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Iran - North Korea - Hotspots
June 12, 2003
Seoul Left Out in Cold Over NK Nuke Issue
Korea Times The path set by South Korea to alternate dialogue and pressure in seeking a peaceful solution to the North Korean nuclear crisis seems to be winning little support from the United States and Japan, who are proceeding with hard-line moves to contain the Pyongyang regime.Posted by rjkoehler at June 12, 2003 04:54 AM Comments
There's always a chump at the table. The South Koreans seem to be coming to the realization that they are it. Posted by: beachbum at June 12, 2003 10:06 AMit boggles my mind that the current SK leadership (as well as many business leaders) think it is better for SK if NK stays on life support and does not collapse. Posted by: alex at June 12, 2003 11:18 AMAll together now... LMAO Posted by: Wolf at June 12, 2003 02:48 PMAlex, The SKs have looked at the costs of German reunification, compared it to their own situation (RoK<FRG in wealth and population, DPRK<DDR in wealth), and concluded that reunification would bankrupt them. Keeping North Korea at arms length after its collapse is apparently unthinkable (for domestic political reasons). So, they hope to keep SK on life support. Worse/more foolishly, they hope that doing so will allow some kind of reform to occur, so that NK becomes wealthier and easier to absorb. That's before you factor in the students and new left types who've just come to power, and steadfastly refuse to believe that NK might even BE a threat. Posted by: Dean at June 13, 2003 11:35 AMIf they feel (SK) we should go hell I know alot of soliders that would be happy to leave that place. Let them duke it out and find out for once and all that freedom is not free!!! Posted by: Tornado33 at June 13, 2003 12:07 PMYeah. Post a comment
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