10. A Problem Child - North Korea

 When I was young, I thought the unification is quite natural. Of course I was unaware of Kim jung-ill's existence and how do North Koreans live, but my grandparents were from North Korea and there may be some of my relatives. Also, many of students used to sing a song 'Our wish is the unification of Korea'. At that time the unification was the most of Korean's wish and the natural goal.

 However, my thinking have changed as I grow. Many mass medias showed us the poor images of North Korea constantly, and some experts said our economy will be degenerated to 20 years ago if we do the unification. It means we should go back to 1990s. I may have to pay much tax for poor North Koreans and for development of the land North Korea. Furthermore, the advanced and innovative image of South Korea will be changed to one normal country in the world.

 However, recently I had a chance to think about North Korea again. On 25th June, some broadcasting companies was broadcast some documentaries about North Korea. Because on the date of 1950 , the Korean war broke out. I watched 2 documentaries seriously.

One was 'Holidays in Pyongyang' and the other one was 'Yoduk Story(Poland)'. 'Holidays in Pyongyang' is a documentary of 3 normal Canadians traveling in Pyongyang. As we talked today, the Pyongyang was very fake and artificial. The travelers wanted to see real North Koreans and feel the real North Koreans' life, but they couldn't do it after all.

 The documentary 'Yoduk Story' is story about North Korea's most infamous labor camps Yoduk. I haven't heard about Yoduk before and they said the size of the labor camp is bigger than half of Seoul and so many people died of hunger or beating everyday! Also, some people practised cannibalism and dogs ate alive people. I thought the last place of the cruel place was Auschwitz Nazi death camp, but it isn't! That is exist in the next country of my country! I shocked a lot for the testimonies from North Korean defectors.

Be that as it may, It doesn't mean I wish the unification and I want to pay my money for their living. I hope North Korea changed their policies like other countries even though we do not be unified. I want to go there freely as much as I likes like other countries Japan and China. North Korea should change the communism to the democracy and they should make their people to be understood the difference between other countries and North Korea. The people should realize not the nation indoctrinate to them but the truth of the world by themselves and change their North Korea. Of course it looks impossible to occur now because there are Kim Jung-ill and Kim Jung-un. However there was no eternal dictatorship in the history. There hereditary monarchy will not be maintained forever. I hope North Korea doesn't be recognized as a problem child or tomboy for a long time in the world.