Mattru Jong

with the irresponsible leadership at the helm, this could change rapidly. On December 19th, 2011 Kim Jong-Il died from a heart attack. Kim Jong was the Supreme leader of North Korea from 1994 to his death, taking control after the death of his father Kim Il Sung. Little was known about who was going to replace Kim Jong after his death, even though in 2009 there were reports saying that Kim Jong-Un would take his place. So little is still known about the new Supreme Leader and when he was declared

reverence and respect. These traits are seen in rulers like Hitler, Stalin, Mugabe and Hussein. However, there is one dictator set apart from the rest--the North Korean former President Kim Jong Il. It is Il’s eccentricities, of which there are many, distinguish from the other members of Dictator’s Club. Kim Jong Il has been characterized by many renowned

"At the end of the Second World War so many people said, "If only we had known, if only we had known the wrongs that were done in the countries of the hostile forces..."(Michael Kirby). North Korea, an isolated country that has been known for it nuclear weapons program is now entering the news, but for the reason of abuse of citizens and threats of attacks internationally that have caused alarm. North Korean citizens should be receiving help because of the countries history with citizens, and now

would remind most people the hermit kingdom in East Asia, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, and its Kim dynasty. After the demise of the aged dictator Kim Jong Il in December 2011, the country went through a period of mourning the death of their “beloved” Great General and, undergoing a power succession to his 29-year-old son, Kim Jong Un. He has been known to have attended a Swiss school in his childhood years, enjoying playing basketball and video games (Yan & Shubert, 2011). However, even

Power: Kim Jong-Il A coercive leader leads through fear and intimidation. The key fundamental in this leadership style is making your followers aware that their failure will ultimately cause some form of punishment. This can take many forms and has been demonstrated on many scales through history. Your boss at work that punishes you with extra work should you fail to succeed at a task is one example. I believe the most coercive leader in our world today is Kim Jong-Il. Kim Jong-Il has been

of the country. The current leader of North Korea, Kim Jong Un, with the help of the former leaders, have completely re-programmed the Internet as we know it in order to make it virtually impossible for their citizens to gain outside information. The country is filled with propaganda, even in places where it’s citizens least expect it. For example, something as subtle as the font size of Kim Jong Un’s name is different. Anytime Kim Jong Un’s name is mentioned online, the font of his name is slightly

Kim Il Sung, originally born Kim Song-ju, was born on April 15, 1912. Kim was born in a dark time for the Koreans due to the occupation of Korea by Japan. It was around this time when North Koreans grew tired of being Japan’s puppets, and they were ready for a true Korean to stand up for them and take back their beloved country. Kim IL Sung was not born to become anyone important, and he was certainly not born to become the future dictator of North Korea. Kim’s family came from nowhere special they

“An oppressive government is more to be feared than a tiger.”-Confucius Many people believe that a dystopian government will only happen in the distant future but, they do not know that nowadays, many governments function in a similar way to those governments depicted in the future. In particular, the government of North Korea. The North Korean government limits the freedom of speech and the press. Even your basic human rights are denied by the government. Their rights are repressed. In North Korea

It was in the years of my adulthood, about twelve years from my joining of the Child’s Union, and it was on my vacation; my vacation, that was, from Kim Chaek University of Technology. The windowless transport bus halted and recoiled, alerting me that my destination has been reached, and that I could depart to the residence of my humble relatives in the village of Sinuiju, which was a municipal city on the very edge of North Korea and China. I stepped from the ancient vehicle and began the walk towards

North Korean Authoritarian Government In this paper, I will attempt to explain why authoritarianism regimes such as the one in North Korea, still continues to govern even though the government is one of the more corrupted types of government still in existence today. The word authoritarianism is defined as, “a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.)”(Word Net) There are currently many countries in our world