The Penguin Review
Abstract
The government of North Korea poses an extreme threat to the world while suppressing its citizens’ freedom, so why doesn't this topic get the attention it warrants in the United States? North Korea has been the cause of two major inhumane issues for some time now: as a nuclear threat to all other countries, and as a human rights suppressor to its own population under its communist dictator, Kim Jong Un. North Korea is at odds with its geographical neighbors, the United States, and other global powers. Their access to nuclear weapons– along with their alliances with Russia and China– makes large-scale wars a constant possibility. Looking at their own people, the North Korean population has few rights, scoring 3/100 on the Freedom House’s freedom index.1 The totalitarian dictatorship government led by Kim Jong Un suppresses countless basic human rights that Americans take for granted, such as freedom of speech, religion, and travel.2 So how did North Korea end up in this disturbing situation of conflict and suppression?
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