After researching North Korea for many years and talking to
North Koreans and North Korea watchers,
I've noticed that the North Korean government
has two mouths. One speaks to the outside world; the other to their own
people. There are remarkable differences
in what they say. For example, while the North
Korean government keeps issuing threats to the international community,
the North Korean population is now being
motivated for the farming campaign.
Apparently the war drills are over.
Also, the regime repeatedly tells the people the economic
problems will soon be over, but the
leaders never deliver. The North Korean people are disappointed again and again. In fact, because North Korea
has not lived up to its promises in the
past 20 years, the love for "Big Brother" has extinguished. A large majority of the North Korean adults don't
believe in the lies anymore.
That makes living in the Hermit Kingdom perhaps even harder.
How can I begin to describe what it is
like to live in this country? Imagine a country where the state decides where you live, what profession
you choose, what sports
you practice, what food you eat and if you
eat. Imagine a country without any color in people's clothing and
buildings, except for the propaganda
images that decorate concrete flats, houses and
monuments. Imagine a country where Great Leader Kim Il-Sung has been
dead for over 18 years, but is still
president and where his starving followers must worship
him as a god. It's true that the entire
population of North Korea is suffering, but Christians are definitely singled out. Secret agents are
specifically trained to hunt them down
and imprison entire families. Read
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