The Temple of Freedom... Rises.
By Barbara Demick, L.A Times Staff Writer
MT. KUMGANG, North Korea — Watched by impassive granite peaks and the suspicious eyes of the North Korean secret police, a Buddhist temple is coming back to life in this most inhospitable terrain. For the last 11 months, South Korean monks and craftsmen have been living in North Korea, rebuilding a famous temple destroyed during the Korean War. Among the myriad North-South ventures underway, this one is extraordinary uhmm, mostly hypocritical. because it is happening despite the communist regime's hostility to religion.
Houses of worship have not fared well in North Korea, but there are some, mostly catering to foreigners. Shingye Temple is one of those. North Koreans will soon start to wonder when granite temples will rise, for them. Ones that AREN'T fucking private property of Kim Jong Il.
According to State Department reports, 1,500 churches were destroyed in North Korea during the early decades of the communist regime, after World War II. Pyongyang, the capital, once was a stronghold of Christianity on the Korean peninsula. Now the city has just three churches that mostly serve expatriates. Some North Koreans seem to view organized religion as a foreign intrusion. "There used to be foreign missionaries in this area, and they robbed people and stole cultural relics," said Kim Song Gun, 37, a guard at Mt. Kumgang. These days, foreign religious organizations in North Korea only provide food and development aid.
Are the Americans REALLY the ones guilty of "atrocities"? It was a bad war. Let it go. Let Kim Jong Il "go" while your at it.
Let the Shingye Temple rise from the ashes of oppression.
MT. KUMGANG, North Korea — Watched by impassive granite peaks and the suspicious eyes of the North Korean secret police, a Buddhist temple is coming back to life in this most inhospitable terrain. For the last 11 months, South Korean monks and craftsmen have been living in North Korea, rebuilding a famous temple destroyed during the Korean War. Among the myriad North-South ventures underway, this one is extraordinary uhmm, mostly hypocritical. because it is happening despite the communist regime's hostility to religion.
Houses of worship have not fared well in North Korea, but there are some, mostly catering to foreigners. Shingye Temple is one of those. North Koreans will soon start to wonder when granite temples will rise, for them. Ones that AREN'T fucking private property of Kim Jong Il.
According to State Department reports, 1,500 churches were destroyed in North Korea during the early decades of the communist regime, after World War II. Pyongyang, the capital, once was a stronghold of Christianity on the Korean peninsula. Now the city has just three churches that mostly serve expatriates. Some North Koreans seem to view organized religion as a foreign intrusion. "There used to be foreign missionaries in this area, and they robbed people and stole cultural relics," said Kim Song Gun, 37, a guard at Mt. Kumgang. These days, foreign religious organizations in North Korea only provide food and development aid.
Are the Americans REALLY the ones guilty of "atrocities"? It was a bad war. Let it go. Let Kim Jong Il "go" while your at it.
Let the Shingye Temple rise from the ashes of oppression.
posted by KnightofGoodMrIronMan at 8:34 PM
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Thank you Dr. Howdy. Please stop by again. I only serve to offer what the web has to offer. My rhetoric can be easily ignored... Unlike the North Korean Government.
Stay tuned for more "alleged" Kim Jong Il Palace images...
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