As Andrew Sullivan points out, in the West we have a tendency to laugh at Kim Jung-Il every now and then, for instance because of NK’s ridiculously sad state of technology or Kim Jung-Il’s porn-obsession. But we should never forget that he does not just pose a threat to us, to the West and to stability in the region, but also to his own people. Make no mistake about it, Kim Jung-Il is one of the most brutal dictators living today.
THE North Korean regime’s obsession with racial purity has led to the killing of disabled infants and forced abortions for women suspected of conceiving their babies by Chinese fathers, according to a growing body of testimony from defectors.
The latest description of Kim Jong-il’s policy of state eugenics came from a North Korean doctor, Ri Kwang-chol, who escaped last year and told a forum in Seoul that babies with deformities were killed soon after birth.“There are no people with physical defects in North Korea,� Ri said. Such babies were put to death by medical staff and buried quickly, he claimed. He denied ever committing the act himself.
When talking about North Korea, we should always remember things like this.
Exiles in Seoul said Ri was now keeping a low profile, fearing retaliation by North Korean agents, who have assassinated foes in the South Korean capital before. But his account added to the evidence that the Kim family dictatorship is founded on mystical notions of Korean racial superiority rather than Marxism — a reality that explains its deepening estrangement from China.
Perhaps the UN should put some more sanctions on North Korea.
I am sure that’ll work….
UPDATE
Talking about sactions: what a surprise. This is going to be a shocker for all of you, I am sure but… South Korea and China have already said that despite the ‘sanctions’ “that business and economic relations would be largely unaffected.”
A day after the Council unanimously passed the resolution, following nearly a week of intensive diplomatic negotiations, the South Korean government said it would still pursue economic projects with North Korea, including an industrial zone and tourist resort in the North. Those projects are not explicitly covered by the Security Council resolution, but they are an important source of hard currency for the North.
China, which shares a 870-mile porous border with North Korea and is perhaps its most critical economic gateway to the outside world, said Saturday that it had no intention of stopping and inspecting cross-border shipments, as called for, but not specifically required, in the resolution. The Chinese government said nothing on Sunday about how it intended to carry out the sanctions, and American officials said they would be focused on whether the normal trade flow across the border was slowed.
H/t Hot Air.
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