Another calendar in North Korea| Photo: Uritours The North Korean government does not respect the right to freedom of thought, opinion, expression or information. All media are strictly controlled. Access to phones, computers, televisions, radios or media content that is not sanctioned by the government is illegal and is considered “anti-socialist behavior” that must be severely punished. The government regularly cracks down on unauthorized media consumption. It also blocks Chinese mobile phone services at the northern border and arrests those who communicate with people outside the country or connect foreigners to people in the country. Travelling from one province to another or travelling abroad without prior permission remains illegal in North Korea. The government continues to strictly enforce the ban on “illegal” travel to China. Border buffer zones established in August 2020, stretching from one to two kilometers from the northern border, operated continuously in 2021, with guards instructed to “shoot unconditionally” at anyone entering without authorization. It was reported that border guards shot dead North Koreans who were trying to cross the border. Falling asleep during a meeting with Kim Jong-un is considered disloyalty to the leader and can also lead to the death penalty. North Korean Defense Minister Hyon Yong-chol was reportedly shot dead by anti-aircraft fire in 2015 in front of 100 people for falling asleep in the presence of Kim Jong-un. White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre repeated earlier U.S. statements that Washington has no hostile intent toward North Korea.
The law states that nuclear forces must “conduct an operational mission to repel aggression by enemy forces” in order to achieve victory if “war deterrence fails.” Defense Department press secretary Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder said Kim`s speech was “not helpful and destabilizing,” but that the U.S. had a “proven policy and process” to deter North Korea. The government decides where people can live, based on their relationship with the state. Life in the capital Pyongyang needs permission from the government. North Korea has passed a new law declaring itself a nuclear-weapon state, which leader Kim Jong Un calls “irreversible.” The law of North Korea (officially called the Democratic People`s Republic of Korea) is a codified civil law system inherited from the Japanese and influenced by the Soviet Union. It is governed by the socialist constitution and operates within North Korea`s political system. The US reiterated that it has no hostile intent towards North Korea and is ready to resume talks without preconditions. The government systematically deprives its citizens of forced labor to build infrastructure and conduct other government-mandated campaigns and public works projects. The government fails to protect the rights of many vulnerable groups, including women, children and people with disabilities.
Start a conversation, not a fire. Post kindly. KCNA said the new law prohibits the exchange of nuclear weapons or technology with other countries and aims to reduce the danger of nuclear war by preventing miscalculations between nuclear-weapon states and the misuse of nuclear weapons. The Russian Foreign Ministry said Friday it was “closely monitoring” all military activities on the Korean Peninsula. Only male government officials are allowed to drive. Women do not receive driver`s licenses, even if they work as traffic officers. Government restrictions only allow one in a hundred people to have a car. North Korea has a codified civil justice system inherited from colonial Japan, similar to the South Korean system. As of December 2015, there were 236 laws and regulations, about half of which concerned economic management. Foreign investment laws are well developed and up-to-date, and there is a sophisticated arbitration system.
[1] [2] The North Korean Juche calendar is based on Kim II-sung`s date of birth – April 15, 1912. Insulting Kim and her family as blasphemy| Photo: AFP An estimated 200,000 North Koreans live in the camps. They were arrested for alleged political crimes. If someone commits a political crime, their entire family is interned. If a prisoner manages to escape, his entire family is killed. 40% of the prisoners interned in these concentration camps died of malnutrition. Many of them are sentenced to hard labor for apparently adequate prison terms, but most of the time they work to death. The 2013 law allowed North Korea to use nuclear weapons to repel an invasion or attack by an enemy nuclear state and launch retaliatory strikes.