DPRK uses social control mechanism towards its people to maintain its ideology,
living and physical punishment. Through this kind of social control, even though there
is an irrationality and contradiction about socialism system, people do not resist and
adjust them to the system.
Kim IL󰠏Sung, who is a founding father of DPRK’s social control system, and his
son, Kim Jung󰠏Il, he advanced its social control system after he experienced the
collapse of East󰠏European bloc’s socialism system and his father’s death.
But, due to its regime’s contradiction, DPRK’s inner part was kind of instable, and
it did not solve its problem and Kim Jung󰠏Il passed away. Therefore, naturally, Kim
Jung󰠏Il’s son, Kim Jong󰠏Un became the next leader of N.K and until now, he sustains
his regime.
However, as time goes by DPRK’s social control mechanism faces its limit. About
ideological control mechanism, due to the inflow of outside information, its main
ideological theme, Juche ideology and groupism are losing its strong ideological
function. Moreover, about living control mechanism, which was chocked its people, it
became nominal due to the invigoration of market. Now, physical punishment control
mechanism, which is reign of terror is the only way to suppress its people’s discontent
and resistance. But, we do not know, until when it could control its people through that
way. That is the reality of the DPRK, at this time.
Therefore, through this study, in the Kim Jong󰠏Un era’s, how its social control
system has been changed and analyze its characteristics and weak point to prospect its
possibility of regime change.
The main purpose of this study is to guide policy implication for our gort to make a
better N.K policy.
Key Words: N.K regime, social control, maintenance of regime, strategy to sustain the
regime, regime change
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