Week 2; Defectors, America, and North Korea.

This post is a little late as I am still understanding the ropes of blogging. Suffice to say, I watched two youtube videos with competing opinions and insights on North Korean defectors: Hyeonseo Lee, and Yeonmi Park. It was interesting learning some of the "woodworks" of the secluded nation and their views of the outside world. That being said, from an early age, these people are subject to jingoistic propaganda and an intense animosity towards America, South Korea and Japan. Artwork depicting frightening fabrications of caricature American soldiers driving nails through the heads of North Koreans riddle school houses and allow children to grow up in fear and hatred of Americans; "To North Korea, America is... a mortal enemy that cannot coexist," says the first of the three defectors interviewed on Asian Boss' youtube video depicting what North Koreans think of  America; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXo-Vov_98Y. Public executions are commonplace...  That same escapee previously mentioned that he saw his first public execution when he was 12 or 13. Hyeonseo Lee mentioned in her Ted Talk that she saw her first when she was 7; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdxPCeWw75k. The graphic horror that depicts the absolute monarchy of Kim Jong Un's distorted reflection of society is most disturbing when knowing of the famine reigning North Korea. 1994 to 1998 was known as the arduous period known as the March of Suffering. It was responsible for killing 2 to 3 million citizens of North Korea. Yeonmi Park, one of the survivors of this famine, said "I passed starved dead bodies on the way to school;" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVPjoEN1a8k. The words "famine" and "hunger" were banned, and had serious consequences, because it implied government failure. In summary, this doesnt even scratch the surface of the horror that is the state of North Korea. Defectors say both Trump should urge change and push against Kim Jong Un's regime, others say Trump is reckless and Kim Jong Un is on thin ice so repercussions could be catastrophic. Regardless, this was a depression blog to research.

Introductory Post

For the most part, I mentioned the majority of this in the about me page. My name is Sean Marcus, I am a media production major with an interest in film. I have worked at a few TedX events and I am currently employed as the High Point University Paper's official photographer. That being said, I hope in the future I will score a position on a featured film production crew: specifically a cinematographer. In my free time, I write scripts and short films, as it is a necessary step in learning film.