[imText1]Many South Korean politicians have been paying tribute to Hwang Jang Yop at the memorial set up in Hyundai Asan Hospital today. <\/p>\n
Lee Hoi Chang, the leader of the minority Liberty Forward Party and a former presidential candidate, visited the memorial this morning, leaving a short message in the visitors\u2019 book, \u201cGreat man, may your soul rest in peace.\u201d <\/p>\n
As he was leaving, Lee also commented, \u201cHwang Jang Yop was someone who proved the reality of the division of North and South and held onto the faith that the North Korean system could be changed until the end of his life,\u201d adding, \u201cThis warrants state condolences.\u201d <\/p>\n
He stressed, \u201cI hope the people will remember him not as an individual, Hwang Jang Yop, or a simple defector, but as a righteous person who came to the South to solve Korea\u2019s problems.\u201d <\/p>\n
President Lee\u2019s Minister for Special Affairs Lee Jae Oh also visited today, expressing his condolences before the portrait of Hwang. <\/p>\n
Leader of the Grand National Party Kim Moo Sung expressed his condolences, saying, \u201cScholar Hwang Jang Yop came to the South after even sacrificing his family to let the world know the suffering of the North Korean people.\u201d Therefore, he added, \u201cIt offered an opportunity for many pro-North Korea people to change their opinion.\u201d <\/p>\n
He added, \u201cI am very sorry that he passed way without witnessing the collapse of the Kim Jong Il regime and liberation of North Korean people, which he wanted so much.\u201d <\/p>\n
Meanwhile, the Ministry of Unification released a statement on Hwang\u2019s passing in today\u2019s press briefing: \u201cWe evaluate highly his efforts to report correctly the reality of North Korea both domestically and internationally, to improve North Korean human rights and to achieve reform and opening and reunification.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
[imText1]Many South Korean politicians have been paying tribute to Hwang Jang Yop at the memorial set up in Hyundai Asan Hospital today. Lee Hoi Chang, the leader of the minority Liberty Forward Party and a former presidential candidate, visited the memorial this morning, leaving a short message in the visitors\u2019 book, \u201cGreat man, may your […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":154,"featured_media":13429,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13427","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\n