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The current situation in North Korea under Kim Jong-un: Daily intimidation of South Korea, amnesty every three years

author:Smith Key

Kim Jong-un is indeed a different leader, he became North Korea's supreme leader before the age of thirty, but youth did not become his weakness.

So far, Kim Jong-un has been in power for more than ten years, and North Korea has made great progress in many aspects, especially in this changing world, North Korea still has a certain influence, is still safe and stable, and it is already remarkable to do this.

Kim Jong-un has continued the thinking of some elders in both his internal development line and foreign relations, but due to changes in the domestic and international situation, Kim Jong-un also has some different practices of his own.

The current situation in North Korea under Kim Jong-un: Daily intimidation of South Korea, amnesty every three years

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Amnesty that has survived

Amnesty is an earlier governmental act in human history, mainly the act of the state commuting or pardoning the sentence of prisoners who are serving their sentences.

Its purpose is to make prisoners feel the kindness of the amnesty and the humanity of the country, and at the same time to give prisoners a chance to rehabilitate themselves, to reform them on the right path, if they can enter the social labor and become rich, it is better than serving their sentences in prison, not only to realize their life value, but also to increase the labor force for society.

Many countries still have such measures in place today, because it can still play some positive significance. North Korea is one of the countries that has retained amnesty, especially since Kim Jong-un took office, which has been granted several amnesties.

Of course, North Korea's amnesty did not begin with Kim Jong-un, but he has been in office for more than a decade, and the number of amnesties has been relatively high around the world.

The current situation in North Korea under Kim Jong-un: Daily intimidation of South Korea, amnesty every three years

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North Korea's amnesty day is not set arbitrarily, but on important days, such as the birthday of the leader, National Day, Liberation Day, and the founding day of the Workers' Party of Korea.

The 2012 amnesty was Kim Jong-un's first since he became North Korea's supreme leader, and that year was the centenary of Kim Il-sung's birth and the 70th anniversary of Kim Jong-il's birth, but there was not much information about the amnesty at the time, especially the number of amnesty recipients.

Since this amnesty, North Korea has begun to carry out amnesty regularly, basically every three years. The second amnesty was in 2015, a year that coincided with two important years, the 70th anniversary of the founding of the Workers' Party of Korea and the 70th anniversary of the restoration of the Korean Peninsula.

According to reports, the amnesty was mainly guilty of the motherland and the people, and listening to such a description, the people involved should have been sentenced to heavy sentences, and this amnesty should be a great good thing for them.

The current situation in North Korea under Kim Jong-un: Daily intimidation of South Korea, amnesty every three years

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North Korea's third amnesty was in 2018, the year marking the 70th anniversary of North Korea's National Day. The report on this amnesty mentioned the significance of this amnesty to the people, indicating that the background and pertinence of this amnesty are stronger, and it is more in line with the needs of North Korea's economic development at that time.

The interval between the fourth amnesty was somewhat shortened, and the decree was issued at the end of July, coinciding with the seventy-fifth anniversary of the founding of the Workers' Party of Korea, exactly two years after the last amnesty.

The fifth amnesty is even closer, officially implemented at the end of January 2022, just a year and a half after the fourth.

The fact that amnesties in North Korea have become more intensive and at shorter intervals is the first point that the purpose of amnesties to celebrate holidays is being diluted.

Because there can be many kinds of activities to celebrate holidays, amnesty is only one part of it, and in many other countries amnesty is also long and irregular in time, only in this way can prisoners feel that amnesty is hard-won and precious, so as to serve the purpose of reforming them.

The current situation in North Korea under Kim Jong-un: Daily intimidation of South Korea, amnesty every three years

70th anniversary of North Korea's National Day

If the number of amnesties increases and the intervals are fixed, it is in fact a change in the law to a certain extent in another form, because the punishment received by the prisoner will eventually be changed, and the prisoner knows that the amnesty will come sooner or later.

However, the number of amnesties in North Korea has increased, but the intensity has not weakened, and during the amnesty process, the media will mention that various departments in North Korea will properly accommodate the lives and work of the released persons. In addition, some Americans serving prison sentences in these amnesties.

The amnesty in North Korea may be related to the situation inside and outside North Korea during this period. Kim Jong-un began an amnesty soon after he came to power, because he was short in power and very young, so he also needed to take some measures to let people see what he was capable of.

The current situation in North Korea under Kim Jong-un: Daily intimidation of South Korea, amnesty every three years

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In addition, the increasingly complex international situation, with the decline of the United States, the intensity of the United States' disruption in the Asia-Pacific region is increasing year by year, and the United States must defeat those countries that do not obey themselves to maintain influence.

North Korea is a small country, with a small land area and a small population, so the pressure on North Korea today is unprecedented.

North Korea is more than 20,000 square kilometers larger than South Korea, but its population is only half that of South Korea, and it maintains a military size of millions in response to the complex international situation.

The large size of the army means that the social labor force is less, which also means that the expenditure is greater, and North Korea has to step up economic development, which has a contradiction in labor demand. The amnesty has enabled the release of some prisoners, which can increase the social labor force, and at the same time allow the people to feel the warmth of the country and enhance their self-confidence, which can have a positive effect on economic development.

The current situation in North Korea under Kim Jong-un: Daily intimidation of South Korea, amnesty every three years

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The number of scaring South Koreans has increased

Another obvious move during Kim Jong-un's administration is to scare South Korea, which is also related to the international situation in recent years.

As mentioned earlier, the United States has become more frequent in the Asia-Pacific region and has sought to increase its presence in the region, and relations between South and North Korea have changed dramatically during this period.

When Kim Jong-un first came to power, South Korea's president, Lee Myung-bak, was very tough on North Korea, and relations between the two countries took a big step backwards during this period. Relations between the two countries did not improve much during the Park Geun-hye period, and Sino-South Korean relations were even greatly affected during that period.

When Moon Jae-in came to power, his attitude towards the outside world was still relatively mild, although Moon Jae-in did not completely make the relationship between China and South Korea, North Korea and other relations become very good, but there was a lot of interaction.

The current situation in North Korea under Kim Jong-un: Daily intimidation of South Korea, amnesty every three years

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On April 27, 2018, Kim Jong-un and Moon Jae-in met at the military demarcation line, the two men crossed across the dividing line, holding hands and talking and laughing, and the atmosphere was very harmonious, and in September, Moon Jae-in and Kim Jong-un met in Pyongyang, and Kim Jong-un gave Moon two Fengshan dogs.

At North Korea's military parade in October 2020, Kim Jong-un called the South Korean people "dear fellow Southerners" and hoped for an early victory over the epidemic, and the North and South once again clasped hands. Such expressions have attracted the attention of both Koreas.

During Moon's tenure, inter-Korean relations were somewhat restored, but this beauty was short-lived because Yoon Seok-hyeol came to power. Yes, it is the Yoon Seok-yue who constantly curries favor with Japan, and in order to curry favor with the United States, he sings an English song in front of Biden.

The current situation in North Korea under Kim Jong-un: Daily intimidation of South Korea, amnesty every three years

Biden

His attitude is doomed to make inter-Korean relations no better, because he has to constantly cater to the attitude of the United States and Japan, which is to disrupt the Asia-Pacific region.

Since Kim Jong-un became the supreme leader of North Korea, inter-Korean relations have been very unstable and experienced ups and downs, but the overall situation is deteriorating, so North Korea can only choose to be tough.

You know, North Korea's toughness is also very scary for those South Korean politicians, although South Korea's weapons are more advanced than North Korea, South Korea is also richer than North Korea, but I have to say that North Korea is not afraid of South Korea when it really fights, otherwise the United States will not often revolve around North Korea.

South Korea has the ability to independently develop weapons, coupled with the purchase of a large number of advanced weapons from the United States and other countries, a single comparison of North Korea is not comparable to South Korea, if there is a kind of local friction involving one weapon or a few weapons, North Korea may suffer losses, but once a full-scale war breaks out, South Korea will suffer a big loss.

The current situation in North Korea under Kim Jong-un: Daily intimidation of South Korea, amnesty every three years

North Korea

North Korea's development in recent years is very good, don't look at how the United States sanctions, North Korea's total GDP in these years is growing, North Korea's food gap is also narrowing.

Because North Korea's popularity in the world is not bad, and the country is also insisting on development, a large proportion of North Korea's leadership team is economic talents, and many of North Korea's infrastructure has undergone tremendous changes in the past decade, plus it is not a rich country itself, not as heavily dependent on imports and exports as Japan, so US sanctions are of little use.

In terms of weapons, North Korea also knows what weapons it needs to develop, mainly some that have strong strike capabilities and can form a greater deterrent, but also within the scope of its own capabilities.

For example, North Korea's artillery is very powerful, and North Korean artillery showed great firepower in the Yeonpyeong Island shelling.

The current situation in North Korea under Kim Jong-un: Daily intimidation of South Korea, amnesty every three years

North Korean weapons

Some of North Korea's heavy artillery is used with rocket artillery, deployed near the military demarcation line to strike Seoul, artillery has become a strategic weapon, and artillery shells are difficult to intercept like missiles, because compared to missiles, shells are small, numerous, and faster, and can be hit by pushing shells.

In addition, North Korea has missiles of various ranges that can strike targets in South Korea and even Japan.

Under such military pressure, many of North Korea's military development achievements and actions will make South Korean politicians jump.

In recent years, North Korea has become a common occurrence of missile tests, sometimes more than one, each launch can attract high attention from the South Korean media and military, and the South Korean government often pulls the United States together to condemn.

The current situation in North Korea under Kim Jong-un: Daily intimidation of South Korea, amnesty every three years

North Korean missiles

In the future, as long as South Korea is willing to disrupt the situation with the United States, this kind of heartbeat will probably feel often.

Because North Korea is a small country, with few resources and a small land area, there is not so much room to deal with the enemy, so the people of this country have a strong sense of crisis, must constantly improve themselves, and must have the ability to grasp the key points of the opponent, so as to maintain a peaceful situation under the condition of poor relations.

In the event of war on the peninsula, North Korea will inevitably give priority to South Korea, because South Korea is the base of U.S. operations on the Korean Peninsula and the country that poses the most direct threat to North Korea.

Compared with previous North Korean leaders, Kim Jong-un has inherited and developed during his rule, which may be different from the development methods of other countries, but for now, it can make North Korea safe in the complex international situation and make important achievements in various important areas, which shows that many development ideas are correct.

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