Comments on: Teachers Arrested for Posting N. Korean Propaganda On-Line http://freekorea.us/2007/01/18/teachers-arrested-for-posting-n-korean-propaganda-on-line/ Tue, 22 May 2012 09:51:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Breaking the Korean Mind Block of US Beef Protests http://freekorea.us/2007/01/18/teachers-arrested-for-posting-n-korean-propaganda-on-line/comment-page-1/#comment-57872 Breaking the Korean Mind Block of US Beef Protests Wed, 07 May 2008 21:18:21 +0000 http://freekorea.us/?p=6332#comment-57872 [...] So why would the KTU be against teaching (gasp!) free market policies?  Could it be because they are pro-North Korean stooges that consistently teach North Korean propaganda and anti-Americanism in the classrooms to include celebrating the 9/11 attacks.   With people like this teaching Korean children and encouraging them to go to the US beef protests, is it any wonder why critical thinking is missing in Korean schools? [...] [...] So why would the KTU be against teaching (gasp!) free market policies?  Could it be because they are pro-North Korean stooges that consistently teach North Korean propaganda and anti-Americanism in the classrooms to include celebrating the 9/11 attacks.   With people like this teaching Korean children and encouraging them to go to the US beef protests, is it any wonder why critical thinking is missing in Korean schools? [...]

]]> By: OneFreeKorea » The End of Chongryon? http://freekorea.us/2007/01/18/teachers-arrested-for-posting-n-korean-propaganda-on-line/comment-page-1/#comment-47648 OneFreeKorea » The End of Chongryon? Tue, 19 Jun 2007 11:49:59 +0000 http://freekorea.us/?p=6332#comment-47648 [...] *  Objectivity may be too much to ask for when it comes to how South Korean schools portray North Korea.  Throughout decades of unleavened rightist propaganda under Park Chung Hee’s rule, North Korea’s standard of living may have been equal to or greater than that in the South.  That had changed drastically by the 1990’s, when the portrayal of the North switched to unleavened leftist propaganda, mostly directed by the anti-American, pro-North Korean Teachers’ and Educational Workers’ Union (see also 1, 2, 3, 4).  Now, the human rights group NKNet, with a large number of defectors in its membership, is presenting its own counter-propaganda:  “Knowing North Korea Properly,” featuring scenes of the hardscrabble lives and deaths of ordinary citizens outside Pyongyang.  This is probably the best we can hope for.  Let the kids see all of the information, keep their minds open, and make them up for themselves. [...] [...] *  Objectivity may be too much to ask for when it comes to how South Korean schools portray North Korea.  Throughout decades of unleavened rightist propaganda under Park Chung Hee’s rule, North Korea’s standard of living may have been equal to or greater than that in the South.  That had changed drastically by the 1990’s, when the portrayal of the North switched to unleavened leftist propaganda, mostly directed by the anti-American, pro-North Korean Teachers’ and Educational Workers’ Union (see also 1, 2, 3, 4).  Now, the human rights group NKNet, with a large number of defectors in its membership, is presenting its own counter-propaganda:  “Knowing North Korea Properly,” featuring scenes of the hardscrabble lives and deaths of ordinary citizens outside Pyongyang.  This is probably the best we can hope for.  Let the kids see all of the information, keep their minds open, and make them up for themselves. [...]

]]> By: Sonagi http://freekorea.us/2007/01/18/teachers-arrested-for-posting-n-korean-propaganda-on-line/comment-page-1/#comment-46190 Sonagi Wed, 06 Jun 2007 19:40:28 +0000 http://freekorea.us/?p=6332#comment-46190 Hey Joshua, Looks like a spammer breached security. Hey Joshua,

Looks like a spammer breached security.

]]> By: OneFreeKorea » Anju Links for 23 April 2007 http://freekorea.us/2007/01/18/teachers-arrested-for-posting-n-korean-propaganda-on-line/comment-page-1/#comment-40049 OneFreeKorea » Anju Links for 23 April 2007 Tue, 24 Apr 2007 10:40:17 +0000 http://freekorea.us/?p=6332#comment-40049 [...] I’m guessing it would probably be a lot like 2002 and 2003: I mean, what kind of a society would break out into mass mobbery in reaction to one isolated tragic event?  Who would turn hatred of a friendly allied nation into fodder for popular movies and songs?  Who would use another nation’s most painful living memory as an occasion to show its hatred?  Who would discriminate against an entire national group, commit multiple acts of random violence (here, here, here, here, here), or peddle hate to the kiddies in school (here, here, here, with extra points for the approving reference to 9-11)?  What nation would seek political advantage from one tragic event by propogating hatred for an entire nation (here, here, and here), much less find it to be a winning electoral strategy?  And where would such hatred find broad societal acceptance?  Surely not in an educated, developed, industrialized society.  No civilized people in our times could subscribe to the inspiration of the world’s most brutal and backward system of government, one that openly espouses racism and is willing to kill as many babies as necessary to prove its commitment to that notion of purity.  [Update 8] [...] [...] I’m guessing it would probably be a lot like 2002 and 2003: I mean, what kind of a society would break out into mass mobbery in reaction to one isolated tragic event?  Who would turn hatred of a friendly allied nation into fodder for popular movies and songs?  Who would use another nation’s most painful living memory as an occasion to show its hatred?  Who would discriminate against an entire national group, commit multiple acts of random violence (here, here, here, here, here), or peddle hate to the kiddies in school (here, here, here, with extra points for the approving reference to 9-11)?  What nation would seek political advantage from one tragic event by propogating hatred for an entire nation (here, here, and here), much less find it to be a winning electoral strategy?  And where would such hatred find broad societal acceptance?  Surely not in an educated, developed, industrialized society.  No civilized people in our times could subscribe to the inspiration of the world’s most brutal and backward system of government, one that openly espouses racism and is willing to kill as many babies as necessary to prove its commitment to that notion of purity.  [Update 8] [...]

]]> By: OneFreeKorea » Virginia Tech Shooter Was Cho Seung-Hui, a U.S. Permanenent Resident From Korea http://freekorea.us/2007/01/18/teachers-arrested-for-posting-n-korean-propaganda-on-line/comment-page-1/#comment-36070 OneFreeKorea » Virginia Tech Shooter Was Cho Seung-Hui, a U.S. Permanenent Resident From Korea Fri, 20 Apr 2007 00:34:09 +0000 http://freekorea.us/?p=6332#comment-36070 [...] How do South Korean teachers portray America when teaching the kiddies?  I think you’ll be surprised:  Exhibit A, Exhibit B, Exhibit C (extra points for the approving reference to 9-11). [...] [...] How do South Korean teachers portray America when teaching the kiddies?  I think you’ll be surprised:  Exhibit A, Exhibit B, Exhibit C (extra points for the approving reference to 9-11). [...]

]]> By: OneFreeKorea » KTU Update http://freekorea.us/2007/01/18/teachers-arrested-for-posting-n-korean-propaganda-on-line/comment-page-1/#comment-10879 OneFreeKorea » KTU Update Mon, 22 Jan 2007 12:50:39 +0000 http://freekorea.us/?p=6332#comment-10879 [...] On closer examination, these appear to be the same suspects I blogged here.  Hat tip to The Nomad, who points out that there’s no evidence that the stuff was actually used in class, although we’ve advanced a step in that direction.  Unlike the case of the previous report, which was about mere online postings, these people have now been caught with materials designed for classroom use. The 16-page A4 booklet is in the form of a Q&A. Targeting middle school second graders, the publication supports North Korea’s demand for the withdrawal of U.S. forces from South Korea and hails the North’s Songun or military-first ideology. It denies the South Korean government’s claim to be the only legitimate government on the Korean Peninsula, saying it is merely the legal government of South Korea. It portrays the Songun ideology as a “new socialism” whereby revolutionary leaders remake society with the military in the vanguard. [...] [...] On closer examination, these appear to be the same suspects I blogged here.  Hat tip to The Nomad, who points out that there’s no evidence that the stuff was actually used in class, although we’ve advanced a step in that direction.  Unlike the case of the previous report, which was about mere online postings, these people have now been caught with materials designed for classroom use. The 16-page A4 booklet is in the form of a Q&A. Targeting middle school second graders, the publication supports North Korea’s demand for the withdrawal of U.S. forces from South Korea and hails the North’s Songun or military-first ideology. It denies the South Korean government’s claim to be the only legitimate government on the Korean Peninsula, saying it is merely the legal government of South Korea. It portrays the Songun ideology as a “new socialism” whereby revolutionary leaders remake society with the military in the vanguard. [...]

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