Felicity Sullivan

Period 7
Ms. Trabtoske
Hon. 11 English
North Korea Outline
I.

Intro
A.
Thesis: The people of North Korea are unjustly being deprived of their
basic, religious, and political rights due to the oppression from their own leader, Kim
Jung Un. An outside government group such as the US or the United Nations needs
to reform the current government and place a new leader for North Korea so that its

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people will no longer suffer.

Body 1: the govt of North Korea

The government of North korea is supposed to be democratic, yet it is a complete

dictatorship ruled by the Kim family. Kim jung un and his predecessors do not allow any
opposition to their rule and
A.

A few minor political parties are allowed to exist in name only.

(Background).
B.
The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK or North Korea) is a
dictatorship under the absolute rule of Kim Jong Il (Country).
C.
A South Korean government-funded human rights group has released a
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series of raw first hand accounts of North Korea's political prison camps (Harlan).
Body 2: Injustices to the people (basic and religious)
A.
When she crossed the Tuman River out of North Korea three years ago,
she was nearly bald from malnutrition after subsisting on a diet of grass and
shredded bark mixed with an occasional spoonful of rice. (Working).
B.
Cases of starvation have been repeatedly documented. (Background).

C.

Counter: Medical treatment is free; one doctor for every 700 inhabitants;

one hospital bed for every 350(Background).

D.
Rebuttal: there are severe shortages of medicines and medical
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equipment. (Background).
Body 3: Injustices to the people ( Political)
A.
(the camps) together underpin the system of surveillance and punishment
that the ruling Kim family has used for decades to snuff out dissent and threats to its
power. (Harlan).
B.
The State directed all significant economic activity, and only
government-controlled labor unions were permitted in this country of 22 million
persons. (Country).
C.
Workers have no right to organize or to bargain collectively. Government

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ministries set wages. The State assigned all jobs. (Country).

Body 4: What is/should be(ing) done?
A.
Despite more than a decade of reports from human rights organizations
about the camps, the outside world has almost no record of the specifics: who is
there, why they are there, and what their lives are like. (Harlan).
B.
non-governmental organizations (NGOs), think tanks, and defectors
continue to report that North Korea maintains a record of consistent, severe human

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rights violations (Background).

Conclusion
A.
Although Kim Jung Un and his family try to make North Koreas people
seem powerful and devoted to the rulers, they are actually suffering and are unable to
escape. The only choice is to take action against this injustice; to save the people
from the iron shackles of the North Korean governments brutality.