North Korea

This past week was the attack between North Korea and South Korea. I remember the morning, I went to my parents room to sleep a little more and the news was saying something about "North Korea attacks South Korea" on TV. Since I was half asleep, I didn't realize what was happening to my mother country.

I guess South and North Korea never got along. Technically, the korean war didn't end. It's sad to know that two brotherhood countries cannot share the same love Canada and US has. I never really knew how North Korea got so excluded from the world. Even before the Korean War, they were not very interactive.

When some people say, "Oh my gosh, North Korea is such a bad country!" they sometimes don't realize that it's not the citizens fault but the government. We can only imagine what the people of North Korea go through everyday. They get abused, mistreated, starved, etc. They have no choice like we have. For them it's not a "I'll do ______" but instead, someone goes "YOU HAVE TO_____". They have no say. They were so excluded from the outside World that during this years 2010 World Cup, they thought their team won all the games. They thought North Korea won the World Cup.

My pastor from church visits North Korea often. I heard many stories from church about the life there. Also, I watched a movie with my Dad about a boy trying to escape North Korea. He went through a lot of barriers such as getting caught trying to escape, running over barbed wires, crossing the river (where there are government officials trying to kill anyone escaping), etc. In one of the scenes it was where the boy got caught trying to escape and he was sent to prison camp. There were a variety of people from little kids, to pregnant women to grandparents. During one particular part, a pregnant woman was not doing the job probably and a soldier yelled at her and punched her in the stomach. This was one of many scenes that was very disturbing. I asked my dad "Is this how it is like to live in North Korea?" and he said that it is way way worse.

For them, they only dream about having a free life. For us, we take advantage of what we have. For those north koreans, it is their dream to have our lives.

Right now, many countries are hoping that China will influence North Korea's actions. My parents told me while eating dinner that North Korea is almost done preparing for their 2nd attack. If this becomes war, my family will be trapped in the war zone. I pray and I hope you guys as well, that nothing will happen to South Korea.

Personally, I think the war will not happen because the other countries will not allow it. But I read an article that it will be unlikely for Canada to send troops to South Korea. ( :( sniff sniff) It won't really matter because there will not be a war.

Kim Jong Il has caused a lot of pain and suffering to his people. I hope his youngest son will be a better leader. Even though Kim Jong Il is causing all this chaos to show the world the power that his son will bring, but it's just making everything worse. The countries are turning away from them. The effort that the countries are doing to make a friendship with North Korea is slowly deteriorating.

I hope this will be over soon.