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North Korea's Isolation

North Korea is the country, whom we don't know much about. It's a very reserved country whom also doesn't let anyone in or out of their country. How has North Korea's Isolation affected it's own country? North Korea's isolation has affected it's isolation with the rest of the world because now there's famine in North Korea, barely any electricity, and the barrage has now flooded.

North Korea's isolation has now brought them famine again. North Korea is suffering from famine again ever since it occurred in that same country during the 1990's. Famine in North Korea has affected mostly everyone in North Korea. The Peterson Institute Survey shows a study that 1,300 North Korean refugees have now crossed the border to China because of food shortages. The study shows that North Korea has higher the food price in the entire globe. Money is also not being used wisely, most of it is going to North Korea's military. North Korea famine has also brought their limit to access for water and they also have shortages in medications, doctors, and antiseptics which makes it difficult for them to help the people the are ill, from starvation. [] [] []

Not only is famine the factor of North Koreas isolation, it is also the limit of electricity they have. One of the biggest impacts of their lack of electricity is that now they are having fuel shortages. The rest of the world rely's on North Korea's nuclear and missile tests. North Korea electricity shortage has left the rest of the world wondering, if it has any trade routes or any type of communication with the rest of the world, they don't know whether it is desserted or not. This isolated country lack of electricity has also affected the North Korean people because now they have approximately 3 hours of electricity per day well some people, others have to live with the daylight that is the only lighting they have. [] [] []

North Korea also had a barrage dam which flooded North Korean land, and now they can't grow crops, so there's food shortage and lots of North Korean homes were destroyed. North Korea's barrage dam's flood also affected South Korean bordered land with North Korea. North Korea's flood was also accused that they let the water leave to provoke South Korea, in that incident 6 South Koreans were swept away. Now North Korea has to deal with the harm they caused to their country and South Korea. [] []

North Korea has and harmed their country because of their isolation. It mostly affects the the common North Korean's because they are the one's that have to suffer the consequences of the choices their "Great Leader" makes on their country. The three factors of famine, lack of electricity, and the flood from the barrage are only some of the factors that are also making North Koreans leave their country to China and are also making North Korea more isolated.