Taeyoungho: "Hope 'Achim Isul' is Sung Again in North Korea... The Spirit of 5·18 is a Great Legacy"

On the 17th, Tae Young-ho, a member of the People Power Party, stated, "What we need to do now is to spread the spirit of May 18 to North Korea."
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[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Choyoung] On the 17th, Tae Young-ho, a member of the People Power Party, raised his voice saying, "'Morning Dew' and 'March for the Beloved' should be sung again among North Korean university students," and "The spirit of the May 18 Democratic Uprising is a great legacy that will liberate North Korean residents to democracy and freedom, and a noble asset."

Tae, a former North Korean diplomat, wrote on his Facebook that day, "At North Korean universities, students used to enjoy singing 'Morning Dew' without even knowing it was a South Korean song," and "At some point, 'Morning Dew' was selected as a banned song in North Korean karaoke rooms and quietly disappeared."

He continued, "The characterization of the May 18 Democratic Movement also gradually began to change," explaining, "During the Kim Dae-jung administration, the term 'democratization' gradually disappeared from the May 18 movement, which had been praised as an 'anti-fascist democratization movement,' and the aspect of 'people's uprising' began to be emphasized."

Tae analyzed, "Under the Kim Jong-un regime, the May 18 Democratic Movement has been defined as the 'Gwangju Massacre,' 'Gwangju Massacre,' or 'Gwangju Uprising,' emphasizing the aspect of a civilian massacre by the military," and "It seems the North Korean authorities realized that the South Korean May 18 Democratic Movement, which they thought would be 'beneficial' to the North Korean regime, would actually be 'harmful' if truthfully known to North Korean residents."

He emphasized, "If the spirit of sacrifice of our people who resisted the dictatorship to achieve democratization spreads to North Korean residents, how great a threat would it be to the Kim family hereditary dictatorship?" and "Now, what we must do is to spread the spirit of May 18 to North Korea."

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