I feel like they can help by trying to take in however many refugees as they can without it messing up their economy. By doing this, they are slowly helping the problem by directly taking the affected refugees and giving them a safe haven away from the everyday problems they deal with. Also if the … Continue reading What level of support do you feel is appropriate for the US and/or Western European countries to offer Syrian refugees? →
- I feel like they can help by trying to take in however many refugees as they can without it messing up their economy. By doing this, they are slowly helping the problem by directly taking the affected refugees and giving them a safe haven away from the everyday problems they deal with. Also if the country is willing, they could employ some of the refugees to give them work and give them the ability to make money for their families. They could also just give either financial or military support to the countries that need it.
The North Korean leaders pose the greatest threat to the women in their society, especially the women in the lower classes. The reason behind them being in such low classes is because of their song bun. A song bun is pretty similar to the caste system, but the higher your song bun is, the higher … Continue reading To whom do North Korean leaders pose the greatest threat to? And what is that threat? →
- The North Korean leaders pose the greatest threat to the women in their society, especially the women in the lower classes. The reason behind them being in such low classes is because of their song bun. A song bun is pretty similar to the caste system, but the higher your song bun is, the higher rank you are in the society. The threat is the way that they are treated in society. In North Korean societies, women donʻt get as many opportunities and canʻt even eat at the same table as their husband or sons. During dinner, women eat at lower tables compared to the men and also eat corn meal while the men eat rice.
I think that what stood out to me the most in the first two chapters of Nothing to Envy was that from an outsiders perspective of North Korea we think that it sucks and that the people there must be miserable, but on the contrary, some North Koreans continue to proclaim Kim II-sung’s and Kim … Continue reading What do you think is noticeable in the assigned reading? Why? →
- I think that what stood out to me the most in the first two chapters of Nothing to Envy was that from an outsiders perspective of North Korea we think that it sucks and that the people there must be miserable, but on the contrary, some North Koreans continue to proclaim Kim II-sung’s and Kim Jong-Il’s greatness. They proclaim their greatness while their economy is in ruins. Not everyone is lucky enough to have electricity and they have almost no communication.
