In the piece titled Means of Unification, the man hailed Pyongyang's socialist system.
  • NOT_RICK@lemmy.worldEnglish
    198·
    1 year ago

    Easy to say when you’re not in a nation sharing a huge border with an actual fascist state that you’re still at war with

    • TheAlbatross@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      238·
      1 year 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
        256·
        1 year 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.

      • Son_of_dad@lemmy.worldEnglish
        42·
        1 year ago

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