North Korea

I'm probably going to get assassinated for this, but... I watched a documentary on Netflix about North Korea tonight and it disturbed me immensely.

Who else is aware of the scary crap that goes on over there? Do you know they have concentration camps in full effect filled with anyone who questions their Supreme General... and ALL the family members of those anyones are also in concentration camps? Very few people make it out alive.
No one is allowed to leave North Korea. There is incredibly heavy restriction as to who can come in.

It's terrible. Truly terrible and difficult to believe.
Tyranny. Dictatorship. Abuse of power. Some of the few words that come to mind.

Also, hatred toward the United States is encouraged in high form. Little kids are taught to despise Americans.

North Korea has acquired nuclear weapons.

You should be scared. I know I am.

Do you know the food aid they recieve from America is seen as devotional offerings to their leader. Yeah, they think the USA worships Kim Jong'un.

The whole place is organised exactly like a faith based cult.

No, it's not a joke.

They honestly believe the food aid they get from you guys are devotional offerings.

Kevin is right and anyone in north Korea to say otherwise would likely wind up in a concentration camp. What I worry about is what if while Kim is laying on his death bed, he orders some bombs dropped? He'd have nothing to lose. The world world would be a sandlot in less than 24 hours.
The Korean war ended with a cease fire. There was never a treaty signed. As far as Korea is concerned, we're 50 years into that cease fire and the war isn't over.

Actually they have the 4th largest military in the world.

That's interesting and I hope it's true. It would be hard to know however since no one is allowed access into North Korea.

I got the "4th" thing from the documentary I watched. I wonder how they came up with that number. Pretty far off!

Just a note: that website that Donald posted does mention that their numbers don't include "game changers such as nuclear weapons." I'm not sure what North Korea actually has on that front, but THEY, at least, say they have some.

Oh, they definitely have some.

Satellite surveillance is important. However, a lot is done in closed quarters where the outside world can't see... wouldn't you say?

Ok, sure. True.

So do you think North Korea isn't a real threat?

I don't want our soldiers to be killed. I don't want my taxes going toward killing.
Something should be done about these concentration camps however. It makes me sick thinking people in the world are suffering at the hands of their leaders, and there's nothing we do to stop it. Is it our job? I don't know.
I think maybe it is. Sure, we're having an economical crisis, but... we're free. Shouldn't we be the big brother country helping other countries to be free? In the end, we are humans on this land and they are humans on that land. Regardless of nationality, we're all humans and we should be helping each other. We're family, right?
No one is in concentration camps over here. No one is kept in, not many are kept out. We don't have it bad. Our political leaders should be liquidating money from the wealthiest people in our country with millions and millions in their back pockets. Yeah sure, I'm a socialist, whatever. I don't think it's right that 2 people can work equally hard all their lives but someone ends up with 10 Ferrari's, a yacht, and 6 mansions. Who the hell needs that? All that money should be going toward our impoverished, toward charities, and then with the tons that are left over after our wounds are healed, that money should be put into global affairs - not to form alliances, but to end suffering.

Wow, I sound like Miss U.S.A. on the podium. Bleh.

Edited - OUT

History is written by the winners.

I just saw something about North Korea in my history class...

In boot camp our drill sergeants convinced us that we were going to war with north korea and as soon as we were done with our training, we were being deployed. there's no contact to the outside world there, so that's what we believed for the day... funny, real funny

Http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/11/23/korea-attack-yeonpyeong-island_n_787294.html

^To be fair, she said she had a read on how people were feeling, not perfect insight into the country as an objective body.

Thankyou Helen

Palin on her insight into Russian Politics
Palins future ex son in law the father of her grandchild is about to throw his hat into a ring
News for beck corrects palin on north korea
Sarah Palin Calls North Korea an "Ally"

Upon hearing that, Beck immediately butted-in to correct the possible 2012 Republican presidential candidate, quickly interjecting, "South Korea." Palin
I must give credit where it is due, on the live campain add between dumb and dumber at least dumb did his homework XD
I'm So Ronery by Kim Jong - Team America: World Police
In all fairness she is a more convincing bimbo than Tina Fey
www.huffingtonpost.com/.../sarah-palin-russia-alaska_n_777535.html

I am thankful there are no half baked Alaskans in my family

Spill, baby, spill",[10] and "Kill, baby, Kill Words don't hurt people people hurt people.. If Cheney's friend had not thought it was irresponsible to go hunting with a careless man he would have not got shot

"Making fun of misstatements is one thing, but excepting ignorance for mistakes is wrong and dangerous when one holds the most important position in the world "

I look foward to your wisdom everyday, and I do trust your wisdom
andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the.../the-twelve-odd.html
Heilemann and Halperin write: "Palin couldn't explain why North Korea and South Korea were separate nations. She didn't know what the Fed [the Federal Reserve] did. Asked who attacked America on 9/11, she suggested several times that it was Saddam Hussein. Asked to identify the enemy that her son would be fighting in Iraq, she drew a blank. Later, on the plane, Palin said to her team: 'I wish I'd paid more attention to this stuff'."

God, grant me the serenity
To accept the things I cannot change;
Courage to change the things I can;
And wisdom to know the difference

The difference between the north and the south is caused by diversity. If the half term govenor had been elected vice presedent and John got Alzheimer's Dementia she could rely on a team of people he had chosen to help her understand that governing is more than catch phrases and trusting the media.. News for north-korea...us--south-korean-drills

Korea was united until 1948, when it was split into South Korea and North Korea. South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea, is a free market, democratic and developed country, with memberships in the United Nations, WTO, OECD and G-20 major economies. North Korea, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, has a centrally planned industrial economy, with memberships in the United Nations, ISO, Non-Aligned Movement, ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF), and other international organizations.

Palin should read George W. Bush's new book,...by that I don't mean My Pet Goat

"Palin goes on to say that the Beck interview was one of "seven back-to-back interviews," and that her past remarks on South and North Korea had been accurate to date". ...I guess being president is easier than running

Republic of Korea, is a free market

This planet has never seen a truly free market, I know it's symantics but until one is actually put into practice using the term is pointless. ''The free market" as people believe today is just corporatism as are most "democracies". I don't understand how being part of worthless politics like the UN, WTO, OECD and any of the pointless G-20 summits marks you a developed nation, seems more like a nation that loves to over pay people and waste money on useless overpriced parties.

@Hellon aka Miss Take & Britt: nah the drill sergeants only had us convinced of that for the day. only durning personal time at night we can write letters so they told us it was a joke before then.
my best friend from boot camp is a combat medic and he's going to korea for his duty station. not a deployment, so no benefits, no combat patch, no nothin. he's pissed

This serious is a very in depth and personal inside view of north korea. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6ixGYzbLz0

It's worth watching to help one understand the tensions/psychology of the region.

You know things aren't so simple that Obama can just decide to do something about it. People don't seem to realize that the President doesn't really have any power. Congress are the ones who makes the decisions about stuff like that. The president just enforces those decisions. Sure he can veto stuff, but Congress can overrule that veto with enough votes.

It may seem cold, but I think we should focus on ourselves first and stay out of trying to be the boss of the world. Terrorism is bad I agree, and yet we've used it recently. Not to mention most of our bad relationships with countries are from us butting our noses into things just because they're not our way.

I'm not saying concentration camps are fine cause they're not, but to criticize a style of government just because it's not like ours is ridiculous. If Korea wants to have a dictatorship, fine let them have it. The problem isn't the style of government. It's the person or people in charge that are the problem.

I say keep an eye on them, but we can't force our way on them. Not only would that be hypocritical, but it could and probably would cause more problems.

"If Korea wants to have a dictatorship, fine let them have it. The problem isn't the style of government. It's the person or people in charge that are the problem."

North Korea wants to have a dictatorship? Sure, if Kim Jong-il is interchangeable with the entirety of North Korea. They are synonymous...
You don't see me criticizing just any government different than my own. Hell, I don't even like my government! I'm criticizing Kim Jong-il's oppressive tyranny. If North Korea was free to choose its dictator then I'd agree to disagree, but there is no choice. There's no freedom. Even suggesting there is a choice could get you killed. NK is a bad, bad place and there's no two ways about it.
Maybe we shouldn't step in, but there's no harm in increasing awareness.

The problem is freedom isn't something that can be given or taken away. If the revolutions in history have shown anything, it's that the government doesn't have as much power as it's made out to have.