Jill
asked
Suki Kim:
The story of your time in the DPRK was heartbreaking and so consistent with other books I've recently read about life under the dictatorship of the Kim family. Do you believe that we will see real change in North Korea in our lifetime? And have you heard from PUST leadership since the publication of your book?
Suki Kim
1) I hope that we see real changes in North Korea in our lifetime, but to do that, this current regime would have to fall. I cannot see how any real changes -- not just a facade of changes -- are possible under the brutal military dictatorship that rules with an iron fist, using the cult of the Great Leader.
2) Yes, PUST leadership was very angry, and I am sorry for hurting some of their feelings. In order for them to operate there, (and to fulfill their long-term agenda of eventually converting the vulnerable people there to Christianity ) they need to maintain and perpetuate the propaganda of DPRK being as free and open as any other country. But perpetuating the DPRK regime's propaganda only hurts the rest of the 25 million North Koreans.
2) Yes, PUST leadership was very angry, and I am sorry for hurting some of their feelings. In order for them to operate there, (and to fulfill their long-term agenda of eventually converting the vulnerable people there to Christianity ) they need to maintain and perpetuate the propaganda of DPRK being as free and open as any other country. But perpetuating the DPRK regime's propaganda only hurts the rest of the 25 million North Koreans.
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