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05/12/2004: "What Atheism Will Do For You!"
Realist Comment: This article was taken from K-House News. Please keep in mind as you read this that Communism is a euphemism used by the media to camouflage the dictatorial and violent nature of the cult of Atheism. Communism is the economic system used by atheistic dictators.
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ON BEHALF OF THE NORTH KOREANS
"We had to live like beasts," said Oh Yong Hui, a young lady describing her escape from the Democratic People's Republic of Korea on North Korea Freedom Day in Washington D.C. She said her country was "one large prison."
North Korea is a prison. Every year, countless North Koreans flee their country, escaping into China or South Korea where they hope to find refuge from the horrible conditions they suffer under Communist dictator Kim Jong Il. Millions of North Koreans have been starving, and the food sent into the country by world relief organizations generally does not make it to the people who most desperately need it. When many do make it into China, however, they are often captured and returned to North Korea, where they face brutal treatment in the prison camps. Prison camp survivors recount stories of terrible beatings, sexual abuse, torture and public executions. "Reports have come out that the chemical experiments on political prisoners... are ongoing in North Korea. What more evidence do we need before we do something?" said Dennis Halpin, staff member of the House International Relations Committee.
Even after the April 22 train crash and explosion in which 150 people were killed and over 1300 more were injured, Kim Jong Il rejected much of the aid that other nations offered. According to The Asia Times, "North Korea... has by no means embraced all aid, and appears to prefer televisions, diesel oil and cement to medical supplies. It rejected South Korea's offer to send aid overland by truck and it rebuffed Seoul's offer to send engineers to aid in reconstruction ..."
Aid workers who visited North Korean hospitals after the explosion were shocked at the scarcity of basic supplies available to the doctors. Hospitals had no heat, no food, no bandages, and doctors were using heavy, thick thread to stitch people up. Hardly any patients were on IV drips. The dedicated doctors worked hard to save people, but the situation was extremely difficult without supplies. Some doctors have to grow their own cotton for bandages and herbs for medicines. Many have scars on their legs from using their own skin for skin grafts.
Yet, when people seek to escape this world of famine and abuse and deprivation, too often they are captured and returned. Last week, the government of South Korea sent out new guidelines to its diplomatic missions in China to make it easier for North Korean defectors to find refuge. "The gist of the directive is that we strengthen and articulate a more favorable policy position to accepting North Korean escapees on humanitarian grounds if they hope to settle in South Korea," said a Foreign Affairs and Trade Ministry official. Security guards at South Korean missions in China often catch North Koreans and hand them over to the Chinese authorities, who send them back "home" to face certain torture and probable death. Under the new guidelines, the security guards would be required, even if they are from a Chinese state-run security company, to follow the direction of the head of the mission.
In March, The North Korea Human Rights Act of 2004 (H.R. 4011) was introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives and is now in consideration in the House Committee on Judiciary. The bipartisan bill seeks to promote freedom and human rights in North Korea through a variety of means.
Related Links:
• Medicine Against the Odds in N Korea - BBC News
• Demonstrators Rally for Human Rights in North Korea - Crosswalk
• Seoul Eases Rules on NK Defectors in China - Korea Times
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