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The National Security Law makes it a crime to express sympathies with North Korea, and though it is not consistently enforced there are over 100 people jailed under it annually. A play about the Yodok prison camp in North Korea has come under significant pressure from authorities to tone down its criticism and the producers have been threatened with prosecution under the security law.[1] Some conservative groups have complained that police keep a tight watch on their demonstrations and that some people were prevented from attending rallies.[2] Former Unification Minister Chung Dong-young was once accused of attempting to distract reporters from a meeting of activists for human rights in North Korea.
The government blocks access to North Korean websites and, sometimes, to major overseas web sites that host blogs. When South Korean citizen Kim Sun-il was held hostage and beheaded in Iraq, the government moved to block access to websites with the video of his execution. South Korea is one of the most ethnically homogeneous countries in the world, and it is very difficult for outsiders to be fully accepted. Legal protections for the rights of minority populations are often weak. The large population of workers from Southeast Asia, over half of whom are estimated to be in the country illegally, face considerable discrimination both in and out of the workplace.
Mixed-race Korean children also face pervasive discrimination, so much so that a large number of them attempt suicide and it is rare for them even to finish high school; many are simply given up for adoption. When Hines Ward, who is of mixed Korean and African American heritage, earned MVP honors in Super Bowl XL, it sparked a debate in Korean society about the treatment mixed children receive[2].
[edit] Refugees from North Korea
Many refugees from North Korea have complained that they find integration into South Korean society to be difficult; they say they often face social ostracism and a government that would rather they keep quiet about the human rights situation in the North.[5][6][7]. The government makes everything possible to minimize the impact the refugees might hve on its policy towards the North. An internet radio station operated by refugees, broadcasting for those living in the North, was subject to a campaign of harassment that ended in it being unable to afford its rent after less than one month of operation. The station accused the government of either being behind the campaign or tacitly encouraging it.[10][11] The government also blocked activists from sending radios to the North, and a scuffle reportedly left activist Norbert Vollertsen injured.[12] At the same time, the South Korean human rights' groups, being traditionally leftist, tend to ignore the plight of the North Korean refugees who are often misrepresented as "liars" or "loosers" by the leftist media outlets, still somewhat supportive of Stalinist dictatorship in North Korea.
ping to some little know facts here in the US at post 52.
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Amos, how on earth does any of that make them sinners in the eyes of God?
We do know that South Korea has a highly militarized enemy that tried to wipe it out to its north. Many have family members who they would dearly love to have come across the border to be with them, but all North Korea has generally allowed is to let a very few of them drive into North Korea and spend a few minutes with them. Otherwise, North Koreans are basically kept in North Korea.
South Korea, just this week, is yet again seeking to appease the North Koreans, this time by going against President Bush's request for inspections of North Korea. Remember, North Korea was not to have created any nuclear bombs to date, but they have been proven very untrustworthy.
If we were talking about Christian brothers and sisters in Christian-based countries, you would have more to stand on. However, do you even realize that Jesus demands we DO NOT FORGIVE THE BROTHER WHO OFFENDED US UNTIL TRUE REPENTANCE OCCURS? OTHERWISE WE ARE TO REBUKE THE BROTHER UNTIL HE REPENTS!
You are way off base here, Amos. Please open your Bible and spend some time reading it.