North Korean Genocide

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No one would ever think that a small country could create a controversy known the world over, but North Korea has achieved this goal. The North Korean genocide has claimed 2000 people a day before and these killings are from starvation and beating. Many people think communism is better than a democracy but it has its faults. For example, North Korea is Communist and whatever the leader’s beliefs the Communist citizen has to believe. What is happening and happened is genocide. 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... ... middle of paper ... .... Works Cited Flows, Capital. "Genocide and Crimes of Humanity Ongoing In North Korea." Forbes. Forbes Magazine, 24 Nov. 2012. Web. 04 Apr. 2014. "North Korea | World Without Genocide." World Without Genocide North Korea Comments. N.p., n.d. Web. 02 Apr. 2014. "Juche Religion." JUCHE RELIGION. N.p., n.d. Web. 04 Apr. 2014. "Time to End North Korea "Genocide"" The Diplomat. N.p., n.d. Web. 04 Apr. 2014. "Genocide in North Korea | World Policy Institute." Genocide in North Korea | World Policy Institute. N.p., n.d. Web. 04 Apr. 2014. Harden, Blaine. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West. New York: Viking, 2012. Print. "North Korea Profile." BBC News. N.p., n.d. Web. 10 Apr. 2014. "North Korean Crimes Constitute Genocide." NYU News North Korean Crimes Constitute Genocide Comments. N.p., n.d. Web. 10 Apr. 2014.

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