Comments on: Roh almost stuck fork in Sunshine: Chosun Ilbo

By: Sperwer

Sperwer — Wed, 28 Dec 2005 06:48:14 +0000

If the CI story is accurate - and I’m willing to go with Oracknay’s suggestion that it’s substantially true — then this will, IMO, turn out in the long run to be regarded as the single biggest error in the Great Pretender’s tenure, even though that analysis perforce will be of the coulda,shoulda, woulda counterfactual variety.

By: kimbob

kimbob — Wed, 28 Dec 2005 06:20:59 +0000

Well I don’t believe it. Roh has some semblence of a backbone? If you had seen him on TV apologizing to the Korean public about the deaths of couple metal pipe wielding rioters during the clash with the police, you would say no freakin way. He makes Jimmy Carter look like Gengis Khan.

By: oranckay

oranckay — Wed, 28 Dec 2005 05:17:04 +0000

Chosun wouldn’t run this story unless it was absolutely sure what it was talking about. There may be problems with it, but the overall gist just has to be based in fact.

Meanwhile, it might be worth asking why English Chosun didn’t translate the story, and what that generally means for the world’s understanding of SK’s approach to NK, or at least of Roh.

(It _might_ do the story now, since someone there monitors some of the English language Korea blogs and will read this post.)

By: Michael

Michael — Wed, 28 Dec 2005 01:00:02 +0000

Have Roh’s instincts changed permanently? Seems even more imperative to speak out now about N.K. than before….

By: rowan

rowan — Tue, 27 Dec 2005 23:30:09 +0000

if this is indeed true (you never know with korean media), it is very interesting, and cetainly casts some positive light on good old No Mu-Hyeon from my perspective. What Nomad said could well be true, but i don’tthink there are any shortage of “advisers” of that political colour in the present administration.

By: Nomad

Nomad — Tue, 27 Dec 2005 23:19:02 +0000

“his advisers” Gee, the cynic in me wonders if that would have been none other than Unification Minister Chung?