Prison Camps
Written in his book, Escape from Camp 14, Blaine Harden explains how him and his mother would fight over food, and that his mother almost starved to death. Harden's plan to escape the prison camp was exposed, and this got his mother and brother killed.
Kang Chol-Hwan was born in a North Korean prison camp. He experienced malnutrition through eating rats, insects, and other unimaginable things to survive within the prison camp. Kang Chol-Hwan had never committed a crime in his life. Instead, he was paying the price for a crime his ancestors were falsely accused for. Sadly, defectors like Kim Hyung-Deok will never be able to return to North Korea to see their families for defectors are instantly executed at the border. Inmate population gradually eliminated through deliberate starvation, forced labor, executions and denial of reproductive rights. |
Idolization
Similiar to past leaders of North Korea, Kim Jong Un is revered by the North Koreans as a god. Government propaganda promoted Kim Jong Un as a child prodigy, and idolize him as a supernatural, higher being. Reports estimate that as much as 40% of the country's budget is spent on promoting Kim Jong Un.
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Freedom
The North Korean Government assigns jobs to the people, who are expected to carry out their daily, state-controlled, tasks. To enforce this policy, the government monopolizes food, often starving families who are unable to carry out their jobs. This has led to an ongoing chronic malnutrition among children in North Korea, and the people suffer from constant hunger and starvation.
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Censorship
The North Korean government has total control over social and media life. Only state-controlled media is allowed and anyone caught with possession of foreign media is severely punished. The government also isolated the population from the outside world. North Koreans are not allowed to leave the country and the defector's families are often punished for their relative's crimes.
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