People in North Korea live in fear of what the government can do to them because they know they have no escape, author Michael Malice said on radio Thursday.
North Koreaâs isolation from the rest of the world has been decades in the making. Itâs easy enough for U.S. media to make fun of North Koreans for being brainwashed by their communist government that teaches them that their leader, Kim Jong Un, is basically a god and that their country is the greatest in the world. But North Koreans shouldnât be blamed for simply trying to keep themselves and their families alive.
Malice, who wrote about the Kim regime in âDear Reader: The Unauthorized Autobiography of Kim Jong Il,â detailed one of North Koreaâs horrifying human rights violations: concentration camps for government prisoners.
âThey send your whole family, three generations,â Malice said, explaining that the three-generation âexterminationâ policy was handed down by Kim Il Sung.
âYou have a [work] quota and whatâs insane, even by concentration camp standards, if you kill yourself, your family still has to fill your quota,â Malice asserted. âSo even death is not an escape.â
Glenn remonstrated journalists who donât give the full picture when they report on North Korea.
âI think some people tune this out ⌠because they donât think anybody wants to watch it or pay attention to it,â he said. âThatâs your job.â
Kim Jong Un has threatened the U.S. and its allies with nuclear warfare in recent months, and North Korea has successfully tested an intercontinental ballistic missile, according to reports. The North Korean army this week threatened U.S. territory Guam, a location that houses several U.S. strategic bombers.
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