Comments on: Unification Ministry asks groups to stop dropping fliers on N. Korea

By: The Korea Liberator » Breaking the Blockade

The Korea Liberator » Breaking the Blockade — Sun, 03 Sep 2006 17:09:31 +0000

[...] Meanwhile, the Marmot points another lapse of content-neutrality by South Korea (though it falls short of the actual or vicarious forms of censorship, including press censorship, we’ve seen in the past). North Korea has complained about fliers distributed by activist groups here that criticize its regime since August last year, and when we asked for evidence it sent us the fliers via liaison officers on Aug. 10,” said Hwang Ha-soo, assistant minister in the [UniFiction] ministry’s office for inter-Korean dialogue. They were distributed in the North by the Democracy Network Against a North Korean Gulag and the North Korea Christian Association and “primarily contained criticism of the North Korean regime and its leader, he said. “Such behavior by a handful of civic groups goes against an inter-Korean agreement and we are deeply sorry about it,” he added. “Domestic law does not ban such activities, but we urge them to stop immediately because they may strain the inter-Korean relationship.” [...]

By: baduk

baduk — Sun, 03 Sep 2006 15:56:31 +0000

If I had told this to any Korean ten years, they would not have believed it. Koreans do change quickly.

In the same way, if the present course continues, all SKs will be serving KJI. In ten years.

By: montclaire

montclaire — Sun, 03 Sep 2006 10:00:33 +0000

The North Koreans actually prefer bare knees on asphalt. It shows you really care.

By: snow

snow — Sun, 03 Sep 2006 09:04:40 +0000

Thanks for the warning Montclaire. Next time I’m handed a pamphlet praising the ‘Dear Leader’ I will get down on my knees for a full bow, just as Roh and his cronies do (though I refuse to wear the kneepads or to pucker).

By: montclaire

montclaire — Sun, 03 Sep 2006 01:41:39 +0000

Snow: The South Korean government requests that you refrain from any unnecessary provocation of the North in these difficult times.

By: Zonath

Zonath — Sun, 03 Sep 2006 00:34:22 +0000

Each baloon has cotainer which is programmed to open after certain time, so it is possible to target more specific areas. Leaflets are not printed on normal paper, but on plastic sheets. Well-written texts.

Wow… a bit more high-tech than I would have expected, but nifty. And good for them, too.

By: usinkorea

usinkorea — Sat, 02 Sep 2006 22:44:16 +0000

They were handing out stuff back in 1997 - perhaps under cover. I used to find fliers near my cheap apartment in Songnam where I taught. It was a lower income area, I was told, and that was why the groups were trying to drum up followers there.

By: Sonagi

Sonagi — Sat, 02 Sep 2006 20:07:27 +0000

Try the neighborhoods around the universities. I have a nice little souvenir collection that I smuggled back home.

By: snow

snow — Sat, 02 Sep 2006 17:42:41 +0000

“Has the South Korean government asked Northern sympathizers in the South to stop littering the streets of Seoul with laminated propaganda cards bearing portraits of Kim Il-sung and heartwarming tributes to his legacy?”

Wow, have they been handing these out in downtown Seoul? Disgusting gulag supporters. If I ever get handed one, I will throw it on the ground and step on it or tear it up (is it safe to do that?).

By: Remort

Remort — Sat, 02 Sep 2006 17:09:47 +0000

During wartime, isn’t collaborating with the enemy high treason and punishable by death? Let’s round of these communists and deport them to North Korea where they belong.

–Remort