Tweet of the Day: Why Did the Defector Cross the DMZ?

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setnaffa
setnaffa
2 years ago

Why Did the Defector Cross the DMZ?

To get to the other side.

Oh. Wait. That’s the chicken/road joke. Sorry about that.

In my notes it says he was doing the “Instagram DMZ Challenge”; but that’s more silly than the “Powdered Cinnamon”, “Tide Pod”, or “Air Bag” challenges, so it must be something else.

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ChickenHead
ChickenHead
2 years ago

Drat… beat me to it.

Guess I will have to go with “he had his dìck stuck in the chicken”.

Korean Man
Korean Man
2 years ago

According to the Korean press:

He had a difficult life in South Korea

But there’s one hole in that theory. It’s only been a year since his defection to the South. When defectors arrive in South Korea, they are kept for about a month at the NIS, to process them and determine their identity, and to find out if they really are NK defectors. Then they are transferred to Hanawon – a settlement camp where they are kept for 6 months to be given basic training on how to live in South Korea. That means the man has been out in South Korean society for less than 6 months. The defectors are given subsidized rental apartments, and settlement money in installments, plus basic social welfare support. How does anyone figure that “he had a difficult life” when he has barely started his new life in South Korea? If anyone can’t hack 6 months doing janitorial work, then they should be allowed to apply to go back to North Korea and walk across the border, instead of sneaking through the DMZ.

setnaffa
setnaffa
2 years ago

How many boxes of Chocopies was he smuggling back north?

Or lists of other defectors. Or secrets. Or whatever.

I am sorry if he was just having a difficult time adjusting; but maybe the problem was more about being recognized as a Party apparatchik? Freudian slip? Too often singing Juche hymns?

I hope he ends up okay; but he may have cost the lives of the people who helped him and others escape.

Last edited 2 years ago by setnaffa
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