1. Do some research and explain the origin of the North Korean Communist Regime.
The origin of the North Korean Communist Regime goes back to the end of the II World War, when the north part of the Korean Peninsula was ocuppied by the Soviets and the southern part by United States. Initial hopes for an unified Korea were evaporated as the politics of the Cold War resulted in the establishment of two separate states.
The Soviet Civil Authority was established in October 1945. Kim Il-sung was suported as a chairman Provisional People's Committee for North Korea.
The Democratic People's Republic of Korea was established in the North on 9 September 1948. Shtykov served as the first Soviet ambassador, while Kim Il-sung became premier.
2. Find three recent news about North Korea from different digital sources and include the links to them.
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/apr/05/north-korea-releases-ultimatum-video-showing-attack-destroying-seoul
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/03/30/even-north-koreas-buddhists-are-spoiling-for-a-fight/
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/northkorea/12195346/North-Korea-jails-US-tourist-for-15-years-after-he-attempted-to-steal-a-propaganda-banner.html
3. What are the names of the North Korean leaders mentioned in the documentary? Who is the current leader of the country?
Kim Jong-il, Kim Jong-un. The current leader is Kim il-sung
4. What are the instruments used by these leaders to maintain this dictatorial regime?
They use fear to control the people´s life. The leaders show theirselves as gods so they use political propaganda.
5. What's the meaning of the word "gulag"? What does it come from? Is there anything similar in NK?
The world gulag is everything related to a concentration camp, where people such as spies or deserters were destinated to work as slaves. This word comes from Russian language "gulag" (acronym of Glavnoe upravlenie)
There are many things similar in North Korea. People in NK say that this concentration camps haddisapeared three or four years before the documentary was filmed, but there are many clear evidences which prove that, nowadays, those gulags exist.
There are many things similar in North Korea. People in NK say that this concentration camps haddisapeared three or four years before the documentary was filmed, but there are many clear evidences which prove that, nowadays, those gulags exist.
6. According to the video, what are the main characteristics of a dictatorship?
TOTALITARISM, only one person or a small group of people hold the absolute power. LACK OF ANY KIND OF FREEDOM OR RIGHT.
TOTALITARISM, only one person or a small group of people hold the absolute power. LACK OF ANY KIND OF FREEDOM OR RIGHT.
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.
The dayly life of a normal occidental family is not very different comparing with the daily life of a northkorean family. The father and the mother of the family go to work at the morning and they come back home for lunch. Then, they can go back again to their works. The differences appear, mainly, in their freedom of agenda. I mean, If they have to work from 9:00 to 14:00, they can not do anything else than work between those hours. Here in Spain we can go to have a coffe or we can do other things rather than work. There are also differences in the way people in North Korea see the life. In the occidental countries we see life as a gift, a gift that we can improve by doing things for us and also for others. But in North Korea, their lives are based on "THE LEADER". I wouldn´t like to live in a place like North Korea because when I see how only a few kids can be "someone" in life I get very angry. Not all the kids have the same rights and opportunities; something that also accures in Spain, but in North Korea in a huge scale. And if it was not enough, the authorities are using unfairly the kid´s capacities. In Spain, our fathers try to convince us to play football, to play the piano, to do gymnastics, etc. But in North Korea, children can not decide if they want to be a football player or a famous pianist.
The dayly life of a normal occidental family is not very different comparing with the daily life of a northkorean family. The father and the mother of the family go to work at the morning and they come back home for lunch. Then, they can go back again to their works. The differences appear, mainly, in their freedom of agenda. I mean, If they have to work from 9:00 to 14:00, they can not do anything else than work between those hours. Here in Spain we can go to have a coffe or we can do other things rather than work. There are also differences in the way people in North Korea see the life. In the occidental countries we see life as a gift, a gift that we can improve by doing things for us and also for others. But in North Korea, their lives are based on "THE LEADER". I wouldn´t like to live in a place like North Korea because when I see how only a few kids can be "someone" in life I get very angry. Not all the kids have the same rights and opportunities; something that also accures in Spain, but in North Korea in a huge scale. And if it was not enough, the authorities are using unfairly the kid´s capacities. In Spain, our fathers try to convince us to play football, to play the piano, to do gymnastics, etc. But in North Korea, children can not decide if they want to be a football player or a famous pianist.
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