{"id":1089,"date":"2011-12-20T18:45:55","date_gmt":"2011-12-20T22:45:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/discoveriesofawanderer\/?p=1089"},"modified":"2011-12-20T18:45:55","modified_gmt":"2011-12-20T22:45:55","slug":"north-korea-a-lesson-in-social-control","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/discoveriesofawanderer\/2011\/12\/north-korea-a-lesson-in-social-control.html","title":{"rendered":"North Korea: A Lesson in Social Control"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It frightens me just how much social control can exist in a culture. Look at North Korea as an example. I was shocked to discover that news about the Kim Jong II&#8217;s death didn&#8217;t leak for two days. That&#8217;s a lifetime in the media. People there, and everywhere, deserve a chance to speak out and to be heard. If we aren&#8217;t hearing about this huge news piece then we obviously aren&#8217;t hearing about so many other things. 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