North Korea

The first words used in the National Geographic Explorer episode on North Korea, before any other introduction is said, are "mysterious" and "terrifying." The state of North Korea is known as the Hermit Kingdom, because it has been literally cut off from the rest of the world for decades. The narrator of the National Geographic Explorer episode calls it the "most isolated country on earth." Cellular phones are banned. There is no way of knowing what is going on over the border. North Korea is "terrifying" because fear is at the basis of the regime's method of social and political control. There are many reasons why North Korea has imposed a strict form of self-isolation. The root cause, as explained in the video, is that the Korean peninsula had been invaded one too many times. After the Japanese occupation, the Americans came to impose their will and finally,...
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