Propaganda In North Korea
Propaganda is defined as information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view. It is found in both 1984 and the country of North Korea. The reason it is used is to keep the citizens of both places in a fear of constant warfare, in belief that they’re living in a perfect world, and create a way to force the idea of how great each leader actually is through different types of technologies. North Korea was created on September 9, 1948 and has been run by Kim Jong Un since 2011. Kim Jong Un uses propaganda as a way to keep his citizens in fear of constant warfare. According to a Huffington Post article, Oh Ji-Heon said, “We were at war all the time, all year round.”
…show more content…
The article written by Peninsularity.com says,”The Ministry of Truth had 3000 rooms (above ground). The Ryugyong was originally planned to have 3000 rooms (though this number has been significantly reduced due to structural constraints and the inclusion of facilities generally expected of five-star hotels).” This shows that with the help of propaganda, the people of North Korea were able to create something that was directly from the book written by George Orwell. Technology is acknowledged in 1984 with the telescreens. The technology is so advanced that Winston keeps his back turned at times, so that they can’t sense his rebellion maybe as much as they could if he was directly facing the screen, as this quote mentions,”Winston kept his back turned to the telescreen. It was safer, though, as he well knew, even a back can be revealing”(1.1). Technology is more a part of the modern world than ever and it was an even bigger part of the novel. This is shown with propaganda because at the same time that North Korea is copying building designs from the novel, they are also spitting out songs about how much they hate America on the radio for everyone to hear. Propaganda is such an important factor anywhere, and everywhere and becomes even more of a problem when technology gets
The article written by Peninsularity.com says,”The Ministry of Truth had 3000 rooms (above ground). The Ryugyong was originally planned to have 3000 rooms (though this number has been significantly reduced due to structural constraints and the inclusion of facilities generally expected of five-star hotels).” This shows that with the help of propaganda, the people of North Korea were able to create something that was directly from the book written by George Orwell. Technology is acknowledged in 1984 with the telescreens. The technology is so advanced that Winston keeps his back turned at times, so that they can’t sense his rebellion maybe as much as they could if he was directly facing the screen, as this quote mentions,”Winston kept his back turned to the telescreen. It was safer, though, as he well knew, even a back can be revealing”(1.1). Technology is more a part of the modern world than ever and it was an even bigger part of the novel. This is shown with propaganda because at the same time that North Korea is copying building designs from the novel, they are also spitting out songs about how much they hate America on the radio for everyone to hear. Propaganda is such an important factor anywhere, and everywhere and becomes even more of a problem when technology gets