Culture, Culture And Culture Of North Korea's Culture

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.

What is culture and how is it defined. According to Merriam Webster (2015), “The customary beliefs, social forms,

The need to be punctual is based on the status of the person whom you’re meeting with. People with a higher status have more leeway when it comes to being late. Their greeting and introductions are formal. Handshakes are common with men, but the most common greeting is still a bow. Younger or lower status people bow until it is returned with a bow or handshake. “Loyalty to the government is emphasized. Extended family, close colleagues at work, and friends are stressed as less important than service to the state” (Operational Cultural Awareness Training – North Korea, 2008). North Korea is a peninsula made up of mountainous terrain with narrow valleys and has bodies of water on both its eastern and western sides. The western sides are the lowland plains of the country while the eastern side has a narrow coastal region with steep mountains (Korean Cultural Orientation, 2009, p. 5). The country only covers 47,250 square miles and is only about 20 percent bigger than South Korea. The bulk of the population resides on only one-fourth of the land due to the terrain and living conditions (Operational Cultural Awareness Training – North Korea, 2008, p

The key figures are the Chief of State which is Kim Jong Un and the Head of Government which is Premier Pak Pong-ju. Their constitution was adopted in 1942 and was amended sometime in 2012 establishing them as a socialist state and defined as a dictatorship of people’s democracy. The populace have civil and political rights, but are superseded by the government putting limitations on political a d ideological unit of the people. Their foreign policy remains to be isolationism and currently only has relations with China, Russia, Pakistan, and has no military treaties. (Global Edge,