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The Kim Dynasty
Under the unrelenting rule of Kim Jon-Un the voice of the North Korean people has been significantly silenced. The freedom of speech is virtually non-existent in North Korea, and what the people are exposed to by foreign media is strictly regulated. For decades the Kim dynasty has controlled what the North Korean see, hear, and say, and that control has allowed North Korea to continually oppress its people. The Kim dynasty has led a very oppressive regime ever since Kim II-Sung took position as dictator in 1948. The Korean government only allows its people to see and hear things made in the state. “…. radio and television sets in North Korea are given to households and pre-tuned to government stations, radios must be checked and

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