Dear Comrade the Leader, Episode 142
‘From the moment I received a report that books about democracy were spreading in college towns, I thought that something was coming.’
I thought to myself like this as I spoke into the microphone in front of the party members with nervous faces, reciting the selection method of the party members selected for the core party school and the education they receive.
In the three years since the reform and opening up, he has been actively blocking, censoring, and punishing through various institutions and media.
Even after the opening, direct exchange with Korea (which has been and is still winning democracy and civil rights through that harsh struggle) is still largely limited.
It was impossible to remain as an isolated island in this era of information and communication development, without devoting all the energy of the system and the nation to it.
In addition, even if it was for political interests in the first place, the most foreigners in North Korea are the Americans, whose fundamental ideology is democracy, aren’t they Americans?
When you declare that you will join hands with the United States, or at least end the confrontation, it means that all systems and ideologies of the United States are compatible with North Korea… … .
That is implicitly acknowledging that the political system of democracy was not completely wrong.
Jeonghwan also agreed with democracy to the extent that each individual has rights and dignity as an equal individual.
But political participation was another matter.
The reason Jang Seong-taek was removed from the job was because the insults he made against Yoo Hye-rim scratched Jeong-hwan’s heart, but the most important reason was that he was trying to promote a lineage inheritance.
He still did not understand that the times had really changed, and that the leader named Jeong-hwan was a human being who was completely different from Kim Il-sung or Kim Jong-il.
“The newly established Core Party School is open to all citizens of the Republic, and teaches everything necessary for the core of the next republic, from capitalist market economy, philosophy, mathematics, financial engineering, international relations, speech, basic artistic knowledge, and physical education. will hit The location of the school will be Pyongyang, and the first principal will be me and General Secretary Kim Jeong-hwan will serve concurrently. Also, if you pass the entrance exam, tuition is completely free.
‘The good news is that it is very good at persuading the people at the right time. Even if you see how Russia is going now, the person who would suggest that we implement democracy is not a brave man, but an idiot.’
In addition to the reporting bounty system that is being announced now, Jeong-hwan’s work to make the North Korean people reject democracy on their own has already begun.
Among them, the first daily report was to show in real time the ‘disastrous’ Russia’s rapid introduction of democracy under Yeltsin through state broadcasters such as the Rodong Sinmun and the three terrestrial broadcasters.
Strictly speaking, this is propaganda, and even scholars from the West and the United States who actively supported Russia’s reforms and rapid adoption of democracy could hardly object to Russia’s collapse within a year or so.
What Jeong Hwan, Hyun Young-sook, and Hyun Young-sook, under his direction, and the public and private broadcasters (controlled by the censorship committee) did nothing but show the chaos to the people as it was.
Of course, with a little bit of ‘seasoning’ to make it easier for people to understand.
-… … It’s burning! Let me say it again. Dear viewers of the people of the Republic who are watching this broadcast, we are seeing a very shocking sight now.
Russia’s People’s Congress Hall and the National Assembly have been bombarded and burned.
Even us, our hearts, seem to be moved by the wretched faces of the Russian people who are looking at this spectacle.
-The prevailing view is that this situation was caused by an extreme confrontation between the state leader of Russia, Comrade Yeltsin, and the Democratic Assembly.
Let me quote an interview of a Russian people who have observed this situation from the time of the Soviet Union until now.
‘I thought it was freedom, but now I see it as irresponsibility and chaos. I regret the time when I supported Comrade Yeltsin’s introduction of democracy. I want to turn back time.’
– As a people of the comrade country who stood together under the red flag of socialism, the tragedy of present-day Russia is only regrettable.
Is it the tragedy of a country that has not met a leader like Comrade General Secretary? Ah, at the moment I mentioned, I will deliver news from South Korea, a similar democratic country.
As comrade Park Yi-sam of South Korea’s President Park Yi-sam ordered the disclosure of public officials’ assets a few months ago, allegations of corruption and embezzlement of high-ranking officials such as high-ranking government officials and military commanders are being revealed day by day.
The resentment and resentment of the angry South Korean people seem to pierce the sky… … .
‘It’s convenient at times like this to control the media.’
In a nutshell, it was the beginning of the press play, the news (no, the news).
In the original history, in line with the emergence of the real-name financial system and the public property disclosure system of high-ranking public officials starting with the inauguration of Park Yi-sam, Jeong-hwan gave Hyun Young-sook permission to report on South Korean news.
In fact, as in the case of Russia, Jeong Hwan and Hyun Young-sook, the head of the propaganda and agitation department of the Korean Central Broadcasting System, who became the trumpeter of the Workers’ Party of Korea, did not lie openly.
In any case, at this point, it was clear that Korea’s political and economic ties were more severe than that of North Korea, and the propaganda and agitation department only sent the broadcast with an intentional interpretation that the cause of all that corruption and confusion was that the system failed due to the vices of the leadership.
In fact, the fact that corruption in North Korea is less serious than that in South Korea was thanks to Jeong Hwan and the Anti-Corruption Investigation Bureau’s continuous and severe crackdown (the death penalty if caught over a certain amount).
It was just bigger that North Korea is not yet a country rich enough for high-ranking people to do big things.
“… … I wish the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea and the people infinite glory in the future, and with this, I conclude today’s congratulatory speech.”
clap clap clap… … !
While Jeonghwan was thinking about the new threat to himself as democracy in his mind, the congratulatory speech to commemorate the start of the construction of the headquarters of Peony Holdings ended like this.
Applause erupted, and voices shouting hurray for the general secretary could be heard everywhere.
Jeong-hwan, who was the party, read the congratulatory speech without a soul because he was thinking about something else, but only from the perspective of the listeners and party members, he had no choice but to concentrate on listening to each and every word that was directly related to their fate.
“I went.”
“Good job, comrade.”
Coming down from the podium and sitting next to Yu Hye-rim, Jeong-hwan glanced at the Pyongyang International Financial Center, the first skyscraper in North Korea that was still covered by a screen and only the base was visible.
In fact, Junghwan’s true ‘direction intention’, which even gave an unusual public speech at this event, was at the time of completion of this skyscraper.
The total construction period of this skyscraper is four and six months, when the building is completed and revealed in Pyongyang, the last few years of the 20th century will be left.
And although it is information only he knows for now, by then, South Korea or South Korea will face the greatest economic crisis since the founding of the country, the foreign exchange crisis, and face a crisis of whether economic sovereignty will pass or not.
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North Korea, which is being reborn as an economically advanced country by building a huge skyscraper in Pyongyang in just 10 years, and South Korea, which is in a hurry to reach out to foreign powers including the IMF because of the urgent need for dollars, will make a stark and dreadful contrast for anyone to see.And all the people of the republic who saw the scene would realize it to the bone.
Democracy is a vain dream, and it is the only way for them to live if they are loyal to the party and general secretary (including not only Jeong Hwan but also the new general secretary to follow) and follow that lead.
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As the last decade of the twentieth century passed slowly, nearly half, North Korea was changing rapidly day by day.
Since the socialist control economy system was abandoned and capitalism was introduced, it is natural to change rapidly, but it surprised many people that one of the most rapid changes was not only the private economy and people’s lives, but also the Party, that is, the Workers’ Party of Korea.
Jeong-hwan’s speech and Jang Song-thaek’s irony before him were a kind of warning to all party members.
A warning to change now.
And after Jeonghwan’s speech, such warnings began to take shape and become a reality in earnest.
In addition to the blank trust system for high-ranking public officials and the reward for reporting threats to the system, to name a few representative changes, the introduction of the Taxation Committee (National Tax Service), the establishment of the Korea Development Bank to raise funds for industries, etc. The change that was touched was the introduction of a competitive system.
– In the future, in order for our Workers’ Party to gain the support of the people in the country of North Korea and to solidify the system of one-party dominance, above all else, the Workers’ Party members must first practice the one-day-one-shining.
It was the part of the speech that made the Workers’ Party members the most prolific, but Jeong-hwan thought it was natural.
The vision of the future of North Korea that he thinks has no choice but to be state-led development, whether voluntarily or voluntarily, and in that case, the incompetent and incompetent public servants who will serve as the extrem nerves and limbs of the government and the party are the greatest and worst enemies along with corruption. It was his theory that it should be exterminated.
Personnel appraisal, multi-faceted evaluation system, and training system for new party members were implemented.
In addition, psychologists and public administration experts from Kim Dae-dae received a special assignment to design the basic qualification test for multinational corporations with the motif of the personality test.
Of course, one of the most important qualities was to agree with the Workers’ Party’s program, the leader’s one-man leadership system, and to understand that he was the vanguard and end of the system.
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Now, in order to become a member of the Workers’ Party of Korea, it was necessary to break through the competition ratio of at least 8:1.By the standards of civil servants in other countries, it was an incomprehensible difficulty that required almost the level of effort of a private enterprise, but Jeong Hwan believes that in order to select the best inductees from the core party school, ordinary party members, who are the ‘first passers’, must also be equipped with knowledge. did.
And around that time, the expected reaction was proceeding in China.
“Comrade Jang Seong-taek was purged?”
“Yes, Comrade General Zhang. Life or death is unknown, but the embassy speculates that it may have been lost in a power struggle within Joseon.”
“Hmm… … .”
Jiang Zemin sighed in confusion.
I don’t think that young friend was a friend who couldn’t understand what he was saying, but Jiang Zemin muttered to himself as he recalled the faces of Jeong Hwan, General Secretary of the Workers’ Party of Korea, whom he had met at the first North Korea-China summit last time.
Of course, basically, the internal affairs of Joseon are left to the Korean people and the Workers’ Party of Korea to take care of.
Although China and Chosun are allies with a clear hierarchical relationship, if they do not get on the crossroads, such as sticking to the United States, China also had to respect the authority of North Korea’s ruling powers, the Kim dynasty and the Workers’ Party of Korea, to a minimum.
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No matter how close Sung-taek Jang was, he often supported and secretly admired the ideology of the Communist Party of China’s collective leadership system.‘Anyway, internal problems such as the Tibet Autonomous Region are not formidable… … I’ll have to call Tyler first. Make sure you’re really dead or alive.’
From Tibet, reports have been coming in from Tibet to the Uyghur Muslims, who have resisted the most fiercely among ethnic minorities in China, that a meditation training group called Falun Gong is gathering so many followers that even the Communist Party cannot see it as a simple qigong training group.
Of course, Tibet has been beaten with violence using public security as it has been in the past, and Falun Gong, if it grows older, can be classified as an illegal group and disbanded.
However, it was comforting that the Pashtuns, the main ethnic group of Pakistan, who are close, share the same religion as the Uyghurs, but are far apart in terms of ethnicity. … .
However, in the midst of this, North Korea, which guards the back door to the Pacific Ocean, is unexpectedly causing discord.
‘The good news is that President Yang is now in a hospital bed… … Before those fearless little children in the Prince’s Party can speak up, I’ll have to call Comrade Kim Jeong-hwan to comfort him. I’m going to have to sign a few more treaties economically on this opportunity.’
The conservatives within the party, who had united around the People’s Liberation Army and the Central Military Commission, were furious at the sudden and almost shocking resignation of Jang Song-thaek, but fortunately, their representatives, Yang Sang-kun and Chun Yun, were struggling these days.
Of course, given their age, there was nothing strange at all, but it was fortunate for both Jiang Zemin and Jeonghwan that the second-generation Princes Party, who were to succeed them, were not yet influential enough to challenge Jiang Zemin’s authority.
“I will contact the embassy in Korea. Please tell General Secretary Kim Jeong-hwan that I will see you again soon.”
Jiang Zemin, who had said this up to this point, kept his mouth shut for a moment, and then added a word as if he remembered it.
“Don’t forget that it’s an economic problem. Even if you say it like this anyway, you must know that it is comrade Jang Seong-taek.”
“ancient! Comrade Jiang Zemin!”
* * *
Amidst such subtle tensions, nerve wars, and political calculations, the plate for the second DPRK-China summit was laid.
But in the meantime, in Somalia, on the other side of the world, another birth was wriggling… … .
This was the start of a massive arrest operation by the US military against the forces of warlord Mohamed Farrah Aidid in Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia.
Operation Gothic Serpent, later known as Black Hawk Down.