Totalitarian Regime in North Korea
Totalitarianism regime in North Korea
Year 2011 was certainly a bad year for dictators. Kim Jong-Il, the supreme leader of Totalitarian regime in North Korea had passed away following a heart attack at the age of 69. His place was replaced by his own son, Kim Jong-Eun. It was already predicted to find North Koreans were shedding tears over the passing of a dictator. However, what may surprise is that some of the tears shed are spontaneous and authentic (Jones, 2011). Are these people really loved their leader or it is just an aftermath of dictatorship? North Korea that also known as Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) is notorious with its totalitarian Stalinist dictatorship in the world. North Koreans are been considered by the outsides as a society that had been violated their basic human’s rights by its own regime. For many years since World War II, North Korea's economy has had double digit growth rates, while their citizens lived in poverty (Osborn, 1997). Many of the financial investment are been channel to the empowerment of the military. Political policy along with a changing world economy has left this Stalinist Dictatorship country in the dark ages. Despite of what the regime had done to its country, the people remain idolizing their supreme leader. They even mourned the loss of their cruel leader, Kim Jong-Il. Images of weeping North Koreans have filled the western media. But is their grief real? Some have suggested that the hysterical displays of mourning were staged. Some say their griefs are authentic. The question is, are the citizens really respect and love their leader or they just fear of him? And if they do love their leader why is so?
Cult of personality Cult of personality of the North Korea leader may become one of the strongest reasons why the citizens idolized him so much. Cult of personality itself is a system in which a leader is able to control a group of people through the sheer force of his personality and is often
Year 2011 was certainly a bad year for dictators. Kim Jong-Il, the supreme leader of Totalitarian regime in North Korea had passed away following a heart attack at the age of 69. His place was replaced by his own son, Kim Jong-Eun. It was already predicted to find North Koreans were shedding tears over the passing of a dictator. However, what may surprise is that some of the tears shed are spontaneous and authentic (Jones, 2011). Are these people really loved their leader or it is just an aftermath of dictatorship? North Korea that also known as Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) is notorious with its totalitarian Stalinist dictatorship in the world. North Koreans are been considered by the outsides as a society that had been violated their basic human’s rights by its own regime. For many years since World War II, North Korea's economy has had double digit growth rates, while their citizens lived in poverty (Osborn, 1997). Many of the financial investment are been channel to the empowerment of the military. Political policy along with a changing world economy has left this Stalinist Dictatorship country in the dark ages. Despite of what the regime had done to its country, the people remain idolizing their supreme leader. They even mourned the loss of their cruel leader, Kim Jong-Il. Images of weeping North Koreans have filled the western media. But is their grief real? Some have suggested that the hysterical displays of mourning were staged. Some say their griefs are authentic. The question is, are the citizens really respect and love their leader or they just fear of him? And if they do love their leader why is so?
Cult of personality Cult of personality of the North Korea leader may become one of the strongest reasons why the citizens idolized him so much. Cult of personality itself is a system in which a leader is able to control a group of people through the sheer force of his personality and is often