Demick characterizes North Korea as “a country that has fallen out of the developed world,” not as an undeveloped country because at one time it was an establish country. It was a flourishing residence with electricity at night and for a matter of fact, more food too. North Korea used to be a developed country; however, the country collapsed and became underdeveloped. While the North Korean government sustained total control over the people, others in China and the Soviet Union fell from communism and adapted to a capitalism government. As Demick wrote, “Communsim, he reported, was proving a failure as an economic system” (56). While countries around North Korea moved forward and had advances in technology, like cars, North Korea stayed and