Hancheongnyeon

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Hanchongnyeon 한총련
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Wenn es eine NGO gibt, die ich verehre, dann ist es LiNK (Liberty in North Korea) , die sehr geschickt versuchen gerade in Südkorea Aufsehen zu erregen und die Menschen zum Nachdenken zu bewegen.
Wenn man eine Organisation auf genau dem anderen Ende des Spektrums sucht, dann fällt mir sofort die Gruppe Hanchongnyeon ein, eine pronordkoreanische Studentenorganisation in Südkorea, deren Mitglieder - würde das Nationale Sicherheitsgesetz noch richtig angewendet -allesamt sowas von im Gefängnis schmoren würden.
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Und tatsächlich werden viele der Mitglieder dieser Gruppe in Südkorea juristisch belangt und oft setzen sich die ach so feinen Menschenrechtsgruppen für diese Leute ein.
So liest man zum Beispiel bei Amnesty über die friedlichen Ziele der Gruppe wie folgt:
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"Article 3 of Hanchongnyeon’s “Platform” states that “We shall block the permanent division of our nation, and under the principles of autonomy, peaceful reunification and grand national unity, we shall uphold the June 15 Inter-Korean Joint Declaration as our reunification platform in reunifying our nation in the near future”. Hanchongnyeon calls for national autonomy and reunification, endorsing the Inter-Korean Joint Declaration and removal of American troops from South Korea. These are views shared by other members of civil society such as academics and NGO’s. In April 2001 Hanchongnyeon revised it’s Platform and dropped North Korea’s proposed “federation system” from the Platform, replacing it with “implementation of the 15 June Inter-Korean Joint Declaration”."
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Mensch, ist ja toll, dass diese Leute die Wiedervereinigung wollen, warum sollte man sie denn dann bekämpfen?
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Leider gibt es auf Englisch wenig Informationen über diesen Haufen von Kim-Jong-Il-Fanatikern, aber dank Antti Leppänens Blog habe ich Zugang zu einem kurzen Interview mit einem der Führer dieser Vereinigung, das Bände spricht!
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Einige der beste Auszüge des Interviews mit Ryu Seon-min, einem scheinbar ganz normalen 24-jährigen Studenten aus Jeonnam :
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You used the expression "nuclear-owning people" (haekpoyu minjok). What do you mean by that? (The interviewer refers to what Ryu said in a "New Year's Joint Struggle Proclamation.")

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North Korean nuclear [weapons] must be seen from the point of view of our nation (minjok). The possession of nuclear weapons in not aimed at the South. It's clear that nuclear weapons are not used against the same people. North's nuclear weapons are the consequence of the 62 years of USA's sanctions and attempts to overthrow their system and government. North Korea developed nuclear weapons for self-defense. It's because of USA that has attempted to crush the dignity and self-determination of North Korea. The nuclear weapons prevent war for our whole nation (uriminjok, "our nation", "our people", "our race"). North Korea'sability to prevent war keeps peace in the Korean peninsula and lets us live with a peace of mind.
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Your opinion of the North Korean "military first" policy (sôn'gun chôngch'i) is very positive.
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Because of military first policy the peace in the Korean peninsula can be protected and the danger of war prevented. Because of North Korea's strong capaility to prevent war, USA and other foreign powers (oese) can't put their hands on Korean peninsula so easily. When in 2003 USA was going to attack Iraq it was said that it was because of weapons of mass destruction, but actually they were able to attack because there were no such weapons. If there was no military first [policy], it's possible that the Korean peninsula would face what happened in Iraq. The role of military first is big in preventing USA's frantic plans of toppling North Korea['s government] and establishing a pro-American government.
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Aren't you presenting purely the North Korean view?
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This is about preventing the dangers faced by the Korean peninsula, not about following the Northern system and politics unconditionally. Media is condemning us by claiming that we act on the orders of North Korea. We are concerned because the terminology [concerning military first policy] is used in a negative sense.
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Why do you emphasize the struggle against Grand National Party?
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The presidential election takes place in 2007, and the fate of the nation depends on who gets elected. Bellicose statements such as "the problem of North Korean nuclear weapons must be solved even if there's a danger of war" prevent the unification and peace of the Korean peninsula. Therefore, we have declared struggle against Grand National Party [GNP] in the presidential election.This year's election is not simply a contest of policies and pledges but a war (chônjaeng) between the forces of peaceful unification (p'yônghwat'ongil seryôk) and the fascist forces of the past (kwagô p'asyoseryôk). Since GNP has lost two presidential elections they'll fight hard to take the power. GNP's schemes uncompatible with the June 15 era must be stopped.
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Do you see GNP aiming to return to the dictatorship of the past?
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GNP, regarding North Korea as enemy and the June 15 declaration as national discrace is an anti-masses(panminjung), anti-unification force.
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What do you think about the serious breaches of human rights in North Korea?
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I can't understand the talk about North Korean human rights problems. USA is pointing out human rights problems in North Korea, but USA's breaches of human rights are more serious. How many people in the big land mass of USA are able to live and hold up human rights?There are several North Korean human rights organizations in our country as well, but the violations of human rights in South Korea are also very severe. The Southern part is no different in regard to human rights. Human rights are a question of the system of the society. People in North Korea must feel it in order to have a problem, it's not something to be defined by outsiders.
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Isn't the North Korean human rights situation too horrible to be compared with South Korea?
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Where's the proof? North Korean refugees say there are human rights problems, but they can't be believed. US human rights organizations' covert operations (kongjak) make North Korean refugees tell lies. USA gives all kinds of funds to human rights organizations and has them operate along the Chinese border and scheme "unwilling" escapes from North Korea. We must listen to the opinions of people living in North Korea and not the refugees. I went to Kumgangsan and met North Koreans (Pukhan tongp'o) there. I didn't hear them say that there are human rights problems.
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So do you mean that there are no human rights problems in North Korea?
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We must correct our point of view on human rights problems. People living in North Korea are proud of the military first policy, and if they think that it's ok to have less to eat and wear in order to defend that policy, then the consequently arising problems can't be regarded as human rights problems.

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Und wer bis hierhin durchgehalten hat, bekommt zur Belohnung noch das Foto des Jungen, der das alles fabriziert hat:
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(Nice to meet you. I'm seriously mindfucked by Kim Jong Il)
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