Growing up in North Korea, Yeonmi had seen executions before. She remembers her mother piggybacking her to public squares and sports stadiums to watch the spectacles used by Kim Jong-il’s Workers’ Party to silence even the slightest whisper of dissent.But this killing lodged in her mind. Yeonmi watched in horror as the woman she knew was lined up alongside eight other prisoners and her sentence was read out. Her crime was having watched South Korean films and lending the DVDs to friends. Her punishment in this most paranoid of dictatorships was death by firing squad.As the executioners raised their weapons, Yeonmi covered her face. But she looked up again, just in time to see an explosion of blood and the woman’s body crumple to the ground. ‘It was a shock,’ she remembers. ‘It was the first time I felt terrified.’
QuoteGrowing up in North Korea, Yeonmi had seen executions before. She remembers her mother piggybacking her to public squares and sports stadiums to watch the spectacles used by Kim Jong-il’s Workers’ Party to silence even the slightest whisper of dissent.But this killing lodged in her mind. Yeonmi watched in horror as the woman she knew was lined up alongside eight other prisoners and her sentence was read out. Her crime was having watched South Korean films and lending the DVDs to friends. Her punishment in this most paranoid of dictatorships was death by firing squad.As the executioners raised their weapons, Yeonmi covered her face. But she looked up again, just in time to see an explosion of blood and the woman’s body crumple to the ground. ‘It was a shock,’ she remembers. ‘It was the first time I felt terrified.’So I heard you were banned, and dying? Please get unbanned, or die faster. No offense, it's just that you have no impact on my life, and I don't know you, so it'd be much better for me.
Don't you know that it's propaganda? Kim Yong Un isn't as godly as he seems. It's all propaganda spread to keep the people in check. The reality is much harsher, but you wouldn't know about that in your fancy "free" country.You ungrateful piece of shit. Be happy that you're alive in the place that you are. Be grateful that you're allowed to use a computer.
Don't you know that it's propaganda? Kim Yong Un isn't as godly as he seems. It's all propaganda spread to keep the people in check. The reality is much harsher, but you wouldn't know about that in your fancy "free" country.You ungrateful piece of shit. Be happy that you're alive in the place that you are; be grateful that you're allowed to use a computer.
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