I somehow missed this huge news. Probably due to more important stuff like poop balloons.
#US state department has acknowledged the existence of the #jeju massacre/genocide for first time since it happened.
Not apologized, not launched investigations or prosecutions, merely admits that a "tragedy" "happened" (under the command of US Army Colonel Rothwell Brown).
"South Korea (MNN) — South Korea’s Constitutional Court recently overturned a 2020 law that stopped people from sending anti-regime information to North Korea."
VOM: "When we asked what we could do to help, the underground church didn’t ask for food or freedom. They asked for tools so that they could continue and expand their work of proclaiming the gospel."
North Korean defector Lee Min-bok said that Park has jeopardized the entire balloon campaign by provoking both governments, “[the] extremely provocative language in Park Sang-hak's leaflets has nothing to do with promoting North Korean human rights, but is tailored to please conservatives and provoke progressives in the South...[he] wants to become a hero by going to prison for fighting this law”.
Bibles to #northkorea AND triggering the libtards, win win
"At this time of great uncertainty, we must ask ourselves on whose side we want to stand: those who reach out with concern to the North Korean people with messages of truth, hope, and love, or do we want to stand on the side of Kim Jong-il, the man responsible for genocide against the people of North Korea."
Ibid.
Yes, well said, but dick-flicking them until they stop talking to you isn't achieving any of that is it...
VOM again: 'People think about “North Korea Ministry” as supplying to North Korea what it lacks: food, human rights, and even movies on USB and DVDs. But VOM Korea’s North Korean ministry begins with what North Korea has: one of the strongest churches in the world, growing faster than the South Korean church.'
"It is said that the tree of peace lives off blood and that freedom is not free. Somebody has to sacrifice themselves, so if I'm killed by Kim Jong Un’s gun, it'll be an honor." -- #ParkSangHak
Presumably that also includes the blood of journalists whose head you've smashed in with bricks...
#ParkSangHak is actually a north korean defector who lived a privileged life as a high-ranking part of the North Korean elite. He left during the famine, thanks to the wealth and connections of his family.
Apparently family members who were left behind were murdered or severely punished for this. Which is awful stuff.
But what's striking is how easily former North Korean regime members seem to slot into south korean conservatism.
For some background on far-right groups in korea, here is a thesis called "Web of Hatred" about #ilbe of which #ParkSangHak, recipient of oslo freedomn forum's havel prize, is a member.
Ladies and gentlemen, activist Park SangHak, brave defender of north korean human rights, recipient of human rights foundation award, assaulter of journalists, pepper-sprayer of cops, cheerleader of far-right woman hating, gwangju-denying incels on the internet.
More background on the nexus between online #hate, christian #fundamentalist zealots, and conservative politics in #korea - at which #ParkSangHak aka. "balloon dude" appears right at the intersection.