In case you care, a North Korean delegation is in Gwangju for several days of celebrations to mark the June 15, 2000 intra-Korean summit. On their first day in town, the delegation visited the May 18 Cemetery, where, if the Newsis piece (Korean) is to be believed, the North Koreans said a whole lot of nothing substantial/provocative. The delegation will also attend rallies and hold unity meetings with various groups; if last year’s celebrations are anything to go by, those meetings will provide us a cornucopia of priceless quotes. And the usual suspects look to cash in on the “unification” mood to promote the proverbial struggle against Uncle Sam.
And to think that if the head of the North Korean delegation North Korean Committee for the Peaceful Unification chief An Kyong-ho is to be taken at his word, all this (paid for by the South Korean taxpayer) will all be a thing of the past if the Grand National Party retakes power. Perish the thought.
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“Siding with the U.S. will only lead to war and poverty”
Glad to hear the North is so prosperous…
It is akin to US Democrates inviting Iranian ministers and citizens and holding anti-war rally in New York. How ridiculous!
Koreans are so messed up. They are so confused. They don’t know what is correct thing to do. Like a rat standing in front of a snake. Immobile. Frozen. Mind gone to blank. Totally oblivious of what is going to come next. A big swallow and it will be gone.
Hey, here’s a good idea: Why doesn’t the South Korean government offer to reciprocate? It could offer to send a delegation to the North in order to pay their respects to those that died fighting for democracy in the DPRK! Of course, I suppose they’ll have to actually find the graves first, which might prove difficult, the vast majority of them being unmarked, and all…
Well… I don’t think Committee picked right time to invite them over…..
Why not simply “un-invite” An Kyong-ho?
The U.M. is a dog with it’s tail between it’s legs. An organization that knows no other word than “sorry”.
Sounds like this “Citizens United for a Better Society ” is
sensible… we should hear more from/about them.
This is a picture worth a thousand words:
http://www.koreaherald.co.kr/S.....150033.asp
[Sorry, don't know how to properly link.]
Another surreal Only-In-Korean (OInK) moment. Where else would you have somber Nork gov’t reps paying respects to the victims of a pro-DEMOCRACY movement?