This problem is truly a delimma since it is hard to tell the outcomes no matter what they do. Because of the extremely low internet-access rate they have in NK, people there do not know most of the things going on outside of the country and the information they recieve are most likely mulnipulated and chnaged by the government. So. in my opinion, they are simply blindly following their leader (which is only my personal opinion.)On the other hand, economic sanction will make the citizens' lives harder. But will Kim Joon Un and his government learn lesson from here? We don't know that, but I think that they probably won't. If UN furthers its actions, there is a relatively high chance that NK will be pissed off. However if the UN backs off, NK may interprets as that other countries are scared of NK's power and they will likely take actions that are more severe. So I think we should pressure NK slightly to show our position in these issues but also not pushing it to far. And I think that this will only work if all countries act this way instead of like the situation right now where China is making NK feels that China is "supporting" NK so they have their ground to stand on.
I think a big problem here is that the NK citizens do not think it is a problem that their government is doing all these ridiculous things (in our eyes). From NK citizens' prospective, the UN might be the one that is ridiculous for putting out all the rules about who can test missiles and who cannot.It is scary that the citizens are so brain-washed and just support the leader in whatever he does without suspicion. For example, the propaganda video looks absolutely bizarre to us, but the citizens actually buy the idea. And with its isolationism policies, the citizens would never know what NK doing right now is wrong and threatening to many other countries (sites such as Youtube and twitter are banned in China, and I assume it should be the same in NK).Therefore, I agree with Violet that putting more economic sanctions on NK is not a good idea. The citizens are innocent, it is the government that should be taken down. However, if UN withdraws all the pressure, I am afraid that the results from appeasing Hitler would appear again. Therefore, aside from keeping things under control by adding slight pressure, it is essential to expose the citizens (including all the people enrolled in the military program) to other ideologies and hopefully, they would gradually realize that Kim is not the greatest leader and absolute dictatorship causes many problems.
The North Korea situation is a very tricky one. If the UN decides to further pressure North Korea towards submission then they will become even more desperate and may initiate nuclear warfare. However, if the UN completely backs off then North Korea may become greedy and begin a war of conquest as Germany once did. Neither of these outcome is ideal, but the UN must lean towards the lesser of the two evils. Nuclear warfare must lt be avoided, millions of innocents would die in one. An overconfident North Korea is less dangerous than a desperate one. The UN should continue to pressure North Korea, but not too much. They must moderate the pressure that they apply to prevent the worst.
I think there are really more than one aspect to this question since North Korea is still a country which has 24.45 million. It is true that the nuclear testaments are urged to stop for every other countries’ and their people’s sake, but on the other hand, extreme economic sanction performed by UN will on lead to humanity failure and rage NK even more. I mean, Kim will still be living in luxurious even if half of the citizens have died. Just like Graham Joe says, UN should continue to pressure North Korea but should definitely not to an extreme level.
This problem is truly a delimma since it is hard to tell the outcomes no matter what they do. Because of the extremely low internet-access rate they have in NK, people there do not know most of the things going on outside of the country and the information they recieve are most likely mulnipulated and chnaged by the government. So. in my opinion, they are simply blindly following their leader (which is only my personal opinion.)On the other hand, economic sanction will make the citizens' lives harder. But will Kim Joon Un and his government learn lesson from here? We don't know that, but I think that they probably won't. If UN furthers its actions, there is a relatively high chance that NK will be pissed off.
ReplyDeleteHowever if the UN backs off, NK may interprets as that other countries are scared of NK's power and they will likely take actions that are more severe. So I think we should pressure NK slightly to show our position in these issues but also not pushing it to far. And I think that this will only work if all countries act this way instead of like the situation right now where China is making NK feels that China is "supporting" NK so they have their ground to stand on.
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ReplyDeleteI think a big problem here is that the NK citizens do not think it is a problem that their government is doing all these ridiculous things (in our eyes). From NK citizens' prospective, the UN might be the one that is ridiculous for putting out all the rules about who can test missiles and who cannot.It is scary that the citizens are so brain-washed and just support the leader in whatever he does without suspicion. For example, the propaganda video looks absolutely bizarre to us, but the citizens actually buy the idea. And with its isolationism policies, the citizens would never know what NK doing right now is wrong and threatening to many other countries (sites such as Youtube and twitter are banned in China, and I assume it should be the same in NK).Therefore, I agree with Violet that putting more economic sanctions on NK is not a good idea. The citizens are innocent, it is the government that should be taken down. However, if UN withdraws all the pressure, I am afraid that the results from appeasing Hitler would appear again. Therefore, aside from keeping things under control by adding slight pressure, it is essential to expose the citizens (including all the people enrolled in the military program) to other ideologies and hopefully, they would gradually realize that Kim is not the greatest leader and absolute dictatorship causes many problems.
ReplyDeleteThe North Korea situation is a very tricky one. If the UN decides to further pressure North Korea towards submission then they will become even more desperate and may initiate nuclear warfare. However, if the UN completely backs off then North Korea may become greedy and begin a war of conquest as Germany once did. Neither of these outcome is ideal, but the UN must lean towards the lesser of the two evils. Nuclear warfare must lt be avoided, millions of innocents would die in one. An overconfident North Korea is less dangerous than a desperate one. The UN should continue to pressure North Korea, but not too much. They must moderate the pressure that they apply to prevent the worst.
ReplyDeleteI think there are really more than one aspect to this question since North Korea is still a country which has 24.45 million. It is true that the nuclear testaments are urged to stop for every other countries’ and their people’s sake, but on the other hand, extreme economic sanction performed by UN will on lead to humanity failure and rage NK even more. I mean, Kim will still be living in luxurious even if half of the citizens have died. Just like Graham Joe says, UN should continue to pressure North Korea but should definitely not to an extreme level.
ReplyDeleteThe normal sanction process and basic alienation by most progressive countries should be sufficient.
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