| Unification of Korea, is it possible? Ladies and Gentleman. Let me introduce my talk today. Unification of Korea, is it Possible? 촬영 장재균 Have you heard official statements made by the North Korean government threatening South Korea? Chilling. You feel like they could attack us at any time. Do you know how many times they have attacked us since the Korean War? Hundreds of times. |
They shot down a Korean Airlines plane killing 115 passengers in 1987, In 1968 they sent thirty snipers to kill the South Korean president Park, Chung Hee in vain. We don"t know when they might attack us again. It could be tomorrow, next week, next month. We don"t know when. It is believed that there are more than twenty thousand North Korean spies in South Korea. That"s a lot. |
Number one. To ease the passing of the regime to Kim Chung- Il"s third son Kim Jung Oon. He is only 26. Kim Chung-Il needs to create an atmosphere of war in order to ease the transition of power. He is seriously ill with cancer and heart disease. Doctors say he may not live long. |
That"s why they developed atomic bombs and ballastic missiles in order to compensate for their economic inferiority. I think there is another reason. Kim Jung-Il believe neuclear weapon is his best protection against internal and external threat of suceeding family dynasty. Well, where did they get the money to make the arsenal? Believe it or not our two former presidents Kim, Dae Jung and Ro, Moo Hyun. Ro committed suicide one and half month ago to avoid the shame of going to jail after being indicted for taking an illegal bribe of 60 million US dollars from one of his friends. |
Let"s take one example among many how much our two former presidents gave rice to the North Korean regime. You will be shocked. I was hocked. They gave the North one million and sixty four hundred tons of rice. Itis equivalent to approximately US $700 million while hundred thousand South Korean people were being starved. If you provide money or food to the enemy you are sentenced to death according to the law. But they have never been indicted because of political power suporting them. In any case, that"s enough laying blame on our former presidents. What is the life of North Koreans like? Terrible. Miserable. How so? Every one is rationed as little as one US dollar a month, not to every body. Communist leaders are affluent. Can you imagine being rationed one dollars worth of food a month? Could you survive? They have to survive with that. If you criticise the regime they will stop your ration right away which could mean death. This way the North Korean regime can syphon off overnment money and foreign aid into developing missiles and atomic bombs. According to Amnesty international there are between twenty and thirty labor camps and political prison camps in North Korea. Most inmates there are not provided with rations. They can"t afford to because most of the national budget is used for funding arsenals. So prisoners have to seek out the food in the wild. They may eat snakes, tree roots and leaves, sometimes human meat from dead bodies. Many of them are starved and tortured to death. |
Every household has to hang Kim Il Sung and Kim Jung-Il pictures at home. In case of flood you have to rescue them first. Otherwise you could face severe penalties. Let me tell you a story happened a couple of years ago. North Korean athletes and cheer leaders were invited for a friendship match Seoul. On the way to the hotel after the match they saw Kim Chung Ill"s portrait thrown on the street in the rain by anti-North Korean protester. About twenty of them cried like crazy and ran to the portrait and retrieved it and dried it screaming who did such a savage thing. More interesting facts about North Korea: Do you know how long their military service is? Ten to thirteen years depending on who you are. During military duty you are not allowed to visit your family. That"s a fact. There are many high-rise apartment buildings in Pyung Yang, the capital city. However most of them are not equipped with elevators. Even if the building is equipped with an elevator they are not used because of the scarcity of electricity. So, old people have to walk up and down the stairs or stay home all day long. Imagine what could happen when they are sick. Have you looked at a google map of the Korean peninsula taken at night? South Korea is full of lights but North Korea is completely dark except some blinking lights in Pyung Yang. This shows how scarce electricity is in North Korea. North Korea is just like a jail. There is no freedom of expression. There are no human rights. There is no personal property allowed. There is no freedom to choose your partner for marriage. In many cases your partner is chosen by communist party. You have to get out of there if you want to have a free life. |
There are about one hundred eighty thousand North Korean refugees who have set foot in South Korea since the Korean War. They were given 37 million won or 32 thousand US dollars each. That is equivalent to about 80 year"s salary in North Korea. Lot of money! I met several of them and asked what they found most surprising here. They said they were surprised to see all mountains here are green with trees. They were shocked that there are more people here who like Kim, Jung-Il than in North Korea. North Korean mountains are red because trees are chopped up for fuel and to create space for growing crops. They were shocked to see every body has cell phones and every house hold has more than one car. Kim Jung-Il owns every thing in North Korea. Every thing belongs to him, money, girls, houses, buildings, children, every thing. |
Everybody wants the unification of Korea. I want it. You want it. Every body wants it. But unified in what ideology? Communism? Capitalism? There is no idology in between. A combination of two can never coexist. It got to be unified into democratic country with absolute freedom. Will communists give up communism? No. It will never happen. That"s the dilemma. |
Now let me show you a few pictures and videos about North Korea. This is Kumsoosan Memorial Palace in Pyung Yang, North Korea. Kim Jung-il ordered to build it for preserving his father"s dead body. The construction took four years from 1973 to 1977 costing 890 million US dollars. It"s as value as 24 years" ration for three million North Korean people who were starving to death. This is a documentary film shot in South Korea. based on the story of primary school at one of North Korean labor camps. Kits are going to primary schoo while their parents are put in dam construction. You can see how cruel the teachers are. The witnesses said many students were beaten to death in the class room. This scene was shot by Japanese N-TV. They shot it with a concealed camera in North Korea. I don"t know who they shot it. You can see how devastating their life is. It looks like 50 years ago in South Korea. It is 40 minutes long, so I have to show you only 5 minutes. |
Thank you very much. (The author of this article is Yong Yoon. He was communication professor at Korea University and presently the director of Korean Solidarity for Anti-Corruption. You can reach him at badkiller@hanafos.com / phone: 82-2-558-5544) ●참여단체: 국회인권포럼, 대한민국지키기불교도총연합회, 부정부패추방시민연합회, 국가위기비상대책 민총연합회, 대한민국어버이연합, 북한인권단체총연합회, 탈북인단체총연합, 민주시민연합, 사법개혁범국민연대, 사회정의실천시민연합, 새사람새나라운동본부, 기독교사회책임, 자유북한인협회, 기독북한인연합, 시민과함께하는변호사들, 선진화국민회의, 자유북한여성구원연대(사)평화통일탈북인연합회, 남북포럼, 납북자가족모임, 자유북한군인연합, 자유북한방송, 북한구원운동, 북한민주화운동본부, 북한민주화위원회, 기독탈북인연합,. 이북도민회중앙연합회, 자유민주비상국민회의, 자유북한인협회, 자유지식인선언, 탈북난민보호운동본부, 탈북자통지회, 한국기독교총연합회(인권위원회), ANI선교회(Konas), 정착인신문, 자유북한신문, 무지개캠프, 백두한라회, 평화의집, 기독교사회책임, 탈북동포회, 북한자유를위한교회연합한국대표, 서평방송 6·25국군포로가족회, 6·25전쟁납북인사가족협의회, 통일준비기업인회, 평양예술단, 북한구원정책연구소, 북한사회연구원, 부산지구탈북인협회, (사)탈북문화예술인총연합회, (사)겨레선교회, 탈북문예인협회,, 탈총연청년회, 탈총연평화통일강사단, 탈총연경기지회등4단체, 자유북한인초대교회등7개교회, 재미탈북난민협회, 재미탈북예술단, 요덕스토리 극단, 탈북자와 한국사회강좌, 푸른하늘 새터민자원봉사대, 탈북자종합회관, 에스더기도운동본부, 대북전단보내기국민연합, 국민의병단, 부정선거국민감시단, 중앙불교, 나라사랑실천운동, 자유민주수호연합, 바른교육어머니회, 북한해방동맹, 무궁수훈자회, 청년우익호국연대, 국가사랑모임, 자유대한민국우파연합, 전자개표결사반대카페, 올바른교육을위한어머니회, 멸공산악회, 구국국민연합, 무한전진, 친북척결국민연합, 올인코리아, 구국결사대, 낙동애국동지, 한국네티즌연대, 대한민국수호국민연합, 대한민국수호원로회의, 전자선거반대*투표소개표 추진본부, 02.12.19.부정선거진상규명위원회, 친북*반미*좌파* 부정부패소멸을위한구국기도회 |
