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[-] TheAlbatross@lemmy.blahaj.zone 17 points 11 months ago

The article says the poem is about yearning for a united Korea where Koreans don't have to pay for education and healthcare and aren't committing suicide over debts.

Hardly seems worth sending a 68 year old man to jail for over a year.

[-] LollerCorleone@kbin.social 19 points 11 months ago

Lee Yoon-seop advocated for unification in his piece that was published in the North's state media in 2016, South Korean media report.

He wrote that if the two Koreas were united under Pyongyang's socialist system, people would get free housing, healthcare and education.

You omitted the key point here, the poem advocates for all of Korea to be united under the North Korean regime.

[-] tillimarleen@feddit.de 9 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Ah, of course that changes everything. Throw the old men in jail

[-] LollerCorleone@kbin.social 3 points 11 months ago

Jail is a bit extreme. True.

[-] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 9 points 11 months ago

Personally I don’t agree with the charge but I can understand South Korea for not allowing glorification of the north. Anyone that thinks North Koreans have access to universal healthcare and quality eduction are lying to themselves.

[-] Son_of_dad@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

I wouldn't go as far as defending the poem, but going to jail over it is just stupid

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