북한: "미국은 생지옥"

Published : May 4, 2014 - 11:32 Updated : May 4, 2014 - 11:32

북한이 최근 미국을 "생지옥"이라고 표현하는 보고서를 내며 미국 맹비난에 나섰다.

마치 지난 2월 유엔을 위시한 서방 사회들의 북한인권유린 보고서에 대한 앙갚음이라도 하듯, 북한은 미국을 생지옥에 인간으로서 누려야할 기본적인 권리들이 무시되는 곳으로 표현하였으며 남한 또한 미국 때문에 보든 것을 빼앗긴 곳으로 싸잡아 비난했다.

미국의 다수 매체들에 의하면 북한의 조선중앙통신에서는 최근 미국의 인권유린에 관한 보고서를 출간하여, 이곳에서 "인종차별주의," "양극화" 등을 비난했다.

이 보고서에서 북한은 미국이 플로리다 법원이 무고한 흑인남성을 쏴 죽인 경찰관을 무죄방면하는 등 그 인종차별의 골이 깊어지고 있으며, 미국인 스스로도 46%가 인종차별은 영원할 것이라고 믿는 지경에 이르렀다고 했다.

또한 미국의 빈곤이 심각한 상황에 있으며 매주 30만명의 새로운 실업자들이 나타나고 있는 형국이고, 작년에만 4천 6백 5십만의 사람이 극심한 빈곤에 빠져있다고 주장했다. 이 보고서는 미국에 현재 온갖 범죄가 횡행하고 있으며, 무장에 대한 관대한 법안들 때문에 살인과 같은 중죄 또한 왕왕 일어나고 있는 형국이라고 말했다.

북한은 또한 최근 노동신문을 통해 남한에서 남한의 대학생 60%가 등록금을 감당하지 못해 어떤 학생들은 의료 생체실험의 피실험자로 자원하고 있는 상황이라고 거칠게 비난한 바 있다.

(코리아헤럴드 배지숙 기자)

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North Korea brands U.S. 'Living Hell'

North Korea labeled the U.S. a "Living Hell" with racial discrimination, unemployment, surveillance and poverty rampant earlier this week, in an evident attempt to requite United Nations and several Western worlds’ claims on North Korea's human rights abuse that was published in February.

The communist state also slashed South Korea as a state "deprived of everything thanks to America."

According to several American media outlets, the secluded country's official mouthpiece Korean Central News Agency released an article, "News Analysis on Poor Human Rights Records in U.S."

The report claims that "The U.S. is a living hell as elementary rights to existence are ruthlessly violated."

The report cited racism.

"Under the citizenship act, racialism is getting more severe in the U.S. The gaps between the minorities and the whites are very wide in the exercise of such rights to work and elect."

It cited the Florida Court's last year verdict clearing a white policeman who shot an innocent black man to death and said, "That's why 52 percent of the Americans have said that racism still exists in the country while 46 percent contended that all sorts of discrimination would be everlasting."

The report also picked on U.S.' high unemployment rate, saying, "At present, an average of 300,000 people a week are registered as unemployed, but any proper measure has not been taken."

It claimed that "The number of impoverished people increased to 46.5 millions last year, and one sixth of the citizens and 20-odd percent of the children are in the grip of famine in New York City."

And therefore, it says, "All sorts of crimes rampant in the U.S. pose a serious threat to the people's rights to existence and their inviolable rights."

It said, "Bills on easing arms control were adopted in various states of the country, boosting murderous crimes. As a result, the U.S. has witnessed an increasing number of gun-related crimes in all parts of the country and even its military bases this year. In this regard, the United Nations on April 10 put the U.S. on the top of the world list of homicide rates."

The report goes on talking that "The U.S. government has monitored every movement of its citizens and foreigners, with many cameras and tapping devices and even drones involved, under the pretext of 'national security.'"

The report also claimed that U.S. President Obama is in luxury almost every day, "squandering hundred millions of dollars on his foreign trip in disregard of his people's wretched life."

And in terms of economic inequality, South Korea was also hit. The Washington Post cited a Rodong Sinmun newspaper's announcement that North Korea has released a white paper on human rights status in South Korea.

According to the article, the northern part of the Korean peninsula alleges that “Over 60 percent of university students cannot afford their school fees so must work (to make ends meet)," and that "Some even have to subject their bodies to medical trials."

By Bae Ji-sook (baejisook@heraldcorp.com)