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Kim's Patriotic Childhood

His Return to Korea and rule of DPRK

Ups and downs in all economic political and social aspects.

Connection to on tyrnanny

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Kim Ill Sung is a great example of what is written on On Tyranny’s chapter 19, which is on being a patriot. The chapter lists many points of what is patriotism and what is not, and many of these points can be connected to Kim Ill sung. For example, it is written, “It is not patriotic to admire foreign dictators. Kim ill sung did admire Marxism–Leninism which came from the USSR, however, he did not follow these dictators and stop. He decided to take these ideas and return back to korea with a goal of making his country better. His patriotism can be seen especially with the Juche idealism of being strictly isolated from other countries and self sufficient. Another great example of Kim Ill Sung being a patriotic is written on page 114. It writes “A patriot wants the nation to live up to it’s ideals, which is asking us to be the best of ourselves.” Regardless of how good or bad his ideals are, Kim Ill Sung did set up his ideals and goals and has managed to successfully make the North Korean nation live up to it, not only during his time of rule, but also till this day.

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Information:

Ward, Alex. “9 Questions about North Korea You Were Too Embarrassed to Ask.” Vox, Vox, 2 May 2017, www.vox.com/world/2017/5/2/15518284/9-questions-north-korea-explained-kim-jong-un.

Staff, History.com. “North Korea.” History.com, A&E Television Networks, 3 Feb. 2017, www.history.com/topics/north-korea-history.

Staff, BBC. “North Korea Profile - Timeline.” BBC News, BBC, 9 Jan. 2018, www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-pacific-15278612.

Richardson, Christopher. “North Korea's Kim Dynasty: the Making of a Personality Cult.” The Guardian, Guardian News and Media, 16 Feb. 2015, www.theguardian.com/world/2015/feb/16/north-korea-kim-jong-il-birthday.

Hahn, Bae-ho, and Young Ick Lew. “North Korea.” Encyclopædia Britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., 19 Jan. 2018, www.britannica.com/place/North-Korea/Economy.

“North Korea Inside.” ㅣ North Korea Inside ㅣ KBS WORLD Radio, 23 Aug. 2015, world.kbs.co.kr/special/northkorea/contents/archives/supreme_leader/ideology.htm?lang=e.

“Propaganda and Media Control in North Korea .” Washington State University, 2 Mar. 2015, history.libraries.wsu.edu/spring2015/2015/01/20/propaganda-and-media-control-in-north-korea/.

Footage and images:

Lop, Tyler. “Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il Made Korea into a Paradise.” YouTube, YouTube, 17 May 2012, www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ji3tqZUynY&t=259s.

Lop, Tyler. “The Era of Kim Jong Il.” YouTube, YouTube, 1 Apr. 2012, www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBMU9CRFQo0.

Music:

Luev, Ashama. “Free Documentary Music.” Soundcloud, Soundcloud, 15 Jan. 2016, soundcloud.com/ashamaluevmusic/sets/documentary-music.

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https://youtu.be/7rMgQ_BwlOM

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- Can we assume the personality and characteristics of the dictator?

- Should it be like a timeline

- I chose the dictator Kim Ill sung, how will we connect it to the on tyranny in the video.

-Can we take clips from youtube?

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Monday: Was sick, but was able to do some research and get an idea of who my dictator is by looking at the timeline of events, watching a few crash course videos, and so on.

Wednesday: I feel like having so much research and consolidating it in a 3 minute video is very difficult.

I learned a lot about North Korea's economy and how it works.

On Friday, I will work to organize all the information I have.

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What Questions Do We Ask of The Past?

Cause and effect

Kim describes the era before his birth as a time of subjugation and national humiliation for the Korean race, as Korea was colonized by Japan, The United States, and Europe. He wanted change for a new era of his guerrilla struggle. This new era was created during the Korean War, when the peninsula was split into two parts. The North follows Marxist ideologies, while the South follows democracy.

Change and Continuity

Till this day, North Korea still follows the same Marxism-Leninist ideology of The Juche, and celebrates Kim Jung Ill as the Eternal President. However, quite frankly, nobody has benefited from the Kim Regime: The CIA ranks North Korea as the 215th-poorest country out of the 230 it tracks, and its people live on about $1,700 a year. In addition to this, North Korea has not been following the UN agreements of not creating Nuclear Weapons.

Turning Points:

-The Korean War, the period from 1945-1955

- 1994 July Death of Kim Il-sung. Kim Jong-il succeeds his father as leader.

- 1996 - Severe famine follows widespread floods; 3 million North Koreans reportedly die from starvation.
- When the Soviet Union finally collapsed in the early 1990s, the North Korean economy went into a dramatic downward spiral, culminating in a horrendous famine that killed between 600,000 and 1 million people.

Using the Past

How does the past help us make sense of the present?

Chapter 19: Be Patriotic

"It is not patriotic to admire foreign dictators" Kim
"Democracy failed in the 1930's and 40's, and it is not only failing in Europe but in much of the world today. "

Thorugh Their Eyes

How did people in the past view their world?

Korea was colonized by many imperialist countries in the past, and people did not like that. They saw Kim as a hope to change it around.

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Bad consequences for people who oppose him

Using Nuclear Missiles to threaten other countries to leave them alone.

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The country is basically closed off

No radio
No internet
No books

The omnipresent
personality cult sponsored by Kim was part of a highly effective propaganda system that enabled him to rule unchallenged for 46 years over one of the world’s most isolated and repressive societies.

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He became his country’s absolute ruler and set about transforming North Korea into an strict, militaristic, and highly regimented society devoted to the twin goals of industrialization and the reunification of the Korean peninsula under North Korean rule.

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Austere
Militaristic
Rigid-minded
Charasmatic

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Isolating the country

He became his country’s absolute ruler and set about transforming North Korea into an strict, militaristic, and highly regimented society devoted to the twin goals of industrialization and the reunification of the Korean peninsula under North Korean rule.

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The history of North Korea began with the partition of Korea at the end of World War II in 1945.

- The surrender of Japan led to the division of Korea into two occupation zones, with the United States administering the southern half of the peninsula and the Soviet Union administering the area north of the 38th parallel.

- This led in 1948 to the establishment of two separate governments – the Communist-aligned Democratic People's Republic of Korea and the West-aligned Republic of Korea – each claiming to be the legitimate government of all of Korea.

- Political problems emerge. Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, relations between North and South Korea, as well as between North Korea and the rest of the world were a intense roller coaster. Conflicts kept on emerging near the demilitarized zone, while international tensions mounted too as North Korea announced its growing nuclear program.

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subjugation and national humiliation for the Korean race, and trumpets the new era of his guerrilla struggle.

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During World War II, Kim led a Korean contingent as a major in the Soviet army. After the Japanese surrender in 1945, Korea was effectively divided between a Soviet-occupied northern half and a U.S.-supported southern half. At this time Kim returned with other Soviet-trained Koreans to establish a communist provisional government under the soviets in what would become North Korea. He became the first premier of the newly formed Democratic People’s Republic of Korea in 1948, and in 1949 he became chairman of the Korean Workers’ (communist) Party.

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North and South Korea both suffered from the massive destruction caused during the Korean War. Historian Charles K. Armstrong stated that "North Korea had been virtually destroyed as an industrial society".[27]

- In the years immediately after the war, North Korea mobilized its labor force and natural resources in an effort to achieve rapid economic development.

- Large amounts of aid from other communist countries, notably the Soviet Union and the People's Republic of China,[27] helped the country achieve a high growth-rate in the immediate postwar period.[28][29]

Juche: “On establishing self-reliance and eradicating dogmatism and formalism in ideology projects”.

Juche places heavy emphasis on sovereignty, self-defense, Korean nationalism, and the basic tenets of Marxism-Leninism.

Almost all property belongs to the state. Government control extends even to chattel property (domestically produced goods and all imports and exports). A functioning, modern, and independent judiciary does not exist.

As promised by the dictator, North Korea’s state-run economy grew rapidly in the 1950s and ’60s but eventually stagnated. In the 1970s, North Korean mining production had reached its peak. Sudden rises in the price of foreign oil combined with falling prices for North Korea’s native minerals hit the economy hard. Surrounding nations began building up economies based on computers and other technology, a shift that North Korea — so focused on mining and military might — was unable to keep up with. With all this, Kim made the tough decision to take on foreign debt from the USSR and China to keep the economy afloat.

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guiding Question:

What is the definition of patriotism in Kim's regime, and how did Kim Ill Sung build his personality cult?

Chapter 19: Be Patriotic