Kim Jong Il's reign over terror over North Korea was only brought into the spotlight once Il started to threaten the world with the country's nuclear arsenal, built behind the scenes and completely missed by UN nuclear inspectors and cultivated despite promises from Il to stick to his promise of obeying the Non-Proliferation Treaty. Il's tendency to break promises is one example of the extreme difficulty we face in attempting diplomatic negotiations with North Korea. It goes without saying that it is frustrating for U.S. leaders to spend endless effort in negotiations only to have these agreements broken. Il not only poses a problem on the world stage, but also in his own country. His brutalization of the people of North Korea is something that mainstream media seem to be missing out on in favor of covering the nuclear issues, but the atrocities Il has committed against his people are many and downright terrifying. Il is in essence starving the population, all industry and trade has been shut down in the nation: companies stand completely empty, and the only real trade going on involves either illegal drugs (opium mostly) or counterfeit currency. Anyone who dares speak out against the regime is herded into "camps" where they are then stoned to death, hung or killed in other horrifying ways. Joe Layburn's documentary, "Children of the Secret State" offers superb coverage of the North Korea situation.
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