Comments on: Hey, Who Said You Could Map Dokdo

By: ROKAF Unveils Space Strategy | The Marmot's Hole

ROKAF Unveils Space Strategy | The Marmot's Hole — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 09:12:17 +0000

[...] But, one wonders why the ROK will need one. Unless it wants to shoot down Japanese satellites taking a peek at [...]

By: wjk

wjk — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 01:50:41 +0000

natto, i have no idea if that is true, but if true, thank you, Japan.

But that’s a separate matter from a 2 overated rocks.

should be also noted that much of Hyundai and Samsung, and LG grew with Japanese tech during Lt. Okamoto’s height of power.

Korea may be criticized left and right, but hey, I know scores of govts that turned up with very disappointing results despite massive, massive foreign aid.

Oops, only South Korea turned out ok.

Damn the Chinese and the Russians. And their imperialism of poverty and misery for all, and royal treatment for the tiny select few.

By: Baek du boy

Baek du boy — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 23:26:35 +0000

Will somebody please tell the government and people about “Utis possesis”.
If they simply appease the Japanese actions over ‘Dokdo’ (which are sporadic at best led by a small right-wing group, Japan has much bigger fish to fry in larger territorial and diplomatic disputes than a couple of measely rocks) then Dokdo will remain in the possesion of Korea.

It’s already been more than 50 years…and will continue to remain Korean territory indefinately.

So stop jumping off bridges and setting yourselves alight in front of Japanese embassies and appease their groudnless claims.

By: natto

natto — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 09:05:00 +0000

#22

Remember the Korean financial meltdown in 1997 ?
The US and European financial institutions all withdrew the money from Korea.
Only Japanese banks kept their lending and further extended the credit.

By: cm

cm — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 23:03:08 +0000

The best thing to do for Korea is to totally ignore Japan. Don’t give a flying F** about what they do. Instead Korea should open up and liberalize the economy, make free trade with the US, Europe, and Canada. Open up the imports from those countries, and give favorable terms with those countries. Just ignore Japan completely and take them out of Korea’s equation.

By: otoritakeo

otoritakeo — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 22:54:00 +0000

Most, if not all, of the maps I’ve seen here in Sydney (more specifically, a Borders superstore in Chatswood and a Dymocks store on George St) mark Dokdo as “Tokto” along with the East Sea in parenthesis.

imo, it’s the Japanese that should be “worried.”

By: SomeguyinKorea

SomeguyinKorea — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 22:39:17 +0000

” Another professor said that “this is a clear violation of Korean sovereignity and that government inaction will give the impression that the Korean government is recognizing the illegal Japanese action.” He also added that the “government should summon the Japanese ambassador and request an explanation plus an end to the issue of the maps.””

I recently saw at the bookstore a map of the world published by a Korean company…I wonder what that means.

By: Sonagi

Sonagi — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 12:53:16 +0000

Pay no attention to our newest troll, #10.

By: mins0306

mins0306 — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 08:21:49 +0000

Shoot them down?

It is a distant possibility. Korea, by the end of this year, will have its own satellite launcher(albeit with Russian help) and it can produce its own satellites. So, it won’t take much of a technical leap for Korea to produce and deploy a satellite kill vehicle. Of course all this depends on whether a S. Korean government has the political will to face the consequences of shooting down a Japanese civilian satellite.

On the other hand, if a S. Korean government cannot stomach the consequences of a shootdown, but still wants to do something, it can use lasers to blind the cameras on the Japanese satellite.

Not that I’m advocating any of the actions mentioned above.

By: bumfromkorea

bumfromkorea — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 07:17:56 +0000

lol… whining is now exclusively Korean now? (and apparently genetically, according to someone up there)… love how a lot of blog posts here turn out to be recently.

Well, since my genetic information is commanding me so, “whine, moan, bitch.”