Was gewöhnliche Nordkoreaner über die derzeitige Situation denken, welche Fragen und Ängste sie haben, schreibt Hannah in koryogroup-blog, sie besuchte Ende März Nordkorea:
The Koreans we spoke to were all very curious to learn about what we had been hearing in our western media, how the situation was being described and what was being said about the DPRK. Comments heard from locals about the situation included:
Why do the US want to kill us?
Why is the UK involved?
We need to protect our national honour.
We are ready for war, we have nothing to lose.
The US has promised us food in exchange for giving up our nuclear weapons but we cannot trust them. Look what happened in Libya and Iraq.
The soldiers at the DMZ are all ready to attack whenever they get the call.
This is no longer the DMZ – this is now the front line.
More than 2000 nuclear tests have been conducted throughout the world – why shouldn’t we be allowed to do it?
Guides were particularly worried about the effects of the new sanctions on daily life they mentioned in particular worries about the electricity supply and heating and remarked that it is coming at a time when they feel life was just starting to get easier again. There seemed to be a large amount of fear that hardship for many may return.
At the DMZ the local guides said they definitely felt that the situation was more tense there and asked if we felt the same.
The Koreans we spoke to were all very curious to learn about what we had been hearing in our western media, how the situation was being described and what was being said about the DPRK. Comments heard from locals about the situation included:
Why do the US want to kill us?
Why is the UK involved?
We need to protect our national honour.
We are ready for war, we have nothing to lose.
The US has promised us food in exchange for giving up our nuclear weapons but we cannot trust them. Look what happened in Libya and Iraq.
The soldiers at the DMZ are all ready to attack whenever they get the call.
This is no longer the DMZ – this is now the front line.
More than 2000 nuclear tests have been conducted throughout the world – why shouldn’t we be allowed to do it?
Guides were particularly worried about the effects of the new sanctions on daily life they mentioned in particular worries about the electricity supply and heating and remarked that it is coming at a time when they feel life was just starting to get easier again. There seemed to be a large amount of fear that hardship for many may return.
At the DMZ the local guides said they definitely felt that the situation was more tense there and asked if we felt the same.