Dear Comrade the Leader Episode 220
Yushin.
Perhaps even before the champagne was popped, he was intoxicated with a sense of victory, and the tongue-in-cheek Goryeo Ilbo used this unique word to borrow the space.
At that moment, the general election situation, which seemed to have crossed the 7th ridge line, faced a reversal at the last minute.
“Damn it, these guys crossed the line.”
“Yooshin!?!? Are you saying that our general secretary should be shot with peas? Why are these South Korean bastards crossing the line! If you push it, don’t you have to know the fraction and work it out?”
“… … Like this asshole… … !!! There may be a headwind 3 days before the general election, but this should have been filtered out at the desk line!! These days, the desks are looking for kids from local colleges?!?!?!?!”
On the morning of the publication of the editorial, Jeong Hwan, Jang Seong-taek, and Kim, respectively, uttered these words when they saw the front page of the Goryeo Ilbo delivered to their respective offices.
This is a really shocking thing, and even more shocking if you knew the previous Goryeo Ilbo’s hatred of North Korea.
-God, Heaven sometimes sends a white horse-riding superin to a certain nation or country that is in crisis. When the prophet appears, they suffer from all kinds of hardships, conspiracies, and conspiracies just as the blind and foolish people around them unite against each other, but in the end, they accomplish the feat of history of saving the country and people. Haven’t we, Korea, too, received such a half-human half-god? Even though he was struck down by the fatal bullets of the foolish public and betrayed subordinates like the heroes in real folktales, looking back at the country these days, I even think that this time the hero may have been reborn in the north, is it my prejudice? ?
The editorial, which opened its introduction with a sentence that even Jeonghwan himself was very ticklish, read for quite a long time, ‘a leader who shows superhuman leadership’, ‘a leader chosen in the times, who started with his bare hands and achieved tremendous results in both economy and politics’ Picking up the words on his back, he was passionate about supporting Jeonghwan.
Then, as an example of ‘stupid people who do not recognize the emergence of such a heavenly chosen leader’, which was probably the main point, he began to attack the current Democratic Party and its lawmakers, especially President Roh Yun-hyun, outright.
In the mid-to-late part of the editorial, he praised the decision to connect the North-South high-speed rail between the current President Lee Hyun-chang and General Secretary Kim Jeong-hwan to the extent of not knowing whether this was an editorial or the introductory part of a martial arts paper, as a ‘meeting of two heroes chosen for the age’ and secretly equated Lee Hyun-chang with Kim Jeong-hwan the ‘iron man’. even put it on
In the last sentence of the editorial that went on for such a long time, ‘In the general election to be held three days later, the voters must choose whether they will become wise men who recognize and follow the right leaders earlier, or whether they will become scoundrels who only work as swindlers and stumbling blocks, and on the other hand, citizens. ‘ he said, taking the fire dragon.
In fact, from the perspective of the Goryeo Ilbo, it could not have been an editorial that revealed their candid (?) inside as they were in a short time.
In their eyes, Jung-hwan is pro-American, pro-market, and has the support of party cadres who are elites who will become leaders and lead the foolish masses, and succeed in everything he does. He was the perfect development dictator himself, the ideal of a not small number of people with
In addition, he almost stood up on his own, a state called North Korea, which began to lean in just 10 years and was on the verge of collapse.
Therefore, it was enough to stimulate the nostalgia of the Goryeo Ilbo, which had already secretly expressed ‘respect’ at a level dangerous to many dictators to be considered the mainstream media of a democratic country.
However, that is the position of the Goryeo Ilbo to the end, and for the vast majority of progressive politicians, the majority of Koreans, and even some conservative politicians, the Yushin and the military dictatorship were pages of painful history that they wanted to forget.
Of course, there were still some people who called the military coup a revolution and argued that ‘Korea should adopt a Korean-style democracy, not a Western-style democracy!’
However, it was also true that the democracy of the Republic of Korea, which has gradually settled over the past 20 years, has already reached a point where the word Yushin is unacceptable.
And as proof of that, less than 12 hours after this editorial was published, the front page of the portal site news service, the mini-homepage related to politics, and the blog (which it started operating recently) started to burn.
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Naturally, most of the content was filled with centrist voters who said, ‘These bastards in the Korea Ilbo are so hyped about winning the general election, they don’t know how to stop with just one verse’.* * *
-The Korea Daily’s editorial about the general secretary of the Workers’ Party of Korea Kim Jeong-hwan caused a stir in the general election, which seemed to be almost decided by the victory of the ruling party. Through an official comment today, a spokesperson for the Democratic Party criticized it as ‘a dangerous statement that could not exist in the Republic of Korea in the 21st century and is a dangerous statement that reverses democracy’ and calls for a rally to gather supporters in the general election for the rest of the year… … .
beep.
The power button on the remote control was pressed and the TV showing Korean news was turned off as it hung on the wall of the conference room.
And in the silence that came, a man bowed his head, pleading close to the township.
“Sin, sorry! General Secretary… … !!! The Goryeo Ilbo didn’t do this when I was there, but how did such an actual story happen… … !!!”
“… … .”
Seeing Chief Kim bowing his head so that his forehead touched the ground in a hurry to find the secretary’s office, Jeonghwan didn’t say anything and only touched his head with a troubled expression.
But Jeonghwan’s silent response was ‘Blow that guy’s hair? Paste it?’ It was read as a worry, and Director Kim was only sweating profusely on the back of his back and did not know what to do.
Anyway, unlike in Korea, this is a place where three people can be shot without trial just because the general secretary’s morning coffee had too much sugar.
When you are on the side of power, you may feel more comfortable and happy than in any other country, but when that power turns your back on you, you are literally falling from heaven to hell.
Seeing that of Chief Kim, who had only shown a smirk so far, Jang Seong-taek put a cold smile on his lips as if he was feeling cool, but of course he didn’t show it out.
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Now, in a situation in which the supreme leader’s long-planned big project is unpredictable and it is difficult to plant, who would dare to come out of the boat with a laugh out loud?Meanwhile, Junghwan thought for a moment while muttering, ‘Are you making fun of me for giving me too much mulberry?’
‘When you see this, you sprinkle ashes on the finished rice, or are you calling it a “Geninsa Daecheonmyeong”? No, maybe it’s just that Noh Yun-hyeon’s luck didn’t end here.’
In fact, anyone could predict the victory of the ruling Saenara Party in this election.
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No matter how conservative the security forces shifted from North Korea’s reform and opening up as a starting point, the conservative forces that led South Korea’s economic development overcame the stumble of a time and remained strong with the protection of large corporations and the media on their backs. reached its peak due to the inauguration of the President ofOn the other hand, the progressive opposition party to oppose them was divided here and there, and as North Korea came out ‘according to their code’, and the romance of the North-South railway KTX integration and the Siberian railway was added, even within the opposition party, even the words ‘Let’s think of this election as a loss to throw away’ It was out in public.
But who would have known that the Goryeo Ilbo, the mouth and brain of conservative politicians, would be completely out of shape from reality due to oversight and romance.
There was already only two days left until the general election, so there was nothing Jeonghwan could do about it.
In the end, Junghwan had no choice but to come to the conclusion that he had to leave it to some degree of luck this time.
“Okay, Manager Kim. It’s late anyway, and we’ve done all we can. There’s no way I can vomit up what I’m eating. Fortunately, the general election is only two days away. Soon, the opposition party in South Korea will start to bite and hang, so there will be little time to worry.”
“Sorry, I’m sorry, I really have no respect for the General Secretary.”
“Unfortunately, it is fortunate that President Roh Yun-hyun is one of the progressive members of the South who has a positive ideology of connecting North-South railways and harmonizing North and South Korea regardless of party strategy. “Once we survive the general election and conserve seats, the Democrats might consider our proposal a little forward.”
And, according to Jeonghwan’s words, the democratic opposition parties, who seized the slightest chance during the general election period with only two days left, began to launch a full-scale counterattack.
If you open an exit for people who were originally in despair, they will run to the exit with all their might.
During the early period of Lee Hyun-chang’s term, which is called the ‘conservative body of Korea’, the conservative media including the Goryeo Ilbo, the pan-democratic-progressive group, who suffered from the threefold highs of a divided opposition party, and the blatant ruling party favoritism, stopped all mergers and gatherings for this time and united.
And at the forefront of such a great coalition, it was General Noh Yun-hyeon, who succeeded in Yoo Min-jung and who himself fought hard against the military dictatorship.
-Please stop these progressive divisions and baseless plots, such as opposing the North-South high-speed rail connection, but behind the scenes, financing political funds from the Busan regional shipping company, or being an anti-nationalist obstructing the nation’s major business. It is very difficult to defend against the Saenara Party and the Goryeo Ilbo from swearing by kissing me and the Democratic Party in a chorus.
These were the words he confided to the party members and the people in an angry voice at a rally convened one day before the general election.
Some commented that this was not only the Democratic Party, but also the moment when Noh Yun-hyeon, who had almost ended his political life from the fringe, dramatically revived from the brink.
-everyone! You are the judge here! You shouldn’t slander people like this with words that don’t make sense! I have no intention of swaying the press as a power, but! Bow down to the press! I will not become a servile, yielding politician! We will fight to the end! The Goryeo Ilbo and Other Yushin Constitutions! Conservative media following the dictatorship! In this general election! Get your hands off it!
In the end, the 17th general election, which was held two days later, was different from the initial prediction that the ruling Saenara Party would crush the Democratic Party, which was faltering due to the loss of constituency votes due to job outflow, and division within the party. It was concluded that the Saenara Party was leaning towards a weak advantage.
It was decisive that voters in the Honam area, who had fallen into distrust of the Democratic Party due to the outflow of local jobs to North Korea and the opening of the high-speed rail, turned to the support of the Democratic Party, saying, “I hate it once again,” as if they were drenched in cold water at the Koryo Ilbo’s ‘Yusin’. .
The metropolitan area, which was one of the direct beneficiaries of the high-speed rail opening, and was far from the issue of outflow of production jobs due to the concentration of highly educated, high-wage workers, also turned its back on the Saenara Party with a single word of ‘Yusin’.
At least, it was the achievement of the Saenara Party instead of the devastating defeat of the Democratic Party that it firmly solidified Yeongnam, the domestic rabbit, and gained at least some more seats in the metropolitan area.
In any case, it was a victory, but it was a very painful mistake and a victory that did not seem like a victory for the conservative camp, who missed the opportunity to completely annihilate the Democratic Party in the future if the two rabbits of economy and ideology were pushed further.
Of course, when President Lee Hyun-chang heard the words, ‘Anyway, you won, so you kept your promise?’ It didn’t matter though.
“Nevertheless, thanks to the Saenara Party’s dominance, we made some concessions to consider the Honam region of south Korea and preserved the desired results of the north-south high-speed rail connection and the Siberian railroad project. Destroying the Democratic Party was not our goal in the first place.”
“That’s right, but… … there… … Comrade General Secretary… … .”
“yes? Something, comrade Kim?”
“Our Ministry of Foreign Affairs has been curious about this for a long time… … In the long run, if the railway in the Korean Peninsula and the Siberian railway are connected… … Didn’t that mean that we had to reach an agreement with Rossi, whether it was late or early?”
“right.”
“But our Ministry of Foreign Affairs did not receive any instruction on that… … . As you may know, the supreme leader of Russia now is not an ordinary bet, even the general secretary knows well… … .”
“Don’t know. But don’t worry about that. I already have something in mind.”