提问朝鲜人：民众对韩国的真实看法是怎样的？ [美国媒体]

Ask a North Korean: What do people reallythink of South Koreans?

提问朝鲜人：民众对韩国的真实看法是怎样的？



in an ongoing series, NK News posesareader’s question to a North Korean defector. This week’s is aboutgenderequality – or the lack thereof

在一个正在制作的系列中，朝鲜新闻向一位朝鲜叛变者提出了一个读者的问题。

Having recently left her native DPRK for anew life in the Republic of Korea, Jae-young will be available to answerquestions on anything related to daily life in North Korea, what it’s likesettling into the South, and even for North Korean solutions to Westernproblems.

刚刚逃离她的祖国朝鲜，在韩国开始新生活的Jae-young可以回答与朝鲜日常生活相关的任何问题，甚至是朝鲜对西方问题的解决办法。

If you’ve got a question then you can findout how you can get it answered by visiting our “Ask a North Korean” pagehere.  We’ll start sending the best ofyour questions to Jae-young from early next week, so get writing now!

如果你有任何疑问，可以通过浏览“提问朝鲜人”页面解决。我们将会在下周早些时候挑出最好的问题给Jae-young，所以开始写下你的问题吧。

Question: What do North Koreans reallythink of South Koreans?  Does NorthKorean propaganda really influence what people think when it comes to SouthKorea?

问题：朝鲜民众到底是怎么看待韩国人的？难道朝鲜的宣传真的会影响人们对韩国的看法吗？

Jae-young: Those who live near the borderswith China know a lot about South Korea. Information about South Korea flows inalong with the Chinese products, video and radios that are smuggled into NorthKorea. Many South Korean TV programs are also smuggled in the form of videosoften and surprise North Koreans who obtain and watch them secretly. However,people in most areas that are far from the borders do not know much about SouthKorea. A North Korean who became a friend of mine during the process ofescaping from North Korea told me that the friend only learned about SouthKorea after arriving in China. People in most inland areas do not have muchaccess to transportation and communication and receive ideological educationthrough the state TV which is the North Korean government’s propaganda tool. Asa result, information about South Korea cannot reach them even through word ofmouth.

随着来自中国的商品，录像带和收音机被走私进来，韩国的信息也随之流入，住在朝中边境的民众对韩国了解很多。很多韩国节目视频也被走私进来，这些视频令得到偷偷观看它们的朝鲜人感到惊讶。不过，远离边境的大部分地区对韩国知之甚少，我在逃亡时期交的一个朝鲜朋友告诉我，他是在到达中国后才了解韩国的。大部分内陆地区的人没有交通条件和通信条件，只能接受党的喉结——国家电视台的思想政治教育。因此，关于韩国的信息甚至无法通过口耳相传告诉他们。

I was in high school when I was firstexposed to news about South Korea. I went to visit my uncle’s home where Iwatched a South Korean TV drama called “The Staircase to Heaven”. It was thefirst time ever I saw a South Korea drama, and was very surprised. I could feelfor the first time that South Koreans live much better than us. It was shockingto see that young South Koreans who seem about the same age as I were having acompletely different lifestyle. The sophisticated looks of the city streets andthe actors and actresses shown in the drama was enough to excite me. I was sosaddened by the heroine’s death in the drama that I had a mild case ofdepression for three days, and had my heart pounding a bit when I was watchingthe actor who played the main male character. I can never forget all thosestrange feelings, the excitement and the fear from the possibility of beingcaught. It was such an unforgettable experience that I searched for that samedrama as soon as I arrived in South Korea even though it is now just one ofmany distant memories.

我第一次接触韩国的消息是在高中，拜访叔叔的时候，在他家看了一部韩国电视剧“天国的阶梯”这是我第一次看韩国电视剧，受到了极大的震撼。我一次感受到了韩国人的生活比我们好得多。电视剧里面的同龄人跟我过着完全不一样的人生，这再一次震惊了我。复杂的街道，男女主人公的表演足以使我感到激动，女主角的死亡让我连续三天轻微的抑郁。当看到主要的男演员时，我的心跳加速。我永远忘不了这些奇怪的感觉，对可能被逮捕而感到激动和恐惧。虽然这次难以忘怀的经历只存在我遥远的记忆中，但是当我一到达韩国后，就寻找这部电视剧。

That first experience opened my eyes toSouth Korea and kindled more curiosities. I began listening to South Koreanradio broadcasts. I could catch Chinese and South Korean radio channels where Ilived. My parents tried their best to stop me from doing so for fear of gettingcaught, but I was drawn to South Korean radio news more deeply like a piece ofmetal to a magnet, even though it all began as a simple curiosity. I rememberso vividly still that every night after 10 pm I would take out the match stick thatwas put into a whole in the radio in order to block foreign channels and listento them at low volume all the while watching over to see if my parents wereseeing me. The hassle of having to put back the match stick to the radio duringthe daytime was in no way enough to put down my curiosity.

第一次经历打开了我对韩国的视野，点燃了我的好奇心。我开始收听韩国的广播电台。在我居住的地方能捕捉到中国和韩国的广播信号。因为害怕被逮捕，我的父母竭尽所能阻止我收听。虽然那是从一次小小的好奇心开始的，但我就像金属遇上磁铁一样，被韩国广播消息深深的吸引了。我依然清楚的记得，每天晚上10点后我都会取出放在收音机里面，阻止我收听外国广播的火柴棒，调低音量，观察父母是否在看着我，白天将火柴棒放入收音机的麻烦根本没办法打消我的好奇心。

I had to ensure the security of our homewhen I listened to the radio. All lights had to be turned out, all the curtainshad to be drawn, and the radio volume could not be louder than a whisper of anant. An occasional barking of a neighbor’s dog would just cause my heart todrop to the floor and my eyes double in size. Situations like a scene from amovie were our reality. Radio sounds were clearer on cloudy days. I was sotaken by the accents that were so different from ours I even tried to repeatafter the words in Seoul accent, all in a very low, hardly audible level.

当我听广播的时候，不得不确认家里的安全。所有的灯都必须关掉。所有的窗帘都被拉上，收音机的音量也不会大过蚂蚁的低语。偶尔，邻居家狗的吠叫，我的心就会吊到嗓子眼，目光放大两倍。电影里的场景就是我们生活的真实写照。广播在阴天的时候更加清晰，我被如此不同的口音吸引了，在听到首尔口音后我甚至用非常低，几乎听不到的声音模仿过。

What caught my ears especially in thosedays was the “news”. So different from the North Korean news, the South Koreannews talked about some events that happened in real time. It also included newsabout various food and medical supplies that were being sent to North Korea asaid. I was confused for a while when I realized that South Korea and Americawere sending aid to North Korea and that was so different from what thegovernment was telling us. I was questioning who was telling the truth.Meanwhile, I was happy writing down the lyrics of some happy music and learningthe songs. It was a very simple song, and I remember that even my parents joinedme and sang along.

在那段时间最吸引我的是“新闻”，与朝鲜的新闻如此不同，韩国新闻谈论一些时事。也包括援助给朝鲜各种食物和医疗用品。当我听到韩国和美国正在援助我们的时候，我困惑了，这与政府告诉我们的完全不一样。我想问哪方说的真话。同时，我很开心的记录下了一些欢快歌曲的歌词，以便学习。那是一首非常简单的歌曲，我记得我的父母甚至也跟着一起唱过。

Every week, the North Korean governmentconducts ‘Kangyeonhwe’, or lectures, that disparage the South. Some NorthKoreans may believe such propaganda wholeheartedly, but most of them let it inone ear and out on the other. Where the lectures portray the South as evil andimpoverished, some North Koreans see evidence to the contrary in the form offood, fertilizers and medicines that come from the South. As a result, manyNorth Koreans know that the South is wealthy and feel envious. Strict NorthKorean laws keep them from expressing any such knowledge and feelings about theSouth, however. I believe that much information about South Korea has becomeavailable and made many North Koreans change their image of the South, so ingeneral positive feelings about the South outnumber the negative. I believealso that the growing positive feeling of the South is causing more NorthKoreans to escape from the country and eventually arrive in South Korea.

每周，朝鲜政府都会组织‘Kangyeonhwe’或者讲座，以贬低南方。有些朝鲜人还对这种宣传深信不疑，但是大部分都是左耳进右耳出。讲座把韩国形容成邪恶和贫困的，但是一些朝鲜人看到了来自韩国的食物，肥料和药品这些反面证据。结果，大量朝鲜人对韩国人的富有感到羡慕。严苛的朝鲜法律禁止他们表达诸如此类对韩国的感觉。不过，我相信朝鲜人能够通过接触越来越多的韩国消息，改变对韩国的看法，正面的印象超过负面的印象，我也相信对韩国的积极情绪会导致越来越多的朝鲜人逃离到祖国，来到韩国。