Kim Dong-gil, professor emeritus at Yonsei University, is under fire for his abusive remarks about former President Kim Dae-jung.
The development came Thursday when he said the Nobel Peace prize winner should kill himself because he is responsible for North Korea's mass development of nuclear weapons.
It is the second time the scholar has used a ``slanderous tongue'' against a liberal former president. Just days before Roh Moo-hyun committed suicide, he said that the self-taught lawyer should take his own life over the bribery investigation that tarnished his name.
On the 59th anniversary of the Korean War Thursday, he posted an article that said, ``Kim Dae-jung has spent a huge amount of money only to hug Kim Jong-il and to dismantle the Republic of Korea.''
He continued, ``The dollars were used to help North Korea develop nuclear weapons, which are now threatening our lives, and the only thing Kim should do is to throw himself off from the nearest cliff.''
His remarks triggered an angry response from the public. His Web site was overloaded with angry visitors and had to be shut down.
``That man really needs some discipline,'' Lee Nam-hun, a 28-year-old office worker, said. ``Didn't he learn from Roh' case that you should never tell someone to kill himself?'' he said.
Architect hopeful Yang Sun-hwa, 31, added, ``This man is pathetic. He either thinks this is the only way he could get media attention or he is a sacred figure who can talk about anything in anyway."
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mariesa (61.85.236.54)
06-28-2009 15:40
Kim Dong-gil has put a curse on himself.
fcia (99.35.129.130)
06-28-2009 09:13
This over rated professor who lives in a illusion that he could one day be a Korean President (and has ran few times with disasterous results) should now accept the fact that he is a dingdong. He is lucky to have his position (thank's to his sister). Looks like too much Viagra has gone to his head.
john777 (70.19.180.6)
06-28-2009 08:56
So my answer would be that no, Professor Kim would not have to stoop so low to read this paper because he has many excellent options for his reading material that are far superior.
john777 (70.19.180.6)
06-28-2009 08:55
Regrettably, Korea Times is a second-rate newspaper in Korea (with a circulation of about 700K, far lower than those of Chosun Ilbo, Jung-Ang Daily, Dong-A ilbo, each of which has more than 2 million subscribers). The Korea Times Korean Edition is a passable newspaper, but the Korea Times English edition is really subpar, as you can tell by the inferior quality of writing/editing and the frequent bias as pointed out by ktint below.
mwhitaker (203.255.190.41)
06-28-2009 07:00
What do you think? Is Kim Dong-gil posting on this very thread? Given the hate-hyperventilation from some anonymous commenters here, I think Kim Dong-gil is spending his time posing and polishing his screeds here. It's very sad for such an old man to be spending his time commenting on his own articles at the Korea Times.^^
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