alphacyberranger@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agoSouth Korea: Man gets 14-month jail term for praising North in poemwww.bbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10cross-posted to: globalsouth@lemm.ee
arrow-up10arrow-down1external-linkSouth Korea: Man gets 14-month jail term for praising North in poemwww.bbc.comalphacyberranger@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square5fedilinkcross-posted to: globalsouth@lemm.ee
minus-squareNOT_RICK@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·11 months agoEasy 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
minus-squareTheAlbatross@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·11 months agoThe 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.
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
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.