Fund them, insert them, and topple those sons of bitches. But one can dream I guess. Too many reaons for nations to say "no", but they would fully support it in the case of South Africa or Rhodesia.
Joyful toasts and bitter memories: North Korean defectors grapple with death of Kim Jong Il
By Associated Press, Published: December 25
SEOUL, South Korea — More than 21,000 North Koreans now live in South Korea. For many, the news of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il’s death stirred mixed emotions.
Several interviewed in Seoul by The Associated Press described a burst of joy upon hearing that Kim had died, but also a surge of unease over the fate of relatives and friends and even a shadow of homesickness.
There was celebration — one man had drinks with a friend— and hope for a better future for their homeland. For one woman, there was sadness as she envisioned little girls cramming to memorize the Kims’ feats.
South Korea is no paradise for the defectors either; facing prejudice and lacking job skills, they rarely feel welcomed by their capitalist brethren.
Here, in their own words, are what three of them had to say:
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THE PAINTER
“I felt rather calm after hearing of Kim Jong Il’s death,” said Song Byeok, 42, a painter who learned his art drawing propaganda posters in North Korea. “I thought to myself about him: ‘You, too, are human in the end.’
“It was his destiny. He couldn’t avoid it. ... He was praised like a god, but in the end, he was only a human who fell like an autumn leaf.”
Desperate for food in 2000, Song and his father tried to cross the river into China — not to defect but just to get something to eat from relatives on the Chinese side.
He still believed Kim Jong Il was a good leader.
However, when his father was swept away by the current and drowned, border guards ignored Song’s pleas to help rescue him;