Taeyoungho: "Opposition's 'North Korean Trash' Remark Is a Personal Attack on All Defectors"

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Regarding some Democratic Party of Korea lawmakers criticizing Tae Young-ho of the People Power Party with words like "trash from North Korea," Tae raised his voice, saying, "This is a personal attack on all North Korean defectors, and furthermore, on all displaced persons who came down from North Korea during the Korean War, so it is problematic."

On the 7th, Tae stated on his Facebook, "I went to see Lee Jae-myung, the party leader, to request strict action, but I received no response to my request."

He continued, "Furthermore, after I left the room, they sneered, saying, 'He must have been really aggrieved,' and other Democratic Party lawmakers at the hunger strike site physically blocked me or uttered harsh words behind my back that I cannot even put into words," he said.

On the 7th, Tae Young-ho, a member of the People Power Party, visited Lee Jae-myung, the leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, who was on a hunger strike in a tent in front of the National Assembly, to protest the opposition lawmakers' remarks made in the plenary session the day before. Photo by Hyunmin Kim kimhyun81@

Tae pointed out, "The insult 'trash' directed at North Korean defectors is a term that the Kim Jong-un regime in North Korea has always used," adding, "If they had just thought once about how North Korean defectors who risked their lives escaping the Kim family dynasty regime and came to South Korea must feel hearing the same insults from South Koreans that North Korea uses, they would never have said such things. Simply put, it is a kind of 'taboo word.'"

He also criticized, "Moreover, calling a fellow North Korean defector lawmaker 'trash from the North'?how can ordinary defectors live in South Korea under such circumstances?" and "If human rights are trampled even after escaping the horrific human rights situation in North Korea, who will risk their lives to seek freedom and come to South Korea in the future?"

Additionally, Tae demanded action regarding the harsh language used by Democratic Party figures. He said, "The Democratic Party, which emphasized peaceful unification, should realize that they themselves made the most anti-unification remarks and take action before it is too late."

Meanwhile, the day before, during a mild interpellation at the National Assembly plenary session, Tae said, "The political forces exploiting the Fukushima contaminated water discharge as a political opportunity are, in fact, only the Workers' Party of North Korea, the Chinese Communist Party, and the Democratic Party of Korea." In response, Democratic Party lawmakers unleashed harsh criticisms such as "Trash came from North Korea." The lawmaker who made the remarks was identified as Park Young-soon of the Democratic Party.

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