What has the MFA Boston got to do with North Korea? Earlier this month my family visited the MFA on the other side of the Charles River in Boston. In the center of the rotunda of the museum was a large Christmas tree decorated with flags from all around the world. In one of Boston’s cultural centers nonetheless. I was surprised and dismayed to see a couple North Korean flags on the tree. I don’t know how many people noticed them but I briefly considered asking the museum staff to remove such a horrific symbol of inhumanity on display.
The South Korean government will allow this symbol to be displayed in Seoul, in Pyeongchang, and likely other cities in South Korea during the Winter Olympics. Remember that the South Korean government begged KJU to send cheerleaders and a big band in addition his athletes. Most likely with South Korea's full financial support, too.The world failed to take stand against the Nazis during the 1936 Summer Olympics. In 1936, according to the USHMM, “most newspaper accounts echoed the New York Times report that the Games put Germans 'back in the fold of nations,' and even made them 'more human again.' Some even found reason to hope that this peaceable interlude would endure.” Sounds familiar, doesn’t it?
