36. North Korea Says Jailed American Won’t Be Used as ‘Bargaining Chip’

In this article Choe Sang Hun writes about a Korean American man who was jailed in North Korea, because according to the Korean government, he was committing hostile acts against them. He was sentenced to 15 years of hard labor, and this is the sixth time North Americans arrest an American. In previous cases, the arrested men were released when the President of the United States visited North Korea. However, this time the North Korean government has no plan on releasing the prisoner nor invite the American President. This incident adds tension in the relationship between the United States and North Korea as Washigton tries to be tough with Korea regarding nuclear programs. According to North Koreans, in previous cases they showef humanitarian gestures, because the President of the United States had apologized for their mistakes,but the government states that this time there will be no humanitarian gestures towards the 'criminal'. Little is known about this criminal, but the Korean government claims that he committed various crimes 'aimed at the state subversion'. It seems that the North Koreans are growing in concern in the 'psychological warfare'. On Sunday, North Koreans prohibited South Koreans from sending antigovernment leafleats and said that if they do, the North would 'consider reopening the industrial complex operated with the South'.

In this article, the writer describes what has happened to a Korean American who went to North Korea with business intentions and intentions of helping the orphans. Hun also describes the North Korean attitudes towards this incident. He has a purpose of informing the readers, and in order to do so, he uses different rhetorical elements and also quotes people related to this case which adds credibility, ethos. For example, he quotes the North Korean spokesman many times throughout the article, who describes their attitudes towards this American Korean man. One of the rhetorical elements that the writer uses the most is the metonomy. He uses "North Korea" and "the United States" to describe the governments in these countries. This makes the reader understand better, especially the ones that have never been introduced to this issue yet.