“Juche” Government
As countries in today’s world are becoming more globalized, one country, North Korea, has stayed and moved in the complete opposite direction since it was divided in 1948. North Korea, described by many as a totalitarian Stalinist dictatorship, but is officially deemed as a “socialist republic” state, is one of five remaining communist states and one of only two remaining countries that have an almost entirely government planned, state-owned economy.
For instance, “Economic plans in North Korea are drawn out, supervised and implemented under the unitary system centered around the State Planning Committee and passed down to the provincial, municipal and district levels to the factories and small businesses. Each region has a General Bureau of Provincial Industry to take care of all production, sales, and management of resources” (Joon).
The reason behind North Korea being one of the only governments that still have an entirely state-owned economy is because of the political ideology of a “Juche” government policy created by Kim II Sung, former prime minister, which the term “Juche” means “self reliance”. This means almost everything that they do is self relied upon. They produce their own crops, use their own natural resources, and etc. This type of isolationism has led North Koreas foreign policies to be minimal with other countries. In fact, the only strong relationships that North Korea has are with China and Russia, but more recently, it has only been with China. “China's share of North Korea's foreign trade rose to 73 percent in 2008, up from 33 percent in 2003. China also provides about half the aid received by the North, as well as vital energy supplies” (Richardson). However, North Korea’s for...
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1984 demonstrates a dystopian society in Oceania by presenting a relentless dictator, Big Brother, who uses his power to control the minds of his people and to ensure that his power never exhausts. Aspects of 1984 are evidently established in components of society in North Korea. With both of these society’s under a dictator’s rule, there are many similarities that are distinguished between the two. Orwell’s 1984 becomes parallel to the world of dystopia in North Korea by illustrating a nation that remains isolated under an almighty ruler.
is definitely gaining momentum toward a totalitarian future, we are not in the state of countries like North Korea. Moreover, North Korea appears to be in a perpetual war and are in no way permitted to disobey their government. Their leader is a dictator who rules with an iron fist. Similar to the lies Big Brother told the populace of 1984 in order to keep them afraid, North Korea’s ruler understands the need for an enemy to maintain control over his country. He, like Big Brother, manipulates this power to keep his citizens under his control. Also like 1984, everything these civilians say and do is constantly monitored by this autocratic government. There seems to be very limited information on this country and consequently, there is limited access for the citizens to things outside of their country. North Korea has arguably the least amount of freedom in the world and are already living in a dystopian
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Japan was imperializing late nineteenth century to early twentieth century. Korea was a Japanese colony. After World War II, the Japanese had to get rid of the colony. North Korea became Communist. South Korea wanted to be democratic. Later North Korea crossed the 38th parallel and entered South Korea. The United States answered by telling the United Nations to help South Korea. The United Nations did and they pushed North Korea so far back they hit the northern tip of china. China went into the war to protect their borders. At the end of the war they went back to where they were in the beginning. Neither side won. Between 1992 -1995 North Korea did many good things. It says on BBC News Asia that North Korea became involved in the United Nations and they agree to freaze nuclear weapon program those where the good they did but then there was a huge flood that created a food shortage this was also on BBC Asia. In 2002 it say in BBC Asia that nuclear tension increased in North Korea and United States. The North Korean communist nation controls the citizen’s religious beliefs so they have to belief in jushe which is a belief that they have to look up to North Korean leaders. The North Korean leaders make sure the citizens of North Korea belief in it if they don...
Last class, we were disusing the creation of a dystopia society, in which North Korea may be represented as one. Nevertheless, the argument could not be unified to neither yea nor nay. Some classmates thought that North Korea is a two-sided nation where the people in power live in a utopia and the common citizens live in a dystopia. On the other hand, some argued that it is a total dystopia. The last thought was that this country can be considered a utopia because of its successful communist establishment.
Rogue states under dictatorial rule threaten the fragile peace, which exists in our modern world. Constantly as a society Americans have always fought against these said foes. However all too often we pass a blind eye to the humanity of the enemies’ civilian populations. For more often than not, those who live within these systems are chronically oppressed. The nation of North Korea is no exception, with “Bing-brother always watching.” The government in North Korea pervades all aspects of life.
Throughout history, tragic events or situation accrue that change the point of view of a country, its culture, and its people. In North Korea’s condition, it is a country regarded in a negative manner by most of the world. Most people view its government as inhuman and reluctant or resistant to change. North Korea is a failing regime and a country with many problems. It has limited natural resources and many of its people live in poverty and are confined from the outside world. In this essay we will briefly review North Korea’s culture, society, geography, climate, past military conflicts, economy, military, and government.
In the modern civilization, North Korea is the only country that practices communism. As explain in the essay, communism would solve income inequality and communism is better than capitalism but as seen today, the citizens of North Korea are suffering from poverty; N. Koreans are famished and they’re living in horrific conditions. It’s great that communism promotes equality but the way they view equality is disturbing and their political system takes away the citizen’s rights and
...ern ideology: China and North Korea. However, these countries did not go unscathed by the weaknesses of Communism: China established economic reforms in the late 1970s in order to combat its complications with a government controlled production system, North Korea struggles daily with lack of food for its citizens, instead wasting its money on funding for the military and nuclear weapons. Furthermore, Marx failed to account for human lust for power: once Joseph Stalin took control after Lenin’s death in 1924, the Soviet Union transformed into a totalitarian dictatorship. This is also seen in North Korea when Kim Jong-un assumed power after his father’s death, he became supreme leader—a dictator. Although the idea of Communism worked in theoretical practice, when applied to real world circumstances, Communism abused the working class more so than capitalism ever had.
Communist North Korea continues to be an underdeveloped country while South Korea continues to prosper in all areas such as technology, and agriculture. These two countries have vast differences with their political and government views. North Korea at one point was influenced by the Soviet Union but no longer. However, North Korea continues to be influenced by and receive aid from China. South Korea continues to be influenced by the United States of America. North Korea is governed and controlled by a dictatorship, which has complete control over media and social
The government main goal is to implement “effective control” over “perfect control”, which prohibits the internet access or allows filtered intranet. The effective control allows a wide internet access by the people but that content is monitored and censored by the government. In order to do this North Korean government developed separate technologies and devices as inspired by Chinese government. After implementing this type of internet for users, government is hoping that they can manipulate the country politically and at the same time having a decent economy. After doing this North Korea government gradually moving towards wider implementation of internet access by implementing defined security technology and now a days government open offers Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) and is able to get foreign investors from different countries and running towards developing its economy
Throughout the global media North Korea’s isolation and Harsh rule has become increasingly secretive, although some facts have been detected (“North Korea Profile”, 1). According to data collected from The Guardian, eighty-one out of one-hundred people in South Korea have access to the internet, yet in North Korea around .1 out of one-hundred people have access to the internet . Not only is the greater population of North Korea disconnected from outside sources, yet leaders in North Korea are also isolated from outside sources; putting themselves at a disadvantage. North Korea may launch a war, but they are unaware as to what they are up against because of its secrecy . Around one million are serving in the North Korean Army, but when South Korea’s army; combined with the U.S’s army (their ally), the ratio of the North Korean Army is signi...
South Korea, once a broken country filled with broken families, has transformed itself into a fine example of perseverance in a tough situation. South Korea and its neighbor to the north have developed past where they were before the Korean War, but in different ways. The two countries, while certainly dependent on each other, are vastly different. Their conflicting styles of government and their differing cultures speak for themselves in this case. South Korea has, over the years, changed dramatically from the crippled country of the Korean War into a blossoming beacon of Asian cultural and economic changes. The combination of its recent economic importance, its heavy cultural influence, and its constant danger of participating in a war makes South Korea one of the most influential countries in the world.
To understand this situation more fully, one must be given some background, starting in the early 1950s. Due to the harsh differences between the peoples of Korea, and especially due to the onset of Communism, the Korean War erupted and the nation split in half, with the Communist-supported Democratic People’s Republic in the north and those who favored democracy in the Korean Republic of the south (Microsoft Encarta Encyclopedia 2000). The two separate countries of North Korea and South Korea went their opposite ways, and each has experienced different fortunes in the past half-century. The South Koreans managed to recover from the turmoil of the 1950s and 1960s to become an economic power and a democracy supporter. On the other hand, North Korea can be viewed as a retro country, based first on a Communist ideology, laid down by leader Kim Il Sung and inherited by his son, the current dictator Kim Jong Il, then evolving into a totalitarian state (Pacific Rim: East Asia at the Dawn of a New Century). Today North Korea holds the distinction of being one of the very few remaining countries to be truly cut off from the rest of the world. Author Helie Lee describes this in her novel In the Absence of Sun: “An eerie fear crawled through my flesh as I stood on the Chinese side of the Yalu River, gazing across the murky water into one of the most closed-off and isolated countries in the world.” (1)