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Last Saturday(1.24) afternoon in Seoul: At least 3000 KCTU members gathered in front of the Central Station in solidarity with the ongoing struggle of dismissed Ssangyong Motor workers(incl. the Chimney Sit-in Protest in Pyeongtaek). Here just some more impressions depicting the opening rally(incl. culture program), the demonstration and the final rally in front of Seoul City Hall...
Officials in North Korea, apparently mistaking the regular German release schedule for the programme at this year’s Berlin film festival, threatened the Berlinale with ‘merciless punishment’ unless they cancel showings of "The Interview"...(Guardian, 1.23)
UPDATE: North Korea and the Berlin Film Festival have resolved their 'misunderstanding' over “The Interview.”
The North Korean government had issued a statement Wednesday alleging that screening the film at the festival would encourage “terrorism,” but the festival said no such screening had been planned.
Dieter Kosslick, the festival’s chief, met with the North Korean ambassador in Berlin on Thursday and explained to him that the festival never planned to screen “The Interview.” The ambassador understands this, a spokesperson for the festival said... So, everything is fine? “I hope so,” said the spokesperson...(Variety, 1.22)
"So, everything is fine?"... Possibly NOT, as you can see here:
Yesterday(1.24) afternoon in Seoul: About 3000 KCTU members gathered in front of the Central Station in solidarity with the ongoing struggle of dismissed Ssangyong Motor workers(incl. the Chimney Sit-in Protest in Pyeongtaek). Here just some impressions(more detailed info you'll get in the next days), depicting the opening rally/culture programm...
Korean-American actor Randall Park expressed his best wishes for the people of North Korea, after playing dictator Kim Jong-un in the recent Sony Pictures film, "The Interview." "I'm glad that the dust has settled on the movie and we're moving on from that...", Park [said on Wednesday]...(source: Korea Times, 1.22)
And today's KCNA published the following piece...
The spokesman for the Foreign Ministry of the DPRK released the following statement on Wednesday:
The U.S. and its vassal forces are becoming desperate in their moves to dare hurt the dignity of the supreme leadership of the DPRK.
According to a report, the U.S. recently presented to the Berlin international film festival(*) the ill-famed and undesirable movie "The Interview" slandering the DPRK and fanning up terrorism.
Not content with reckless provocations, seized with morbid repugnancy and inveterate enmity toward the DPRK, the U.S. ruling quarters prodded a pseudo movie company into daring produce and distribute the movie hurting the dignity of the supreme leadership of the DPRK. This lashed its army and people into great fury.
As the base and mean movie was unanimously rejected by the international movie circle and public, the U.S. made great haste to open it to public over internet. Now it is going to screen the movie at its vassal countries under the pretext of the participation in the international film festival.
When the gangster-like movie company came under hot cyber attack for producing the undesirable movie, the U.S. is keen to slap new "sanctions" against the DPRK by deliberately linking it with Pyongyang.
All facts prove that the U.S. has opted for extreme confrontation to stifle the DPRK politically, economically and militarily by hurting the supreme interests of the DPRK despite its repeated warnings.
The U.S. anti-DPRK actions are being conducted in all fields with every possible means and method involved. This is the most undisguised terrorist act and war actions against the sovereign state and it poses a serious threat to the peace in the region and the world.
Germany is joining the U.S. in these actions though the former took the lead in inflicting unspeakable misfortune, pain and disaster on humankind through two world wars.
History and humankind still vividly remember aggression, plunder and racial extermination including the massacre of Jews committed by Germany during the Second World War no matter how loudly it may talk about its postwar reparation.
Germany's attitude to allow the screening of the undesirable movie while blindly following the U.S. cannot but be a dangerous act that can repeat its shameful history.
The screening of the movie that hurts the dignity of the supreme leadership of the DPRK and openly agitates state-sponsored terrorism has nothing to do with the "freedom of expression" touted by Germany. It is evidently agitation of terrorism quite contrary to the purpose and nature of the Berlin international film festival.
The allowance of the screening would make "freedom of expression" touted by the West freedom of hurting the inviolable dignity of other countries, freedom of encroaching upon their political view, religious belief and culture and freedom of violence and terrorism.
Encouraging and praising terrorism are considered to be crimes as monstrous as terrorism in Europe and it is a reality that the most of the European countries are seized with uneasiness and fear in the wake of the hideous terrorist acts that occurred in France and various other countries.
To screen the movie agitating terrorism in Europe at this time is a self-contradictory act that chills the atmosphere of combating terrorism growing strong in the whole of Europe.
Running high at present is the indignation of the army and people of the DPRK and their will to annihilate the U.S.(**) and other hostile forces as their moves to dare do harm to the dignity and authority of the supreme leadership of the DPRK have reached an extreme phase.
Devotedly defending the leader is the supreme principle of the DPRK that can never change no matter how many times the world may change, and there can be neither deviation nor compromise in this principle.
The U.S. and Germany should immediately stop the farce of screening anti-DPRK movie at the film festival.
Those who attempt at terrorist acts and commit politically-motivated provocations and those who join them in violation of the sovereignty and dignity of the DPRK will never be able to escape merciless punishment(***).
So, as you can see... THE SHOW MUST(will) GO ON!!!
* 65th International Film Festival Berlin - Berlinale 2015
** oops~
*** once again: oops~
Remark: Until now there's NO info in the German/intl.(except KCNA^^) media about the screening of the "anti-DPRK movie"(aka "The Interview") during Berlinale 2015!
But, dear "comrades" in Pyongyang... The "party" is far from over!! It's just the beginning...(^^)
Well, it seems that the PGH-admistration(i.e. the current S. Korean gov't) is ready for a direct face-off against the entire left-leaning opposition, or any resistance movement...
Today's Korea Times(KT) reported a bit more detailed about the same issue:
The Ministry of Justice said Wednesday it will push for a revision to the National Security Law to give the Supreme Court the power to disband organizations deemed to be "anti-state".... the ministry said an early passage of the revision bill is necessary to restrict the activities of anti-state groups or those who benefit the enemy, namely North Korea... the National Security Law revision also seeks to ban rallies and other activities held by these organizations... the authorities will also take a stern attitude toward illegal demonstrations or strikes...(here you can read the complete KT report)
Indeed it sounds like a declaration of war against the entire progressive civil society/movement in S. Korea!!
But on the other side... Possibly it's just PGH's latest effort/newest idea to promote her N-S Unification Project - aka "The Jackpot" - by reducing the gap of the different social systems in N. &S. Korea?! 1st step: S. Korea's residual democracy will be aglined with the N. Korean "jurisdiction"...
But... who knows?
Today, six years ago: "At 6 a.m., residents who were asking for solutions to avoid eviction in Seoul's Youngsan-gu(district) lost their lives as a consequence of STATE TERROR. A 1500 strong force of riot cops, incl. SWAT and "anti-terror" units, was dispatched to disperse about 50 protesters. The police actions taken toward these protesters were similar to those taken in times of civil war. Less than a day after those facing eviction started protesting and without further conversations or an effort to discuss the issues, the government dispatched a special police force and staged an anti-terror operation. After the police entered the building where the protesters were, a fire broke out and the circumstances became dangerous. However, without taking any safety measures, the police proceeded with the operation which resulted in the death of 5 protesters..."(source: KCTU, 2009.1.27) [Related reports/detailed info you'll get here, here, here etc...]
And today, six years later... "Only vacant land remains at Yongsan tragedy site"(Hankyoreh, 1.20)
Related articles, depicting the current situation, you'll get here and here!
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