This was a historic moment and a gives hope towards a more positive future.
But North Korea has had many secrets over the decades- which is why they are referred
to as a secret country- and we're going to be talking about those today.
Hey guys, I'm Court McGinley and welcome back to the most amazing top 5.
Let's jump right into our list of the top 5 reasons why North Korea is a Secret Country.
Coming in at number 5--Capital Punishment- North Korea ranks 3rd in the world for giving
out the death penalty.
But they are the only place in the world that has whats known as the 3 generations of punishment.
This was something that was hidden from the world for a long time but once word got out
people were shocked.
North Korea Laws dictate 3 generations of punishment policy.
Basically, this means that if you commit a crime- then your children- along with your
grandchildren will carry the disgrace of your sin and be punished as well.
So basically if your grandfather committed a crime then you will be punished.
This even applies to unborn children.
So pretty often there are people who are innocent yet spend their entire lives inside a prison
camp for something a family member did.
In North Korea, one of the worst crimes you can commit is attempting to leave North Korea-
or Criticizing the government.
Both of those result in either immediate execution or an extended sentence in the labor camps.
In at number 4--Corruption- North Korea has a reputation as being the worlds most corrupt
country.
They are very sneaky as they are doing things- and so people are often just left speculating.
But once they reveal whats happening we are always pretty shocked.
So as we know North Korea selling illegal weapons and nuclear technologies to the highest
bidder has always been a concern.
For example in 2012 the UN seized a North Korean shipment heading to Syria which contained
nearly 450 graphite cylinders meant for use in ballistic missiles.
Then in 2009, there were shipments made both to Iran and the Republic of Congo where one
had 35 tons of missile components- and the other contained Soviet tanks.
Also according to UN sanctions- North Korea was banned from trading or selling missile
technology.
North Korea came back saying that basically, the didn’t care.
At number 3--Torture prisons- This was something people knew about but didn’t talk about.
Yep, its one of those.
To date, no one has escaped from this North Korea labor camp and lived to tell the tale-
it's virtually impossible to escape.
Camp 22 is said to be the most brutal labor camp in the country and its reserved for the
most serious political criminals.
This camp is extremely inaccessible as its surrounded by high mountains and valleys.
This prison is definitely known for upholding the 3 generations of punishment act.
People are born- they live- and they die in this prison.
This prison had between 1000 to 2000 deaths each year- but at the same time, 1000 to 2000
prisoners are brought in every year so the number of prisoners pretty much remains the
same.
There have been so many cases of torture- extreme brutality and executions coming from
this prison.
There are even reports of human experiments done in the prison where prisoners are made
to eat poison leaves and vegetables.
This prison is basically known as hell on earth.
Coming in at number 2--Cannibalism- this is something that North Korea tried to keep a
secret for as long as they could.
So you may know that between 1994 and 1998 a crippling famine struck North Korea.
Due to a widespread flooding, most of the farmland was unusable.
So that along with a continuing debt to the Soviet Union that prevented importing food
the people became desperate.
Its also estimated that 3.5 million people died of starvation during this time.
Which was more than 10 percent of the population.
The little food North Korea had was being confiscated by the military- the people turned
to their pets at first for food.
Then crickets and tree bark- and then finally the children.
It became a common saying- don’t buy meat if you don’t know where it came from.
During this time people would look for drifter children – they would drug them- kill them-
cook them- and then eat them.
Yeah, that’s just so messed up.
Coming in at number 1--Nuclear Capability- hopefully, this is one we don’t need to
worry about now that Trump and King Jong-un seemed to have come to an agreement- but it
was getting pretty scary there for a while.
There was a lot of talk coming from Kim Jong Un about being able to end America- and then
there was some information leaked about the weapons they were constructing over there.
Yeah, it was just a very scary time.
The face to face meeting these 2 leaders had was long overdue and very important.
From this meeting, Trump agreed to end war games and Kim pledged to eliminate their major
missile test site.
So yeah it was rocky for a bit but hopefully, now the thing is good.
And there you guys have it that’s our list of the top 5 reasons why North Korea is a
secret country.
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