It Sucks to Be Right

On April 21st, I blogged about the new Radio FreeNK and closed by presciently asking, “How long till Roh shuts it down?” We have our answer.

South Korea is trying to shut down FreeNK, a radio station that broadcasts independent journalism into North Korea from Seoul. First, they banned the Kim Jong-Il comic book that went on to become a bestseller in Japan. Then, last summer, they beat up Norbert Vollertsen when he tried to send radios into North Korea by balloon. The followed this a week later by joining North Korean thugs in beating Vollertsen up again, along with other peaceful human rights demonstrators at the Universiade Games in Taegu. A month later, they arrested a South Korean man for burning a North Korean flag. Oh, and after the last two incidents, they apologized to Kim Jong-Il. Links to all of the above here.

Freedom of speech is dying in South Korea. It’s time for us to realize that they are free to reject our values, but that we’re fools to give them military welfare and pay their taxes for them while they’re doing it. South Korea’s view of America is, “we hate you, we hate your soldiers, we hate your values, but we like your money.”