Kim Jong-Un became the supreme ruler of North Korea in 2011 after the death of his father, Kim Jong-il. Under the control of Kim Jong-Un and his family over the years, the people of North Korea’s freedoms have become very limited. For example, there is no religious freedom and no freedom of movement. North Korea’s demographics show a lot about the country and how it is being run. Due to North Korea being a communist country, the country’s demographics and health situations are very bad off.
Freedom in North Korea
Not only does North Korea have limited freedom, but also it also has political prison camps that have been around even longer than the Nazi concentration camps. Many reports have shown that most of the prisoners in the …show more content…
If someone is caught trying to do this, then they can be sent back and forced to attend the prison camps or even harsher punishments. Countless numbers of women, men, and even children that have tried to escape have ended up in the hands of human traffickers. With North Korea bordering China, a major problem with human trafficking between the countries has developed. Some of the women that have escaped from the trafficking have spoken out about their stories. In an interview of Ji-hyun Park given by The World Post, she talked about her personal encounter of human trafficking. “Park left North Korea and ventured out to China along with her brother due to famine. Her uncle had recently died due …show more content…
Although communism has some good qualities, it has been the reason for bad things happening too. For example, communism has not only been thought to feed into poverty but also has limited many businesses on what they could be earning. Communism might seem like a great idea to some people, but in reality it is cutting people off of resources and that is not fair at all. Overall, if North Korea was not a communist country, it would not have as bad of demographics and health situations as it does today and has had for the past several