North Korea has been a totalitarian state since Kim-Il Sung and his son Kim-Jon Il took power in the country. They use many different tactics to govern. One such tactic is the insistence that the welfare of the state be placed above the welfare of the people. The country's leaders also used totalitarian terror to maintain control. There are many ways in which the totalitarian state of North Korea uses totalitarian terror to seize power and maintain control over the state's citizens. Some examples of this are the use of secret police, the imprisonment of political activists, and the repression of anyone who challenges or poses a threat to the regime. It can be argued that North Korea has been a totalitarian state since the formation of the Democratic People's Republic of the North. Korea on September 9, 1948. In 1949 Kim-il Sung became president of the Workers' Party of Korea. During 1949 Kim-il Sung's power began to grow rapidly, as he created a totalitarian government in North Korea and eliminated all other parties that stood in his way. Kim-il Sung became Prime Minister of North Korea from 1948 to 1972. In 1972 he became president and ruled as such until 1994. Finally, he was named eternal president of North Korea for eternity. Kim-il Sung ruled as a cruel totalitarian leader who used fear as a tactic to force others to believe the false accusations he told. An example of this is that he claimed that the diseases that were spreading throughout North Korea were intentionally caused by the United States. When people didn't believe him, he created a great purge to force people to accept his observations. Kim-il Sung also used prison camps to get rid of anyone who opposed him. When Kim-il Sung died, his son Kim-Jong Il took power in North Korea in 1994. ...... middle of paper ...... They are under the impression that the rest of the world is the same as the fields in which they live. Many children are also killed as soon as they are born to reduce the growing population in the camps. These camps are all well hidden in the mountains and difficult to find. Another type of camp in North Korea is called a re-education camp. These camps function the same way as a political prison, with just as much torture and abuse. However, these camps are intended for political prisoners and people who have committed regular crimes. Diseases also spread in the camps. Fever and disease spread many times to tons of prisoners. In response to these outbreaks, the entire camp quarantines the sick. This does not solve the problem and the virus usually continues to spread. Furthermore, the medicines used to treat sick prisoners are either expired or simply non-existent.