Defectors From North Korea Are Saying That The Situation Is Hopeless

The world hoped and wondered as the leadership in North Korea changed hands recently

but the situation seems to be hopeless for those who want the oppressive regime to come to an end. The deceased North Korean President chose his youngest son Kim jung Un as his successor. The world knew very little about the disposition of the younger Kim but I suspected that one of the major factors for choosing him is that the late President Kim jong Il knew that he would continue to govern the country under the same repressive iron fist of ruler ship.

The former president also left a strong military and political support system in place to prevent positive change after his death. He left key powerful political and military figures in place to insure that it would be very difficult to change the operation and established protocol of the old regime.

Defectors have painted a grim picture of life in North Korea. The country is in near starvation mode with many of its citizens dying of starvation. The situation has become so dire that there are stories that the military which is normally well taken care of and fed is in danger.

Rapid change is unlikely because most North Koreans believe the nations founder, Kim Il Sung, and his son Kim jung Il were godlike figures, and the military will likely rally around Kim jung Un. In addition, the government still has a stranglehold over its people.

This was evident at the passing of Kim jung Il when citizens who were declared to be insincere mourners were taken into custody and punished. The North Koreans are also sending citizens to Russia to work in Russian labor camps as punishment for perceived offenses or transgressions.

It is speculated that one in every three North Koreans is a spy and they keep a watch on each other. This probably accounts for many of the arrests of its citizens to be transported to work in labor camps.

There are more than 15,000 North Korean defectors living in South Korea, most of whom arrived the North by crossing the lightly guarded border with China. The border between the two Koreas is very heavily guarded because it constitutes the demilitarized zone. It is possible that a defector might be able to infiltrate into South Korea this way but it is very highly improbable.

Every defector has a different story, but virtually all left because they were frustrated by continuing shortages of food and electricity and by the heavy-handed government control over personal freedoms.

Kim Ig-hwan, a native South Korean who serves as secretary-general of Open Radio for North Korea, which broadcasts news and other programming into the North, said defectors he has talked to believe Kim Jong Il should have paid for his crimes, even though its a good thing that he died.

In the days following Kims death, video showed scores of North Koreans crying uncontrollably as they paid homage to their fallen leader. The footage prompted many to suggest the displays of emotion were either staged or brought on by mourners fears that to react otherwise publicly would have dire consequences.

Defectors, however, suggested those scenes were sincere displays of grief from a people raised to believe that Kim Jong Il was a godlike father figure, and yet another sign of the viselike grip the government of North Korea has on its people.

One technique that President Kim used to brainwash the people and control their minds was to convince them that he was keeping them safe from bad forces which wanted to overtake the country and its people. Military Ring Express

by: tishbite

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