North+Korea+II

=Overview (History, Current Situation, How it's Being Adressed)= North Korea and South Korea have a very long past. After years of tension, in 1950, June 25th, North Korea attacked South Korea. There were several million deaths between all the countries that were involved in the war, North Korea, South Korea, The United States, China, The U.N., and Russia. The war ended by North Korean surrender and an armistice was signed July 27th, 1953. However, the hostility was not settled between the two countries; North Korea was (and still is) extremely communist and the South was (and still is) anti-communist. Since this time, North Korea has remained very unpredictable. Every few years they break their armistice signed after the war by running nuclear tests and firing rocketrs. They have attempted to assasinate the South Korean president, have killed multiple U.S. soldiers stationed in North Korea, and fired a missle over Japan. This is all while our country is sending the aid. In more recent events, the North Korean President, Kim Jong-Il, died on December 17th, 2011. His son Kim Jong-Un is now in control. Just last month, on April 13th, North Korea fired a test rocket into space. The missle did not successfully launch and crashed into the sea of Japan. There are Gulag Camps in North Korea that have been in place for about 50 years. In these camps families are tortured, brutally interrogated, and malnourished. Some are even executed. The reasoning being that they are thought to have commited a crime, though these prisoners never recieve and actual trial through the judicial system. There are citizens and forgein people that are smuggling in illegal cell phones into North Korea i order to get details about these camps and the government out to foreign news reporters. The situation today is not exactly being adressed. It is basically being ignored by our government because we do not want to fight in another war. Our country does send North Korea food-aid but we are currently not sending them any because we stop whenever they are "acting up". So at this moment South Korea and The United States are trying to avoid the North.



This is a picture of Kim Jong-un, North Korea's current president as of December, 2011 =What You Can Do= Thankfully, there are some things you can do to help. It is important to understand and be informed about the situation. There are many great organizations and webistes that are helping lots of people within North Korea. One major organization is LiNK (Liberty in North Korea), it is a Non-governmental organization designed by the people who want to help. The link is posted below, followed by another great website.

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