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Wednesday, August 18, 2004

Sins of the Father

Re: Uri Party chief under pressure over father's past

Shin Ki-nam is under fire for lying about his father's pro-Japanese activities, not for his father's pro-Japanese activities as such. Still, the controversy reminds us that in Asia it was (and still is in North Korea) customary to punish one's descendants for certain crimes.