{"id":7379,"date":"2008-08-27T10:43:11","date_gmt":"2008-08-27T01:43:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/en.dailynk.com\/en\/?p=7379"},"modified":"2020-01-17T08:57:03","modified_gmt":"2020-01-16T23:57:03","slug":"north-korean-unification-strategy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/north-korean-unification-strategy\/","title":{"rendered":"North Korean Unification Strategy is Estrangement Policy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hwang Jang Yop, President of Committee for Democratization of North Korea, suggests and predicts that \u201cIt is no exaggeration to say that the original blueprint for Kim Jong Il\u2019s dictatorship is Mao Zedong\u2019s. Just as Mao Zedong\u2019s dictatorship fell, so Kim Jong Il\u2019s will fall as well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In a recent interview with Free North Korea Broadcasting, President Hwang continued, \u201cMao Zedong and Kim Il Sung were followed by Kim Jong Il, who has continued with the totalitarian dictatorship.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He pointed out that \u201cNorth Korea\u2019s unification strategy is an \u2018estrangement policy.\u2019 They seek to cause estrangement between the U.S. and South Korea, Japan and South Korea, and the rich and the poor through this \u2018unification strategy,\u2019 saying the U.S. is an imperialist power and South Korea is an American colony.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added that \u201cLying is a habit with North Korea; people from democratic countries should not believe those lies.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He also reiterated his opinion about the recent candlelight demonstrations against U.S. meat importation, saying that \u201c[Pro-North Korea radicals] led candlelight demonstrations while South Korea negotiated the FTA and strengthened the South Korea-U.S. alliance. I wish the leaders of those demonstrations could be sent to North Korea to make them experience Kim Jong Il\u2019s reign.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Also, \u201cI thought I had to topple the Kim Jong Il regime as soon as possible, when I arrived here. 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