Message from mmoore

[Anonymous]

Lots of great information I can use! I always refer to North Korea when I teach the novel, 1984, and I talk a great deal about cult of personality. What I liked learning was that Kim Il sung was not the people, nor the Soviets' first choice as a leader, but he had eliminated the opposition in ruthless ways, so he became the great leader. I like the term "proxy war" to talk about some of the struggles the US and USSR had during the Cold War when they were feeding support to different countries. Loved the story of the son and grandson trying to get into Japan on fake Visas. Here the people of their country are only surviving because of foreign food shipments, yet they can try to go to Tokyo Disneyland, or send the kids to school in Switzerland. Who knows, maybe that will be a good thing for Korea's future. Their recent political shifts over the current and previous president are interesting too. We need to realize that other countries' policies and politics can change as quickly as our own.