Detail We Need to Talk About Kim   Oleh:  [s.n] Jenis: Article from Bulletin/Magazine Dalam koleksi: The Economist (http://search.proquest.com/) vol. 401 no. 8765 (Dec. 2011), page 7. Topik: Dictators; Political Power; Culture Ketersediaan Perpustakaan Pusat (Semanggi) Nomor Panggil: EE29.69 Non-tandon: 1 (dapat dipinjam: 0) Tandon: tidak ada     Lihat Detail Induk Isi artikel To his many victims, and to anyone with a sense of justice, it is deeply wrong that Kim Jong Il died at liberty and of natural causes. The despot ran his country as a gulag. The whole country was his movie set, where he could play God and have the people revere him. Not only did he himself die at liberty, but he protected an entire generation of the narrow elite who rose with him. And above all, Kim, the family man, ensured that he passed his movie set to a chosen heir, his pudgy third son, Kim Jong Un. The younger Kim represents the third generation of a dynastic Stalinist dictatorship that has ruled North Korea since 1948. Vicious factional fighting or family squabbles may rage behind the scenes, but the staging of his father's funeral on December 28th was designed to show that, in public, the regime has fallen into line behind the son, with his uncle and aunt as regents. Continuity is the imperative. Since more of the same means more misery at home and more nuclear blackmail abroad, that is no reason to be cheerful. The regrettable truth is that not just China but also America, South Korea and Japan have propped up a murderous regime. But the Kims cannot survive for ever. The sooner a dialogue begins about how to replace them, the better--not just for the stability of the region, but also for North Korea's forgotten and downtrodden people. Opini Anda Klik untuk menuliskan opini Anda tentang koleksi ini! Kembali

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