North Korea Confidential Critical Review
In the 21st century, North Korea can be described as an intelligence black hole. The state is characterized by North Korea’s weaknesses like hunger, poverty, corruption and insecurity and the economic instabilities. According to chapter, one of the North Korea confidential, North Korea communities are atomized and this does not exist functionally outside of the institutions state. There is a scarcity of food and state’s insecurity (Tudor, & Pearson, 2015). North Korea is a troubled community where individuals live under a constant violent dictatorship which is led by a sole family. The society is therefore not ensured of the well-being of the majority and ordinary individuals. The single family that is in leaderships relentlessly follows nuclear arms development which invites military clashes that are risky with richer, larger, liberal south which prioritizes every individual in playing the theater state role despite it paying little that the services leaped to the overwhelming majority’s well-being (Tudor, & Pearson, 2015).
Based on chapter seven, the society is characterized by instability, low economy, and corruption. The famine fallout influenced the change of the ordinary individual’s lives as it resulted in unpredicted changes in attitude, livelihood of individuals as well as the governance in North Korea. The society has therefore lost confidence in the ability of their state in the general provisions and therefore the entire societal population has started living a double life. This is in that individuals are involved in double economic activities in order to be able to fully settle their bills. As a result, these have thus resulted in negative impacts like the instability of the economy, minimal intelligence, and advanced corruption. The society in North Korea is characterized by violence and exploitations of their human rights. This is accomplished through oppression by the state because individuals are not allowed to live their lives as the rest of the individuals in different states which have been liberalized (Tudor, & Pearson, 2015).
According to chapter six, the society is characterized by economic issues which are based on political, economic and social changes which have shifted from the essential shift to the economic surrounding. The cultural changes have developed to materialism where the individuals are limited by economic policies. The government is fully unable to focus on governing policies in bettering the well-being of individuals and thus focusing on lifestyle changes. Communication is an essential part of ensuring that development is achieved, socially, economically as well as politically but it is limited in the North Korean society (Tudor, & Pearson, 2015). In the 21st century, communication has rapidly evolved and information can thus be distributed within the shortest period though for the North Korean information is limited. This is oppression of human rights. The 21st-century society in North Korea is one that is associated with high level of poverty as innovativeness has been hindered. Based on the book the authors assert that the policies of communication limitations have influenced low economic development thus most individuals cannot afford to live comfortable lives. ‘’North Korean individuals develop thoughts for themselves yet they are states slaves because they are automatons’’ (Tudor, & Pearson, 2015).
Based on the assertion of chapter five, the phase is essential in illustrating the political loyalty in North Korea which has resulted in the low quality of democracy. Each day the individuals are involved in corruption in order to get a way through and also be able to acquire international films as well as international broadcasts (Tudor, & Pearson, 2015). The society only believes in the information that is provided by the state because they have no understanding about the outside world. They are therefore not thirsty for evolution despite their realization of the exploitation from the state. Materialism is highly linked to the North Korean society because money is the equalizer as accessing things from the foreign world requires some money in killing the growing curiosity which is a personality risk in glimpsing the outside world which is illegal. The society is characterized by oppression as the ordinary individuals are denied the right to accessing information which is a human right (Tudor, & Pearson, 2015).
The society is additionally linked with dictatorship since the private sectors are not allowed to play any role and there is no existence of any market to talk about. The state utilizes all the available tools in suppressing the private sectors leaders by utilizing the state’s unquestioned power. This has thus led to the development of corruption In order to fill the existing market gaps between the private and the public sectors. The ordinary members of the society live as hostages because they have to seek for protection racket in order for their operations to be legalized by the powerful individuals. This is contrary to the global nations which are characterized by democracy where they are provided with opportunities to be fully engaged in economic, political and social activities without fail (Tudor, & Pearson, 2015).
According to chapter three, the reason as to why a single family remains in power is because the state utilizes its isolation and poverty as it striking weapons in striking the world. The nation security department seeks for political crimes. The North Korean society is designed to be competitive mainly because of competition does not imply conducting better jobs but it is related to the impunity ideology. Everyone one who wishes to live a better must, therefore, be against their neighbors in order to obtain better survival. Remaining loyal to the state is the way forward of the state in maintaining the nation’s security which has contributed to instability and the government, therefore, has continuously revolved around a single family (Tudor, & Pearson, 2015).
I agree with the evidence that is presented by the authors. This is because the North Korean society has not drawn any interest for changes despite the growing information about the oppression from the government. Democracy has thus not been achieved and this is mainly because the states members have allowed the occurrence. Individuals do not believe that they have the capabilities of leading the nation like the ruling single family (Tudor, & Pearson, 2015).
Based on chapter seven on social division, the presented evidence by the authors suggests that North Korean needs libel reforms. One major sector that has remained constant in North Korea is the disregard utters that dynasty mafia ruling for the ordinary individuals ruling (Tudor, & Pearson, 2015). This is the growing liberating reforms which are provoking. Reforms in North Korea are still a taboo. This is because the reforming measures that are implemented in the state are more focused on sanctioning individual farmers in the countryside market rather than the government. This depicts an abandonment that is tactical from the government collectiveness in family’s favor in regard to farming which has a growing impact. Despite the farmers having enough to feed the state, many homes have inadequate to feed and they consume half of what those individuals in South Koreans consume because change has not been embraced fully. This is because the government has not legalized field research on agriculture. The farmers are not permitted to retain a larger share of their production and the large surplus is delivered to the state. Policies to favor the laborers have not been effectively enacted and the government continuously exploits their efforts and continuous reforms have been announced before the year 2002 though nothing has been achieved (Tudor, & Pearson, 2015).
Liberalization should, therefore, entail developing subsidies to motivate the workers by adjusting the market prices and aligning the state’s prices. This should, therefore, permit the farmers to sell their small harvest to the marker in order to affect economic development. Even though the North Korean regime wants to improve the state’s economy it cannot accomplish this at the cost of developing nuclear weapons (Tudor, & Pearson, 2015). Additionally Lessening the state’s violence and repression in which the states remains in power may not help in delivering economic reforms. Reforms must be achieved by developing the political system in the country because democracy is not achieved when a single family remains in power. This is because the negative economic consequences in North Korea have been influenced by those individuals in power by limiting the capability of the society (Tudor, & Pearson, 2015). The development of the North Koreans livelihood is bound to be limited even if the existing reforms are adequately enacted and maintained because the source of power remains the same. It is thus clear that the nuclear weapons productions are the major hindrances to a better relation between North Korea and the outside world and given the conditions of the program which depends on international aids the program is not bound to last. This is because despite the ability of the sanctions in bringing global sanctions down on the state the country has no interest in dropping them.
Reference
Tudor, D., & Pearson, J. (2015). North Korea confidential: Private markets, fashion trends, prison camps, dissenters and defectors.
