Roh Goes North

by mins0306 on October 2, 2007

Pres. Roh waving from his limo and the Presidential convoy heading North. Around 9am, 30 meters(98 feet) from the border, he and the First Lady got out of the limo walked across the border and got back in to continue the journey to Pyongyang. They are scheduled to arrive around 12pm.

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1 dogbertt October 2, 2007 at 9:25 am: LOL
2 bob barker October 2, 2007 at 10:03 am: I just love seeing all those foreign cars. Ford SUVs, Benz, BMW bikes. However, I hated his timing…what usually takes me 10 minutes to drive in the morning took 70 minutes as police had closed one of the main roads into downtown Seoul for an extended period of time. Mr. Rho, use a damn helicopter next time.
3 Sonagi October 2, 2007 at 10:23 am: I’ll admit I’m no auto expert, but that looks like a sedan, not a limo.
4 Sonagi October 2, 2007 at 10:45 am: Roh’s off to a rousing start. Watch him awkwardly fumble with hand placement as he embraces one of the flower girls:

http://www.ytn.co.kr/_comm/pop_mov.php?s_mcd=1008&key=200710020951538338
5 mins0306 October 2, 2007 at 10:45 am: Yes, Sonagi, that is a Mercedes S600 sedan and not a limo. However in Korea, if it is a big, expensive(and black) car, driven by a driver with the owner sitting in the back, it is locally referred to as a “limo.”
6 mbk October 2, 2007 at 10:46 am: Maybe he will get to stay in a “mansion” as well.

He’s also got a convoy of 10 trucks bringing luggage and gifts to the North. Wonder how many of them are filled with cash.
7 tmc1233 October 2, 2007 at 10:54 am: …and the love-fest is off to a start. Be careful Noh, old-boy, that you don’t actually discuss anything of any relevance, such as human rights or nukes.
8 Robert Koehler October 2, 2007 at 11:02 am: I thought the bow/handshake with the flower girl was quite amusing.
9 mbk October 2, 2007 at 11:10 am: So was the little hand slip on her ass in the photo-op.
10 globalvillageidiot October 2, 2007 at 12:18 pm: “I’ll admit I’m no auto expert, but that looks like a sedan, not a limo.”

The buses that run to Incheon airport are often referred to as “limos” as well. And I’m posting this comment from my “villa” as I speak…
11 WangKon936 October 2, 2007 at 12:47 pm: Yeah, that hand on the ass was rather odd. Freudian slip? Although I thought that the girl on Ms. Roh’s left was cuter…
12 hoju_saram October 2, 2007 at 12:51 pm: Good lord, I think I saw Roh touch a flower girl’s back. Is that ok? I’ve never been sure since this: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/692302.stm
13 Thirsty October 2, 2007 at 1:37 pm: All those motorbikes and not a single 1 of them on the sidewalk!!
14 whitey October 2, 2007 at 2:01 pm: This whole show — the motorcade, the flowers, the convoy, the food, the gifts of tribute to one of history’s most awful tyrants — is our tax dollars at work. A shame.
15 Sonagi October 2, 2007 at 7:12 pm: This summit certainly isn’t quashing rumors about his health:

http://www.ytn.co.kr/_comm/pop_mov.php?page=1&s_mcd=0101&s_hcd=&key=200710021700115515
16 Sonagi October 2, 2007 at 7:26 pm: Roh’s grab didn’t go unnoticed by the press. Reuters even put it in a headline:

Foreign cars and wandering hands at summit

WATCH THOSE HANDS

Trying to be friendly just a few minutes into North Korea, President Roh inadvertently placed his hand on the backside of a young North Korean woman who presented him with a bouquet as the two posed for a picture.

The errant hand quickly moved up to the woman’s back but not before the hundreds of reporters watching the border crossing on large-screen televisions in a Seoul government press centre saw the faux pas and burst out laughing.

http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSSEO13830720071002
17 WangKon936 October 3, 2007 at 12:48 am: I’m disappointed that the Benz doesn’t have the pimp’in 19 inch rims. I think KJI would of gotten a kick out of that.
18 virtual wonderer October 3, 2007 at 3:47 am: I feel optimistic.

Look at KJI. He looks older and sicker. So far he seems to spend less time with Roh than he did with DJ.