In January 2009, the Jeju Council for Inter-Korean Cooperation, disregarding the North Korean military's General Staff's declaration of "entry into full confrontation posture" against the South, continued to load Jeju-produced tangerines and carrots onto the Chinese freighter Heihe (4,000 tons) for the third consecutive day. [Photo=Yonhap News]

The insult "top-class idiot" was used by Kim Jong-un and his sister against a left-wing president of South Korea. However, looking around, there are so many "top-class idiots" in South Korea that I feel compelled to write a few words.

The point is that Jeju Province reportedly sent kidney dialysis machines, Hallabong citrus saplings, and forestry disaster prevention chemicals to North Korea in May. I consider the people who sent such items, as well as the South Korean government and Minister Chung Dong-young, to be truly "top-class fools."

Of course, some people might ask, "Why are you criticizing them for sending medical equipment and fruit saplings for the benefit of the North Korean people?"

Remember this! What Kim Jong-un despises most in the world are various supplies, rice, and medicines coming from South Korea. In other words, anything from South Korea is unconditionally rejected.

In fact, how astonished would North Korea's medical staff be if they saw the modern kidney dialysis machines sent this time? And how grateful would the patients treated with those dialysis machines and their families be to South Korea?

This is because everything sent from South Korea serves as the best propaganda, proving that North Korea is a pathetic country and South Korea is a developed and prosperous nation.

Ultimately, Kim Jong-un fears most the exposure of the policy failures of the Kim Il-sung family and the awakening of his people.

Let me give an example. In the late 1990s, a North Korean garment company signed a contract with a company using a Hong Kong company name to process and export tens of thousands of garments. One day, hundreds of thousands of meters of high-quality fabric sent by the other party arrived at Nampho Port.

Without a second thought, the North Korean company transported some of the fabric to the factory and stored some at the port. However, a major problem arose.

The words "MADE IN KOREA" and the name of a South Korean fabric production factory were found at both ends of the fabric. There was an uproar because South Korean goods had entered the country. Immediately, all that fabric was burned, and the person in charge was punished.

During the "Arduous March," Kim Jong-il, fearing public opinion that people were saved because of the rice and medicine provided by South Korea, did not give a single grain of rice to his people.

The medical equipment sent this time may also be hidden away somewhere or even resold to China due to the "crime" of being sent from South Korea.

If Kim Jong-un receives a report about the machines and fruit saplings sent this time, he will fly into a rage and curse them, saying, "The South Koreans are making a fuss over something that is worth very little."

Are you still unaware of North Korea's nature, even after seeing Kim Jong-un execute students who watch South Korean dramas and imitate the Korean language to prevent South Korean cultural infiltration, and even enact new laws?

Especially pastors who extort money from their congregations and curry favor by building hospitals and sending medicine to North Korea are treated like "mongrels" by Kim Jong-un.

Therefore, North Korean workers do not even report such matters to their superiors in the first place. Furthermore, it is common for them to sell everything received from South Koreans in China and pocket the money. This is why North Koreans meet with South Koreans. North Korea's "lower-level workers" only pretend to like meeting South Koreans because it allows them to extort personal spending money from these "fools."

Seeing South Koreans who send money and supplies to North Korea without knowing this, it seems as though all the fools in the world are gathered in South Korea.

Despite this, these "top-class fools" package their foolish actions as "knocking on the door of inter-Korean exchange for unification."

The more these South Korean "top-class fools" act this way, the more Jong-un locks his doors tighter and curses South Korea.

In short, South Korea's leftists are the protagonists of the proverb, "You give ten and get slapped."

Look at the current reality where the leftists have handed over President Yoon Suk-yeol, opened Rodong Sinmun, dismantled the North Korean broadcasting, leaflets, and drone command, and offered all sorts of flattery, only to receive vulgar curses in return.

If the public continues to stand by and watch such a shameful government, the people of this nation are no different from "top-class idiots."

◆ Advisor Kim Tae-san

Advisor to Hanmiilbo, former representative of a North Korean trading company in the Czech Republic. In South Korea, he has been active as the Vice President of the North Korean Society Research Institute, offering deep insights and experience regarding inter-Korean relations and North Korean issues.