UN Secretary General To Promote Near Slave Labor
Is this the first time that someone from the UN has advocated for the use of near slave labor?:
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Tuesday he will visit the inter-Korean industrial complex in North Korea’s border city of Kaesong this week to help ease inter-Korean tensions.
“I reiterate my willingness to do whatever it takes to contribute to improving inter-Korean relations and promoting reconciliation and stability on the Korean Peninsula,” Ban said during a press conference at the World Education Forum in Songdo, west of Seoul.
On Thursday, Ban, a former South Korean foreign minister, will be the first U.N. chief to visit the complex, which has been symbolic of inter-Korean reconciliation since its launch in 2004. He will also be the first U.N. chief to visit North Korea in more than 20 years.
“The Kaesong project is a win-win model for both Koreas,” he said. “It symbolizes a good way to tap the advantages of the Koreas in a complementary manner.” [Yonhap]
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“The Kaesong project is a win-win model for both Koreas,” he said. “It symbolizes a good way to tap the advantages of the Koreas in a complementary manner.”
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This is a win-win for the Kim regime and certain business interests in South Korea. It is NOT a win for the general populations of North Korea or South Korea. The only stability this promotes is the continued existence of the Kim regime, its crimes against humanity, and the exploitation of its people. I cannot understand how anyone from the U.N. — especially its Secretary-General — could justify support of any policy favorable to the Kim regime in light of the findings of the U.N. Human Rights Council’s Commission of Inquiry on Human Rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK). Has Secretary-General Ban taken it upon himself to declare that all is forgiven? I’d like to hear an opinion from the political prisoners and enslaved families in the North Korean work camps before I would accept such a sweeping decision.
Actually, the news today is the North Korea cancelled his invitation to visit the complex.
Too many nork workers getting bonus Choco Pies?