The latest issue of Tongil Shinbo, North Korea’s weekly magazine for overseas Koreans, claimed that since the June 15, 2000 intra-Korean summit, North Korean leader Kim Jong-il’s influence has been causing great transformations in South Korea, reports the North Korean website Urimizokkkiri (via the Joongang Ilbo).
The magazine said that since the summit, Kim Jong-il has been referred to by his official title (i.e., “chairman of the defense committee”) in all South Korean government bodies from the Unification Ministry to the Defense Ministry. It also noted that both ruling and opposition party politicians now believe that only if they visit the North and meet with Kim Jong-il can they hope to get elected president. It said all you need to do is look at the facts to see just how decisive Kim’s authority and influence in South Korea is.
Oh, and a South Korean civic group calling for the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Korea (here’s the homepage, but it appears down at the moment due to a flood of probably none too happy Korean netizens) threw its support behind recent North Korean claims that Pyongyang’s military-first “Songun” policy benefited South Korea. The group said the Songun policy was “clearly the savior of South Korea,” and that it was an “objective fact” that the policy had deterred the “American imperialist invaders” from launching a war on the Korean Peninsula. They said praised North Korea for “protecting the territory of the Fatherland of the Korean Peninsula” despite having no food to eat and no clothes to wear.
In a telephone conversation with the JoongAng reporter, the chairman of the group said, “There could be people who praise the Songun policy. I think it’s logical and factual.” He added that other progressive groups probably agreed but haven’t said so because there are many other contentious issues to deal with now, such as the Korea-U.S. FTA.
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How do they jive this with the South Korea government being puppets of the US?
“but it appears down at the moment due to a flood of probably none too happy Korean netizens”
I was just reading the Naver.com comments. North Koreans must’ve really done their job to rile up Naver participants against North Korea and President Roh.
This explains what’s been happening in South Korea pretty well.
flag00 says..
80년대 중반부터 전대협 한총련시절까지 운동권 주류를 형성하던 NL파들
즉 주체사상을 기반으로 한 남한혁명사상으로 무장한 운동권들
이젠 30대 40대가 되서 남한 사회 곳곳에 침투해있죠..
물론 상당수는 나이들어 정신차리고 그냥 노빠정도로 되있는 경우가 많겠지만,
그중일부는 각종 폭력노조, 노동단체 반미단체를 위시한 시민단체들, 모당
그리고 한총련 상층부에 계속 학생인양 남아있는 직업혁명가까지
아직도 모든 역사와 사회현상을 북조선 중심으로 생각하는 그 못된 버릇
못버리고 오늘도 남조선대남혁명을 위해 투쟁전략전술짜고
선동질 투쟁질하고 있습니다..
얼마전 대추리에서도 간만에 왕년의 폭력운동권들 집결해서
반미외치며 남한의 군대랑 죽봉과 짱돌들고 한판 붙었었죠..
가끔씩 이런 실전투쟁을 통해서 스스로의 세를 확인하고 유지시킵니다..
무서운 놈들이죠.. 정말 조심해야 합니다..
nike703 says..
젠 그들은 간첩이라고 하지 않죠..국가의 핵심 인사들은 물론 대한민국의 요소요소에 그들은 몇년전이 아닌 이미 수십년 전부터 생활해 오고 있었으니깐요…오죽하면 대한민국의 대통령으로 당선 될려면 김정일을 만나야 한다고 까지 할까요…그건 바로 이미 이 나라 이 정부가 북에 의해 돌아가고 있다느 말입니다…북한에서 뭐라고 하면 찍 소리도 못하는 이 나라가 일본이 뭐라고 하면 순진한 국민들의 반일감정을 자극하여 북한의 심기를 불편하게 하는 일본에 대해 핏대나 올리고…나 원참…한편의 코메디란 말이야…자 다들 선군의 덕에 보답해야지요…어여 어여 세금 걷어서 쌀 더 보냅시다…ㅎ ㅏㅎ ㅏㅎ ㅏㅎ ㅏㅎ ㅏ
CM….I hate to ask, but for those of us that only speak Konglish, could you do a quick translation?
I never noticed it before, but in the middle of Uriminzokkkiri you find KKK.
Why are they called ‘civic groups’? Sounds so innocuous. Rather, they should be called what they are: pro-North Korean groups, pro-communist groups or totalitarian supporters, etc.
Snow,
The better names are “fughups”,”brain-damaged Children”, “Jongil’s kids”, “abortion-challenged”, “Korean Commies” or just plain Korean “gaesaekis”(Dog’s children).
Baduk,
I prefer the more technical term for them: dumb-ass
Dog’s children? You mean puppies, right? Are they taffy eating puppies?
I think it is equivalent to “Your father was a lap dog”.
Gae that stands for a dog in Korean means a person who has morals of a dog. A man who shits in the public and humps every ass he sees. Or, just plain ugly man who behaves like an animal.
Saeki means offspring.
GaeSaeki means “you are a dog, just like your father”. It is two insults in one, one for you and one for your parent.
Baduk, how long have you lived in the US? Gaesseki = son of a b***h.
Similar news here:
http://english.chosun.com/w21d.....20035.html
http://www.crisscross.com/jp/news/378238
I don’t know if Roh can ever admit that the “Sunshine Policy” has failed. Liberals never fail to amaze me just how naive and insipid they truely are.
It’s not like like they never heard of Nev Chamberlain.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neville_Chamberlain
You’d get better result banging your head against a wall then deal with Liberal’s FailedX2 policy.
I don’t know if you guys will get to see CNN’s recent documentary on N. Korea over there in Korea, if you haven’t seen already?
http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/.....index.html
This thing will break your heart.
This just in,
UN has stopped molesting children of the 3rd world long enough to pass this resolution:
http://english.chosun.com/w21d.....60001.html
Yeah, who says a blind squirrel can’t find that dame acorn once in a while, hmmm??