Sources have reported that North Korean authorities are holding lectures for residents regarding the bombing of the inter-Korean road connecting the Gyeongui Line and Donghae Line.
According to Daily NK Pyongyang sources on the 25th, after blowing up a section of the inter-Korean connecting road on the Gyeongui Line and Donghae Line on the 15th, North Korean authorities, as well as party organizations, including the Youth League (Socialist Patriotic Youth Alliance), the Jikjeon Alliance (Korea Federation of Trade Unions), and the Women’s Alliance (Joseon Socialist Party) Labor organizations such as the Women’s Alliance are also holding lectures in this regard.
North Korean authorities once again released photos of the Gyeongui Line and Donghae Line explosions to residents through lecture materials, explaining, “This is a measure to protect our people from the enemy’s military provocations and to legitimately exercise North Korea’s sovereignty.” there is.
Meanwhile, at a recent lecture held by a youth league organization in Pyongyang, the lecturer said, “We must completely erase the concepts of ‘Korean people’ and ‘unification’ that we have perceived in our minds,” and “We must not allow any travel or travel with Korea.” “The idea of exchange must be completely eradicated,” he emphasized.
In particular, at this lecture, remarks were made that aroused residents’ hostility toward South Korea and justified provocations against South Korea, such as “South Korea is not the Korean people or an opponent of unification, but a land that we must occupy” and “All of our military measures are legal.” .
In his speech at the Supreme People’s Assembly last January, Chairman Kim Jong-un said, “In the event of war on the Korean Peninsula, it is important to reflect the issue of completely occupying, pacifying, and restoring the Republic of Korea and incorporating it into the territory of the Republic,” and revising the Constitution. The necessity has been mentioned.
It is possible that the speaker’s direct reference to the ‘occupation of the Republic of Korea’ at a recent lecture was based on the revised Constitution. In relation to this, on the 17th, North Korea reported the bombing of the inter-Korean connecting road on the Gyeongui Line and Donghae Line through state-run media, both internally and externally, and stated, “This is a demand of the Constitution of the Republic, which regulates the Republic of Korea as a thoroughly hostile country.”
However, it is known that the internal reaction to such a lecture was cold.
First, it is said that the party executives appeared confused, saying, “How can you deny the instructions of the leader (Kim Il-sung) and the general (Kim Jong-il)?” It is said that there is a negative current in North Korea about the fact that the previous leader’s teachings, which are recognized as absolute law, have been virtually abolished.
It is said that ordinary residents are also showing cynical reactions such as, “When did you say that we must achieve the unification of the country, and now you are telling us to completely erase unification from our minds?” and “Can 5,000 years of long history disappear in an instant just because we are not a nation?”
A source said, “People can’t speak out loud about denying that Koreans are of the same race, but behind their backs, they criticize it for making no sense.”
Meanwhile, it is reported that the North Korean authorities did not reveal specific details about the constitutional amendment even at a lecture for internal residents. It is assessed that the level of disclosure is being adjusted considering internal repercussions.
Oh Gyeong-seop, a researcher at the Korea Institute for National Unification, said in a phone call with Dong-A Ilbo, “The North Korean authorities are showing considerable caution in disclosing the specific details of this constitutional amendment.” He pointed out, “Since the North Korean people have been putting forward as the basis of their rule and have been forcing sacrifices on the people in the name of this, the hostile actions of the two countries will not be an issue that the North Korean people can easily accept.”
Researcher Oh continued, “It appears that the pace is being adjusted so that the general public and the elite can gradually accept the hostile two-state measures, unification, and removal of the concept of nation,” and added, “Lectures by organizations are also interpreted in the same context. “It is a measure that can be taken,” he analyzed.
Source: www.dailynk.com
