#112, Moon
Read the news article below for this week's Journal response.
Kim Jong Un Announces Plan to Bring Moon to North Korea
by Nick Cummings-Bruce | April 1, 2014
Superlative news out of North Korea, earlier today space program director Pae Yong-Nam announced plans to bring the moon to North Korea by 2015. In the official press conference, Kim Jong Un declared, “Since time immemorial, man has longed to walk on the moon in Korea. At last, we will realize that dream.”
The Dear Leader Kim Jong Un devised the great plan when the ghost of eternal President Kim Il Sung invited him to the moon for a three-day vacation. He said,
“Why not share the moon-joys with all our countrymen as a father would with his children?"
The space agency will launch five rockets which will return to North Korea with the moon in tow. Experts say it will be the most auspicious event in the history of humankind. A force of one million men will anchor it to a resplendent pedestal modeled on the Dear Leader’s perfect hand. The People’s Great and Harmonious Moon Hand of Kim Jong Un will be the largest pedestal ever constructed. Once the moon is secured, the space agency will remove the American flag currently defiling the moon. It will be replaced by a North Korean flag, a banner of Kim Jong Un, and an orchestra playing themes from Oscar-winning movies 24 hours a day.
Once in possession of the taciturn satellite, they will study the effects of moon possession on national glory. Public response to the plan has been uniform. One citizen noted, "The moon has much to teach us. Listen closely as she whispers to you."
It will be the greatest victory for North Korea since 1944, when Great Leader and Eternal President Kim Il Sung swam to the bottom of the ocean on the back of a blue whale and killed the Giant Crab Spirit to save Korea from her typhoons, then resurfaced to defeat the Japanese army with his fists.
SOURCE: http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/international/countriesandterritories/northkorea/
To complete this Journal response, complete the following tasks,
Write your personal reaction to North Korea's attempts to retrieve the moon.
Write a policy in response to North Korea's plan and briefly describe it.
e.g., THW: stop sending aid to North Korea.
Comment on one of your peer's responses.
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