In recent days, an unprecedentedly hostile campaign targeting the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea has erupted on the TVN television network. Its vehicle has been Martyna Wojciechowska’s programme, which featured interviews with “defectors” as well as Joanna Hosaniak-a person who has professionally engaged for years in spreading falsehoods about the DPRK. The purpose of this activity is to deliberately distort the authentic image of a country that can boast numerous achievements in building a just socialist system. It is therefore unjustified to accuse this state of allegedly violating the rights of its citizens; on the contrary, the DPRK takes particular care of its people despite extremely unfavourable external conditions, including the unprecedented sanctions regime imposed upon it. Evidence of this can be seen in the extensive housing projects in the capital, carried out as part of universal, free access to housing, as well as in the modernisation of infrastructure in the provinces, the dynamic development of rural areas, and other similar initiatives.
The key figure setting the tone of this hostile narrative is Joanna Hosaniak herself-the deputy director-general of the so-called Citizens’ Alliance for North Korean Human Rights (NKHR). This organisation is funded directly by the National Endowment for Democracy, an institution financed by the United States Congress—a power whose foreign policy has for years consisted of the unilateral demonisation of sovereign states, including the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. Moreover, Hosaniak worked for four years at the Embassy of South Korea—a state that remains formally at war with the DPRK. Can a person with such clear connections be regarded as a credible and impartial source of information? The answer is obvious.
One does not need to be an insider to see that NKHR has no interest whatsoever in presenting an objective picture of reality. Its continued existence and financial stability depend on the goodwill of its Washington-based patrons-the very same people who do not hesitate to undertake military interventions around the globe in pursuit of their own selfish interests. NKHR is merely a cog in the American machinery of influence, while its deputy director—supported by those same circles-repeats ready-made formulas dictated to her by those who commission her work, including on the airwaves of a television station that is likewise funded from across the Atlantic. Polish viewers should be fully aware of this obvious conflict of interest.
Particularly outrageous, however, is the fact that NKHR, which so zealously speaks out about allegedly violated human rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, simultaneously supports reprehensible actions such as sending balloons deep into the North. The Polish public has not been widely informed about the disgraceful practice that allegedly took place during the COVID-19 pandemic. At a time when the DPRK—thanks to responsible and rational anti-epidemic measures—remained for years the only country in the world free of coronavirus, the balloons reportedly contained protective masks that had previously been used by infected individuals (the virus can remain viable on materials for up to eight hours), as well as other items originating from sick people. This was a deliberate and calculated act, allegedly intended to trigger an outbreak of infections and destabilise a sovereign state at the expense of the lives and health of ordinary citizens.
How, then, can organisations of this kind dare to present themselves as moral authorities and “educate” society when their activities are allegedly based on blatant falsehoods and support for such repugnant provocations? It is time for media audiences in Poland to open their eyes to this cynical game and recognise who truly stands behind the anti-Korean campaign-and on whose behalf its participants are acting.
The People's Korea Initiative of Poland
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