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Only ‘idiots’ expect North Korea to give up nuclear weapons: Kim Yo-jong (www.scmp.com)
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[–] 4 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago) (3 children)

Northern Koreans live and work around the world, the major barrier is the sanctions placed on it by the US Empire. Further, how is the DPRK "genocidal?" They were subjected to genocide by the US during the Korean war. The DPRK is one of the world's most propagandized against countries on the planet, they aren't some totalitarian hellscape where KJU eats everyone's food or anything.

In reality, the DPRK is a developing country with a consistent ideology called Juche. The reason it seems "crazy" is because we do not actually listen to them on their own terms, we have a language barrier, and because they are so heavily shut out from western views. Documentaries like My Brothers and Sisters in the North, as well as YouTube videos like We Went to North Korea to Get a Haircut help humanize northern Koreans as people.

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  • [–] 2 points 40 minutes ago

    The major barrier is their repressive government. No it's not a totalitarian hellscape, but when your government prioritizes weapons over food, you're gonna have a bad time.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 hours ago (1 child)

    I don't think people have an issue with North Koreans as people though. It's solely a government issue, and what you said is definitely true there is heavy information control used to intentionally keep people ignorant. So while the sanctions placed upon them are a barrier definitely, I wouldn't say it is a major barrier when the country can't even allow outside information which seems extremely dystopian to the western world.

    And then you see how the Kim regime demands to be treated, it is hard not to view them as brutal in some capacity. So it isn't really "them" the people as much as "them" the government.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 hours ago

    I think people certainly see it as a purely government issue, but this requires a fundamental falsehood to be true: the idea that northern Koreans do not actually support their government. If the people of the DPRK support their system, and the actions of the government are actually fairly logical, then they have far more in common with other developing countries like Cuba than not. Narratives that depend on northern Koreans having no autonomy and purely being subject to the whims of the government trend more towards chauvanism than sympathy.

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