FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION IN NORTH KOREA!

Where: north korea
when:since foundation in 1948
what happened: people dont have the right of expression. government controls the radio, tv, newspaper. People who disobey the rules are sended to reeducation camps, where they have to perform slave work. They also have to learn speeches of Kim II sung(north korea "fundador") 
who: government... (:
why: because of the socialism

Why did Korea got separated?

The Korean Peninsula, Japanese possession, had been occupied by the USSR and the U.S. in 1945 using as a division line parallel 38 º. The outbreak of the Cold War resulted in the partition of the country into two states: North Korea, where in 1948 he established a "people's republic", ie a Communist dictatorship headed by Kim Il Sung, and South Korea, where Syngman Rhee that year established a harsh dictatorship pro-American.
The triumph of the communist revolution in China on October 1, 1949 completely changed the geo-strategic balance in Asia. Stalin, who came to suffer serious setbacks in Europe (failure of the blockade of Berlin and the split of Yugoslavia), could not resist the temptation to regain ground in Asia and it agreed to a North Korean attack on South Korea.
On 25 June 1950, Kim Il Sung troops crossed the 38th parallel and marched triumphantly to the south. The South Korean regime could barely maintain a small area around Pusan.
The American reaction to the surprise of Stalin, was immediate. Washingto requested the convening of the Security Council of the UN and got a mandate to take charge of an army that would address the North Korean aggression. The absence of the Soviet delegate, who had refused to attend Council meetings to protest the U.S. refusal to accept China's People in it, led to this resolution.
The UN multinational forces, in practice the U.S. Army under General MacArthur, quickly recovered the lost ground on October 19 took Pyongyang, the North Korean capital.
Three days earlier, on 16 October, with massive Chinese troops entered Soviet military support in Korea by the U.S. Army balk. On January 4, 1951, Communist troops retook Seoul.
At that time, MacArthur proposed the atomic bombing of northern China. Both President Truman and Congress reacted most alarmed by a reaction that could lead to nuclear confrontation with the USSR. In an increasingly open confrontation, Truman fired MacArthur from the protests of the Republican right and replaced by General Ridgway.
The USSR for its part expressed its intention not to intervene in the conflict and the hope that two different systems coexist on the peninsula. The "military stalemate" led to the opening of negotiations that will end on July 1953, shortly after Stalin's death, with the signing of the Armistice in Panmunjong. It was agreed a new demarcation line that snakes around the 38th parallel.
The continued existence of North Korean communist regime has made this "frontier of the Cold War was the only one that has survived until the twenty-first century.

Human Rights in North Korea

Freedom of expression

The North Korean constitution has clauses guaranteeing the freedoms of speech and assembly.^[16] In practice other clauses take precedence, including the requirement that citizens follow a socialist way of life. Criticism of the government and its leaders is strictly curtailed and making such statements can be cause for arrest and consignment to one of North Korea's "re-education" camps. The government distributes all radio and television sets; citizens are forbidden to alter them to make it possible to receive broadcasts from other nations, and doing so carries draconian penalties.

There are numerous civic organizations but all of them appear to be operated by the government. All routinely praise the government and perpetuate the personality cults of Kim Jong-il and his deceased father Kim Il-sung. Defectors indicate that the promotion of the cult of personality is one of the primary functions of almost all films, plays, and books produced within the country.

Freedom of religion

Though the North Korean government estimates that there are 100,000 Buddhists, 10,000 Protestants, and 4,000 Catholics worshiping at 500 churches, it is unknown if there are any Catholic priests in the country and some reports indicate that the religious organizations that do exist are primarily meant to facilitate interaction with other nations. It is known that in China near the border with North Korea, a number of Christian organizations have been active, helping refugees and, by many reports, smuggling in Bibles and other religious material.

The government was concerned that faith-based South Korean relief and refugee assistance efforts along the northeast border of China had both humanitarian and political goals, including overthrow of the regime. Defectors cite instances of execution of individuals involved with the Bible smuggling.^[17] There are actually four churches in Pyongyang—two Christian Protestant churches^{[citation needed]}, a Catholic church, and a Russian Orthodox church. However, it has been claimed by North Korean defectors that these churches are façades filled with government workers, and used to convince foreign aid workers and tourists in Pyongyang that North Korea is a free society.

Freedom of movement

Usually, North Korean citizens cannot freely travel around the country or travel abroad. Only the political elite may own or lease vehicles, and the government limits access to fuel and other forms of transportation. (Satellite photos of North Korea show an almost complete absence of vehicles on all of its roads.) Forced resettlement of citizens and families, especially as punishment for political reasons, is said to be routine.

North Korean refugees who flee to China are often later forcibly repatriated back to North Korea by Chinese authorities, and are routinely beaten and sent to prison camps. This is because the North Korean government treats emigrants from the country as defectors.This treatment is more severe in case of contact with NGOs associated with South Korea or religions, especially Christianity.Where there has been shown with these NGOs, the punishments are torture and execution.

Only the most loyal, politically reliable, and healthiest citizens are allowed to live in Pyongyang. Those who are suspected of sedition, or have family members suspected of it, are expelled from the city; similar conditions affect those who are physically or mentally disabled in some way (the only exception being People's Army Korean War veterans with injuries relating to the conflict). This can be a significant method of coercion as food and housing are said to be much better in the capital city than elsewhere in the country.

Freedom of the press

North Korea is currently ranked second to last (ahead of Eritrea) on the World Press Freedom Index published by Reporters Without Borders. The constitution of North Korea provides for freedom of the press, but in practice all media is strictly controlled by the government. The national media is focused almost entirely on political propaganda and the promotion of the personality cults surrounding Kim Il-Sung and Kim Jong-Il. It emphasizes historical grievances towards the United States and Japan. According to the North Korean government's account of history, the country was the victim of aggression during the Korean War by the United States, while historians from the West say that it was North Korea that started the war.

Reporters Without Borders claims that radio or television sets which can be bought in North Korea are pre-set to receive only the government frequencies and sealed with a label to prevent tampering with the equipment. It is a serious criminal offense to manipulate the sets and receive radio or television broadcasts from outside North Korea. In a party campaign in 2003 the head of each party cell in neighbourhoods and villages received instructions to verify the seals on all radio sets.

As North and South Korea use different television systems (PAL and NTSC respectively), it is not possible to view broadcasts across the border between the two countries; however, in areas bordering China, it has reportedly been possible to receive television from that country.

Minority rights

North Korea's population is one of the world's most ethnically homogenous and today immigration is almost non-existent. Among the few immigrants that have willingly gone to North Korea are Japanese spouses (generally wives) of Koreans who returned from Japan from 1955 to the early 1980s. These Japanese have been forced to assimilate and for the most part, the returnees overall are reported to have not been fully accepted into North Korean society (with a few exceptions, such as those who became part of the government) and instead ended up on the fringes, including concentration camps mentioned below. Foreigners who visit the country are generally strictly monitored by government minders and forbidden to enter certain locations.

Disabled rights

On March 22, 2006, the Associated Press reported from South Korea that a North Korean doctor who defected, Ri Kwang-chol, has claimed that babies born with physical defects are rapidly put to death and buried. A United Nations report also mentions how disabled people are allegedly "rounded up" and sent to "special camps."People diagnosed with autism and other related disorders are often persecuted.

Forced prostitution

A group called "A Woman's Voice International" alleged that the state forcibly drafts girls as young as 14 years to work in the so-calledkippŭmjo that includes prostitution teams. The source used is unclear as to whether only adult kippŭmjo are assigned to prostitution or whether there is prostitution of children – other kippŭmjo activities are massaging and half-naked singing and dancing. Claims were made that there are orders “to marry guards of Kim Jong-il or national heroes” when they are 25 years old.

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