Daily life

Daily Life in North Korea
Citizens of North Korea are taught through the Juche ideology based on Kim II Sung’s supremacy that their lives are nurtured and legitimized by the leadership of the Kim dynasty. This ideological manipulation alters the individual identities of North Koreans and steals the citizens’ own sense of self, leaving nothing but a mere echo of rights or freedom.

Even though laws and regulations exist in the North Korea, citizens are forced to obey the “The Workers’ Party’s Ten Principles of the Establishment of a Unitary Ideology System”. The North Korean people are forced to memorize these principals and regard them as the standard by which they must live their lives. As these principles form the basis of everything in society, people can neither be skeptical of the state nor start efforts to make a change as criticizing the state is seen as a crime for which one’s entire family can be punished. To protect family and friends back in North Korea, our defectors’ stories must remain anonymous and last names will not be published.