The Propaganda Game Page #2

war could break out in Korea.

In order to preserve peace

in Korea and in the World,

we need to design a new system

that can assure peace

between us and the U.S.

But the U.S. keeps doing

military tests

and every year they increase

the deployment of nuclear weapons

in South Korea.

Our victory is not recognized

by the U.S.

and doesn't appear in their books.

We do not know

how it will be taught in the future.

Documents, they showed

how the war was prepared

by the North Koreans.

Evidence from the

Russian and Chinese archives

was published 20 years ago,

but most North Koreans

still believe

the war was initiated

by the Americans.

When I was in North Korea.

I was taught that America

started the Korean War

but when I came to South Korea

and studied the history,

I realized that

it was actually North Korea

that first attacked South Korea.

We always explain the Korean War

was started by the U.S.

although there was

a fight going on

because our guerillas

led by President Kim Il-sung,

liberated the Northern half

while the U.S. was advancing

from the South.

Then they collided and there were

many skirmishes and fighting.

Even if the Americans

recognize their wrongdoing,

we won't let them

enter our country,

nor will we let them

sign this treaty.

In school we are taught

that the United States

is the cause

of our economic hardship

and the reason why

our lives are so difficult.

That is why the North Koreans

believe the U.S. is to blame

for their mortification

and their dissatisfaction.

It is all the fault

of the United States.

We cannot live like enemies forever.

Some people change their policies,

or apologize for the past

but, speaking of Americans

they never did.

Imperialists are still...

they didn't throw away

their policy.

They're sanctioning

and stifling ours.

So defending our country,

of course, that matter comes first.

Military force is very important,

so we are enforcing

Songun politics

even in present times.

"Army first" politics.

It means a country

without a powerful army

cannot survive.

It will be always dependent

on the big superpowers.

The principle

of the Songun revolution

is that the army is the party,

the nation and the people.

This means the party

can only subsist and prosper

thanks to the military forces.

Songun is a statement by

the North Korean Government.

The soldiers are the most

progressive class in the society,

who is playing the leading role

in defining its political line.

These statements however are

completely unrelated to reality,

it's just the rhetoric exercise

by the professional ideologues.

Korea spends 16% of its GDP

on the military.

This is huge,

considering the economic situation

where there is widespread

hunger and poverty.

However,

given the geographic location,

Korea needs to keep up

this investment

as they have to be prepared

for war at any moment.

- North Korea, the secretive nation

with its mysterious

young dictator,

announcing they will test their

nuclear power,

a rocket big enough

and with enough range

to reach the west coast

of the United States.

May represent

the most advanced technology

we've ever seen

come out of North Korea.

- It's terrifying.

- So thrilled was this country

by their rocket launch

fireworks ripped through the sky.

North Korean newscasters

announced the successful launch

with ecstasy.

The launch has been a success!

We are always

on the verge of nuclear war.

The U.S. is allowed to have

the highest amount

of nuclear weapons.

We cannot afford

to be unprotected.

North Korea aims

for the nuclear bomb

since the 90s,

because, until then,

it has been protected

by the soviet nuclear umbrella.

And this is something that the

Western media always forget:

Korea has always been

under the threat

of the Western nuclear weapon

always.

We are forced

you can understand it,

when they are organizing

a sort of big campaign,

a military campaign,

and execute military rehearsals

every year

in front of our nose,

we can't stay with folded arms

we have to do

our part of the job.

This is self-defense, definitely.

- These are among

the biggest simulated battles

staged anywhere in the world.

And, on occasion,

these exercises have provoked

a violent reaction from the North.

Sometimes the North

has held its own exercises

determined to show

its military might.

On other occasions,

the bombardment has been real.

It's much more interesting

to analyze

the "menace"

that North Korea represents

for the rest of the world.

It's a country

that has never invaded others,

whose army is basically made of

junk.

It's like comparing

a space station

with a toaster.

- It's not a joke.

It's a country

with the fourth largest

standing army in the world.

It's a country

which is armed to the teeth

with 20 nuclear warheads

and with an increasingly

sophisticated missile delivery

system.

If we didn't protect ourselves,

if we weren't strong,

we would succumb

to the menace of imperialism.

Armed robbery

has to be answered with weapons.

A powerful army needs to be prepared

to overthrow the imperialist invader.

It's a credible argument,

It's not a crazy idea of the Kims',

to get nuclear weapons,

it is a matter of survival.

Based on what happened

to Saddam Hussein

after they did engage

in some disarmament,

so the North Koreans

feel that the only thing

that's protecting them

is their nuclear weapons.

Do you think if you didn't have

the nuclear weapon

you would have been invaded?

Most probably, yes.

Only by building a powerful

and nuclear deterrence force

we can stop the bullying

and the threats from the U.S.

My dream has always been

to be a member

of our Korean People's Army

since I was so young.

I could say that I am born in Spain,

I am born Spanish

but adopted North Korean.

The way he speaks

about our country,

the way he appreciates our country,

is very much valued

by our people.

They like him.

And sometimes,

in the streets,

some Koreans recognize him.

"Oh, hello, I saw you before!",

and "I am so happy to meet you!"

like that.

There are a lot of sympathizers.

But it is not often

that someone goes as far

as to be willing

to give his life for us,

like Alejandro.

When I was 16,

I had my first encounter

with the minister Li Jong Gun

and he instructed me

on what the country really means

and this was my first relationship

with a North Korean friend.

He had seen my potential

and he told me:

"Alejandro, you cannot waste

your capacity, your knowledge,

as a soldier of the People's Army.

We have millions of soldiers.

But we don't have anyone

who understands,

who's been born into capitalism,

and who can act as a bridge

between both cultures,

between both ideologies.

Our party, our country,

needs you outside."

He was like a mentor to Alejandro.

He told me once:

"Your son is the number one Korean."

It was a surprise for us.

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