Just when you thought things are getting quiet. Here are some of Roh’s latest remarks.
First on the NLL;
That line is an operational limit line for our military (Navy). If you call it a territorial border line, then you are misleading the public.
A ceasefire line is something that is drawn by both parties of a war, but this one was unilaterally drawn by one side.
If the public is misled then the problem becomes an unsolvable issue, and when the politicians mislead the public, this becomes a burden.
The Defense Minister is scheduled to meet his Northern counterpart next month. His job difficulty just got increased with that statement.
As for concerns about a possible tax burden as a result of his latest visit;
As for the issue of a tax burden, there are procedures when the budget is formulated, it is reported along the way and the entire process is controlled by the law. If approval by the National Assembly is required then I will not shy away from it, and I intend to get approval from the National Assembly.
So, I guess this means a “tax bomb” is on the way?
At the Mansudae in Pyongyang, Roh wrote the following in the visitor’s book
The hall of people’s sovereign power where the people’s happiness comes out.
When asked about the above, Roh responded;
I can’t go there and write down ‘citizen’. It was the work of the citizens that made this possible, but it would have been awkward if I wrote ‘Long live the citizens of Korea.’
Just admit it, you admire the North.
In regards to denuclearization
They are saying ‘We have no intention of having nukes’. They even had their six-party talks representative explain to us the entire process. So, I felt that spending long hours discussing the addition of a single line demanding the verification of the denuclearization process was inappropriate.
I wonder what he will be saying if and when the DPRK lobs a nuke tipped Scud at his retirement home.
As for economic cooperation between the two Koreas;
Economic cooperation is the most urgent issue. Logically it has lower priority than the the nuke and peace issues, but in reality it plays a part in solving the nuke and peace issues, so the strategy regarding economic cooperation is to control the process so that mutual relationship can be forwarded via a smooth process.
The door for investment is opening just like in China and Vietnam. This is a case of regular investments with profits coming in.
Reality check. The case of China and Vietnam is a lot different than the case of the DPRK.
On the issue of POWs and abductees;
If the National Assembly draws us a big framework and gives us the authority to pursue this issue, then the government can have the versatility to pursue this issue.
In other words, “I dump this problem on the National Assembly”
Last but not least;
I do not understand why the Northern side didn’t want to talk about the Agreement. Our thoughts were different. They think we didn’t keep our end of the deal. It is difficult when you consider that two sides have different views about the same thing
You don’t say.
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“The hall of people’s sovereign power where the people’s happiness comes out.”
Un-f******-real. This fool actually admires the North and isn’t just doing all this ass-kissing for expediency. He truly believes that the North is the center of ‘people power’ on the peninsula. Let us hope (and pray) that no leftist gets in power in the next election or South Korea will really be screwed.
Regardless of who gets elected, Roh will manage to do an unbelievable amount of damage in the last couple of months of his term.
I believe the proper term here is 놈현스럽다.
I’ve always been partial to 뇌무현.
Or 노무능
The case of China and Vietnam is a lot different than the case of the DPRK.
How so? Please elaborate on this.
#6.
Put it simply, China and Vietnam are good places to invest, and is thus attracting foreign inveatment while North Korea isn’t.
Also, there’s the cult of personality that rules North Korea, that you haven’t had in China or Vietnam perhaps since Mao or Ho Chi Minh (and I doubt it was taken anywhere to the level it was in NK). NK is probably more totalitarian than either of those ever were and thus it would take decades to break down. The risk of it all collapsing long before that happens is huge. Nothing will or can happen with KJI in power. It’s like in China and Vietnam, the original founders were long gone by the time those two came out of their shell. KJI is too directly tied to the nastiness as he himself perpetrated alot of it. When he goes, North Korea may go.