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(Fixed some grammar and typos) There are some powerful images coming from North Korea that go beyond the propaganda and the partisan rhetoric that goes with it. One in particular are photos from this article from the DailyNK. There are two pictures that caught my attention namely the women behind the barbed wire and the abandoned factory (Picured left).

The article asks an interesting question: “What Does that Girl Beyond The Barbed Wire Think?” I would like to go a little beyond that and ask the question, what does the average person living inside one of the most brutal regimes in the world think? That is a very big question, but that does lend the most important part of the process of brining eventual re-unification and freedom from dictatorship. However, I have noticed the political process has hindered the main focus and instead political points are at expense of the people behind that barbed wire. Something must of been lost along the way because of North Korea’s involvement in nuclear tests, missiles and possibly helping other regimes (such as Syria) carry out the most terrifying prospects of terrorists having access to weapons that can kill tens of thousands of people on impact. That is a very legitimate concern and North Korea should disarm and join the ranks of the international community. Unfortunately, that may be a pipe dream because the DPRK has not done it so far with all the disengagement.

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