North Korea

... Unnecessary Death A series of events in the 1990's caused the death of 3,000,000 North Korean people. The selfish acts of government officials combined with natural disasters led to the crippling of a once strong nation. These events caused North Korea's agricultural yield to aggressively decline. The result was a massive country-wide famine killing millions of people. The ideology of juche (pronounced "joo-cheh"), or "self-reliance", which became the countries foundation during the rule of Kim Il Sung, had proven to be its downfall. The North Korean famine can trace its roots back to the establishment of the country over 50 years ago. After a fight for independence against Japanese colonial rule Kim Il Sung, the future dictator of North Korea, began to establish a national rule following the central-planned economy created by Stalin of the Soviet regime. Under this communistic structure all decisions were to be created and carried

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