Justice, peace, and socialism
The following is a report by the [North] Korean Central News Agency on comments by Belgian lawyer Marie-Louise Moerens who was makeng her first visit to the North since the Korean War.
Pyongyang, June 12 (KCNA) — Belgian woman lawyer Marie-Louise Moerens on a visit to the DPRK was interviewed by KCNA at Pyongyang Koryo Hotel on June 10. Asked about impressions of her revisit to Korea after the lapse of many decades, she said:
This is my second visit to Korea. I paid the first visit in March 1952 in the thick of the Korean War.
At that time I was a member of an investigation group of the International Association of Democratic Lawyers for delving into the brutalities of U.S. troops in Korea.
In those days Korea was utterly reduced to debris in the war provoked by the United States.
Bombs exploded without letup on the ground. But we appreciated a performance by artistes with Pyongyang citizens at the underground theatre in the city and could see a general plan for the rehabilitation and reconstruction of Pyongyang City. This plan convinced us that the Korean people were waging a winning war and the U.S. would be defeated by them.
The current visit has left deep impressions upon me.
I fancied I was having a dream, looking over Pyongyang which has changed beyond recognition today with grand monumental edifices, modern high-rise buildings and rows of apartment houses that sprang up on the ruins to which everything had been reduced in U.S. bombings.
All these are a brilliant fruition of the devoted efforts of the Korean people under the wise leadership of President Kim Il Sung and leader Kim Jong Il.
Yesterday and today of Korea caught me up in a flood of thought.
While staying here, I could witness the indomitable fight of the Korean people to defend and glorify their idea and system, not yielding to the maneuvers of the imperialist allied forces to crush the country, and directly feel the breathing of the heroic people advancing vigorously for the building of a great prosperous powerful socialist nation, closely united around the great leader.
The Korean people will surely win in their struggle for justice, peace and socialism.
Poor Mari….she’s my favorite. If I ever become a j-pop singer and part of the...
Shes definitely at the top of my hot list.
perfeckt 10:10
“I could witness the indomitable fight of the Korean people to defend and glorify their idea and system, not yielding to the maneuvers of the imperialist allied forces to crush the country, and directly feel the breathing of the heroic people advancing vigorously for the building of a great prosperous powerful socialist nation, closely united around the great leader”
June 14th, 2006 at 3:16 pmGosh. If she’s not reading that straight off a card, then I would say that Ms Moerens is living in a Communist Expressionist painting.
Was she even there?
June 14th, 2006 at 5:20 pmSo, anyone know anything about this? I naturally say, heh, China invaded Korea to create a buffer zone, and we got into the war after this happened, so it’s their “fault.” But is this really the truth? Maybe I’ve been “educated” a little myself. Still, I couldn’t believe that Hawkeye or Radar or Hot Lips could do a thing like that…
June 15th, 2006 at 10:59 pm