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Originally Posted by survivingonrice
plus, i think so many people are out to make north korea a 'bad country'...what exactly is so bad about it? that it wants to make nuclear weapons? well, other countries have their share of them, why can't north korea...?
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North Korea is a run by a dictator named Kim Jong-Il. The country is closed to the outside world, and its citizens are not allowed to travel freely. The Stalinist dictatorship claims to have no human rights issues, but refugees who manage to escape from N. Korea tell different tales, moving enough to have had the United Nations pass a General Assembly resolution condemning the government's human rights violations.
Average citizens have no freedom of the press, freedom of speech, freedom of travel, freedom of employment. Citizens cannot even buy vehicles. Handicapped people are removed from society, and according to reports, babies born with obvious disabilities are killed.
If that isn't enough, look up the word
Gippeumjo.