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Wednesday, March 30, 2005

Shameful Censorship

Re: S. Korea bars secret video of the North: A tape of a public execution, smuggled into South Korea, is kept off the air.

How far will Seoul go to appease P'yŏngyang?

Here are some quotes from the above article:

Pak Sang Huk, an escapee from the North:
    We have told of many public executions [in the North]. But officials in Seoul always ask us for material evidence. Now that we have evidence, they don't want to see it.... The people who brought this tape through China were speechless when they visited KBS [Korean Broadcast Service] studios, and were shunned.

Gyeng-seob Oh, who runs the newsletter NKnet:
    When I first saw the footage, I thought it would be front-page news. But South Korea, the most important market for this information, was not interested.

An unnamed North Korean refugee:
    What will we say when they ask us, "What did you do to help?"

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