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EBS History of Culture Series - Part 1 THE COUNT OF MYEONGDONG
~ Episode 21 ~
Were you looking for me, Mr. President?
~ President Lee Seung Man ~
~ Lee Gi Bong ~
Write as I tell you.
What?
After our liberation, I returned to my homeland.
Mr. President!
I will die instead!
If I die, wouldn't all this end?
What are you waiting for?
I told you to write what I tell you!
Yes, Mr. President.
I...
You can't, Mr. President!
I was responsible for this electoral fraud,
you have nothing to do with it!
You were pretty much going to be elected without any voting!
People have died!
Youths in their prime at that.
What did I tell you, again?
What?
"After our liberation, I returned to my homeland."
...and I spent my days surrounded by fellow compatriots...
who loved and cared for this nation,
so nary a hint of regret will drench my final breath.
Whatever my people want,
I shall make those wishes my unyielding command,
and those commands my heartfelt wishes.
"Listening to reports, not only our beloved students,
but all patriots loving this country empowered me to make a decision."
"I will act as mentioned,
and if there is one thing I wish to ask from them,
that is for our compatriots to bear in mind the fact...
that the communists are waiting with bated breath past the 38th...
for a chance to invade us, so give your all not to give them any opportunity."
If the people want it,
I will resign my post as President.
Mr. President!
President! You can't!
"If the people want it, I will resign my post as President."
With those very words by Lee Seung Man, the Liberal regime collapsed,
and a modern revolution was created by the people.
Someone said,
the decade-plus long regime by Lee Seung Man was an unquestionable dictatorship,
but Lee's decision to fulfill the people's wish and resign...
was the most democratic of decisions.
Was it indeed the case?
All the better!
I said it's great news.
Listen.
Let's call a spade a spade,
what on earth did President Lee do wrong?
Think about it, uh?
Was he responsible for the electoral fraud?
He wasn't.
Because Dr. Jo died, he was forced to run for president alone,
so why would he need any electoral fraud?
He would be elected without moving a finger.
So... why, why should he step down from his post?
He said it's because that is what our people want.
And who the hell wants it?
Raise your hands.
Choi, tell me. Do you really want to see President Lee step down?
You don't, right?
Yoon.
Forget about you.
How about you, Yang?
So you like the idea of President Lee stepping down?
I... just...
You don't, right? Here!
Take a look.
We have three Korean men here.
But there's nobody here who wishes for President Lee to step down!
This is all because of those Democratic Party fools!
They lose the elections, and then incite the foolish masses to follow them...
Students died in there.
- What? - A few hundred students died,
if the President doesn't take responsibility for that, who will?
You damned turncoat!
Say what?
Hey! You miserable bandwagon jumper!
You were all for President Lee until yesterday,
but now that he steps down, you change sides all of a sudden?
The people rule this nation! The hell you know...
Right... fine.
The people? Fine.
Raise your hands.
Who wants this?
You're drooling like a rabid dog, who would ever raise his hand before you?
Just answer me.
Are you keeping those hands down because I scare you?
Then, go ahead and raise them.
Democratically and all, let's raise our hands.
President Lee must step down.
I looked at the paper today, and the military is on our side as well.
That...
Too many people were killed.
You start shooting just because of a demonstration,
how can you expect them not to turn their backs on you?
That wasn't "just a demonstration."
Commie bastards got in those impressionable students' heads and incited...
Incited or excited, you can't shoot at them for that!
Why not?
They have guns to shoot them, not to prance around playing with them!
Aigoo... This is driving me crazy...
"They have guns to shoot them."
Those were the very words of "elected" Vice-president Lee Gi Bong,
right as he openly encouraged police forces to fire on innocent people in Masan.
Mr. President!
The family of Lee Gi Bong...
committed suicide.
Suicide?!
Yes, Mr. President.
Are you telling me they're all dead?
Yes, Mr. President.
Assembly Speaker Lee Gi Bong, Madam Park Maria,
Gang Seok...
and even little Gang Wook.
Mr. President!
Things had completely changed.
~ Lee Man Seop ~ (DongA Ilbo reporter at the time)
So Lee Gi Bong's wife Park Maria tried to help all the family...
find refuge through an army officer who had been close to them,
but he just refused to help and sent them back.
In the end, his older son Gang Seok,
for the sake of his parents,
said that more than enduring that kind of hellish humiliation in life,
~ Lee Gi Bong Family Suicide ~
suicide was a better option.
So people still say that Gang Seok shot them.
By nine o'clock that evening,
~ Seo Jung Seok ~ (Seonggeungwan History professor)
over a hundred thousand people gathered in Gwanghwamun.
At that point, it was inevitable for President Lee Seung Man.
So a little after ten o'clock,
he took a few officials with him and announced his intention of stepping down.
Finally, a decade-plus of dictatorship had ended, people rejoiced.
They thought that it was the start of democracy for Korea.
That is how the atmosphere changed.
What President Lee ended up announcing was a so-called "conditional resignation."
That is, "if people really want, I will step down."
As Ambassador McConaughy said that such proclamation...
was nothing but a stop-gap measure, and that he needed to effectively step down,
~ Lee Wan Beom ~ (Academy of Korean Studies professor)
that moved Lee to resign for real, this time.
And as even President Eisenhower announced...
that he would no longer support the Lee regime,
it pretty much isolated him both when it came to the US,
but also the military.
His final decision was that of fleeing overseas,
~ Lee Yi Hwa (historian) ~
but it wasn't like he had too many places he could resort to,
which is why all this happened in complete secrecy.
At first, we had no idea,
and I'm sure he had all this prepared beforehand just in case,
since he had a jet waiting for him in Yeouido.
The photos were only released to the press once the two had left.
Many of the fallen patriots of the revolution,
along with the 185 who lost their lives on April 19, are resting here.
These youngsters in the prime of their lives sacrificed their all...
to resist against the Lee Seung Man dictatorship,
and our world changed thanks to their efforts.
In the past, there were popular insurrections protesting against feudalism,
but they never managed to succeed even once.
In the twilight of the Joseon dynasty,
the massive Donghak Peasant Rebellion took place,
but eventually they were defeated by the Japanese Imperial Troops.
April 19 was the very first rebellion made by powerless people,
but which actually managed to succeed.
However, poet Kim Su Young's views on the matter were different.
"May the words of a poet who envied the majestic flight..."
~ From Kim Su Young's "Blue Sky" ~
"Of a skylark dominating the blue sky be forever changed."
"If you soared and struggled in the clouds that hid our freedom,"
"You would know,"
"What the skylark sees, and chirps about."
"Why does that elusive lady known as freedom..."
"Wear garments stained in blood?"
"Why do revolutions come with such solitude?"
We will now turn back time,
and observe Kim Su Young's behavior during April 19.
Jun.
Where is your mother?
And Daddy?
Eonni.
Ohh... What brings you here so early?
Did my brother go out?
He left for the newspaper agency early in the morning.
Which one?
Can't really say.
Why are you asking?
It's chaos downtown.
They're demonstrating again?
It's not just that today.
Armed policemen are filling the streets left and right,
and even troops are preparing to be deployed around the northern gates.
What could possibly happen?
It's not like he's a youngster like them.
You know how he is.
What if he gets angry, joins the demonstrations and something happens?
He seemed rather indifferent.
What is that supposed to mean?
Up until recently, he was getting all excited,
saying we needed a regime change,
but these days he's keeping quiet about that.
That's why it's even worse.
He probably made up his mind, so didn't need to talk about it.
Then again... maybe so?!
They said that if the demonstrations continue to escalate,
they might even shoot.
Yesterday, as a group of students were heading home,
they were assaulted by a gang and beaten with lead pipes.
There's even rumors that one of those students ended up dying.
How can they shoot at people?
As if we were still fighting with the north...
Eonni. I'll head to Myeongdong.
If he happens to come back early, don't let him leave the house.
If he witnesses people getting killed, you never know how he might react.
Yes, I will.
Seonsaengnim.
I'm heading for Gwanghwamun, care to join me?
To see the protests?
Yes.
I took the tram leading downtown,
and the way was blocked from Seodaemun onwards.
Seems like they're demonstrating right in front of Lee Gi Bong's house,
so it must be quite something. Care to follow me?
What would an old fart like me do there?
We'll go take a look.
I'm worried I might see someone die there, so no thanks.
Then, I'll get going.
Ohh... Su Young.
I was just looking for you.
Your sister is out searching for you.
I'm heading for Gwanghwamun, want to join me?
I was hearing gunshots from there?
Gunshots?!
This is serious.
Many people will be injured.
Su Young!
Don't go that way, it's dangerous!
Where are those shots coming from?
Hey, there! Let's get moving!
Dear!
What are you waiting for?
Let's close up shop and leave, it's a mess out there!
Ahh... Those little scoundrels, wasting time when they should study...
Study for the sake of what?
Like this country would give them any chance.
And what would you possibly know?
I said close the shop!
Wait a second.
- Where is Young Seok? - Where do you think? At school!
I told you not to send him today!
Wait a moment... This is serious.
This won't do it. I'll have to go get Young Seok.
Let Young Seok go.
If his friends join the protests, he should as well.
This old broad is out of her mind, all right!
Seems like they'll turn things upside down.
They sure should.
Kim Su Young was running out there, rejoicing like a kid.
Seems like even an old fart like me will see a decent world before I go.
"The final grunt of the muzzle, writhing violently"
~ From Shin Dong Moon's "Glorious Army of Davids" ~
"Blades swarming the streets in unison, like a tidal wave"
"Screams filling the air with the joy of victory"
"Piercing Goliath's soul into oblivion"
"Walking the path of legend, o glorious army of Davids"
Think he would be out for drinks on such a day?
You've been looking for him all this time?
You haven't seen him even once?
He was at the Bronze by lunchtime.
Then, it seems he was going to join the protests in Gwanghwamun,
but after that I haven't seen him.
What's there to worry?
He must have gone home after taking a look.
I wish it could be so...
Ahh... Curfew will start soon,
so hurry home.
Have you found him?
I didn't.
He wasn't at school?
They said that they all sent them home after lunch.
Seems like all the kids got together with their teachers and headed out.
Then, what if he joined the protests?
What did I tell you?
I told you not to send him today!
He kept insisting he should go, what else could I do?
Aigoo... This is no laughing matter.
Young Seok...
probably joined the demonstrations.
He joined what?!
What are you talking about?
When he saw me this morning, he just went...
"I'm meeting with my schoolmates next to City Hall."
Why are you only telling me now?
Who ever imagined all this would happen?
Dear. Let's go out and look for him again.
Where could I possibly go with the curfew?
What if Young Seok got shot?
Go out and look for him at police stations and hospitals.
What are you standing there for?
We can't take a single step outside.
They proclaimed martial law, and anyone found outside is arrested.
Aigoo... What now?
If anything happened to my son...
Aigoo... Young Seok...
Come here!
Why did you hit me? What did I do wrong?
You should have stopped him from going!
Come in!
I...
knew it when I started having nightmares the other day.
Even if I have to ransack the entire capital,
I'll find Young Seok!
Wait! Where are you going?
I told you that curfew has started already!
Wait!
You ruthless bastards...
Why are you shooting at those people?
They might have given those guns to you to use them,
but how can you just shoot at anything without thinking?
You motherless bastards...
Is that you?
You couldn't find him?
No... I came here just in case he went back home...
Maybe he went to Dobong-dong?
- To Mother? - Yes.
You know that he often goes there, when he feels down.
According to Lee Bong Gu Seonsaengnim,
he went towards Gwanghwamun rejoicing like a kid.
He must have gone there only to take a look.
He would never join the protests at his age.
Right...
So many people got injured and died...
What are you doing here?
Why didn't you go back home? Your wife will be worried.
What's wrong with you?
Mother...
I'm a horrible person...
Say what?
I'm nothing but a coward.
What's that supposed to mean?
I was heading for Gwanghwamun, and someone suddenly screamed.
"Let's go to Gyeongmudae," he said.
And everyone started screaming, and heading for the Jungangcheong*.
*old colonial government building
I was thrust along by the mob, and I had to follow them.
And?
We went round the Jungangcheong, and were about to pass Hyoja-dong.
I was following right behind them,
and suddenly, gunshots were fired.
How could you follow them there?
I got a hold of myself,
and noticed that students and young people protesting were running away,
while several people were being shot at, falling down.
I was so scared, Mother.
Deep inside, I was thinking I should have run there to help...
those students who were being killed by gunfire,
but I still couldn't move a finger.
"What if they catch me?"
"The police is claiming that all this was instigated by commies,
so what if they catch me?"
Why would you be a commie?
As if you didn't risk your life to run away after being captured by the People's Army!
Mother.
I was in Geoje Island, as a People's Army POW.
All those against me, Mother.
They still say I'm a commie.
Seeing my prose,
they still suspect my ideology.
Who says that?
Who said you are a commie?
That's why I'm a bad person.
People were being shot at,
and I was the very first to run away.
"If they catch me, I'll be in trouble."
All those Liberal Party fools went batty and told the police to shoot at anything,
think they'd let me go after the protests were over?
They'll catch all communist sympathizers and People's Army alumni...
and hang them like Jo Bong Am.
Aigoo...
Aigoo, why would you be a commie?
Go ahead and sleep.
Because of the curfew, he won't be able to come home anyway.
He seemed so happy to see this happen,
why would he be so depressed?
Did anything happen?
It must have been a few days after the elections.
He had just heard that, in Masan, students protesting on the streets...
had been shot and killed.
What are you doing there?
Were you listening to northern broadcasts?
Dear...
They're saying the riot in Masan was instigated by commies.
They're saying it here.
The police investigated the case,
and they said that commies were behind this.
The Minister of Domestic Affairs just announced it.
And I thought you were listening to broadcasts from up north.
Ahh... What if they hear outside?
If they do, so what?
I'm under surveillance!
Why would you be?
I'm a People's Army alumni!
Ever since I came back from the Geoje Island POW camp,
the police has been on the lookout for me.
Dear.
Why would they spy on you?
If they catch me this time, I'm dead!
Was he ever arrested before?
When the war broke out.
He ran away after being captured by the People's Army,
and on his way back home was caught, and questioned by the central police.
You prick!
You cold-blooded beast.
Even after all this beating, he's not making a sound.
You bastard.
Where did you run away from?
I was caught by the Volunteer Corps...
Don't lie to us, you prick!
You came to Seoul to spy on us, didn't you?
Uh?!
I'm a poet.
I was captured by the People's Army...
People's Army? They're a bunch of puppets!
Look at this prick, uh?
He doesn't say a word to stop this.
He's a commie, all right!
You prick!
You know?
Right as he was sleeping, he suddenly started screaming.
He said he had a nightmare.
He said that, whenever memories of the police beating him up come to mind,
he can't control himself.
He just subconsciously feels fear.
And says that people are the scariest thing.
I didn't know.
He never told me that before.
He calls that "red complex."
Red complex?!
The fear of being labeled left-wing, even when he's not.
How could he be left-wing?
His poetry might be modern,
but it is lyrical at the core.
And who would understand what he's feeling?
If you only mention left and right-wing, he suddenly feels scared.
Kim Su Young experienced the extreme depths that violence could reach.
The one which transformed people into wild beasts.
One which, if combined with ideology, could turn even more cruel.
It's all right... It's all right.
That day must have subjected Kim Su Young to many scenes.
He must have seen students fall to their death in a pool of blood,
running for their lives desperately,
and being caught by the police.
But, the moment he heard that martial law had been proclaimed,
Kim Su Young ran to his mother's house in Dobong-dong.
Both his red complex and the horror he experienced at the POW camp...
had started to tear his mind to pieces once again.
Aigoo... My son...
He must have died for sure. He's dead.
You little scoundrel!
You rascal...
I'm sorry, Mother!
He just slept at a friend's because the road was blocked,
give it a rest!
I've been to every police station in town to find you,
afraid something had happened.
- But you did what? - I'm sorry!
You slept at a friend's?!
I'm sorry, Mother.
I followed a schoolmate from 3rd grade,
and after going to see the demonstrations, we were arrested.
Say what?
Gunshots were fired all over the place, and you went there?
- How dare you! - Young Seok!
Young Seok!
Are you all right? Is everything all right?
But why are you hitting him?
He said he was arrested after joining the protests.
All right, that's enough.
Get out of the way!
I said give it a rest!
You little scoundrel! Come here right now.
I said enough!
That's enough.
If our Young Seok came back safe and sound, that's enough.
Don't say a thing.
I was so worried about him, I went to every hospital in Seoul.
And every place I went to, they'd tell you some youngsters' corpses...
were in such bad conditions, you couldn't even recognize them.
Some even had no legs or arms, and were all drenched in blood.
What if my Young Seok is one of them...
What if that happened to my son?
So I cursed at President Lee.
First he claims love for his country and its people,
and now what is this?
Could he keep his seat after doing that to someone else's sons?
I cursed at President Lee, Lee Gi Bong, and asked...
for lightning to strike all those motherless Liberal Party bastards!
Come to me.
Mother...
Don't ever do that again.
You can't die.
Why do you think your parents crossed the 38th?
It was to see you succeed that we did that.
Don't ever join demonstrations again, Young Seok.
My son...
"Letting the Heo Jung Interim Cabinet take over would just solve things."
"We needn't call these protests a revolution or anything of that sort,"
"and whichever blame the Lee Seung Man junta acknowledged,"
"let's make it as risible as possible." That was the gist of it.
That is, let's turn a revolution into anything but.
So the Heo Jung Interim Cabinet was nothing but a stop-gap measure.
At the time, even as far as constitutional amendments went,
the majority of the parliament was made up of Liberal Party members,
so public opinion asked for the entire congress to be disbanded,
for a new one to be formed and a new constitutional law established.
But of course they didn't accept this,
and with a government made up of pretty much the same people,
they passed the Cabinet resignation's motion.
More than any other regime,
this interim Cabinet did engage in electoral administration,
but they often closed an eye on the Liberal Party and their previous fraud,
in effect creating another contradiction.
Anyone in?
Is anyone in?
Where's everyone?
Lee Seonsaengnim.
Ahh... Yes.
Everything all right, I trust?
Yes. How about you?
Ahh... I'm just... Is Su Young in?
Must be in his room?!
Dear.
Lee Bong Gu Seonsaengnim is here.
Looks like he went out?!
No...
I brought him coffee just a while ago.
Dear. I said Lee Bong Gu Seonsaengnim is here.
Come on out.
You were home?!
Looks like I was interfering with your work.
We have to disband the damned congress.
What's that supposed to mean?
Just kicking out the president won't close the chapter on this revolution.
Those Liberal Party fools still have the majority.
But does asking the same people who helped Lee Seung Man's dictatorship...
to devise a new constitutional law make any sense?
And I was surprised you wouldn't go there...
This is an insult to all those people who died on April 19.
They'll take one step at a time.
When?
What's there to rush?
Lee Seung Man stepped down, Lee Gi Bong even took his life...
What could those Liberal Party members possibly do now?
- So... - That's not how revolutions are made.
Is that so?
So, what would be the course?
Seems like you're thinking about the French or Russian Revolution,
but that can't apply to our situation.
It can't?!
What I'm saying is that it doesn't just take deaths to make a revolution.
So let's suppose...
our revolution was like the French or Russian one.
What would you do, kill Lee Seung Man, dig up Lee Gi Bong's corpse...
and behead him once again, Joseon-style,
kill all Liberal Party members or imprison them,
and be it military, police, or anyone remotely involved with the dictatorship,
hold them responsible for what they did?
If you did that, you'd surely feel vindicated in the short term.
But how about the aftermath?
Look at our reality.
With north and south in constant conflict,
if we turn everything upside down and tear everything apart,
who is possibly going to take advantage of it?
Wouldn't that be Kim Il Sung?
Get out.
Go back to your Myeongdong with all those frivolous fools,
and drink the day away.
How could you say that?
Fine... Nobody could ever compare to you,
so let's suppose everything was truly as trivial and rotten as you think.
You can consider me just a wretched ruffian prancing about...
to steal a drink or two all you want.
But there is such a thing as friendship.
And the reason ours is in this state is not because you're brilliant and I'm not.
Just because we don't think alike...
I'm sorry, Lee Seonbae.
- No need to apologize. - I said I'm sorry!
On April 19, I spent the whole day following those protests.
And I was enraged by the sight of shots being fired at the demonstrators.
Not to mention the deep emotions I felt by seeing those same people...
go on and resist, despite all the bullets raining down on them.
- You weren't the only one. - I know.
That is not what I was trying to say.
It suddenly came to mind.
The fact that these people and I wished for something different.
All they wanted was denouncing the electoral fraud...
and this dictatorship afflicting us.
But I merely was shouting for the sake of freedom.
Lee Seonbae.
The freedom I am thinking of might be a much too ambiguous notion.
It could be the kind of violent and destructive force you described.
But we shouldn't shed our blood just to change regime from liberals to democrats.
Just because Lee Seung Man steps down and Jang Myeon becomes President...
or Prime Minister, it will not bring us freedom.
Of course, I'm well aware that absolute freedom would be...
a much too exacting demand considering our situation.
There are over a million troops up north,
and depending on the situation, we could face another June 25*.
*1950, day the Korean War started
So practicing anti-communism and striving to become a democracy...
is perfectly understandable.
However, that will not mean gaining freedom.
Freedom doesn't mean doing whatever you wish, my friend.
Of course, it could likely turn into debauchery.
But shouldn't freedom be as limpid and pure as water?
Go ahead, tell me that kind of freedom doesn't exist.
That it neither exists in America nor in France,
and that anything even only approaching freedom would be just fine.
But, shouldn't we at least try?
Countless young people died on the street,
and the very same people responsible for causing their deaths,
those Liberal Party members, are discussing constitutional amendments as we speak.
What could possibly come out of that?
A democratic constitution?
Is that even possible?
Would they just go... "Here, go ahead and kill me,"
"trample on my corpse, and walk towards democracy"?
Think that is the constitution they're preparing for us?
I told you already, didn't I?
That Lee Seung Man and the Democratic Party have the very same roots.
Sure, the democrats might live up to their name, at least a little.
Compared to Lee Seung Man, Jang Myeon's rule might not be as despotic.
But they're both on the extreme end of the scale.
They couldn't care less about people's freedom.
They don't hold one's spirit and mind in any regard.
They can change the political system all they want.
Change that constitution all you want,
but if you first don't cherish the human spirit and the value of real freedom,
then it's all fruitless.
In Korea, neither democracy nor unification will have any future.
Lee Seonbae.
That's what is different between France and us.
What we experienced on April 19...
Kim Su Young might just have been a perfectionist.
Both for himself and the world surrounding him,
he always strove for perfection.
And it's because both his life and the world around him were full of blemishes,
that he always strove for purity, absolute freedom,
and an uncompromising spiritual perfectionism.
That is why, while the world was celebrating the success of April 19,
Kim Su Young was alone, enraged by the very same thing.
Here is a poem Kim wrote, after Lee Seung Man stepped down.
"Take that loathsome prick's photo off, quietly toss it in the brook,"
"For starters, let's turn that photo into toilet paper."
"Let's erect the very first pillar of our democracy right where his statue lies,"
"And let us part ways with those rotten days of his."
"Ha! Come on, let's part ways with those rotten days of yore."
"By honoring our fallen students' glorious sacrifice with a majestic obelisk."
"Now is the time to extirpate that lying smile of his,"
"Now is the time to burn that prick's photo to ashes, without fear."
"The one infesting every nook and corner of this land,"
"That symbol of trickery, of adulation and endless atrocity."
"From company to company, and association to committee."
"From this council to that city hall,"
"From every room salon in town, to restaurants and theaters."
"From traders' kiosks to gasoline stands,"
"The photo our people cherished and looked upon with esteem..."
"From every desk of every school down to even kindergartens."
"Nothing more than a wretched prick's visage."
"Was nothing more than an escutcheon of oppression and tyranny,"
"You and I, sisters, brothers and mothers,"
"Ha! Nothing more than a murderer's face."
"I could even understand that Lieutenant Kang knew what he was made of,"
"Cheolsu and Yongshik and Mister Kang and Sergeant Yoo."
"Afraid of being called a commie, too in love with the money he made,"
"But did nothing, to save his job, his life, his wellbeing."
"He might have known what was rotting behind that dignified look,"
"Too concerned about letting his pitiable, miserable life go on."
"Like a continued, endless hush-hush,"
"But like second nature, like a habit,"
"But today is the day he can finally put down that photo,"
"He couldn't say a thing, exhausted as he was."
"And should now remove without a hint of hesitation."
"That despicable mug he had merely hung on the wall,"
"Wipe our behind with that dignified mug of his,"
"Let's tear it to shreds,"
"Let us laugh, and use what is left to light a briquette,"
"Laughing all the way, Ha Ha!"
"Democracy is now common sense."
"Let's tear it to shreds."
"Nobody can disapprove of it."
"Freedom is now common sense."
"From every military post to every teacher's home,"
"Nobody can seize control of it."
"From every guard post of a country which found democracy,"
"From every policeman to every public servant,"
"From every division commander to every instructor's office,"
"From every office where educators of a country which found democracy stand,"
"There is no longer any trickery within those public walls,"
"From every police station and branch office of the post April 19."
"From every station eyes can see,"
"No bribes those officers will take."
"Let us start close, gradually, from the smallest places."
"Ha Ha! Let us take off that prick's photo."
"Quietly, with a smile on our faces."
"Youngsuk, Gihwan, Chanseok, Jun, Manyong."
"President Kim, Miss Lee."
"Jangsun, Park-gun, Jeonshik."
"Let us quietly take off that prick's photo."
"Let us start close, gradually, from the smallest places."
"Let us take off that symbol of the darkest abyss of evil,"
"Quietly, with a smile on our faces."
"and tear it to shreds."
~ From "Let Us Tear That Prick's Photo to Shreds" ~ Kim Su Young
~ North Korean Army Song ~
What so strongly affected Kim Su Young wasn't the resignation of an old president.
He was touched by the people's voice, that feeble force...
and its triumph in the face of seemingly insurmountable adversity.
He was touched by the real voice of the people...
and not a mere facade, finally populating the pages of history.
But he was also enraged by the establishment which had created such history,
and their conspiracies to return to status quo were driving him into madness.
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~ On The Next Episode Of ~ THE COUNT OF MYEONGDONG
You awakened me.
To what?
I will never be angry again, at this world of ours.
Kim Su Young has changed, now he even jokes?
Again prattling about politics...
Leave out politics, and what else would you talk about, these days?
I guess women shouldn't do that?!
"He's quite a nice man."
So you found someone like that?
You're always so pacific and calm, Seonsaengnim.
Park In Hwan is suddenly coming to mind.
And I miss Lee Jung Seop as well.
Every time I come to Myeongdong, I miss Park In Hwan.
I wonder whether Kim Gwan Shik is doing the right thing.
My name is Kim Gwan Shik,
and I'm a poet.
If you wonder why a poet would announce his candidacy,
that is because I've come to scold Jang Myeon!
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