Comments on: A little processed uranium never hurt anyone

By: Winds of Change.NET

Winds of Change.NET — Fri, 10 Sep 2004 22:39:21 +0000

Eyes on Korea: 2004-09-10
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By: non korean

non korean — Wed, 08 Sep 2004 20:02:57 +0000

hweld. I see your point with America’s stance on Pakistan. But what to do. Sometimes in war the enemy of my enemy is my ally. The US needs Pakistan’s help now.

Anyways I would just be afraid that some Korean would sell the technology for large amounts of money. Hey America is very guarded about the technology as well and keeps tabs on people. I don’t mean only a Korean would do such a thing. But Korea is generally much more relaxed with security measures and I could see it happening.

By: Simon World

Simon World — Mon, 06 Sep 2004 20:32:15 +0000

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By: wooj

wooj — Sat, 04 Sep 2004 21:19:10 +0000

HA HA HA. Nice to see you back, Sugar!

By: Sugar Shin

Sugar Shin — Sat, 04 Sep 2004 21:05:10 +0000

Zdunk,

some South korean citizens burn regularly the DPRK flag. So, what does it mean?

Superficially the Japanes are a polite and harmnoy-orientated people as a insular society, but under the polish, there’s as much violence, hipocracy and sillyness like in Korean society. No, wonder, they’re distant cousins.

Koreans: very bad ally.
Japanese: very good ally.
Americans: don’t give a rat’s ass about both people.

Ain’t it funny?

By: hweld

hweld — Sat, 04 Sep 2004 13:20:40 +0000

regularly burn spit and attak? really?

By: Zdunk

Zdunk — Sat, 04 Sep 2004 11:35:06 +0000

but what makes Japan more of a legitimate democratic ally than South Korea, to ask as one example?

Here is the answer: South Korean citizens regularly burn, spit on and attack America. Japanese citizens do not.

It’s that simple!

By: hweld

hweld — Sat, 04 Sep 2004 08:13:22 +0000

Ever since I’ve found this expat blog sites in Korea, I’ve always been surprised at the state of defensiveness from the blog hosts and participants. Now I do understand the natural reactions to “anti-American” demonstrations, but don’t you think you’re mistakening these incidents as being singularly Korean? These conjectures about the severing of ties between Korea and US seems baseless. I am aware of some of the justifications, but what makes Japan more of a legitimate domcratic ally than South Korea, to ask as one example?

One more thing, the presence of the US in the Korean peninsula was not a project in itself. It was part, a crucial one at that, to an overall deterring presence to contain communism to its restrictive areas. Most people today seem to forget that and simplify the Korea debate as some patron-client relationship.

And please no more references to Khan-like characters in South Korea; this is insulting. If we really want to look respectively at the proliferation issue and tie it to our (US) concern over terrorism, then the 180 degree turn of Pakistan should be placed under heavier study. But of course we don’t subject them to that nor do we demand much from Musharaf—as if he was our ally all along.

By: non korean

non korean — Sat, 04 Sep 2004 07:18:21 +0000

Some South Koreans told me they are actually happy that North Korea has a nuclear weapon. They assume that once they reunite that Korea (under a capitalistic democracy) will be a nuclear power able to defend itself and not depend on a foreign power-the US to defend itself. I don’t blame many of them wanting the bomb since it would help insure its survival from its bigger and more powerful neighbors. The hitch is that North Korea with a nuke might be the victor in any reunification and Korea just might be a communist dictatorship.

One of the big problems of Korea having a nuke is Japan would be scared of the ultranationalists in Korea. Should they then count on America to defend them against a possible Korean strike? Korea by this time would probably quickly stop being good allies with the US because they no longer depend on the US to defend them. Or should Japan develope a bomb dispite the painful history of being the only country to have suffered from a nuclear bomb? Also, there is always a chance of some Kahn like figure from Korea selling nuclear information to rogue nations.

If Korea and Japan both develope weapons the one good thing is the US would be able to get out of the region.

By: Zdunk

Zdunk — Sat, 04 Sep 2004 05:55:07 +0000

Reading the article, and others on this news, I was struck by this thought: how the South Koreans had deliberately set up a situation where they would be caught.

I think the South Korean government planned this, and it is a very smart move for them. It serves two purposes: it sends a signal to the United States that they will develop nuclear weapons if the US falters in it’s defence commitment, and it sends a subtle message to North Korea too - with a few months work, we can annihilate you back brothers, so just keep your distance.

A deft political move by the Roh admin. Strange as that sounds, that’s how I see it.