harmonica
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....you don't know shit about historyIn 1950, five years after the US military occupied southern Korea and forcibly prevented free elections in 1945:North Korea is some innocent little country? They invaded first.
People's Republic of Korea - Wikipedia
"The People's Republic of Korea (PRK) was a short-lived provisional government that was organized at the time of the surrender of the Empire of Japan at the end of World War II..."
"The program of the PRK was presented in its 14 September twenty-seven point program.
"The program included: "the confiscation without compensation of lands held by the Japanese and collaborators; free distribution of that land to the peasants; rent limits on the non-redistributed land;'
"'nationalization of such major industries as mining, transportation, banking, and communication; state supervision of small and mid-sized companies; …'
"'guaranteed basic human rights and freedoms, including those of speech, press, assembly, and faith; universal suffrage to adults over the age of eighteen;'
"'equality for women; labor law reforms including an eight-hour day, a minimum wage, and prohibition of child labor; and 'establishment of close relations with the United States, USSR, England [sic], and China, and positive opposition to any foreign influences interfering with the domestic affairs of the state.'"