more stupid propaganda from the KFA! Don't get involved in Korean politics as you, the KFA are the only puppets being used! By the DPRK that is, who use you to convince themselves that their own tyranny is not isolated from the outside world!

The only tyranny on the Korean peninsula is the Lee Myung Bak puppet fascist dictatorship.You defend and propagandise it by attacking and defaming the DPRK and KFA.South Korea has
repressive laws which carry a maximum sentence of death for communist activities.For those who
do not understand SK I would suggest think of Pinochets Chile,Israel,northern Ireland,Taiwan,
the former south Vietnam-it equates to all of those.Jo Blogs tries to cover up the Kwangju massacre
by south Korean puppet troops(ordered by the US) by bad mouthing the KFA.We wonder who pays
Jo Blogs ?
DOWN WITH THE LEE MYUNG BAK PUPPET CLIQUE
ABOLISH THE NATIONAL SECURITY LAW IN SOUTH KOREA
DISSOLVE THE NIS !
US TROOPS OUT OF SOUTH KOREA

Gwangju Uprising Unfinished



In May of 1980, 30 years ago, a citizen’s uprising took place in Gwangju against the Chun Doo-hwan military fascist rule.

The uprisers assaulted the puppet police stations and arsenals of the local defense force to take a lot of weapons.

They formed the “civilian force”, “special caution unit” and “shock troop” and undauntedly fought in defiance of the frenzied armed attack of the “martial law troops”, and controlled Gwangju City for 10 days.

Much astounded by the uprisers’ struggle the US imperialists and the Chun clique mobilized more than 70,000 troops drunken with hallucinogen and tremendous equipment including tanks, guns, aircrafts to the suppression of the uprisers, prattling that “it is alright to kill even 70% of the Gwangju citizens”.

The blood-thirsty man-killers committed the shuddering massacre by indiscriminately stabbing, hanging, burying alive, burning to death the workers, peasants, youth and students, religionists, women and the old who cried for freedom and desired for democracy, and trampling them down by tanks and armored vehicles.

As a result, more than 5,000 innocent people were killed and over 14,000 were injured in Gwangju and the city of resistance was reduced to a “city of death” and “blood bath”.

Though it was frustrated by the atrocious armed suppression of the US imperialists and the military fascist clique the Gwangju Uprising was an anti-US anti-fascist patriotic mass struggle which dealt a telling blow to the US colonial rule.

It was a heroic event that demonstrated the indomitable fighting will of the south Korean people and a historical watershed which brought about a turnaround for anti-US independence.

However, the desire of the uprisers has not yet been realized though 30 years have passed since then.

The US imperialists and its puppets, the murderous group who turned the whole of Gwangju to a sea of blood, are still reigning supreme and the fascist evil laws and repressive bodies like the “National Security Law” and the “National Intelligence Service” randomly violate the people's democracy and human rights.

The tyranny and arbitrariness of the US, chieftain of aggression, plunder and massacre, get further increased day after day and the present conservative group licks the jackboots of the US while viciously suppressing the people.

The reality calls on the south Korean people to the struggle for anti-US independence, anti-fascist democracy and national reunification.

The Gwangju uprising is not yet finished.

The south Korean people will continue their vigorous struggle to bring about a new democratic country without foreign forces and fascist dictatorship, and the reunified country b

Though the south Korean government tries tooth and claw to win over the people's mindset crying for the “grassroots-friendly policy”, it is no more than a deception and the people's livelihood is getting worse.

The figures and facts bellow graphically show the reality of their wretched livelihood.



- Destitute Bracket

Even according to the data released officially by the puppet regime the destitute bracket in south Korea numbers 5.85 million as of September 2009.

Taking into consideration the fact that 200,000~300,000 independent businessmen who eke out relying on small stores and stands go bankrupt recently every month, the destitute bracket is continually increasing.



- The Jobless

As of October 2009 the officially unemployed number 799,000 (8.6% increase compared to that of October 2008), according the official data of the puppet regime.

However, the actual jobless amount to 2.94 million if adding those who gave up the job-seeking.

If 3.78 million workers who are temporarily employed or barely living alive, the jobless number over 6.72 million.

Owing to the economic crisis the unemployment rate of the young people, in particular, are increased by 7.6% (6.6% in 2008) and one of ten women employees lost the job.

Besides, as many as 8 million part-timers and 5.74 million independent businessmen are overcome by fear of dismissal and bankruptcy that would befall to them at any time.



- Household Income and Debt

As of late October 2009, the average monthly income of households decreased by 3.3% as against that of 2008, recording the highest decrease since 2003.

Meantime, their average monthly debt increased 1.4 times their income or 4 times more than that of the 1998 foreign currency crisis.



- Consumer Prices

The rate of common price hike between January and September of 2009 was 2.8% on the average but the foodstuffs prices which directly affect the people's living rose by 4~10% at the same period.



- Tax and Other Burdens

The tax per capita in 2009 amounted to 4.34 million Won on the average and is expected to increase by 4.4% this year.

In addition, the individual burdens including pension and insurance dues from their income amount 5.599 million Won in 2009 and would increase by 6.4% this year.



- Education

A family in south Korea should pay 232 million Won of money for bringing up a child from the cradle to university graduation, and this figure is 16.8% more than that of 2003.

It takes some 157,000 US$ from the cradle to middle school graduation, and over 54,000 US$ for 4-year university graduation (13,500 US$ annually).



- Health Care

With the new influenza raging throughout south Korea last year, the price of cold medicine rose by 16.9%, vitamin complex by 16.4% and outpatient medical treatment by 7.2%, imposing a heavy burden on the people.

As a result, 1,500 persons were infected with the new influenza on the daily average in mid October 2009, but the number went up to over 10,000 in November and 117 persons died till late November last year, so many people were seized with terrible fear.



- Housing

Families without their own house are as many as 7 million in south Korea and 10% of them, not affording to pay the rented house, lead an inhuman life in shanties, vinyl houses and dugouts.

In regards to housing price, an 80m2-space flat of the “nest dwelling” which is offered recently by the conservative regime by reducing the price by half as compared with that of the surrounding areas is 280 million Won, so the “lifetime desire for my own house” is still faraway dream.



- Social Evils

For 5 years since 2004 the 5 major crimes such as murder, robbery, rape, larceny, and violence increased by 90,000 cases; rape and robbery increased by 30%, violence by 6.3% and murder 2.3%.

In particular, 135,000 juvenile criminals (less than 20 years old) were apprehended in 2008, and crimes by the young people drastically increased and their method got further atrocious.

Meanwhile, the suicide rate caused by difficulty of job-seeking, hardships of living and various diseases increases by 13% every year. 12,858 persons committed suicide in 2008, or two times as many as that of 2001.

More recently an American newspaper reported that at present suicide in south Korea numbers 26 among every 100,000 population and this rate is 2.5 times more than that of the US and bigger than that of Japan.

The elder suicides (more than 61 years old) increased 5 times more than that of 1989 and the portion of the elder among all the suicides increased 3 times, too.



These facts go to plainly show that the present conservative group is a corrupt and incompetent group which only pursues anti-popular and pro-conglomerate policy disregarding the people's right to existence.

Its funny because at the moment I'm at the Democracy Camp in Parliment Square, the local internet cafe costs £2 an hour just so i can reply to your stupid messages.
£2 an hour to call the UK KFA a bunch of tossers!

The DPRK does not have democracy, fact!
Its a corrupt royal family!

If I had a choice, I'd much rather live in South Korea where a right to protest actually exists, no matter how bad economically the country is.

Down with UK KFA!

If find it quite bizzare, and amusing that you would defend some warped autocratic state whilst criticising south Korea in the same breath. By all means South Korea has alot of problems that should be challenged, but doing so whilst holding up the fucked up North Korean system as some sort of alternative is nothing short of a joke.

KFA Fuck off.

Now that comment is funny a real understatement! A lot of problems like the highest suicide rate in the world,like being a puppet regime in the first place.SK is an artifical creation of imperialism like
the 6 county state in northern Ireland or Israel or Taiwan.In fact it has a lot less legitmacy than
those.It was set up by the US troops that occupied the south of Korea after liberation in 1945 and
dissolved the peoples committees.
A lot of problems like being occupied by 40,000 US troops and having to pay for the
priviliege !US troops who kill murder and rape and steal ! A lot of problems like having 1,000
US nuclear weapons stationed there.A lot of problems like being a dependency of the IMF !

The DPRK has no foreign troops on its soil.It is the most independent country in the world.Indeed
US Korea expert historian Prof Bruce Cummings said that in the DPRK people have a very important
right they do not have in south Korea,the right to be Korean.
The DPRK is a people centred socialist system,it abolished taxation in 1974 and has free education,
free health,free housing and food supplied at a cost next to nothing.
LONG LIVE THE DPRK !
LONG LIVE JUCHE!

"Its funny because at the moment I'm at the Democracy Camp in Parliment Square" or possibly at
a computer in New Scotland Yard or in MI5 HQ down the road or the MI6 building.

You are very ignorant and stupid indeed.There is no right of peaceful protest in south Korea ,protests
are suppressed by riot police all the time.It is known as the "tear gas republic".There is also
the National Security Law under which leftists can be jailed for 7 years or executed.Communist
parties are illegal in south Korea.

Quote from BBC website 23 August 2009
"South Korean police commandos have stormed a car factory south of Seoul, trying to evict hundreds of dismissed workers who have occupied it for weeks.

The workers are angry at the motor company's plans to cut thousands of jobs to try to prevent bankruptcy.

At least 23 people were injured in the operation, according to South Korean media. "

Calm down Jo blogs. Chill out....you sound desperate with your ranting....take therapy! I think you need it.

I was there all week and had no probs on the democracy village with me talking about DPRK and handing out KFA lealfets. The camp welcomes diversity of ideas and untiy of actions. Someone heard me saying i paid 2 quid to go in an internet cafe and used it in his comment above. You know i dont really give a fuck about peoples comments on here so long as we get our message across. And people like Jo blogs in a way are asssisting us, coz each time he writes his stupid comments he gets to look more of a fool, when KFA reponds to his comments with even more pro-DPRK info. Get a life Jo...... and if you are dumb enough to waste money on acheviing nothing regarding the KFA, its your loss, not ours, and anyway, the democracy village has its own internet.