I Became Park Jeong-ui’s Nephew - Chapter 117



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He became Park Jeong-ui’s nephew. – (117)

Tit~tit~tit~

The same routine that repeats itself today,

I sipped my teacup in my office while listening to the birds chirping.

A peaceful tea time that doesn’t suit a hellish dictator who burned down a country, but that sense of betrayal adds to the taste of the tea.

It’s like eating hot ramen with the air conditioner turned on.

Frankly, whether one million or two million Pyongyang residents die, what big impact does that have on the world? That is clear even when listening to what North Korean residents say.

“I feel relieved that I’m ruined!!”

“It was a doomed country anyway!!”

North Korea is a country that operates under a thorough class system.

Only a select few recognized as privileged are given the opportunity to reside in Pyongyang, a fact that even North Korea’s Rodong Sinmun did not hide.

[Revolutionizing intellectuals means thoroughly eliminating the bourgeois ideology remaining in them and arming them with the revolutionary ideology of the working class, thereby preparing them more firmly as genuine intellectuals of the working class who faithfully serve the people and as ardent revolutionary fighters. – 11th Plenary Session of the 4th Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea (July 1, 1965)]

The intellectuals mentioned here are technical people.

When people think of interior design, what image usually comes to mind?

Think of people who think they are privileged because they studied a little, like doctors or lawyers.

I should enjoy it because I studied hard and became a socially recognized person, but North Korea does not tolerate that.

The elite is a group that exists thoroughly for the sake of society. If they are doctors, they should take care of patients. Why would they dare to put bourgeois ideology first and be obsessed with making money?

The problem is that North Korea has forced this logic on poor farmers as well.

[The purpose of socialism is to revolutionize farmers like intellectuals. Revolutionization here means to make them abandon their individual selfishness and greed for private property, and to arm them with collectivist ideology. – Kim Il-sung, Theses on the Problem of Rural Socialism in Our Country (February 25, 1964)]

Farmers are also members of society, just like doctors.

For them, private property and selfishness are not recognized.

What kind of life would the North Korean people live in a country like this, where they are just a group dedicated to the party and socialism?

The answer came easily.

“Can I live in Pyongyang? I heard it’s a nice place to live.”

“If everyone lives in Pyongyang, who will do the farming? Stop talking nonsense and think about ways to help the country!!”

Who doesn’t know that Pyongyang is a great place to live?

The problem is that while the majority worked hard in the provinces, the privileged class enjoyed everything in Pyongyang.

A structure in which local people are enslaved and the privileged class reigns over Pyongyang.

In this environment, would the North Korean people sympathize with Pyongyang, which has become a sea of ​​fire?

Whether the South Korean military kills one or two million people in Pyongyang, North Koreans living in the provinces have no complaints.

“Socialism is about equality?!! Why are we unequal?!!”

“The Korean army is the liberator!! It is a revolutionary army that has burned down the bourgeois forces!!”

This is why the North Korean ruling class regarded the South Korean military as a liberation army.

You could become a Pyongyang resident if you were given 300,000 North Korean won, but where would a poor farmer have that kind of money?

The reason why South Korean special forces were able to infiltrate Pyongyang was because they paid money to party officials. In this way, North Korea had a social structure that was bound to collapse.

Am I a monster who massacred 1.7 million North Koreans, or a hero who broke the irrational structure?

The answer came from the North Koreans.

***

“Long live the Republic of Korea!!!!”

“The bourgeoisie is destroyed!!”

“Pyongyang has fallen!!”

This is Gaeseong,

Citizens who took to the streets cheered and cheered for the occupying forces who had entered the city.

Although they have been oppressed by the dictatorship of the Kim family and have not been able to express it, everyone is full of discontent.

The reason is roughly as follows.

Natural disasters are a chronic problem in North Korea, and North Korea has paid great attention to natural disaster prevention, to the point of establishing a flood relief project in 1946 and a feng shui liberation committee in 1947.

In 1963, a law was enacted to provide relief to the displaced people when a food shortage occurred due to a natural disaster, but the reality was a mess.

“Get to work quickly!!”

“We have to work hard and produce more food!!”

The solution is to squeeze the local residents even more.

When there is a food shortage, instead of providing food to the starving people in the country, all that is done is to pressure the region to increase production.

The funny thing is, they just nag and don’t provide support.

According to an investigation by the Korean Central Intelligence Agency, farmers living in Pyongyang have 600 workers per hectare, while other regions have less than 300.

The amount of fertilizer input in Pyongyang is more than twice that of other regions.

This is why there is bound to be a difference in rice production.

However, the reality of North Korea is that people in Pyongyang are praised by the authorities for working hard, while farmers in other regions are criticized for being lazy.

Food rationing is even more outrageous.

North Korea has 13 million residents, 2.5 million of whom live in Pyongyang. Shouldn’t more food be distributed to the provinces?

However, over the past five years, 48% of rice produced in North Korea has flowed to Pyongyang.

As a result, Pyongyang’s population growth rate rose sharply to 9%, while other regions did not exceed 2%.

This is one of the reasons why South Korea bombed Pyongyang so harshly, as it shows how absurd North Korea’s society is.

Pyongyang is the core city of North Korea and the city where the privileged class is concentrated.

Do you think the locals would be upset if they were to destroy this city? On the contrary, the South Korean army won a great response from the North Korean people thanks to the thorough burning.

Who would criticize the South Korean military for strategically slaughtering the North Korean people by capturing exactly what they wanted and entering Gaeseong?

The Korean military also had no reason to oppress residents who were cooperating with the Korean government.

“It’s strange. Why are you cheering?”

“1.7 million North Koreans died?”

Of course, the world’s foreign press did not understand this development.

Don’t the people of Kaesong know that the people of Pyongyang were massacred?

Journalists who wanted to tell the world about the atrocities committed by the South Korean military thrust microphones into the faces of the residents of Kaesong.

“Can I have a brief interview with you?”

“What?”

“Millions of people died in Pyongyang, aren’t you afraid of the South Korean army?”

“What are you afraid of? Those Pyongyang guys are the bourgeoisie that are eating away at the country!! Those guys will fight to the death!!”

The people of Gaeseong welcome the death of those who were destined to die,

In this situation, if foreign correspondents write articles criticizing the Korean military, that is distortion and turning a blind eye to the truth.

In addition, Korea is a country with very strong media control, and writing an article that is not based on facts can result in a maximum sentence of 15 years in prison.

Who would dare put a bell around a tiger’s neck?

But then a reporter appeared who did that without fear.

***

“What do you mean, an American journalist is being detained?!!”

“I heard he was arrested in Korea for writing a false article.”

“What are you talking about?!! Explain it in detail!!”

This is the White House,

President Hubert Humphrey was shocked to hear what the U.S. ambassador to Korea had to say.

An American journalist was detained in North Korea while reporting, and was arrested after writing an article about how North Koreans were living in fear of massacres by South Korean troops.

The United States immediately sent a letter of protest, but South Korea explained the reason for detaining the reporter based on the information collected so far.

He clearly stated his intention to handle the matter in accordance with Korean law.

The incident shocked the entire United States, and President Hubert Humphrey immediately expressed regret and demanded that Korea release the men.

But South Korea announced that it would bring the journalists in question to trial.

The US government, growing increasingly anxious, asked South Korea to expel American journalists.

“If the reporters did something wrong, we will reveal what is right and wrong. So, please kick the reporters out.”

“There is no need for that. Even Americans cannot be forgiven for causing an internal rebellion on the Korean Peninsula.”

In the end, the Korean court brought the American journalists to trial.

The charges are treason and distortion of information.

It is true that the South Korean army massacred the people of Pyongyang, but the local people have no complaints about this and, in fact, welcome the South Korean army.

But why on earth did American journalists write articles like this?

The reporter who appeared in the courtroom continued the final argument while shedding tears.

“I was wrong. I tried to get public attention by writing a sensational article. Please forgive me just this once. Isn’t Korea an ally of the United States? West… Are you really going to punish an American?”

“How can an American, who is an ally of Korea, write such an article? You tried to spread bad rumors about Korea to the world, and this is a clear act of terrorism against an ally.”

A judge sentenced American journalists to 43 years in prison for sedition and distorting information.

28 years for sedition, 15 years for distortion of information.

When the verdict was announced, reporters sat down and exclaimed, “Oh my God.”

An unprecedented situation has occurred in which an American is imprisoned in another country.

Angry American reporters flocked to Korea to check the facts.

What is surprising is that North Korean society is truly welcoming the South Korean military, and the information released by the South Korean government to reporters adds to the reality of the situation.

Clear evidence showing how North Korea has exploited local residents over the years,

And yet, do Americans think that the Korean government unfairly detained an American journalist?

Above all, if the article written by the American reporter was true, reporters from other countries would have written similar articles.

But no one wrote such an article, and the incident shocked the United States.

What a disgrace that an American reporter, instead of reporting the facts, caused an act of civil war in Korea.

Even the American public opinion that had been criticizing Korea has kept its mouth shut.

***

“Your Majesty, we have received a call from the U.S. Department of State.”

“What is it?”

“I acknowledge that the journalist committed an act of sedition, but I think 43 years is too harsh. I would like the sentence to be reduced to 10 years…”

“Tell him not to talk nonsense about eating dog grass. I will never forgive him.”

The same routine that repeats itself today,

I neatly ignored the US government’s request.

If a Korean reporter had written such an article in the US, would it have been dismissed within 10 years?

Even if they are allies, there are things they can forgive and things they cannot forgive, and I made it clear that I intend to keep those guys in prison for 43 years.

And further strengthening media control,

From now on, foreign correspondents entering Korea will be limited to those verified by the Korean government.

The conditions are that the applicant must have at least 5 years of experience as a reporter and have no criminal record. Even if the conditions are met, if the applicant has a suspicious record, the applicant is banned from entering the country without any reason.

Because there are many spies disguised as reporters,

The number of reporters entering the presidential office was also limited to no more than 20 at a time.

The media is free to talk nonsense if you let them go, so I put a gag in their mouth so they won’t talk nonsense again.

[Please forgive me. I was wrong. Please send me back to my hometown.]

[I have family in America. It’s just too cruel to make them wait 43 years.]

Meanwhile, the criminals in prison submitted letters of reflection to the President’s Office.

If a person’s sins were forgiven through a letter of reflection, there would be no need for judges or laws in the world.

After that, they didn’t even accept the letter of reflection.