Comments on: Hey, Maybe Keeping the Unification Ministry Won’t Be So Bad, After All

By: Korean ‘Neocon’ Drops Out for Unification Post | The Marmot's Hole

Thu, 28 Feb 2008 04:28:26 +0000

[...] I was looking forward to seeing a guy who wrote “There is No Unification” becoming Unification [...]

By: Sonagi

Sonagi — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 05:21:58 +0000

Pawi,

This map might give you a chuckle:

http://melslmx.googlepages.com/chinaditu.jpg

By: joe

joe — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 04:51:27 +0000

ROH, DJ are liberals. In general liberals are gay.

Kim jong il dying wont produce a collapse. IF he has no heir then maybe, but I seriously doubt that. If the general population start rioting then maybe, but they are half dead and starving. Starving people generally can’t riot well.

By: Janus

Janus — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 14:45:31 +0000

I feel pretty good about ‘em, pawikirogi, thanks for your concern.

But I must admit I’ve been pretty indebted to South Korea ever since they saved a young Bill Clinton from being executed by his own government a few decades back.

Oh…wait…

By: OneFreeKorea » The Restoration: More on Lee M.B.’s Cabinet Picks

OneFreeKorea » The Restoration: More on Lee M.B.’s Cabinet Picks — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 03:37:53 +0000

[...] The choice of Yu looks like a grasp at continuity with a policy that has reached an obvious failure point. While that choice is understandable on some levels, Yu himself hasn’t handled his own role in that policy all that skillfully. “Just doing his job” or not, Yu was closely associated with letting North Korea off the hook for criminal activity. He will soon be the next Unification Minister’s boss, and with the designee for the latter already becoming a lightning rod to the left, it suggests that Sunshine Lite might trump what Robert refers to as “John Bolton’s wet dream.” [...]

By: OneFreeKorea » 2008 » February » 20

OneFreeKorea » 2008 » February » 20 — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 13:04:33 +0000

[...] The choice of Yu looks like a grasp at continuity with a policy that has reached an obvious failure point. While understandable on some levels, Yu himself hasn’t handled his own role in it all that skillfully. “Just doing his job” or not, Yu was closely associated with letting North Korea off the hook for criminal activity. He will soon be the next Unification Minister’s boss, and with the designee for the latter already becoming a lightning rod to the left, it suggests that Sunshine Lite might trump what Robert refers to as “John Bolton’s wet dream.” [...]

By: pawikirogi

pawikirogi — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 08:14:57 +0000

‘Right now, my money is on the Chinese.’

you will lose your money. take it from pawi, china ain’t taking northern korea. bet on it.

‘But the South Koreans may surprise us all — and probably themselves’

no, the koreans themselves won’t be surprised though the world may be. of course, the chinese won’t be surprised by the collective korean response to any sino attempt to take korea’s homeland. they already know what’s gonna happen. tears for the chinaman.

‘the chinese would prefer un approval begoe entering nk.’ dr lankov

and what would the un do when the koreans from the south protest and point out that the country of north korea is simply northern korea. NORTH KOREA BELONGS TO THE PEOPLE OF KOREA. what will the un do?
and what would china do if it entered nk and encountered south korean troops? what then? you mean, the chinese are going to be shooting the rightful owners of the northern part of korea? the chinese are going to lose in more ways than one.

‘the us and japan will not assist the south in the even of war with china.’ wishful expat.

oh, yes, they will. you can bet money on that.

pawi’s poem to china

如中
擊高
中淚
中血
中死

‘Not really, hence my skepticism.’ someguyinkorea

i’m just curious but how do you feel about the human rights abuses in your own country?

By: Linkd

Linkd — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 06:55:13 +0000

Nice bit of reporting, Marmot.

William, I wouldn’t put too much faith in the economics of cheap labor. The stunted, malnourished, uneducated, backward, stone-age creatures north of the 39th probably aren’t really that much good to any value-added industry.

By: John

John — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 06:22:44 +0000

finally. some guy who knows what hes doing. i seriously think ROH, DJ have some kind ofgay relationship with kimj jong il.

fuck north korea. fuck china who supports kim jong il.

By: Sunshine Keeps Shining: Left Flank

Sunshine Keeps Shining: Left Flank — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 04:35:50 +0000

[...] from undermining the Unification Ministry (but not abolishing, probably due mostly to partisan pressures, not pro-Sunshine sentiments) and [...]