1-Do some research and explain the origin of the north-korean communist regime.
On October 17, 1926, a teenager Kim Il-sung, who would later become North Korea's first leader, established the Union to Defeat Imperialism. It was founded, according to official propaganda, to fight against Japanese imperialism and promote Marxism-Leninism.
The propaganda machine of North Korea would like to celebrate this moment as the anniversary of the founding of the party. For others, the real foundation happened in 1949, when communists from North Korea and South Korea finally created a coalition with the aim of moving towards a unified Korea.
3. What are the names of the North-Korean leaders mentioned in the documentary? Who is the current leader of the country?
The documentary mentioned: Kim Il Sung, Kim Jong Il and Kim Jong Un.
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Kim Il Sung that was the first Supreme Leader of North Korea from its establishment in 1948 until his death in 1994 and he is considered the eternal president of the country. |
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His son, Kim Jong Il, was the leader of North Korea until he died after a heart attack in 2011. |
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And finally the current leader of the country is Kim Jong Un, Chairman of the workers' party of Korea. |
4-What are the instruments used by these leaders to mantain this dictatorial regime?
First to comment that it is a dictatorship full of lies that the liders impose on the people of the country using them as if they were puppets and making them believe that what they are living is the best for them.
A clear example is a traditional dance that is dedicated to the leader in wich millions people participate, maybe many of them do not feel like doing the dance but they impose it.
5-What´s the meaning of the word Gulag? Where does it come from? Is there anything similar in North Korea?
It was the branch of the NKVD that ran the penal system of forced labor camps and many other police functions in the Soviet Union. Although the forced labor camps operated in Russia before that date and the establishment of the Soviet Union, the Gulag was officially created on April 25,1930,and dissolved on January 13,1960.
6-According to the video what are the main caracteristics of a dictatorship?
The main caracteristics of a dictatorship are that citizens do not have any kind of right, the only one who is free to do what he want is the leader, they deceive the inhabitants by manipulating everything they see on television in books and magazines, they have to have two pictures of the leader in their houses, and they can never turn their backs on a photo or a statue of the leader,it is a totaly retrograde society.
7-Compare the life of a north-korean family with your own. In addition, try to describe the life of a north-korean teenager of your same age.
If I compare my life with the one of a North-Korean family, I realise that I am so lucky, because I can express my ideas and opinions freely, contrast any type of information, travel all around the world in order to know other cultures and form my own ideals, study what I really like, watch TV, wear what ever I want and other things that we do in our day a day and that they can not.
