The Korean boys I met in my school days were all older than me, but it was not too early for me to go to school. Later, when I asked the reason, I found that they all suspended their studies after reaching their age to serve in the military, and then came back to continue their studies after two years. So they are all a few years older than me. All Korean men are without exception. I remember that Song Seung-heon went to serve in the military after the most popular performance of "Blue Life and Death". After returning, it will be difficult to regain the glory of the year. This is fatal to the artist. But South Korean law treats them equally. So a question has always puzzled me, is Koreans doing national military service like this just to keep fit, or is there a deeper reason? On a Friday when everyone gathered for prayer more than a year ago, I couldn't help chatting. Asked Chris this question. I summoned the courage to ask him if Koreans hate China. He shook his head and denied it. Then he calmly told me that they have national hatred with Japan, so I asked that the national military service is to strengthen the anti-Japanese national defense? He shook his head again, and I thought that South Korea's neighbors were only the inconspicuous North Korea, so I asked if it was to prevent a North Korean invasion? Chris nodded embarrassedly, with a frightened look on his face, he fell into silence, and I didn't ask any further questions. North Korea seems to be a taboo for South Koreans. North Korea, it seems, has also been demonized internationally. Whenever I hear anything about North Korea, it's almost never positive. Either they are poor or backward, or they are researching nuclear weapons in jeopardizing the security of the world. What similar news is there? You cannot wear shorts in North Korea, because it is immoral; North Korea has little contact with the outside world, and their trade is that two grandmas on the top of the mountain exchange food with bamboo baskets on their backs; North Korea finally built a The subway, but because of fear of being attacked and damaged, the subway was built 50 meters deep underground. . . For me, the Yalu River, the border between North Korea and China, is only a two-hour train ride away from my city, but the only intersection I have with it is when my father went to the Yalu River to do a project because I like stamp collecting, so I dropped it by the way. Bring back stamp. I have many, many North Korean stamps of all kinds, but the meaning behind the designs on the stamps is foreign to me. Traveled all over the world with my mother, but never thought of going to North Korea, which is the closest to us. Is it just because the country is not rich enough? However, I have also been to Cambodia. History textbooks say that after World War II, the Chinese fought against the United States and aided Korea. The result of this war was that Korea was divided into two parts, with communism in the north and capitalism in the south, and the 38th parallel was born and famous. The mediation between the two great powers is the most Later, it was at the expense of the interests of small countries. When it comes to this war, Americans are here to liberate North Korea to give them a new life, and China, because its lips are dead, must help its neighbors to drive away our politically hostile countries. This war was originally a contest between capitalism and socialism. This war was originally a contest between the United States and China, but the battlefield was in North Korea. In the end, the mediation between the two major powers ended in dividing the Korean Peninsula in two. Churchill once had this self-deprecation when he attended the Big Three meeting: to my right was an American bison, to my left was a Russian polar bear, and in the middle sat an English donkey. After the end of World War II, there is no peace in the world. Big countries are still playing games, while small countries only want to survive in the cracks. The textbook says that after World War I, the Austro-Hungarian Empire split into Austria, Hungary and Czechoslovakia; after World War II, Czechoslovakia split into Czechoslovakia and Slovakia. I didn't understand politics when I was young, but when I grew up I didn't want to understand politics. People who live in the same land and speak the same language are thus split into two countries, and brothers and sisters who are born with the same roots are brainwashed into thinking that the other is their worst enemy because of political needs. Decades have passed, time has not dissolved their hatred, but the contradiction has intensified. However, what is puzzling is why their hatred arises? The film is about a friendship that happened in the common security zone of North Korea and South Korea. This story should have been a natural sibling relationship, but it was shrouded in fear because of political hostility. Contacting on thin ice, no matter how careful you are, there will eventually be mistakes. One day, and then tragedy, came into being. The story begins with an accident. The South Korean soldier Li Bingxian stepped on the thunder and happened to meet the North Korean soldiers Song Kanghao and Shen Hajun who came out for inspection. The goodness of human nature transcended political opposition, and the North Korean soldier saved the South Korean soldier. The grateful Lee Byung-hun threw Korean goods to the benefactors every day, and there were simple notes along with the items. Gradually, Li Bingxian crossed the 38th parallel and ran to play with the North Korean soldiers, bringing a lot of Korean goods with him. It's not that there is no worry, but after all, the fears in these thoughts are no match for the feeling that people are really getting along with each other, and the righteousness of the country is temporarily ranked after brotherhood. The kind-hearted Lee Byung-hun brought Kim Tae-woo, who was on guard with him, after getting acquainted with the North Korean benefactors. The four tried to test each other because of their different national positions, but they were still defeated by the warm underground friendship. Until one day it was smashed by another North Korean soldier. In a situation of high tension and crisis, those who act first may survive, and those who want to survive at the critical moment of life and death Instinct triumphs over friendship, and the young boys in the panic with bullets all panicked. One second they were chatting and laughing buddies. The older Song Kanghao was still sensible and keen at such a moment. Seeing the tragic death of two comrades in arms and the fact that he was shot at by a lucky bullet and survived by luck, he could still come up with a solution in an instant without changing his face. The story setting of a Korean soldier who survived. This kind of righteousness reverses the established tragedy of the story, but it makes people outside the play even more sad and angry. Originally, they belonged to one country, but now, because of their ridiculous political stance, they suppressed the good instincts in their human nature and tortured their own brothers to persecute their brothers who should be like brothers. Personal happiness should be put aside in the face of national justice, but the hatred between North Korea and South Korea is an artificially created gulf between major powers for their own selfish interests. In the film, Li Ying Ae appeared as a staff member of the Swiss Neutral Country Supervisory Committee. Her investigation made the truth of the whole incident clearer, but it also pushed several soldiers to a desperate situation. National righteousness and true inner unity, have committed suicide. As another committee member said to Lee Young-ae: "You don't know Panmunjom yet, and here, the way to keep the peace is to cover up the truth." No one on either side wants things to escalate, and Lee Young-ae's active investigation has In bringing the already irreconcilable hostility between the two sides to a critical point, war is imminent. Li Ying-ai couldn't understand the situation until she learned about her life experience. After the end of the Korean War, prisoners of war could freely choose to go to South Korea to join capitalism or to North Korea to join communism. Among them, 76 people did not want to choose either to go to South Korea or to join North Korea. They wanted to go to Switzerland, a neutral country, but Switzerland refused their entry. And Lee Young-ae's father is one of them. Later, Li Ying'ai's father went to Argentina, and was able to come to the neutral country because he was lucky enough to marry a Swiss girl. "Whenever I think of these 76 prisoners of war, I wonder how humane the so-called neutral countries really are." , the committee member added. He revealed the secret in one word, and even though these countries are his friends, partners, or even neutral countries, none of them are based on humanitarian basis, but for the interests of their respective countries, they intervene in the affairs of the Korean peninsula. When it comes to politics, I always feel that life has lost hope. So later, we avoided talking about it. How long will North Korea and South Korea continue to hate each other? I don't know, the rules of the game in this world have never been controlled by me, and I can't even understand the rules of the game. Out of curiosity, I googled the military service situation in North Korea, and they turned out to be the national military service, thirteen years for men and seven years for women (whatever you can say, no need to go into details), and the North Korean people have the best time in their lives. It disappeared in the military service. For what? In order to defeat an imaginary enemy who was originally a brother? In addition to telling such a helpless fact and sad story, what is even more rare is the position of the director in the film. Once again, I am amazed at the way Koreans think about things. In this film, the Korean soldiers are all young and innocent, while the North Korean elder brother has a rare human righteousness higher than political righteousness. Did the director create such an image of North Korea's big brother for us, while helping to remove the demonized image of North Korea, does it also entrust the South Korean people with a good vision for their fellow brothers? Is there a dream of peaceful reunification in the heart of every Korean, in the depths of humanity that transcends the righteousness of the country? Originally born from the same root, why is it too urgent to fry each other? You and I are brothers. And human nature will eventually transcend politics and shine. 2016-06-22 22:22
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