Cadet Killian Buckley's Blog

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The propaganda of North Korean appears incredibly fake and unbelievable to many Westerners.  We question how one could actually believe the propaganda of the North Korean government.  However, the artwork and propaganda released by the government is typical to that which you could see in other nations throughout history that ran on a “cult of personality”.  It is not so different from the artwork of Hitler’s Nazi government or Stalin’s Soviet Union.  North Korea’s propaganda seems to be a relic of the past and that may be why we, as Westerners find it so outrageous.

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However, the idea that the citizens of North Korean are completely blind to the outside world may no longer be true.  There is a black market of goods and ideas in North Korea that the citizens have access to.  The government has not been able to stop all sources of outside information and media from seeping through their strictly controlled boarders. As the world becomes more and more interconnected and information is transferred in cheaper and easier means, how much will North Korea’s government truly be able to stop?  Will this influx of information hurt this isolated nation?  Will the people demand more and want more as more information trickles in?  North Korea, in the future, may be forced to open up by the will of the people.  This opening of the economic system, travel, immigration, and information has lead to the downfall to many of these nations with “cults of personality”.  How will North Korea adapt to these changes?  Time will tell.