North Korea is a regime which tramples over every fundamental human right that there is, opposing people's rights to free speech, freedom of religion, freedom of association, freedom for petition, freedom from searches and seizures, freedom of movement, freedom from torture, and many others. It is estimated that between 200,000-500,000 North Koreans (1-2% of the overall population) are currently in concentration camps, being brutally tortured.
In terms of Human Rights, the North and South Korea is not doing very well. However, the economy of the North and South Korea is really doing well.
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North Korea is a totalitarian state with a bad record of abusing its own citizens human rights. As all humanity suffers if a single person suffers Helping North Korea do better on this should be a world priority.
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Because North Korea, as a communist government violates human rights and because of their stance on nuclear weapons.
Communist north is North Korea. It basically is trying to dominate South Korea. This is in effort to convert the country into a totalitarian, authoritarian regime without any human rights.
South Korea gives it's citizens more rights compared to the dictatorship in North Korea .
Because the government was founded by and is modeled on Stalin's Russia.
North Korea is a "communist" country based on a dictatorship with one of the worst human rights reputations in the world according to Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International, while South Korea has a three-branch system implementing checks and balances like other democracies.
Writer of the blog One Free Korea, a human rights advocate for North Korea and now an attorney practicing in Washington D.C.
It is a violation of Korean laws and regulations for service members to cross from South Korea into North Korea. North Korea has had many human rights violations and concentration camps.
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