North Korean Injustice

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Fear toys with all of our lives. Its inescapable power restricts us from the things we want to do and the moral things to do. Countries around the world, past and present, have feared the unwavering power of dictators; however, their fear is often unnecessary and does not justify the fact that they are avoiding the genocide of innocent people. Calculations confirm that as many as four hundred thousand people have died from either torture, starvation, disease, or execution in North Korean prison camps. North Korean leader, Kim Jong Un, punishes his subjects using cruel forms of torture simply for knowing an alleged political prisoner. The world had avoided standing up for the rights of those in the Nazi Holocaust and is now avoiding the problem of North Korean prison camps. Nations are once …show more content…

Considering that there is sufficient evidence of the cruelty in the prison camps, it is time for the international community to address a plan of action for the North Korean victims instead of avoiding the problem in fear of the wrath of Kim Jong Un. North Korea has repeatedly failed to cooperate with the United Nations and remains preposterously stubborn concerning any communication with outside countries besides their ally, China. Because the North Korean

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