Dear Comrade

Dear Comrade Leader, Episode 248

Chapter 89. stupid and stupid

This astonishing declaration soon spread across Korea through broadcasting and the Internet, and soon reached the ears of the leaders of the Workers’ Party of Korea and Jeong Hwan in Pyongyang.

However, when he heard the news, Jung-hwan’s first reaction was to laugh, saying, ‘Why do these stupid, well-educated comrades know how to walk down the road to death?’

“Comrades, there is no need to panic. Because it’s just an accident. This.”

“accident… … Are you talking?”

“Okay, accident. or Happening. Nothing more, nothing less.”

At Jeonghwan’s words, which seemed to devalue this critical situation, Foreign Minister Kim Yong-gun (who came back from Yanji in a hurry) tilted his head with an expression that he did not understand.

It seemed to be the case with all the other members of the hastily convened Politburo meeting of the Party Central Committee.

“But, Comrade General Secretary, this is a very urgent situation, isn’t it? If you had beaten up those remnants of the Hakchongryun early… … .”

“After this, it will be, and it will be. Now, the party has a clear reason for a heavy sentence of the crime of foreign exchange attraction to those ignorant people. With this, in this republic, Hakchongryun was surely unable to recover, whether in the sun or in the shade. No, not only the Hak Chongryon, but all the forces that threaten the superior position of the Workers’ Party of Korea.”

“Hey, public opinion on the Internet and everywhere is very bad already. Comments accusing them of being crazy take the first place in the number of recommendations on the Union News network. The mildest comment is that the South Korean government should immediately repatriate those rebels to the republic, even in consideration of inter-Korean relations. Even though our propaganda and agitation department didn’t really do anything about it… … .”

“It’s like they’re choking their necks. Originally, this Korean people hated bringing in foreign powers into domestic disputes between the north and the south. It’s probably because of historical trauma… … .”

Contrary to Junghwan’s bitter mumble, the executives of the Central Committee, who heard the ‘public opinion’ that came out of Hyungsook’s mouth, shook their heads little by little with an expression that it could be enough after thinking it through calmly.

Even if the country in question is seriously unanswered (that is, North Korea in the Kim Il-sung-Kim Jong-il era), the request ‘to bring in a foreign army and overthrow its own system’ can only trigger an instinctive repulsion in the people of any country. isn’t there

From the point of view of the general North Korean people who are not interested in democracy or the one-party leadership of the Workers’ Party of Korea, no matter how much they have animosity towards the current Kim Jung-hwan system, the current actions of the remnants of the Hak Chong-ryon are an act that can only be explained with two letters: ‘whoever’. It was nothing other than that.

“As the current manager confirmed, this is just a happening. At least for our republic. It’s a different story for South Korean comrades.”

“That word… … ?”

“Tell me, Comrade Kim Yong-gun. Considering the current relationship between South Korea and the Republic of Korea, the current South Korean government… … So, more precisely, what is the probability that President Lee Hyun-chang and the ruling Saenara Party will positively accept the proposals of these immature and ignorant people?”

“It converges to zero. I can assure you of this.”

It was rare for Kim Yong-geon, a prudent personality who doesn’t usually tell jokes, to speak so clearly, so soon all eyes at the table were focused on him.

“What is the basis for that?”

“Unlike in the past, the conservatives in South Korea, especially the Saenara Party, have been continuously emphasizing cooperation and economic exchanges with us for several years. Besides, President Lee Hyun-chang’s term of office is until the end of this year… … In the current situation, if I create serious friction with the Republic of Korea by caring for the remnants of the Hakchon-ryon, wouldn’t the KTX and South-North railway joint project, one of my greatest achievements, go away right away?”

“right. In fact, even without that, the Saenara Party and President Lee Hyun-chang’s own political inclinations don’t seem to view this kind of thing very well.”

“It is as you say. But the reason I took this issue seriously is the current South Korean opposition and the Democratic Party.”

Unlike a while ago, when Lee Hyun-chang and the Saenara Party were confident that the likelihood of seriously responding to the appeal of the Hakchongryon remnant was zero, Kim Yong-gun’s expression became slightly serious.

To be honest, from Kim Yong-geon’s point of view, the first reaction he expected from the mainstream Korean politicians as soon as he heard the contents of the statement was coldness or indifference.

And deep down, he was almost certain that he would give a similar answer to any experienced diplomat, not himself.

As only a small number of criminals in North Korea, they do not receive clear emotional support from the people, and even as a remnant of the Hak Chongryon party that has even been told that they have joined hands with the followers of the Juche ideology, no matter how democratic the Korean system is, we must strive to help. There was no reason.

In addition, North and South Korea are more closely related economically than ever before, and inter-Korean railway cooperation, which is one of the achievements of economic exchanges, is the greatest achievement of the current President Lee Hyun-chang.

However, to jeopardize relations with North Korea just to help a few asylum seekers is not a bad way to grasp the reality.

Of course, if you ignore it, you will be ignoring the people who were oppressed while fighting for democracy against the dictatorship, so it would be a bit insulting to some of the people. It was not likely to put pressure on the current government.

Of course, at one time the Korean people fought bloody and bloody to win democracy, but that is the story of democracy in their own country, and they will not worry about the people of other countries, or even the democracy of the North Koreans, whose hostility accumulated over half a century has not yet been fully resolved. .

This is true not only in Korea, but also anywhere in the world, the international community is basically driven and maintained by force.

It is rare to find people deliberately avoiding Made In China for the Dalai Lama and oppressed Tibetans and Uyghurs.

If you protest against the tyranny and theocracy of Saudi Arabia and Iran and insist that oil from the Middle East should not be imported, you will hear the sound of an idiot ignoring reality.

In this reality, considering the precedent of an international diplomat who was too cold-hearted to the underprivileged, the refugees from Hakchongryun who appealed to the Korean government for help had no diplomatic value to the Korean government in a rational way.

So, when he first heard that the Hakchongryon refugees issued a statement with the support of some Democratic Party figures, it was very surprising for Kim Yong-geon, but he had no choice but to take it seriously.

“… … A plausible reason is that the Democratic Party is using these exile groupers as a strategy for the presidential election at the end of this year.

“Using? How specifically?”

“Currently, the mainstream of the South Korean Democratic Party are those who have built up their political careers by actively resisting the South Korean military presidents, called activists. In addition, has not the Democratic Party always regarded our republic with respect after Comrade General Secretary came to power and declared the course of cooperation with South Korean conglomerates for the economic development of the republic? I can feel the communion with them, too, and on this occasion, I gathered support by highlighting their achievements in winning democracy to the people of South Korea and … … .”

“No, not just that. Prime Minister Kim’s opinion is also correct in the first place, but in my opinion, the Democratic Party and the Korean activists are people with a higher level of political capacity and singularity than those pitiful and pitiful Hak Chong-ryon comrades. Well, I guess I’ll just have to survive until now.”

“… … ???”

In response to Junghwan’s denial, Kim Yong-geon, and other executives, said ‘?’ A question mark appeared on his face and he was puzzled.

After all, Jeonghwan thought that this could be the case for those who do not know how many factions conflicts within the Democratic Party and, above all, how many enemies the current Democratic Party president (even within their own party) have.

“Think about it. In the last South Korean general election, the Democratic Party made a point for our republic in connection with the north-south railroad connection. But do you really think that those who can think so far didn’t really know that if they sided with the Hakchon-ryun comrades, it would only make our relationship worse without any real benefit?”

“Gee, the current President Lee and they have a bad relationship with the Democratic Party, so somehow… … .”

“Don’t forget that even when the proposal for a North-South high-speed rail connection was made, there were more votes in favor of it if you looked at the general public opinion in South Korea rather than the Democratic Party-based area. The presidential election is held with 50 million South Koreans, not just in a specific area. But what would be the reason for such an expansion of something that could immediately ruin the high-speed rail project, which the majority of the people favor?”

“Oh, I got it. Still, I heard that there was a serious internal dispute within the Democratic Party between the current president and the people around him, as well as those who did not belong to that groupa. Originally, all those who were opposed to the Saenara Party were gathered here and there and united, isn’t it?”

Jang Seong-taek was the first to notice.

Perhaps because he has been in politics for the longest time among the executives, he is the brightest in the physiology of politics, and now he knows what some Democratic lawmakers who are on the side of the Hakchongryon refugees are targeting.

“I came to think of it, and today, I read an article in the South Korean newspaper that some Democratic lawmakers interviewed their president to officially adopt a statement of support for these Hakchongryun bastards as a party argument. On the surface, it is a party argument of the Democratic Party, but in reality, if you consider that the governor is the face of the statement… … .”

At the time of the last general election, Democratic Party president Roh Yun-hyeon, as the party leader, expressed a strong opposition to the North-South high-speed rail connection and furthermore, against the one-man dictatorship in North Korea.

First of all, he was a pro-democracy figure who had been opposed to the dictatorship of the new military government his entire life, and at that time, the high-speed rail project in Honam, the base of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, was almost a situation in which a large amount of jobs would be leaked.

However, the story is a little different in a general election that requires the support of a majority of the people, rather than a general election that can receive votes when representing the interests of the region.

As Jeonghwan said, the North-South high-speed rail project and further economic exchange between the North and the South are things that a majority of the Korean people agree in favor of. .

Whether it’s the identity of the party that people who resisted the dictatorship are united, or the tendency of the main supporters, ignoring these exiles is literally self-defeating. A person who stands in front of the camera with a gun is the greatest political life crisis, at least this election. you just have to give up.

However, if the leader of the party, a former pro-democracy activist who had strongly opposed Kim Jung-hwan’s murder dictatorship, pretended not to be ignorant of the request to support the refugees begging for help from the murder dictatorship, it was certain that he would be severely criticized from both the support camp and the opposition. .

A traitor who betrayed the values of democracy to become president in the support camp, who hated it for the opposition, now turns into an abominable hypocrite who overturns his words as if eating rice.

Considering the political stance that the Democratic Party has taken so far, anti-North Korea, anti-dictatorship, and the continuity of democracy, someone has to step forward and become a ‘bomb-eliminator’, or more directly, a scapegoat.

And it was clear that the person who carried the gun and the person who was designated as a scapegoat within the Democratic Party was the current president, Noh Yun-hyeon, who had worn out his reputation over the past few years and had passed his political expiration date.

“The ultimate goal of this movement is not the current president, Hyun-Chang Lee. Democratic Party President Noh Yun-hyeon. It’s clear that there are forces within the Democrats trying to keep their governor out of the presidential election. I’m going to give you a bomb that no one welcomes politically.”

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“President, Democratic Party President Roh Yun-hyun has arrived.”

“Please come in.”

At that time, in Seoul, far away from Pyongyang, and in Sangchunjae (常春齋) of the Blue House, which is mainly used as an informal meeting place, there were people who were struggling with a similar problem to Jeonghwan.

Those people were, of course, the current Democratic Party president Roh Yun-hyun and the current South Korean president Lee Hyun-chang.

The first question from the Democratic Party’s president, Noh Yun-hyeon, who came into the traditional hanok style Sangchunjae under the guidance of the Blue House staff, was surprisingly a little out of the way.

It’s “President’s,” so I really like it. As far as I know, I heard that even after removing the title of ‘Sir’ during the last president of the military, he used the title of ‘Sir’ internally until the time of President Park Yi-sam… … .”

“You don’t like it? I know that President Roh is famous for his pretty easygoing personality… … .”

“It is not, but to be honest, when I heard from the luxuries that President Lee would somehow resurrect the title of His Excellency before the end of his term, I thought inwardly that this might be the case with President Lee, who is well known in the public, but it is a bit surprising. ”

“I still have a few more months left in my term, so I hope you don’t make too much judgment. By the way, you are in a difficult situation this time.”