Knowledge Issue Associated with North Korea

Identify a knowledge issue associated with North Korea? Justify it as a TOK knowledge issue.

Well, since North Korea is trying to isolate itself from the rest of the world and from watching the documentary videos, I think that a good knowledge issue that is associated with North Korea can be on its government and civilization. North Korea is considered a ‘secret state’ and because of that, only the people who are allowed into the country for documentations only captured what the government wanted the rest of the world to see. So by only being able to put things that the government wanted the rest of the world to see really limited on their true color about their government and their civilization. North Korea is also known as a country who gives back to the peasants (correct me if I am wrong), but as I recalled from the “illegal” documentary video, this was not even true and the government didn’t even carry out on his own words. He basically ignored all the orphans and no one really did anything to help feed them. They’re in poverty, hungry and are totally homeless.

With all being said, some examples of TOK Knowledge issues are:

Why would the government of North Korea, who is considered to give back to his people, especially the peasants backing out on his own words? If he claimed to have had exchanged a pair of red boots for wet sneakers as a kid, why can’t he do the same now and help civilize the people of the outskirt in North Korea? Why keep every “bad” things that doesn’t fit his words away from the rest of the world and show only what he wanted us to see?

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