The Importance Of Culture In North Korea

What is culture? Culture is everything, simple but a complex make up of a people that binds us together. The word culture is broad and encompassing. There is no simple, universally accepted definition of the word culture. It is by definition: the behavior and beliefs characteristic of a particular social, ethnic or age group. It is characterized a group of peoples’ traditions, religion, food, customs and language. Culture is dynamic. Culture is static. It both changes with the times and withstands the test of time. Culture is what will be left of us as people when we as people are gone. Culture in my opinion is a peoples’ way of life. Our culture permeates into every detail of our daily lives and we seldom notice it. Our culture

That ideology continues to shape their government’s foreign policy. Because of this, the government takes extreme measures to isolate and protect the country and its citizens from all outside influence. Even though he died almost 20 years ago, Kim Il-sung is still a very prominent and influential figure in North Korean society. Possibly even more so than his recently deceased son, Kim Jong-Il who assumed power when he died, and his grandson Kim Jong-un who recently assumed power when his father passed. He is considered a national hero and his birthday is one of their most revered national holidays. He was installed into power by Joseph Stalin after serving in the Soviet Union’s Red Army during World War II. Kim Il-sung held numerous titles during his 46 year reign in office, from 1948 to his death in 1994, but his power has always been

Peaceful options to diffuse this situation have all been unsuccessful to this point. It is very difficult to negotiate with North Korea because they regularly break treaties and agreements making diplomacy very ineffective. The only real hope for a solution to the problem is an infusion of new leadership in the country. That leadership would have to come from within and in an organically grown fashion as North Koreans are fiercely loyal to Kim Il-sung, his sons and their government. As more and more citizens of the country gain access to communications outside of their country, we can only hope that they collectively wake up and revolt internally. The North Korean people cannot possibly look out on the world and see the growth and success of other nations, especially their kin to the south, while living in their motionless, undeveloped nation and not realize that their government is failing