https://padlet.com/joseph_rosetti/kwj1z4bf7nqr Joey Rosetti en-us 2019-01-25 15:51:32 UTC 2024-05-27 18:28:49 UTC hello@padlet.com joseph_rosetti https://padlet.com/joseph_rosetti/kwj1z4bf7nqr/wish/324391081 The North Korean Government was established in 1942 as a socialist state, and is defined as a dictatorship. People have civil and political rights but they are "superseded by safeguarding the political and ideological unity of the people." The current leader, Kim Jong Un, has been the leader of North Korea since 2011. Everyone must obey his orders or they will be punished. It is a communist state under the  control of him. Kim Jong Un is the dictator and rules over everyone. There is a government, but he ultimately decides everything. He doesn't care about his people, and will even execute them for not being loyal to him. He also has concentration camps all over the country. A concentration camp holds men, women, and children hostage to do work. They barely get food or water, and they have to do unreal amounts of work for the country. The entire family of the person that got in trouble in sent to the camp. If you so little as forget to praise the "Supreme Leader" they can arrest you, and send you to a prison camp along with your brother, sister, mother, and father.
Source: https://www.history.com/topics/korea/north-korea-history]]> 2019-01-25 16:32:12 UTC https://padlet.com/joseph_rosetti/kwj1z4bf7nqr/wish/324391081 joseph_rosetti https://padlet.com/joseph_rosetti/kwj1z4bf7nqr/wish/324987535 An aerial view of the concentration camps ]]> 2019-01-28 15:51:04 UTC https://padlet.com/joseph_rosetti/kwj1z4bf7nqr/wish/324987535 joseph_rosetti https://padlet.com/joseph_rosetti/kwj1z4bf7nqr/wish/324990132  North Korea is one of the world’s most repressive states. Their government restricts all civil and political rights for its citizens, including freedom of expression, assembly, association, and religion. It "prohibits all organized political opposition, independent media, civil society, and trade unions." The government uses "arbitrary" arrest and punishment of crimes, torture in custody, forced labor, and executions to maintain fear and control. Recently, the government has tightened restrictions on travel and unauthorized cross-border travel with China, and punished North Koreans making contact with the outside world. In other words, North Korea is still trying to isolate themselves from the rest of the world, and won't let their people leave the country. The citizens have basically no rights, and have to live their life strictly due to the fact that at any point in time if they do something to upset the leader, they will be punished severely, along with their family.
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https://www.hrw.org/news/2018/06/05/human-rights-north-korea]]> 2019-01-28 15:55:21 UTC https://padlet.com/joseph_rosetti/kwj1z4bf7nqr/wish/324990132 joseph_rosetti https://padlet.com/joseph_rosetti/kwj1z4bf7nqr/wish/324996628 The fearless Supreme Leader Kim Jung Un]]> 2019-01-28 16:06:18 UTC https://padlet.com/joseph_rosetti/kwj1z4bf7nqr/wish/324996628 joseph_rosetti https://padlet.com/joseph_rosetti/kwj1z4bf7nqr/wish/324997168 The way elections work in North Korea is, Kim Jung Un decides. Nobody has say in it except for him, the Supreme Leader. Obviously, since he's in this position, he isn't going to give up leader, so he stays on his throne. Voters do not have much choice. They are presented with a single candidate in the district where they live. These candidates are chosen by the Democratic Front for the Reunification of the Fatherland, which is controlled by the Workers' Party. There is only one box to tick. "Abstaining or voting no would be a dangerous act of treason, given that voting takes place in booths that do not provide any secrecy, and dissenting votes must be posted into a separate ballot box." Everyone in North Korea at the age of 17 or older is obliged to vote. In practice the supreme leader, Kim Jong Un, calls the shots, supported by the Presidium, a smaller group of senior officials.
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https://www.economist.com/the-economist-explains/2014/03/05/how-north-koreas-elections-work]]> 2019-01-28 16:07:15 UTC https://padlet.com/joseph_rosetti/kwj1z4bf7nqr/wish/324997168 joseph_rosetti https://padlet.com/joseph_rosetti/kwj1z4bf7nqr/wish/325003981 2019-01-28 16:18:57 UTC https://padlet.com/joseph_rosetti/kwj1z4bf7nqr/wish/325003981 joseph_rosetti https://padlet.com/joseph_rosetti/kwj1z4bf7nqr/wish/325004577 One of the country's brutal laws is the "three generations of punishment" rule. If one person is guilty of a serious crime and sent to a prison camp, their immediate family can also be sent with them. Then the next two generations born in the camps can also remain there. The law was introduced in 1972 by Kim Il-sung because "up to three generations had to be punished to wipe out the 'seed' of class enemies." Crimes for which North Koreans can find themselves sent to a prison camp can allegedly include failure to "wipe dust off portraits of Kim Il-sung". If you fail to dust it, you will be sent to a camp. Also, having contact with South Koreans if a prohibited act. Survivors of the camps have described prisoners becoming stunted and deformed from carrying out hard labor for 12 hours a day, seven days a week. Citizens are also not allowed to leave, watch normal TV or news, or browse the internet. Also it is a criminal offence for North Koreans to leave the country without government permission.
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https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/09/19/brutal-inhumane-laws-north-koreans-forced-live/]]> 2019-01-28 16:19:59 UTC https://padlet.com/joseph_rosetti/kwj1z4bf7nqr/wish/325004577 joseph_rosetti https://padlet.com/joseph_rosetti/kwj1z4bf7nqr/wish/325449764 In North Korea, they have a dictatorship. In the US, we have a democratic republican type government. We were threatening each other all of 2017, but it was pretty quiet in 2018. Now we're in 2019 and North Korea is starting to test more missiles to enhance their power. North Korea has about 945,000 active personnel, compared to the US's 1,350,000. However, North Korea has a lot of allies, that out number us by 5 times. Our air power outnumbers NK's by 13 times. Our naval troops equals about 415, less than half that of NK's, but "the US Navy is better trained, operates across the globe, and possess 19 aircraft carriers - something NK does not have." North Korea recently has been testing a missile called the "H Bomb" which is their most powerful missile, because they are still struggling to successfully master nuclear warheads, therefore they don't have fully fledged nuclear power. On the other side, the US has thousands of nuclear weapons. NK spends about $5 billion on their military each year, while the US spends around $430 billion each year.
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https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/895481/north-korea-attack-usa-war-missiles-army-kim-jong-un-donald-trump]]> 2019-01-29 15:51:36 UTC https://padlet.com/joseph_rosetti/kwj1z4bf7nqr/wish/325449764 joseph_rosetti https://padlet.com/joseph_rosetti/kwj1z4bf7nqr/wish/325452368 2019-01-29 15:55:39 UTC https://padlet.com/joseph_rosetti/kwj1z4bf7nqr/wish/325452368 joseph_rosetti https://padlet.com/joseph_rosetti/kwj1z4bf7nqr/wish/325474775 2019-01-29 16:32:19 UTC https://padlet.com/joseph_rosetti/kwj1z4bf7nqr/wish/325474775