I hear horrible things about the country, many of whichj i feel is an over exaduration, but some i feel are true.
whats with its human rights
were things better under kim sung? or was it always that way?

north korea is very poor and there are nbo exagirations

As a Korean, I feel greatly ashamed and angered at the two "men" representing "north" Korea. And Kim Il-Sung's son, Kim Jong-il, is HARDLY his namesake.

Under Kim Il-Sung's rule, some things were better, like the food rationing system worked GREAT. Everything was industrialized very quickly. Hell, Kim Il-Sung even surpassed the South in economy at one point!

Then he dies, Kim Jong-il (that fat bastard SUNVABITCH) takes over, institutes Juche, and the infamous "Songun" policy.

Everything crashed downhill from there.

Kim Jong-il merely ignores the will of the Koreans, set only to satisify himself. He simply doesn't give a damn about the treatment of the normal population and even the army. Seen pictures of the Korean People's Army members? Testimonies? None of them are exaggerated, as matta said.

He is EXACTLY like Stalin. Devil's incarnate.

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=0tJBBpGUbNE

To Bolshevik Clock: Exactly my point. He even likes Daffy Duck! Koumahsubnida dongmu!

So how bad are we talking here? Like Khmer Rouge?

Its Orwellian.

Life is not as bad as portrayed by western media, nevertheless it is still very bad, and Kim Jong Il is a stalinist, and we all know what this means!

DPRK must be liberated!

PS: South Korea isn't much better on democracy either.

-A south korean soldier once said that he thinks socialism is not bad and has been accused of "agitating in support of DPRK" he was sent to jail for a few months.

-Few years ago a teacher in a university has once said that DPRK invaded South Korea, because it wanted to unite the country. The students taking his course have been interogated by the police and the teacher has been suspended from his job.

-About 5 or 10 years ago, I forgot exactly when it was, you can look it up on the internet, but it was AFTER the cold war, a group of people founded a revolutionary party in south korea and some time later they have been accused of "Trying to join the Workers Party of DPRK" and have been EXECUTED by South Korean government.

If you go to South Korea, never say anything in favor of socialism. Otherwise this might have serious consequences for you. Even if you are a foreigner.

@ Kenzu for Koreans the Cold War is not over.

The always visible threat of NK is stressing the good Korea to sometimes overreact. Also I can imagine, that the soldier was executed during the time of dictatorship in SK. I know you like dictators, but usually they use barbaric methods to secure their power.