Fugitive Slave Update

Just in case you were tempted to believe that the South Korean Unification Ministry was honestly only interested in keeping out fraudulent North Korean asylum-seekers and criminals, Minister Chung has opened his mouth and removed all doubt, saying that South Korea would refuse all future large-scale defections, period, criminal records notwithstanding, and especially in the case of legit North Korean defectors. The official policy is now to let Viet Nam, China, and Thailand deport them all back to the death camps–to let them rot in hell, as I’ve said before.

The Marmot is starting to sound as pissed off as I am on this subject, even calling South Korea’s Unification Minister “an ass.” In a spirit of collegiality, I offer the gratuitous advice that in a libel action, truth is a defense. I see no reason to re-do what he’s already done superbly, although I’m not as certain as he is that South Korea intends to punish defectors for crimes under North Korean law (but how incredible would that really be, as things stand now?). Read the whole thing. I also highly recommend the James Brooke NY Times piece he links, just in case you wondered what a group of low-lifes Rev. Doug Shin has revealed the South Korean consular types to be:

On Nov. 15, [the North Korean] gambled and sought asylum at the South Korean Consulate [in Vladivostok]. When he asked for help, he carried a cellphone, surreptitiously keeping a line open to Mr. Shin, who recorded the encounter. On the tape, Mr. Hwang can be heard arguing that South Korea’s Constitution guarantees North Koreans the right to asylum. A consulate official can be heard responding with curses.

When consular officials realized that the exchange had been taped for possible broadcast on South Korean radio, they relented and allowed him to stay, Mr. Shin said. He was finally allowed to fly to Seoul on Dec. 18.

Heh! You can read Rev. Shin’s site here.