Kim Young-nam's Mother
"[W]hat on the surface may appear as an act of generosity in line with the process of intra-Korean reconciliation is in reality a cynical ploy whose purpose is get Pyongyang out of an embarassing situation": Pyongyang using an old mother to duck abduction accusations.
Sadly, Seoul is all too eager to play along. The article quotes a local editorial that notes that this
"[W]hat on the surface may appear as an act of generosity in line with the process of intra-Korean reconciliation is in reality a cynical ploy whose purpose is get Pyongyang out of an embarassing situation": Pyongyang using an old mother to duck abduction accusations.
Sadly, Seoul is all too eager to play along. The article quotes a local editorial that notes that this
- is depressing news, and it perforce raises the question once again who this government is working for. The government knew that its own people, who had disappeared 30 years ago, were working to train North Korean spies, yet for nearly 10 years it never once raised the issue with Pyongyang. What's worse, it didn't even tell the families, who had agonized about their children's fate for 30 years.
Redeemed by Our Savior, I work out my salvation with fear and trembling in Pohang, South Korea, where I live with my wife, daughter, and son and teach English at a science and technology university. Baptized a Methodist and raised a Missouri Synod Lutheran in Buffalo, NY, I spent six years as a guest of the Anglican Communion before being received by the Grace of God into the One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church on the Feast of Saint Andrew, my patron, anno domini 2002.
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