Introduction
Thesis: David Wallechinsky, a journalist for PARADE, believes that North Korea is not a threat to the U.S.
Too Poor soldiers are weak/ underfed ramshackle neighborhoods behind nice ones
Keeps are 15+ years old
15 year old unfinished hotel
Why is it important? They don 't have enough money to take care of their country as it is, let alone fund a war.
Too Oppressed/ Isolated
When visiting the couldn 't walk or talk
Leader’s pictures everywhere
Government controls everything
No technology
Why? Too undeveloped to harm us.
Weak Military
Soldiers malnourished
Lacks power to attack
Defensive not offensive
Disabled nuke facilities
Disclosed weapon capabilities
It seems like everyday we hear news about the growing threat of North Korea. Today, there is major concern and debate as to how we should appease North Korea. However, ten years ago, our thoughts about the country were very different than they are today. In 2007, David Wallechinsky, a journalist for PARADE, spent five days in the country to determine whether or not we should feel threatened by North Korea. Although he does point out some unsettling details about the country, he determines that North
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He states that the soldiers appear malnourished and that the Jeeps they drive are at least fifteen years old. The North Korean government is so poor that it cannot even afford to take care of the people that protect it. Likewise, the North Koreans cannot maintain their infrastructure. Wallechinsky noticed that behind the nice neighborhoods they were shown, there were neglected slums. Also, there is a hotel in the capital that has been sitting there for fifteen years, unfinished. How could North Korea be a threat to the United States when the cannot even afford to go to war? By explaining the financial state in North Korea, Wallechinsky proves that we should not fear
Food shortages, media bans, torture, and political camps are some of the major issues that are going on in North Korea today, and their dictatorship is the cause of it all. One of the main factors of food shortages in North Korea
Elie Wiesel once said that “The duty of the survivor is to bear testimony to what happened... You have to warn people that these things can happen, that evil can be unleashed. Race hatred, violence, idolatries-- they still flourish.” This quote summarizes how the North Korean citizens worked their hardest to get out of the North Korean territory to be able to tell the world what has been going on in North Korea. For over fifty years, one family has governed North Korea for the entity of its existence (Sarah Pruitt).
Conflict and compromise is an imperative and inevitable part of global history. One memorable instance of this was the Korean community’s forced involvement in the 1992 L.A. Riots. When a conflict of rioters, looters, and arsonists persisted, Korean-American rivals in business came together to protect their families, culture, and businesses against the unifying cause of a common enemy. In doing so, strengthening the community and fighting for the future of their families and lives. This is important for the future generations to understand the compromises to this conflict, and grow and learn from the actions of those who came before us.
Imagine if you lived in a place where you had no freedom, and you were ruled by a man like Joseph Stalin. That is what it would be like in many countries if it weren’t for the United States’ policy of containment. During the Cold War, the Soviet Union wanted to take over other countries and make them have the government system of Communism. The United States didn’t like that, because they thought their governmental system of Democracy was better. As a result, the U.S. adopted a policy of “Containment”.
But it is just these few huge problems that bring the entire system crashing down. One major issues is the oppressive rules and limited rights on the people. People usually don’t get to speak off their mind, because loyalty to the government is very important in Communist societies, especially North Korea (howstuffworks.com). Hyeonseo Lee left a legacy as a friend to all North Koreans. Through her speeches, interviews, and memoir, she opened up to the world a whole other world that desperately needs light shed on for any change to finally happen.
(U) North Korea (NK), although isolated, have developed their own cultural aspects over the decades. The civilian considerations, such as PMESII/ASCOPE, in NK comes in many shapes and forms. The cultural aspects of NK are dependent on and significantly affected by these considerations. The culture of NK varies from the political to the information considerations in PMESII/ASCOPE. The government control these aspects in NK giving little to no civilian involvement.
Both “Postwar Reconstruction and a Declaration of Self-reliance, 1953-55” by Charles Armstrong and “North Korea’s Vinalon City: Industrialism as Socialist Everyday Life” by Cheehyung Kim focus on the post-Korean War reconstruction of North Korea as a model of the socialist economic development. The authors analyze the rise of North Korea as a showcase of socialist industrialization with “fraternal” supports from the whole Eastern Bloc, the role of this rapid` industrialization in consolidating Kim Il Sung’s power, and external and internal backgrounds behind the North’s gradual transition from an externally dependent economy to an autarky after the initial years of industrialization. Armstrong argues that “fraternal” assistances from the USSR, the PRC, and the Eastern European countries as well as its strict adherence to Stalinist economic programs with the heavy emphasis on heavy industries were the two biggest characteristics of the rapid industrialization of North Korea. Armstrong summarizes, “through a combination of tremendous work and sacrifice on the part of the North Korean people, generous economic and technical assistance from the “fraternal” socialist countries, and the
As an American, we cannot comprehend the types of laws that are enforced upon North Korean Citizens. A few bizarre controlment rules that I still struggle to comprehend myself are there are only twenty-eight ways North Korean men and women can cut their hair, North Korean Men and Women are not allowed to own a bible or any western literature, and also there are only three channels on tv and you must only watch those. Along with those laws in place, the North Korean government has control over education and news which leads to many growing up to hate other countries besides their own with no reasoning behind their hatred. Our lives along with many others are still being affected by the iron grip of societal norms.
Grace Fullenkamp Ms. Yane AP Lang March 14, 2018 The Korean War The Korean War was not a conflict in which the United States needed to be involved as to its horrific outcome is testament. Yet, in the 1950s, the U.S. thought it was believed that the only way to stop the spread of communism was to fight back against the potential formation of communist governments. When war broke out in Korea, it became a place for the United States to make a statement against communism on a global front joining with South Korea to combat the communist North.
In North Korea ever since birth every man and woman are to love their ruler as if they were “God” themselves stated well in the Documentary of North Korea. They must bow everyday and pray to their ruler and to please their ruler. In the book “Anthem” the people love their brothers as equal no such thing as loving more than one another. There is no selfishness and may not exceed what you are told the amount of intelligence is required; they are put into a group with a given name and number. They have a routine they must follow in their everyday lives until death.
North Korea is a mysterious place to outsiders but from the inside it may seem normal because the people have no sense of reality or awareness. In the novel 1984 a made up character named ‘Big Brother’ is much like Kim Jong-Un in our world. There are two parties outer and inner and the inner parties consist of people from the inside and the wealthier class unlike the outer witch holds the middle class. The outer party of 1984 worship Big Brother and most are forced to because they are being watched by spies and telescreens (surveillance systems). North Korea is very similar to 1984 due to the constant surveillance and the cult of personality.
In North Korea, being in the Mass Games is a huge accomplishment. You train for hours on end so you will look exactly the same, as if you are becoming one. Even the military is so disciplined that they look exactly the same. But, the people in North Korea are different from the citizens in 1984 because they still have individual personalities. The Party convinces these people to all believe the same ideas and have the same opinions.
Every observer of North Korea would agree that the chances of dealing successfully with the emerging threat have diminished considerably over the past eight years. Many would argue that achieving results is no longer possible and therefore the new administration should focus on other foreign policy and national security challenges. Nonetheless, the dangers to the United States and its allies posed by developments in North Korea are so great that Washington cannot afford to ignore this problem. In formulating a policy, the Trump administration should not fall into the same traps as past administrations. It must recognize not only the myths and misconceptions that can lead to failed approaches, but also that the challenges posed by North Korea are unique and therefore do not readily lend themselves to the approach that worked with Iran.
Barbara Demick has developed the idea that North Korea “has fallen out of the developed world” by providing several examples of life as analytical ways of thoughts and processes of North Koreans in comparison to other countries
There already exist few countries that follow by the custom of totalitarianism. One of those few countries includes North Korea, one of the world’s most secretive and isolated societies. North Korea arose in 1948, by the end of World