Dear journos: If you’re going to cover Christine Ahn’s “peace” march, do some due diligence
A few outlets have picked up on the event itself, but only one has taken note of Ahn’s role in organizing the event, and not one so far has written anything about Ahn’s extensive history as a vocal North Korean sympathizer. In fact, Ahn is a die-hard opponent of North Korea human rights legislation whose writings make frequent use of words like “imperialism,” “struggle,” and “solidarity;” who actually believes that North Korea’s famine was caused by a combination of U.S. sanctions and 21 consecutive years of droughts and floods that miraculously never crossed the DMZ; and who praises the North Korean health care system that later left her weeping in an unlit Pyongyang hospital room over the child she recklessly endangered (fourth item).
So if you’re going to remark on the fact that North Korea is allowing this event to proceed at all, consider the possibility that Ahn and the little gray men in Pyongyang share some common purposes.
Personally, I suspect that Ahn’s real purpose is to get herself arrested and deported like Shin Eun-Mi was. If you’re reading this in the Blue House, just don’t. That’s what she wants.