Gollywog
Joined: 14 Jun 2008
Location: Debussy's brain
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 Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2008 6:49 am Post subject: More pro-Korean Dokdo propaganda from a Korean reporter |
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Another one-sided story about Korea by Choe Sang-Hun. This one is about Dokdo.
I thought reporters were supposed to get opposing points of view into an article. But apparently this rule does not apply to Korean journalists. Even if they work for non-Korean papers; they're still Koreans, first.
Here is the one token sentence out of the entire article devoted to presenting Japan's side of the argument:
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| Japan�s chief cabinet secretary, Nobutaka Machimura, later said, �There is no need for us to overreact to a decision made by just one organization in the United States.� |
And here are the pro-Korean quotes:
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�When Japan claims Dokdo as its own territory, we Koreans feel as outraged as if someone pointed at our wife and claimed that she is his own,� said Cho Whan-bok, secretary general of the Northeast Asian History Foundation, a government-affiliated institute established in 2006 to examine territorial and other disputes with neighboring countries....
�If the Japanese try to take this island from us, we will fight to the end,� said Kwak Young-hwan, captain of the 5,000-ton Sambong, the South Korean Coast Guard�s largest patrol boat, which prowls the waters around Dokdo. �If we run out of firepower, we will ram our ship against the intruders! Our national pride is at stake.�...
�I feel lonely and isolated serving here,� said Kim Eun-taek, 24, a police conscript stationed on Dokdo. �But I feel immensely proud. Not every South Korean gets a chance to guard the easternmost territory of our nation.�
�Besides,� he said, a rifle on his shoulder as he gazed across the sea toward Japan, �I never liked the Japanese.�...
Kim Sung-do, 68, an octopus fisherman, and his wife have lived here for 40 years as Dokdo�s only year-round civilian residents. He said he did not expect the Japanese to invade.
But �if they ever do that,� Mr. Kim said, �I will fight them, even if the only weapons I have are my bare fists.� |
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/31/world/asia/31islands.html?pagewanted=all
Why do they even bother to pay Choe Sang-Hun to write this propaganda?
Because everyone knows Korea has the best journalists in the world.
If Choe Sang-Hun is going to tell us what the Korean octupus fisherman thinks, I would be curious to know what the Japanese octopus fisherman thinks about Dokdo, and not some token comment from a Japanese official. It sure would make the story more interesting.
Frankly, I doubt many people aside from Koreans will read her boring story. |
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