Posted on 08/29/2004 5:41:35 PM PDT by montana233
A Korean Lesson
By Marcin Szczepanski, Nowy Dzeinnik/Polish Daliy News, April 6, 2003.
In Korean, “nodutdol” means “springboard”; a springboard that shoots toward a new life of wealth and freedom—including the freedom of speech. Nodutdol is also the name of an organization which in recent weeks has flared the tempers of many Korean immigrants. And in the foreground of the entire affair stood Korea Times New York—one of the most distinguished Korean newspapers in New York City.
The storm started with a front page article in the Korea Times: “The Anti-American Meeting at the Korean-American Association.” The article was re-printed in the New York Times and Newsday. On Mar. 13, 2003, Yong Il Chin, one of the main editors of the Korean newspaper, wrote that at the association’s headquarters, built and maintained by immigrants, a meeting of “anti-war protestors and enemies of America will take place.” The group has about 50 members and its headquarters are in Woods, Queens. Nodutdol consists of young, Western educated leftist activists, whose sympathies lean toward communist North Korea. The group members were scheduled to meet at the association’s headquarters for a so-called anti-war teach in.
On Apr. 2, in an interview with Nowy Dziennik (Polish Daily News), Chin added,
“The group Nodutdol organizes trips to North Korea, where young people are indoctrinated, after which they return to the United States and spread their dangerous beliefs.”
Nodutdol’s leader failed to persuade the public that “anti-war does not mean anti-American.” The Korea Times article caused an avalanche of phone calls to the headquarters of the Korean-American Association, as well as severe damage if not the end of the political career of Andrew Kim, the group’s leader. Kim dropped out right before the elections, deciding not to attempt another term as the president of the association.
Two words for supporters of North Korea... "Go Home!"
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