North Korean Genocide

Presentation by: Steven Petersen and Elijah Garner

Background Information

The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea is located in East Asia, in the northern part of the Korean Peninsula.

The capital is Pyongyang.

“Powerful and Prosperous Nation”

Leader

North Korea is led by Kim Jong-un

Famine

• Starvation‐ Cannibalism

• Disease‐ Unsanitary Hospitals

• Economic Failure• Natural Diasters

‐ Floods and Droughts

Labor Force

• Child Labor‐ Average age 15 years

old and older• Minimal Compensation‐ Many unpaid or given

rations• Forced Labor‐ Labor camps

Punishment for Disobedience

• Fines• Camps

‐ Labor Camps‐ Reeducation Camps‐ Prison Camps

• Public Executions

Video- Lee Young-Gukhttp://www.cnn.com/2014/11/17/world/asia/north-korea-bodyguard-yodok/

Social Structure

• Propaganda‐ Anti-America

• Religious Intolerance• Discrimination

‐ Women

Crimes Against Humanity

• Forced Labor

• Abuse

• Inadequate Food

• Loss of Freedom

• Torture

Fall in Power

•Kim Jong-Un‐ Assassinations‐ Rebellions

•Crumbling Nation

Bibliography

• "North Korea." Central Intelligence Agency. Central Intelligence Agency, n.d. Web. 11 Feb. 2015.

• "North Korea." North Korea. N.p., n.d. Web. 17 May 2015.

• "Famine in North Korea." Asia Society. N.p., n.d. Web. 17 May 2015.

• http://www.hrw.org/news/2009/02/17/human-rights-north-korea