[KS] Jong-il Personality Cult

[Yong-ho Choe]

If this is indeed what happened---that is, the ship was hauled around Cheju 
island, this could have happened only under one of the following conditions:

         1.  US has renounced the legal ownership of Pueblo.  (But has it?)
         2.  US failed to detect its shipping.  (Most unlikely scenario.)
         3.  US turned blind eye while it was being transported around the 
peninsula.  (Was this the             case?)

Hence, this question intrigues me (with no scary thought of going after the 
ship within NK boundary).


At 09:22 PM 9/25/2003 -0400, Young-Jun Lee wrote:

>Kim S^ong-ho, a member of the National Assembly, recently visited Pyongyang
>to participate in the conference on the issue of changing spelling 'Korea'
>into 'Corea.' In the course of prescheduled tour, he saw the Pueblo in
>question and heard from an official that Pueblo was hauled via high sea,
>turning around the south of Cheju island. (See Kim S^ong-ho's travelogue,
>Chos^on ilbo, 2 Sept.,2003 )
>
>Young-Jun Lee
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> > Not directly related to the issues raised here, I have a question
>regarding
> > the disposition of the captured U.S. ship Pueblo.  The ship was captured
>by
> > NK near Wonsan in east coast, but it is now being displayed near
> > Pyongyang.  How did NK transport it there?  I cannot imagine that the US
> > would have allowed NK to remove it via high sea.  The only alternative
>must
> > have been by land.  Is it possible to move the ship Pueblo via ground
> > transportation?
> >
> > At 06:34 AM 9/19/2003 -0700, Chris Springer wrote:
> >
> >
> > > >1. Can anyone provide me with anecdotes that they have >read
> > >about or heard about over the years attesting to >Jong-il's intellectual,
> > >moral and physical prowess -- as >his flunkies have it? Is there
> > >a web site or article that >lists them?
> > >
> > > >2. Fredonia Press in the U.S. offers a book called "The >Great
> > >Teacher of Journalists," by or about Jong-il. .... >Has anyone
> > >read the book? Does anyone know Fredonia's >background?
> > >
> > > >Victor Fic
> > > >Seoul
> > >
> > >One notable anecdote given to visitors to the captured US ship
> > >Pueblo, docked in Pyongyang: Kim Jong Il crafted the DPRK's Pueblo
> > >policy, namely that the crew should be released in exchange for
> > >a US apology and that the ship should be kept as a war trophy.
> > >(He was 26 at the time.)
> > >
> > >For other lofty achievements by the Dear Leader, see "Great Man
> > >Kim Jong Il" (Pyongyang) and "Modern Korea and Kim Jong Il" (Tokyo,
> > >1984, by a pro-DPRK source).
> > >
> > >"Great Teacher of Journalists" was originally published in Pyongyang
> > >in 1983. In this collection of anecdotes, Kim Jong Il instructs
> > >journalists how to give his dad better coverage - e.g. photographers
> > >should not approach Kim Il Sung too closely; reporters covering
> > >a Kim Il Sung appearance should never let their attention stray.
> > >At times Kim Jong Il even steps in and takes over - writing stories,
> > >laying out photos, choosing typefaces.
> > >
> > >Myself, I'd like to hear from anyone who can tell me where to
> > >find Kim Jong Il's book "Theory of Architectural Art," or who
> > >has read it and can share its nuggets of wisdom.
> > >
> > >Chris Springer
> > >www.hiddenhistory.info
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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> > Department of History
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Yong-ho Choe
Department of History
University of Hawaii at Manoa
Honolulu, HI  96822

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