살인 경례 Salute to a Murderer

 

육군사관학교에서 전두환에게 경의 표합니까?  비디오…

Recently, at Korea’s military academy, there was an event held which appears to honor Chun Doo-hwan, former “president” of Korea.  This man achieved an astonishing record of human rights atrocities during his political career, including a bloody rise to power, the suppression of media and voices of opposition, and is credited with the Gwangju Massacre of 1980, which led to the deaths of hundreds of democracy activists.  He is also infamous for his “3S Policy” which called for the distraction of citizens by Sex, Screen, and Sports.

The video here shows an aged dictator saluting, blowing out candles on a cake, and otherwise enjoying his time surrounded by other “나쁜” individuals representing a very bloody stain in Korea’s past.

길에서 On the Street

강남에 NAUH하고

In Gangam with NAUH.

Front: “I seriously had no clue…”

Back: “Are you aware?  For sixteen years running, North Korea has brought up the rear in terms of economic freedom.

The United States of America ranks 8th,

South Korea 31st,

China 140th,

North Korea 179th.”

Staggering statistics on their own, but add to them that the young man wearing the signage came himself from North Korea, and is now standing in one of the ritziest sections of Seoul, and you might just feel a little dizzy.

그 충격적인 통계뿐만 아니라 포스터를 입은 사람이 북한에서 온 활동가입니다.

This activist’s name is Sung Ho.  Here’s one of many video interviews he’s given in the past few years.

저의 친구 성호입니다.  이비디오나 이비디오 보세요…

전원책

During a television broadcast on May 27, 2012, Jun Won Tchak created controversy by declaring that South Korean lawmakers should encounter no difficulty in proclaiming that Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il are, er, were “sons of *******” in order to demonstrate that they themselves are not “blind supporters” of North Korea.

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