-headed Korean Central News Agency heavily commands the “dissemination of information, and all papers are strictly censored” (Lee et al.). This control over the movement of ideas in the population not only fosters the spread of government ideology but also prompts citizens to remain ignorant regarding certain issues, such as government actions

Society controls individuals in many ways. One of those ways is to putting limits on things. One example of using limits as control in the world is Korea. In Korea the government puts limits on what the Koreans can look up as shown in BBC’s article, “Internet access in North Korea is restricted to a small section of the elite who have received state approval, and to foreigners living in Pyongyang. The only option, in the absence of a broadband network, is through satellite internet coverage, which is available in some tourist hotels.” (Asia-Pacific, North Korea's tightly controlled media). North Korea limits what access you can have on the internet. The government restricts certain things on the internet so that you can not access them. “Mobile phone use was banned in 2004, but a service was reintroduced in 2008, jointly operated by the Egyptian Orascom company and the state-owned Korea Post and

North Koreas government uses its power to control information and restrict independent thought and freedom. The BBC News mentions, “North Koreas economic hardships or famines are not reported to the domestic audience” (North Korea’s Tightly Controlled Media). This shows how the government in North Korea uses their power to keep the inhabitants of the country blind to issues that would cause worry amongst them. The BBC News author later on mentions that rather than inform its citizens on real life issues occurring, they are informed of technological advances developed by their leaders’ revolutionary thinking. By doing this the North Korean government keeps the people blind and ignorant to complicated

Censorship, the practice of officially examining books, movies, and other forms of presentation and suppressing the unacceptable parts. In the past, most governments saw it as their duty to regulate the morals of their people through censorship, but the rise of technological communication and individual rights made regulating and censoring difficult. The practice of censorship remains in existence, but has been pushed back into the dark depths of the subconsciousness of society. However, in the small country of North Korea, which borders China and South Korea, censorship is merely a part of everyday life. North Korea has even been dubbed as one of the most repressive media environments in the world by the Freedom House, an independent media watchdog organization and normal privileges that are taken for granted, such as using a cellphone or internet isn’t something that any normal North Korean citizen has. The normal North Korean citizen does not get access to the “internet,” for that privilege is provided to a select few in the country, and freedom of press does not exist. The government owns all the media, regulates and censors all communication, and limits the people’s ability to access information from the outside world. Accessing information without permission is considered “a crime against the state” and will result in the punishment, such as imprisonment, being sent to a labor camp or death. Freedom from censorship is neither a right that is known to North Koreans nor

In addition to using Quinnipiac, I had conducted an informal questionnaire of three friends on the issue of North Korea. The questionnaire was composed of several questions that tested each of my friend’s knowledge of the issue, media sources, and overall opinion son the matter. In his responses, Tim answered that the North Korea has become a new development due to its increasing isolation, believed that military action is necessary and that it was a regional threat. The next participant, Keaton, responded that North Korea was a historical issue and did not believe that military action was necessary because of its current technological level. Lastly, Chad responded that North Korea has been an issue s since the rise of the Kim family and

North Korea recognizes a totalitarian system of government with an absolute monarchy. The government limits the amount of information it gives to its citizens, and most of the content that is provided is propaganda that ensures loyalty to the ruling party. Also, there is no internet access except for a few high-ranking government officials and a few other citizens that were granted permission by the government in special circumstances. The constitution technically grants freedom of the press, although in practice the government strictly punishes anyone who receives or discloses information domestically. According to rsf.org, a press freedom index calls North Korea an, “Information black hole.” “The government rarely grants press visas to the foreign media, limiting them to visits by foreign officials and cultural events. Officials monitor visiting foreign reporters closely and prevent them from talking to the general public, who live in fear of being sent to a concentration camp for listening to a radio station broadcasting from abroad,”

North Korea appears on the international stage as a country existing beyond the world we all know. It isolates its citizens from the rest of international community and does not obey any rules determined by international law, but requires respect and recognition. Moreover, North Korea is one of the countries that remains aggressive towards its neighbors and applies various terrorist techniques, i.e. illegal contraband, political terror and mass abductions of other countries’ citizens in its foreign policy. The reasons for which the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) behaves so unpredictably and irrationally are diversified. First of all, the DPRK as a country is managed very irrationally – regimes of Kim Il-sung and

This article deals with the United States and its attempts to deal with the dangerous matters of North Korea. Some of the problems that were brought up in this article were North Korea’s plan to restart a plutonium based nuclear program at Yongbyon, North Korea’s plan to build a new highly enriched uranium (HEU) nuclear program, and the tension that emerged between the United States and South Korea. Even though many problems were occurring, there were some positive things that were happening at the time. The United States began negotiating with North Korea and South Korea about establishing railroad links, demining portions of the demilitarized zone, allowing athletes to compete in the Asian games, and allowing abductees to visit Japan.

State media sources are tightly controlled so as to prevent the North Korean public from accessing any information that does not come from the country's strict government bureau of information, and this means that many North Koreans are grossly misinformed about the position of North Korea in the world and believe, for example, that their meagre lifestyles are preferable to the terrible conditions in other countries. Visitors to North Korea routinely report tight levels of control, with mobile phones confiscated for the duration of the visit and all movement tracked by an official government-supplied 'tourist guide'.

There is only one cyber cafe in North Korea, and it is in Pyongyang, North Korea's capital city. North Korea “built its own custom-built operating system”(Lee), which is named Red Star. It is used on the computers in Pyongyang's cyber cafe. One crazy rule in North Korea is every time Kim Jong Un’s name shows up anywhere on any page on the internet, it has to be programmed on every pages code to be slightly bigger than the rest of the text on that page, “just enough to make it stand out” (Lee). The people of North Korea are “intentionally starved” out of any information except government propaganda (Lee). If you want to buy a computer in North Korea, it will probably cost about “three months of your salary, so people rarely do. They only have one high-speed internet cable while other countries like the United Kingdom, and the United States of America have “dozens” of them, so if one of the links fail we will be able to maintain it. North Korea won't be able to. It is easier for North Korea to control though with only one cable. (Sparks) Other countries like Russia try to use other countries ideas. Russia is trying to “copy” what China is doing with their internet. At first Russia’s internet was mostly free of censorship, but after a large anti-corruption protest in russia that was created through the use of the internet, Vladimir Putin feels that Russia’s internet should be more like China's. In