In the piece titled Means of Unification, the man hailed Pyongyang's socialist system.
    • TheAlbatross@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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      10 months ago

      Maybe that’s why I struggle to understand why this man was jailed… in my country, 68 year old men make openly seditious statements and they get put into government.

  • GutsBerserk@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Oh, the irony. Even the democratic South Korea will act fascist and won’t allow freedom of speech.

    • NOT_RICK@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      10 months 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
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        10 months 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.