I like Bernie but Christine Ahn is nearly pro-Pyongyang at this point in her activist career. Not the wisest choice for an informational video about the Korean Peninsula. So many scholarly voices out there that could’ve helped #TheBern. https://t.co/zrRDnFQyiZ
— Benjamin R. Young, PhD (@DubstepInDPRK) April 6, 2019
I guess we will see if the Moon administration will eventually change this Park Geun-hye era policy, but for now North Korea apologistChristine Ahn can no longer enter South Korea:
An American who organized a controversial march of 30 female peace activists spanning the two Koreas in 2015 has been denied entry to South Korea.
Christine Ahn, a South Korean-born American citizen, learned about being “persona non grata” after Asiana Airlines stopped her from boarding a flight at San Francisco Airport on Thursday, according to the New York Times (NYT).
She reportedly planned to transit through South Korea’s Incheon International Airport on her way to China. After being told she was not allowed to, she bought a new ticket to fly directly to Shanghai, it reported.
A justice ministry official was quoted as saying in the report that Ahn had been denied entry because there were sufficient grounds to fear she might “hurt the national interest and public safety.” [Korea Times]
Over in Newsweek Rabbi Abraham Cooper and human rights activist Greg Scarlatoiu have a response to Pyongyang’s mouthpiece in America, Christine Ahn who is demanding the Biden administration give in to all of North Korea’s demands:
The truth is that no one has the answer to bring peace to the Korean Peninsula. But caving to tyrants’ demands isn’t an option. North Korea is ruled by a regime that joined the Non-Proliferation Treaty, then withdrew and developed nuclear weapons. The Kim regime commits crimes against its own people and citizens of other countries. By entering a peace treaty and normalizing relations with a criminal regime in possession of nuclear weapons, the U.S. would be creating a precedent and blueprint for other tyrants: brutalize your subjects, develop weapons of mass destruction and the U.S. and the world will blink.
You can read more at the link, but giving in to North Korea’s demands is more than setting a precedent. Giving in also means advancing North Korea’s strategy of ending the U.S.-ROK alliance and establishing their confederation policy with them in charge of the peninsula.
Where are his sources? And did he say this as head of PACOM or as the new US Ambassador to Australia? Does his Japanese roots influence his hardline stance? The Times: “[Harris] said it was crucial that the United States “bring Kim Jong-un to his senses, not his knees.”’ https://t.co/2p25i357xs
Like I said before when this plan was first hatched if the North Koreans allow this to happen there is some kind of propaganda value for them effectively making these people useful idiots for the Kim regime:
Organizers of WomenCrossDMZ.org, including lead coordinator Christine Ahn, left, and honorary co-chair Gloria Steinem, right, hold a UN press conference announcing plans fro rare walk. Photograph: Bebeto Matthews/AP
Gloria Steinem and 30 other women including two Nobel peace laureates have announced plans for a rare walk across the demilitarized zone between North and South Korea to call for reunification.
The DMZ is the world’s most fortified border, with the two countries still technically at war. Hundreds of thousands of soldiers face off across the heavily mined zone.
Organizers of the effort called WomenCrossDMZ.org said on Wednesday they hope for 30 women to cross from North Korea to South Korea on May 24, which is International Women’s Day for Disarmament.
The walk also marks the 70th anniversary of the division of the Korean Peninsula.
The women say they are still seeking approval from both countries and the United Nations. [The Guardian]
You can read more at the link, but why is there an International Women’s Day for Disarmament?
