Reading, Writing, Rodong

One reason I don’t think the North Koreans would invade South Korea is the simple fact that their infiltration of the South has been so successful as to render war unnecessarily strenuous. Now, the powerful and well funded Korean Teachers’ Union — remember them? — is caught in the act of flogging juche to its members. The ultimate recipients would have been South Korean kids. Although the KTU didn’t disclose the source of its information, this should have been a clue:

Quoting a U.S-based sociologist, it also hails North Korean leader Kim Jong-il’s Songun or military-first policy as a “unique achievement.

Strictly speaking, that’s true. I can’t think of one other regime that’s managed to starve 10% of its people to death while its elite drive Mercedez sedans and quaff cognac. How this societal model appeals to socialists escapes me.

South Korea is in serious need of educational reform, or a least another perspective. More on South Korea’s Fifth Column here.