alphacyberranger@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agoSouth Korea: Man gets 14-month jail term for praising North in poemwww.bbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square34fedilinkarrow-up1169arrow-down12cross-posted to: world@lemmy.world
arrow-up1167arrow-down1external-linkSouth Korea: Man gets 14-month jail term for praising North in poemwww.bbc.comalphacyberranger@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square34fedilinkcross-posted to: world@lemmy.world
minus-squareLollerCorleone@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up25arrow-down6·11 months ago Lee Yoon-seop advocated for unification in his piece that was published in the North’s state media in 2016, South Korean media report. He wrote that if the two Koreas were united under Pyongyang’s socialist system, people would get free housing, healthcare and education. You omitted the key point here, the poem advocates for all of Korea to be united under the North Korean regime.
minus-squaretillimarleen@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down1·edit-211 months agoAh, of course that changes everything. Throw the old men in jail
minus-squareLollerCorleone@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·11 months agoJail is a bit extreme. True.
You omitted the key point here, the poem advocates for all of Korea to be united under the North Korean regime.
Ah, of course that changes everything. Throw the old men in jail
Jail is a bit extreme. True.