Behind the Curtain: Civilians in North Korea Are Not the Regime
Published: Oct 05, 2025 00:45
North Korea is painted as a cartoon villain: parades, missiles, a single family ruling by iron hand. But this is only one side of the truth. Behind the propaganda and dictatorship live millions of ordinary people โ children, workers, parents โ whose lives are invisible to the outside world. They do not launch rockets, they do not order executions, yet they are punished by sanctions, isolation, and ridicule. Western media mocks their suffering, reducing human beings to punchlines about dictators. Meanwhile, elites in Pyongyang live in luxury, untouched by the pain their decisions create. The hypocrisy is brutal: leaders condemn the regime while enforcing policies that hurt the population even more. Truthloop says it plain: civilians are not their governments. North Koreans deserve dignity and solidarity, not to be erased as faceless extensions of tyranny. Until the world sees them as people instead of propaganda, justice will remain another empty slogan.