A hacking group's release of the member list of North Korea's propaganda website couldn't come at a more delicate moment.
We agree with the intent of the "Anonymous Korea," a local chapter of the international hackers' group with the same name: to enhance freedom of speech, especially at a time when North Korea, one of its most notorious oppressors, is ratcheting up military tension.
But it's a regret that is all we can sympathize with the group's act. By exposing personal data of more than 150,000 members of the website, named "Uriminjokkiri" (Among Korean people), the so-called hactivist group infringed on the privacy of so many people, in grave violation of democratic principles. It was a pitiable example of self-contradiction.
Worse yet, the move touched off a massive witch-hunt by right-wing Internet users here of what they paint as pro-North Korean members, which law enforcement authorities estimate between 2,000 and 5,000. These self-styled "patriotic cyber-warriors" generalized all people on the list as pro-North elements or even North Korean spies, sharply curtailing their freedom of speech. Is this what Anonymous wanted?
All this point to the need for the prosecution to remain extremely careful in launching probes into those on the list. It would be most important to confirm they are the true owners of the email accounts in question. Even the conservative former President Lee Myung-bak and ultra-right politician Lee Hoi-chang are on the list, indicating the doubtful authenticity of the list.
Prosecutors should look into only those who are real holders of these accounts whether they have conducted any anti-state activities. Many of these account owners, including researchers and journalists, keep them for study and getting news.
The revelation should not be allowed to rekindle the consumptive ideological warfare amid heightened inter-Korean tension. Most South Koreans in their right minds neither like nor admire the impoverished, anachronistic regime in the north. Making too much ado about it only reveals lingering "red complex" among the conservatives.
And that's what North Korea, and its few sympathizers in the South, may want at heart.
This is The Korea Times editorial for Monday, April 8, 2013.
※ 다음에 나오는 문제들은 본 사설에 나오는 중요한 어휘들로 구성된 토익, 토플, 텝스 기출 및 예상 문제 입니다.
※ Choose the one word or phrase that best keeps the meaning of the highlighted part.
1. The conference debated the sensitive issue of race relations. (2001 사법시험, 2000 법원서기보 유형, 2001 단국대 유형)
① delicate
② sensual
③ facetious
④ dominant
2. They did not know whom to thank for the anonymous gift.
① luxurious
② infamous
③ nameless
④ acknowledged
3. I think your machine infringes on my patent.
① undergoes
② encroaches
③ taints
④ indicates
4. If I am physically assaulted it will permit me to retaliate with reasonable violence.
① endorsing
② divulged
③ assailed
④ curtailed
5. In recent years, more countries' rockets have launched satellites into orbit.
① sent up
② began
③ held back
④ floated around
[해설 및 정답]
1. [번역] 그 회의는 민감한 인종문제에 관해 토론을 벌였다.
[정답] ①
2. [번역] 그들은 익명의 그 선물에 대해 누구에게 감사해야 할지 몰랐다.
[어휘] anonymous 저자, 작자 불명(미상)의, 익명의(unknown, nameless, unsigned)
[정답] ③
3. [번역] 나는 당신의 기계가 저의 특허권을 침해하고 있다고 생각합니다.
[정답] ②
4. [번역] 만일 내가 신체적으로 공격을 받게 되면, 나도 합당한 폭력으로 보복할 수 있을 것이다.
[어휘] assault 공격, 습격, 구타, 폭행하다(attack, make an attack on, assail, aggress) attacker 공격자
① 승인, 인정, 비준하다(approve , ratify) ② (비밀 등을) 누설, 폭로하다(reveal, disclose) ④ (열차 등의 운행시간) 단축시키다, 줄이다; (비용, 예산 등을) 삭감하다(reduce, cut down )
[정답] ③
5. [번역] 최근에 보다 많은 나라들의 로켓들이 궤도 내로 위성을 발진시켜왔다.
[정답] ②
We agree with the intent of the "Anonymous Korea," a local chapter of the international hackers' group with the same name: to enhance freedom of speech, especially at a time when North Korea, one of its most notorious oppressors, is ratcheting up military tension.
But it's a regret that is all we can sympathize with the group's act. By exposing personal data of more than 150,000 members of the website, named "Uriminjokkiri" (Among Korean people), the so-called hactivist group infringed on the privacy of so many people, in grave violation of democratic principles. It was a pitiable example of self-contradiction.
Worse yet, the move touched off a massive witch-hunt by right-wing Internet users here of what they paint as pro-North Korean members, which law enforcement authorities estimate between 2,000 and 5,000. These self-styled "patriotic cyber-warriors" generalized all people on the list as pro-North elements or even North Korean spies, sharply curtailing their freedom of speech. Is this what Anonymous wanted?
All this point to the need for the prosecution to remain extremely careful in launching probes into those on the list. It would be most important to confirm they are the true owners of the email accounts in question. Even the conservative former President Lee Myung-bak and ultra-right politician Lee Hoi-chang are on the list, indicating the doubtful authenticity of the list.
Prosecutors should look into only those who are real holders of these accounts whether they have conducted any anti-state activities. Many of these account owners, including researchers and journalists, keep them for study and getting news.
The revelation should not be allowed to rekindle the consumptive ideological warfare amid heightened inter-Korean tension. Most South Koreans in their right minds neither like nor admire the impoverished, anachronistic regime in the north. Making too much ado about it only reveals lingering "red complex" among the conservatives.
And that's what North Korea, and its few sympathizers in the South, may want at heart.
This is The Korea Times editorial for Monday, April 8, 2013.
※ 다음에 나오는 문제들은 본 사설에 나오는 중요한 어휘들로 구성된 토익, 토플, 텝스 기출 및 예상 문제 입니다.
※ Choose the one word or phrase that best keeps the meaning of the highlighted part.
1. The conference debated the sensitive issue of race relations. (2001 사법시험, 2000 법원서기보 유형, 2001 단국대 유형)
① delicate
② sensual
③ facetious
④ dominant
2. They did not know whom to thank for the anonymous gift.
① luxurious
② infamous
③ nameless
④ acknowledged
3. I think your machine infringes on my patent.
① undergoes
② encroaches
③ taints
④ indicates
4. If I am physically assaulted it will permit me to retaliate with reasonable violence.
① endorsing
② divulged
③ assailed
④ curtailed
5. In recent years, more countries' rockets have launched satellites into orbit.
① sent up
② began
③ held back
④ floated around
[해설 및 정답]
1. [번역] 그 회의는 민감한 인종문제에 관해 토론을 벌였다.
[정답] ①
2. [번역] 그들은 익명의 그 선물에 대해 누구에게 감사해야 할지 몰랐다.
[어휘] anonymous 저자, 작자 불명(미상)의, 익명의(unknown, nameless, unsigned)
[정답] ③
3. [번역] 나는 당신의 기계가 저의 특허권을 침해하고 있다고 생각합니다.
[정답] ②
4. [번역] 만일 내가 신체적으로 공격을 받게 되면, 나도 합당한 폭력으로 보복할 수 있을 것이다.
[어휘] assault 공격, 습격, 구타, 폭행하다(attack, make an attack on, assail, aggress) attacker 공격자
① 승인, 인정, 비준하다(approve , ratify) ② (비밀 등을) 누설, 폭로하다(reveal, disclose) ④ (열차 등의 운행시간) 단축시키다, 줄이다; (비용, 예산 등을) 삭감하다(reduce, cut down )
[정답] ③
5. [번역] 최근에 보다 많은 나라들의 로켓들이 궤도 내로 위성을 발진시켜왔다.
[정답] ②
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