Comments on: “Shriveled to the Size of A Dog” http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/06/01/shriveled-to-the-size-of-a-dog/ Korea... in Blog Format Sun, 7 Sep 2008 08:55:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: SomeguyinKorea http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/06/01/shriveled-to-the-size-of-a-dog/#comment-83535 SomeguyinKorea Fri, 01 Jun 2007 23:01:34 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/06/01/shriveled-to-the-size-of-a-dog/#comment-83535 "From what I can tell, self-righteous moral anger, sanctions, and the geopolitical dilemma caused by Cold War legacy hasn’t done very much to save North Korean lives either." That's not what I was calling for. Do you think that inspecting 20 truckloads of aid a year, all on the same day after having given advance warning to the NK government, is sufficient? Well, isn't that what a whistle-blower, a South Korean university professor who has served as an aid inspector in NK, said? On top of that, North Korea has been known to send food aid inspectors to villages filled by actors, the tallest, healthiest, most handsome and beautiful people they could find, that were bused in from all over North Korean specifically for the visit. “From what I can tell, self-righteous moral anger, sanctions, and the geopolitical dilemma caused by Cold War legacy hasn’t done very much to save North Korean lives either.”

That’s not what I was calling for. Do you think that inspecting 20 truckloads of aid a year, all on the same day after having given advance warning to the NK government, is sufficient? Well, isn’t that what a whistle-blower, a South Korean university professor who has served as an aid inspector in NK, said? On top of that, North Korea has been known to send food aid inspectors to villages filled by actors, the tallest, healthiest, most handsome and beautiful people they could find, that were bused in from all over North Korean specifically for the visit.

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]]> By: DPRK Studies http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/06/01/shriveled-to-the-size-of-a-dog/#comment-83520 DPRK Studies Fri, 01 Jun 2007 18:20:21 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/06/01/shriveled-to-the-size-of-a-dog/#comment-83520 <strong>DPRK Refugee Repatriation: An Example We Know About...</strong> The 1951 United Nations Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees and the supplemental Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees of 1967 has been ignored for years by both China and Russia. This is just one specific example of the consequences (h... DPRK Refugee Repatriation: An Example We Know About…

The 1951 United Nations Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees and the supplemental Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees of 1967 has been ignored for years by both China and Russia. This is just one specific example of the consequences (h…

]]> By: sewing http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/06/01/shriveled-to-the-size-of-a-dog/#comment-83519 sewing Fri, 01 Jun 2007 17:30:05 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/06/01/shriveled-to-the-size-of-a-dog/#comment-83519 There is nothing funny about that. (response to "Ledtim" posting) There is nothing funny about that. (response to “Ledtim” posting)

]]> By: Ledtim http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/06/01/shriveled-to-the-size-of-a-dog/#comment-83504 Ledtim Fri, 01 Jun 2007 14:59:59 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/06/01/shriveled-to-the-size-of-a-dog/#comment-83504 deleted (off-topic) deleted (off-topic)

]]> By: snow http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/06/01/shriveled-to-the-size-of-a-dog/#comment-83428 snow Fri, 01 Jun 2007 03:23:13 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/06/01/shriveled-to-the-size-of-a-dog/#comment-83428 In reality, the Sunshine Policy has been little more than the act of taking it where the sun don't shine just to keep KJI and his cronies from crumbling and ruining the party in the South. In reality, the Sunshine Policy has been little more than the act of taking it where the sun don’t shine just to keep KJI and his cronies from crumbling and ruining the party in the South.

]]> By: Railwaycharm http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/06/01/shriveled-to-the-size-of-a-dog/#comment-83415 Railwaycharm Fri, 01 Jun 2007 01:23:31 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/06/01/shriveled-to-the-size-of-a-dog/#comment-83415 There are no words. There are no words.

]]> By: SomeguyinKorea http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/06/01/shriveled-to-the-size-of-a-dog/#comment-83414 SomeguyinKorea Fri, 01 Jun 2007 01:20:45 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/06/01/shriveled-to-the-size-of-a-dog/#comment-83414 So, obviously the Sunshine Policy, or whatever it is called now, isn't producing the results it was intended to do. How long will it last before conditions in North Korea get much better? Sitting by while knowing that the aid sent up North does not make it to the ones who are the most in need (but instead it is used by Kim Jong Il to bribe the military into extending its support to him) is probably not the most moral thing to do. One thing for sure: historians will look at this as one of the greatest travesties of the early 21st century. The South Korean government needs to be more forceful with the North Korean government, it needs to take adequate actions to ensure that aid does make its way to the ones that are most in need. Taking the North Korean government's word that it is certainly isn't good enough. So, obviously the Sunshine Policy, or whatever it is called now, isn’t producing the results it was intended to do. How long will it last before conditions in North Korea get much better?

Sitting by while knowing that the aid sent up North does not make it to the ones who are the most in need (but instead it is used by Kim Jong Il to bribe the military into extending its support to him) is probably not the most moral thing to do. One thing for sure: historians will look at this as one of the greatest travesties of the early 21st century.

The South Korean government needs to be more forceful with the North Korean government, it needs to take adequate actions to ensure that aid does make its way to the ones that are most in need. Taking the North Korean government’s word that it is certainly isn’t good enough.

]]> By: R. Elgin http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/06/01/shriveled-to-the-size-of-a-dog/#comment-83413 R. Elgin Fri, 01 Jun 2007 01:20:18 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/06/01/shriveled-to-the-size-of-a-dog/#comment-83413 "Purity" is a thing that exists only in the moment but not in the past or the future, for it never was truly and never will be entirely. North Korean ideology can but lead only to needless suffering. “Purity” is a thing that exists only in the moment but not in the past or the future, for it never was truly and never will be entirely.

North Korean ideology can but lead only to needless suffering.

]]> By: michael http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/06/01/shriveled-to-the-size-of-a-dog/#comment-83400 michael Fri, 01 Jun 2007 00:24:52 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/06/01/shriveled-to-the-size-of-a-dog/#comment-83400 R. Elgin, so maybe KJI's dictatorship tortures a few Koreans for having the nerve to leave paradise, but as our resident sock troll Netizen Kim says:“North Korea maintains the purest sense of Korean identity largely free of foreign contamination,” so how dare we criticize. R. Elgin, so maybe KJI’s dictatorship tortures a few Koreans for having the nerve to leave paradise, but as our resident sock troll Netizen Kim says:“North Korea maintains the purest sense of Korean identity largely free of foreign contamination,” so how dare we criticize.

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