alphacyberranger@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoSouth Korea: Man gets 14-month jail term for praising North in poemwww.bbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down10cross-posted to: world@lemmy.world
arrow-up14arrow-down1external-linkSouth Korea: Man gets 14-month jail term for praising North in poemwww.bbc.comalphacyberranger@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square7fedilinkcross-posted to: world@lemmy.world
minus-squareGutsBerserk@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoOh, the irony. Even the democratic South Korea will act fascist and won’t allow freedom of speech.
minus-squareNOT_RICK@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year 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-up0·1 year 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.
Oh, the irony. Even the democratic South Korea will act fascist and won’t allow freedom of speech.
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.