A complete description of the dictatorship in North Korea, and how is the life of the people living in this junta regime.

1. NORTH KOREAN
DICTATORSHIP
Maira Asif
Ayesha Rasheed
Shizza Masood
Asif Hussain

2. What is dictatorship government?
Dictatorship is a form of government where a country is ruled by one
person or political entity, and exercised through various mechanisms to
ensure that the entity's power remains strong.

3. NORTH KOREA
Since it’s emergence in 1948, North Korea has been controlled by the Kim
Family:
1) Kim Il-Sung
2) Kim Jong Il
3) Kim Jong-un
Each in their own way made North Korea the most secretive country in the
whole world. But little has been publically known about the leaders of
North Korea.

4. THE KIM TYRANTS

5. THE STORY OF NORTH KOREA
All three leaders have been
known for their cults of
personality. Portraits of Kim Ill
Sung and Kim Jong-un hang side
by side in every North Korean
home, office and public space. An
estimated 35,000 statues of Kim
Ill Sung alone are on display in
the Hermit Country.

6. THE STORY OF NORTH KOREA
In school, North Korean Children are taught that they were fed, clothes and
sheltered by Ill Sung’s God like Grace and that he liberated the country
from Japanese Aggressors by single-handedly shooting down warplanes.
But in reality, Kim Ill Sung didn’t fight in the Korean Anti-Japanese
resistance or in the Korean War. This propaganda was created by the Soviet
Union in World War 2 when they inserted Kim as the first leader of what
would soon become North Korea.

7. JUCHE
Kim continued this propaganda work for decades,
solidifying his position as the country’s great leader as
such he slowly shifted away form Soviet Socialism and
replaced it with his own political philosophy called
Juche.
Juche which means self-reliance is an idea that a country
can succeed without any military or economic help from
foreign powers and it has been North Korea’s defining
policy since 1972.

8. The STORY CONTINUED…
In 1994, after the death of Kim Ill Sung, Kim Jong-Il came into power. The
second king is often defined as North Korea’s most secretive and ruthless
leader.
He believed that the less was known about him, the less could be used to
undermine him. Kim didn’t make a single public speech during his 17 year
tenure. He even spread false rumors about himself in an effort to remain
elusive.
To this date major details about his life including his date and place of birth
has been unknown.

9. JONG Ill’s reign of terror
The so-called dear leader strictly limited North Korea’s access to
information and freedom of movement.
And exasperated the effects of a drought that killed as many as three
million people. The Arduous March.
He also expanded a system of political prison
camps characterized by torture, hard labor and
sexual abuse.

10. KIM JONG-UN
When Kim Jong-Il died in 2011, his third son Kim Jong-Un became the
supreme leader.
He is best known as the dynasty’s spoiled young prince. He is thought to be
in his early thirties and has reported spent millions of state dollars on
imported luxuries.
The third Kim has introduced some economic and political reforms
including allowing limited foreign tourism, reducing punishments for
returning defectors and allowing a handful of media organizations to open
North Korean Bureaus.

11. NUCLEAR PROGRAM
However, Kim has largely
followed his father’s and
grandfather’s aggressive
policies; most disturbingly the
country’s nuclear weapons
program.

12. So-called Parliamentary System
In July 2015, North Korea held its latest round of
elections with a nearly 100 percent voting turn
out.
Despite calling themselves the democratic
republic of Korea, they’ve been voted the least
democratic country in the world.

13. BRANCHES OF GOVERNMENT
The North Korean Government is split into three branches:
1. Executive
2. Legislative
3. Judicial

14. Executive Branch
The Executive branch is
controlled by the premier and
leader Kim Jong Un who is also
in control of the military.

15. Legislative Branch
The legislative branch is primarily a congress called the Supreme People’s
Assembly.
Elections for the SPA are held every 5 years.
The SPA is occupied almost entirely of the member’s of the Worker’s Party
of Korea which is the only ruling body allowed by the constitution.
There are two other minor parties but they are both controlled by the
Worker’s Party.

16. Judicial Branch
The Judicial branch is known for secretive trials and a disregard for human
rights. All the judges are selected by the SPA.

17. In Practice
The candidates for SPA are chosen by the Worker’s Party. Each candidate
runs unopposed and anybody who votes against the candidate has to vote in
a special booth.
Since North Korea publically executes its citizens for any anti-state actions,
this is not a good idea.
The chosen candidates always win by a landslide. However the new SPA
rarely meets. Historically they are a rubber stand congress and have
approved nearly every single proposed law without debate.

18. A HUMANITARIAN CRISIS IN PLAIN
SIGHT
Precise data on the daily living conditions facing average North Koreans is
difficult to come by. However, the available estimates tell a horrific tale.
Roughly 70 percent of the population experiences food insecurity, defined
as lacking reliable access to regular, nutritious food.
Further, approximately 7 million people live without consistent access to
drinking water.

19. Pregnant women lack sufficient prenatal care,
resulting in high levels of anemia and infant
underdevelopment.
Malnourishment among children is widespread
to the degree that it affects almost 30 percent of
children under the age of five.
A HUMANITARIAN CRISIS IN PLAIN
SIGHT

20. PUBLIC EXECUTION
Any anti-state action is punished by
public execution. Every person of age 12
and above has a mandatory duty to
watch the execution. The typical style is
tying the person to a scaffold,
blindfolding them and then shooting
them 6 times: forehead, neck, chest,
pelvic, knees and ankles.

21. From the mouth of a defector
“I was twelve when I saw my first execution… It was natural for me. I
thought since he had committed a crime, he is getting what he deserved…
his crime was selling a few meters of rope from a mining site to some
Chinese dealers… surely, he sold government property but it didn’t warrant
execution…”

22. Television and Entertainment
 Currently there are only three TV stations broadcasting three channels in North
Korea. Each feeding propaganda to the public.
 The citizens are forbidden to watch anything but the government mandated
material. Music is prohibited.
 However, illegally pirated CD’s and USB’s make their way to North Koreans
somehow.
 If you are caught watching materials of Hollywood, you’d be let off after an
apology.
 However, if you are caught watching South Korean material, you’d be thrown
into labor camps.

23. North Korean Defectors
Most people who try to escape North Korea use the Tyumen River that
joins North Korea with China.
Escape is nearly impossible. If you are caught escaping three times, you
would be executed. However this was only during the time of Kim Ill Sung
and Kim Jong Ill.
To further prevent escaping, Kim Jong Un has announced that any person
caught escaping would be executed along with four generations of his
family.

24. Hatred for USA
The people in North Korea call Americans “Ugly, big nosed devils” etc.
The North Korean govt. has posted pictures of American soldiers in acts of
brutal violence against North Koreans all over school walls. Apparently it
was during the Sichon massacre.
Moreover during WW2 USA dropped more bombs on North Korea, killing
millions, than what it dropped on the entire Pacific Theatre.

25. PICTURES FROM SCHOOL WALLS

26. Internet and Knowledge about the world
North Koreans do not have access to internet. The country has its own
intranet that contains reportedly 28 specially tailored websites.
The people are taught that South Korea is full of homeless people and the
Korea’s must be reunited so that those people could be saved.
Americans are all devils who will mercilessly kill, maim and rape anyone.
North Korea is the best country in the world. The rest of the world is in
chaos.

27. Religion
Religion is prohibited in North Korea. No type of
religious text or preaching is allowed in the country. The
Supreme leader is portrayed by having God-like
qualities. Only he must be worshipped.

28. Dress code
Women are strictly forbidden
from wearing exposing clothes.
Men are allowed only 10
hairstyles while women can
choose from about 18
hairstyles.

29. All is not lost…
From the mouth of a defector:
“In the previous generations, we were taught that the world is in chaos and
we are better off. That South Koreans are homeless. Americans are devils.
It was because reaching the outside world was so impossible. But now
defectors relay information back to the people are we know that we are
being tricked. We are not ignorant anymore. We just don’t have the
capability to fight back...But things are changing for sure”

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