North Korea: A Brief History by Rachel Mulvaney https://padlet.com/985038/gcalqofkkaiuvbzh en-us 2021-04-20 12:50:30 UTC 2021-04-22 11:59:37 UTC hello@padlet.com 1945 985038 https://padlet.com/985038/gcalqofkkaiuvbzh/wish/1443970856 World War 2 Ends
The surrender of Japan meant that Japan's territories were taken away. Korea was split into two territories: The North which was overseen by the Soviet Union and the South  which was overseen by the U.S.

]]> 2021-04-21 18:17:35 UTC https://padlet.com/985038/gcalqofkkaiuvbzh/wish/1443970856 1948 985038 https://padlet.com/985038/gcalqofkkaiuvbzh/wish/1443975567 The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea emerges and Kim II-Sung becomes revered leader of North Korea.
One party, communist political dictatorship rule of North Korea.

"The Soviet Union placed Kim II-sung, who had returned from exile in China in 1945, as head of the North's temporary government...He clung to socialism and rejected American style democracy. He felt the entire region should be communist" (x)

]]> 2021-04-21 18:18:34 UTC https://padlet.com/985038/gcalqofkkaiuvbzh/wish/1443975567 1994 985038 https://padlet.com/985038/gcalqofkkaiuvbzh/wish/1444968191 Death of Kim Il-sung 
Kim Il-sung was seen as the 'eternal leader' of North Korea. His death day was a tragic day for North Koreans who worshipped him. Kim Jong-il succeeds his father as leader, but is poorly equipped to run the country.
"We were a sea of bodies, crying and swaying from side to side on the heels of their shoes as if the world itself had ended. When it was finally my family's turn to lay down the white magnolia's and show our respect, my father bowed three times and then wailed like all the others, shocking me, for I'd never seen him cry before" (13).
]]> 2021-04-22 00:14:42 UTC https://padlet.com/985038/gcalqofkkaiuvbzh/wish/1444968191 1994-1998 985038 https://padlet.com/985038/gcalqofkkaiuvbzh/wish/1444969474 Famine
The loss of the Soviet Union, economic mismanagement, and catastrophic flooding caused the great famine in North Korea, often referred to as the "Arduous March." Farming field were destroyed and the government stopped providing rations altogether, prioritizing feeding the military over civilians. 3 million North Koreans reportedly died from starvation during the during this time period.
"Death was all around us. We'd enter the market in the mornings to find women wailing and rocking in their arms children who had died during the night. As we plunged deep into the merchant's stalls, we found the corpses of old men and women, their mouths still agape" (175). 

"'The factories up here may be open, yet no one is working in them, because what's the point?' he said. 'People don't get paid won for the hours they put in. The food distribution centers are empty, so their ration tickets are useless. There's no hope" (39).]]> 2021-04-22 00:15:09 UTC https://padlet.com/985038/gcalqofkkaiuvbzh/wish/1444969474 1910-1945 985038 https://padlet.com/985038/gcalqofkkaiuvbzh/wish/1444974273 Korea is under Japanese rule
"Under the Japanese, the Korean people were largely oppressed. Former landowners were pushed off their properties, and others were forced to work as slave laborers for Japanese overlords. Many of the houses, monuments, and buildings built during the Joseon Dynasty, and most of its traditions, were destroyed" (ix).
]]> 2021-04-22 00:17:02 UTC https://padlet.com/985038/gcalqofkkaiuvbzh/wish/1444974273 1991 985038 https://padlet.com/985038/gcalqofkkaiuvbzh/wish/1444986308 Collapse of the Soviet Union
The Soviet Union was North Korea's  main source of economic aid and was the country's biggest trading partner. Without Soviet aid, North Korea's economy went into a free-fall. ]]> 2021-04-22 00:21:34 UTC https://padlet.com/985038/gcalqofkkaiuvbzh/wish/1444986308 1950-1953 985038 https://padlet.com/985038/gcalqofkkaiuvbzh/wish/1445041813 Korean War
The war began when communist North Korean forces invaded South Korea. The U.S. helped back South Korea. No peace treaty was ever signed, and this resulted in heightened tensions between North and South Korea.]]> 2021-04-22 00:42:27 UTC https://padlet.com/985038/gcalqofkkaiuvbzh/wish/1445041813 1977 985038 https://padlet.com/985038/gcalqofkkaiuvbzh/wish/1445095583 Land is collectivized
North Korea passed a land law whereby all land became the property of the state and co-operatives, with no rights for sale or purchase.]]> 2021-04-22 01:01:51 UTC https://padlet.com/985038/gcalqofkkaiuvbzh/wish/1445095583 1960s-1970s 985038 https://padlet.com/985038/gcalqofkkaiuvbzh/wish/1445100225 Pyongyang is built
New and grand monuments, hotels, museums, theaters, and theme parks are built in the capital of North Korea where the elite and government officials live.]]> 2021-04-22 01:03:40 UTC https://padlet.com/985038/gcalqofkkaiuvbzh/wish/1445100225