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JacksonDockery
Mrs.Williams
English112
26March2015
NorthKoreaOppression
HowisKimJongungettingawaywithisolatingandbrainwashinghisentirecountryand
howdoesitimpacttherestoftheworld?Therearemanysocialissueslikethisgoingoninthe
worldtoday.SomeexamplesofthesesocialissueswouldbetheconflictbetweenIsraeland
Palestine,RussiaandtheUkraine,andthegrowingconflictwithISIS.InnorthKorea,Kim
Jongunhascompletedictatorrule.Withthispowerhehasusedpropagandaandfearto
manipulateanentirecountry.Kimdoesthistoisolatethepeopleinthecountryfromtheoutside
world.KimJongunshouldnotbeabletoisolatehisentirecountryfromtheoutsideworld
becauseitsagainsttheirhumanrights,peopleshouldknowwhatishappeningintherestofthe
worldsotheycanhavetheirownbeliefs,andusingfeartobrainwashhispeopleismorally
wrong.
NorthKoreaisacountrywherethereisnomediaorfreedomofspeech.CellPhonesor
othermeansofcommunicationarebannedandthepeoplelooktoKimJongunfortheir
information.ThisishowheisabletobrainwashpeopleintobelievingthatwhateverKimhasto
sayabouttheU.S.A.andotherpartsabouttheworld.Infacteveryhomeandofficethathasa
radioiscontrolledbythegovernment.Thegovernmenthasfundedpropagandatofocusthemain
threattotheirsocialsystemtobetheUnitedStates(
Boynton,RobertS.
NorthKorea'sDigital

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Underground
.TheAtlantic,24Feb.2011.Web.23Mar.2015.
).Kimhasmanyotherwaysof
suppressinghispeople.
KimJongunusesfearandabusetokeeppeopleonhisside.Thereisevidencetoprove
thattherearepoliticalprisoncamps,laborcamps,collectioncampsandlabortrainingcenters
usedtoscarepeople(
NorthKorea'sLargestConcentrationCamps
)
.TheHumanRightsWatch
agreesthatkimspower,IsbuiltonthecontinuedabusesinflictedontheNorthKoreanpeople
becausehesitsatthehelmofacentralgovernmentapparatusthatusespublicexecutions,
extensivepoliticalprisoncamps,andbrutalforcedlabortostayincontrol(
HumanRights
Watch).Thereisanestimated120,000peopleinhiscampsand400,000peoplewhohavedied
beinginthemasof2012(
NorthKorea'sLargestConcentrationCamps
).
Thehistoryofthe
countryhassomethingtodowiththeactionsgoingonintheinside.
NorthKoreawasoccupiedbyJapanin1905untiltheRussoJapaneseWarwhich
annexedtheentirepeninsula.afterWWIIKoreathensplittoformthenorthandsouth,thenorth
beingundercommunistcontrol.Aftertheirfailedattempttotakeoverthesouthernportionof
Korea,KimIlSungmadethecountrycompletelyselfreliantwithoutanyoutsideinfluence.He
alsorealizedthatAmericaistheprimarysourceofathreattotheirsociety(
CenterIntelligence
Agency).Thisishowtheoppressionfromtheoutsideworldbegan.KimJongunnowholdsthe
titlesandpowerofhisfatherandgrandfatherinleadingtheisolatedcountry.
Kimsweaponsmayposeathreattotherestoftheworld.InOctober2006,NorthKorea
issaidtohavelauncheditsfirstnuclearmissiletestanditturnedoutsuccessful.Since2008,
tensionshavebeengrowingbetweentherestoftheworldandNorthKorea.In2009theycarried

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outanothernucleartestunderground.TensionsthengrewagainwhenSouthKoreablamedNorth
Koreaofsinkingoneoftheirshipsin2010.Tensioncontinuestogrowin2012whenKimmakes
anagreementtosuspendlongrangemissiletestingaslongastheU.S.aidsthemwithfood
(
NorthKoreacountryprofileOverview
.N.p.,24Feb.2015.
ipl2
.Web.24Mar.2015.).Overall
NorthKoreahasplansforbeingpreparedfornuclearwarwiththeU.S.byconductingmoreand
morelongrangedmissiletestingpreparingthemfor,Longrangerocketlaunchesaimedatthe
U.S.archenemy(
NorthKoreacountryprofileOverview
.N.p.,24Feb.2015.
ipl2
.Web.24
Mar.2015.).
InconclusionKimJongunhasgottenawaywithisolatingandbrainwashinghisentire
countryusingpropagandaandfearanditgreatlyimpactsthesafetyoftherestoftheworld.
Therearemanyissuesaroundtheworldandpeopleshouldknowwhatishappening.Actions
occurringinNorthKoreaareunjustandcrueltomankind.Byspreadingglobalawarenessofthis
issueIbelievethatwecanmakeabetterworldforeveryonetolivein.Thefirststepisknowing
thereisanissueinthefirstplace.

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WorksCited
Boynton,RobertS.
NorthKorea'sDigitalUnderground
.TheAtlantic,24Feb.2011.Web.
23Mar.2015.
CenterIntelligenceAgency.
Korea,North
.CenterIntelligenceAgency,20June2014.Web.23
Mar.2015.
NorthKoreacountryprofileOverview
.N.p.,24Feb.2015.
ipl2
.Web.24Mar.2015.
NorthKorea:HoldKimJongUnAccountableforRightsCrimes
.HumanRightsWatch,29Jan.
2015.Web.24Mar.2015.
NorthKorea'sLargestConcentrationCampsonGoogleEarth
.N.p.,Mar.2012.Web.25Mar.
2015.

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