Comments on: New book by Nick Eberstadt http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/04/12/new-book-by-eberstadt/ Korea... in Blog Format Fri, 29 Aug 2008 22:12:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: snow http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/04/12/new-book-by-eberstadt/#comment-77388 snow Thu, 12 Apr 2007 07:20:49 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/04/12/new-book-by-eberstadt/#comment-77388 If Bush and future presidents line up to kiss KJI's butt and SK and China keep propping him up, who knows how long he might last. If Bush and future presidents line up to kiss KJI’s butt and SK and China keep propping him up, who knows how long he might last.

]]> By: peninsular aborigine http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/04/12/new-book-by-eberstadt/#comment-77380 peninsular aborigine Thu, 12 Apr 2007 06:43:18 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/04/12/new-book-by-eberstadt/#comment-77380 Is anybody here of the Bruce Cuming's school of thought that 20 or 30 years from now we'll still be discussing the "imminent collapse" of North Korea? (Even a stopped clock is .....) Is anybody here of the Bruce Cuming’s school of thought that 20 or 30 years from now we’ll still be discussing the “imminent collapse” of North Korea? (Even a stopped clock is …..)

]]> By: Robert Koehler http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/04/12/new-book-by-eberstadt/#comment-77376 Robert Koehler Thu, 12 Apr 2007 06:31:28 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/04/12/new-book-by-eberstadt/#comment-77376 Got it, tocchin. Got it, tocchin.

]]> By: tocchin http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/04/12/new-book-by-eberstadt/#comment-77371 tocchin Thu, 12 Apr 2007 06:14:08 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/04/12/new-book-by-eberstadt/#comment-77371 Under Tokugawa Shougnate the population exploded so much thanks to their farmland reclamation and progress in civil engineering. There was no civil war or major uprising during 250 years of the Tokugawa period. The litercy rate was among the world highest. Tokugawa installed one of the wold biggest tap water systems in Edo(what is now Tokyo.). The market economy prospered to such a extent that the world's first future commodity market appeared in Osaka in the 17th century. The population in Korea remained stagnant and pre-modern urban consumption was nonexsistent before the Japanese colonial rule. Under Tokugawa Shougnate the population exploded so much thanks to their farmland reclamation and progress in civil engineering. There was no civil war or major uprising during 250 years of the Tokugawa period. The litercy rate was among the world highest. Tokugawa installed one of the wold biggest tap water systems in Edo(what is now Tokyo.). The market economy prospered to such a extent that the world’s first future commodity market appeared in Osaka in the 17th century. The population in Korea remained stagnant and pre-modern urban consumption was nonexsistent before the Japanese colonial rule.

]]> By: snow http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/04/12/new-book-by-eberstadt/#comment-77367 snow Thu, 12 Apr 2007 05:48:47 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/04/12/new-book-by-eberstadt/#comment-77367 Oops, thanks Robert for setting me straight on that. What did the Rhee or Chosun dynasty do that was so bad? I hardly think that they were unique, especially for those times, whereas KJI is nasty for modern times and has the modern means to be nastier than regimes in the past were, at least in terms of numbers killed and concentration camps for political prisoners. Oops, thanks Robert for setting me straight on that. What did the Rhee or Chosun dynasty do that was so bad? I hardly think that they were unique, especially for those times, whereas KJI is nasty for modern times and has the modern means to be nastier than regimes in the past were, at least in terms of numbers killed and concentration camps for political prisoners.

]]> By: Andy Jackson http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/04/12/new-book-by-eberstadt/#comment-77365 Andy Jackson Thu, 12 Apr 2007 05:37:28 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/04/12/new-book-by-eberstadt/#comment-77365 I believe tocchin ways talking about what most people refer to as the Chosun dynasty. I believe tocchin ways talking about what most people refer to as the Chosun dynasty.

]]> By: Robert Koehler http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/04/12/new-book-by-eberstadt/#comment-77364 Robert Koehler Thu, 12 Apr 2007 05:37:12 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/04/12/new-book-by-eberstadt/#comment-77364 He was referring to the Yi (Lee, Rhee) Dynasty, i.e., the Joseon era, Snow. He was referring to the Yi (Lee, Rhee) Dynasty, i.e., the Joseon era, Snow.

]]> By: snow http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/04/12/new-book-by-eberstadt/#comment-77358 snow Thu, 12 Apr 2007 05:25:35 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/04/12/new-book-by-eberstadt/#comment-77358 BS. KJI's regime is far more brutal than Rhee's regime was. I certainly don't recall ever hearing of massive concentration camps for political prisoners, there's just no comparison. BS. KJI’s regime is far more brutal than Rhee’s regime was. I certainly don’t recall ever hearing of massive concentration camps for political prisoners, there’s just no comparison.

]]> By: Robert Koehler http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/04/12/new-book-by-eberstadt/#comment-77355 Robert Koehler Thu, 12 Apr 2007 05:18:17 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/04/12/new-book-by-eberstadt/#comment-77355 <blockquote>Kim Jong-il’ regime is not so much different from the Rhee Dynasty.</blockquote> Or the Tokugawa Shogunate. But I guess it really doesn't matter who we compare it to...

Kim Jong-il’ regime is not so much different from the Rhee Dynasty.

Or the Tokugawa Shogunate. But I guess it really doesn’t matter who we compare it to…

]]> By: tocchin http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/04/12/new-book-by-eberstadt/#comment-77350 tocchin Thu, 12 Apr 2007 04:59:29 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/04/12/new-book-by-eberstadt/#comment-77350 Kim Jong-il' regime is not so much different from the Rhee Dynasty. Their first priority is to maintain the regime no matter how many people starve. They have many things in common, corruption, cruelty, incompetence, seclusion from the outside world, etc. Kim Jong-il’ regime is not so much different from the Rhee Dynasty. Their first priority is to maintain the regime no matter how many people starve. They have many things in common, corruption, cruelty, incompetence, seclusion from the outside world, etc.

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