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Don't Forget the Dark Side of Living in South Korea (Army doesn't cotton to gays)
Time Magazine ^ | June 11, 2018 | Binaifer Nowrojee

Posted on 06/12/2018 8:43:32 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

It was little more than a year ago that South Korean police descended on the home of Lee Jin-young in Seoul, arrested him and placed him in solitary confinement. Lee is a long-time activist who had already been jailed in the 1980s for promoting democracy, but this time he was thrown in prison for different reasons. His so-called crime was running Labor Books, an online library of information on North Korea. Lee was charged with spreading literature that “benefitted the enemy” and could have faced years in prison until a court eventually quashed the charges against him.

Sadly, this is not a unique case in South Korea, where the looming threat of war with the North has taken a serious toll on personal freedoms.

President Donald Trump’s on-again, off-again summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il —currently set to go ahead June 12—has dominated world headlines for months. Rights groups have called for human rights violations in North Korea—which happen on an industrial scale through labour camps and mass executions—to remain on the table during discussions....

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TOPICS: Heated Discussion
KEYWORDS: army; binaifernowrojee; gaynewsrooms; gaystapotactics; homofascism; homosexualagenda; korea; pinkjournalism; surveillance
Nowrojee is regional director for Asia Pacific at the Open Society Foundations. Isn't that a Soros outfit?
1 posted on 06/12/2018 8:43:32 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Yup

When they start being concerned about Tommy Robinson I might pay attention


2 posted on 06/12/2018 9:04:42 AM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Today there is a dark side wherever one lives.


3 posted on 06/12/2018 9:14:14 AM PDT by mulligan (EeThe)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Good for them. I wish the US military still banned homosexuals. I couldn’t serve anymore. I spent too many years helping to prosecute them and imprison them to ever decide their disgusting behavior is acceptable in any way.


4 posted on 06/12/2018 9:27:16 AM PDT by afsnco (18 of 20 in AF JAG)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Does Cuba approve of gays?


5 posted on 06/12/2018 9:29:51 AM PDT by DPMD
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To: DPMD

No, for decades Cuba has confined HIV positive homos in labor camps.


6 posted on 06/12/2018 9:31:35 AM PDT by elcid1970 ("The Second Amendment is more important than Islam. Buy ammo.")
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To: elcid1970

Doesn’t’t matter. They have little ones.


7 posted on 06/12/2018 9:57:58 AM PDT by DIRTYSECRET (urope. Why do they put up with this.)
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To: DPMD

Perhaps a bit more than mooslimb countries


8 posted on 06/12/2018 10:21:40 AM PDT by NativeSon ( Grease the floor with Crisco when I dance the Disco)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Hey, at lest they’re not being thrown off buildings.


9 posted on 06/12/2018 10:47:58 AM PDT by TBP (Progressives lack compassion and tolerance. Their self-aggrandizement is all that matters.)
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neither do the goathumpers, but that doesn't seem to bother you...
10 posted on 06/12/2018 5:21:24 PM PDT by Chode ( WeÂ’re America, Bitch!)
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To: elcid1970

Thank you, but it was more of a rhetorical question meant to show the hypocritical irony of the left’s position on North Korea.


11 posted on 06/14/2018 11:25:34 AM PDT by DPMD
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To: NativeSon

You may be right; the gays in the higher echelons of the Cuban government probably hide the fact, while those in muslim countries justify their attraction to young boys as part of islam.


12 posted on 06/14/2018 11:26:52 AM PDT by DPMD
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To: DPMD

The Left IS Hypocrisy!


13 posted on 06/14/2018 12:25:28 PM PDT by elcid1970 ("The Second Amendment is more important than Islam. Buy ammo.")
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