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In the early years of WWII and the split of North and South Korea, the Soviet Union handed off North Korea to Kim IL Sung. In 1950 Kim IL Sung fought his way through South Korea trying to unify the North and South under his control. Throughout North Koreas history, the main objective of the country and its leaders have been to hold all the power in the hand of one man and to inflict fear and lies in the people in order to do so. Since Kim IL Sung, North Korea has become one of the most dangerous, violent, segregated and what they claim to be independent countries. After North Korea’s “Great Leader”, Kim Il-Sung’s died in 1992, the ruling was handed down to Kim Jong Il in 1992 and now Kim Jong-Un in 2011 who continued to rule with an iron fist.
In December of 2013, the article “Grasping for clues in North Korean execution” in the NY Times speak about the execution of Kim Jong-Un uncle Jang-Song-thaek. Jang-Song-thaek was waiting for the economic collapse of North Korea so that he could use money that he had saved to help the people recover and reform the economy. Someone trying to reform the economy had never been heard of in North Korea, especially by someone who was not the “Great leader”. “If Kim Jong-Un was sure of his control of power, he wouldn’t have had to execute his uncle”, says Lee Byong-chul (A4). The leader of North Korea felt that his uncle was planning acts of treason and was waiting for an opportunity to take over the countries economy. In the national geographic documentary “Inside North Korea” the goals of the leaders who have lead North Korea were to distill as much fear in people so that an act like this would never take place and all the power would remain in the leaders hands.
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... of their leaders arrogance and fears. We are told that the leaders of North Korea have restricted all aspects of trade, which include food, medical supplies and the necessities to live. Leaders of North Korea such as Kim Jong Il and Kim Il Sung have restricted all aspects of trade into North Korea because of their fears of being over run and loosing their power as a dictatorship. Even though it is now a concern that North Korea has acquired Nuclear weapons, the countries thrive for power will destroy them from the inside out.

Works Cited

Inside North Korea. Dir. Peter Yost. Perf. Lisa Ling, Sanduk Ruit, Michael
Breen, Brian Green. 2007. TV Series. National Geographic Films

“Ling sisters recount Laura’s capture in North Korea.” NPR. 19 May. 2010. Radio

Sang-Hun. “Grasping for clues in North Korean Execution.” New York Times
Dec 13 2013 Web. 16 Dec. 2013.

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