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| North Korea Seeks U.S. Help Over Nukes |
| 2003-10-16 |
| EFL Used the AP title which while enticing, seems only vaguely backed up by the story. North Korea expressed concerns that inter-Korean relations would be hurt if South Korean President Roh Moo hyun steps down should he fare poorly in a referendum that he wants to hold in December to gauge public trust in his rule. "If President Roh Moo-hyun loses the vote, wouldn’t there be big changes in inter-Korean relations, depending on who becomes the next president?" an unidentified North Korean official was quoted as saying in South Korean media pool reports. The comments came as the two countries began three days of Cabinet-level talks in the North’s capital of Pyongyang. Foreign journalists were barred from the event. Roh, whose administration has lost popularity in the wake of corruption scandals involving his aides, proposed the referendum on Monday. The legality of such a proposal remains in doubt. The title seems to imply that the US should take steps to keep Roh in power for the sake of stability. The only step I can think of from the US government that would enhance Roh’s image throughout Korea would be in Rumsfeld and Bolton insulted Roh- maybe insult his intelligence or imply that he is unhinged mentally. Koreans would then rush to the ballot box to support ROh. At that rate he might also be electable to political office in Paris. |
| Posted by:Super Hose |
| #5 You call that a Device? B61 Where are you? |
| Posted by: Shipman 2003-10-16 8:02:26 PM |
| #4 Let's not forget the fact that in the NK view, SK is strictly a US puppet, so they assume that we can dictate who is Prez. This may be why NK is so adamant that the US be involved in this little nuke gambit of theirs - they're paranoid and we're the boogeyman. Frankly, I could give a damn about the Korean penninsula. Let China worry about their nuclear nutcake neighbors. I'll bet China's solution to the problem would be a lot more "final" than ours. China just needs to discover that it's THEIR problem, not ours. And and for those of you who think I've forgotten that NK has missles that can reach LA, I live a lot closer to NK than that. |
| Posted by: Mercutio 2003-10-16 2:54:32 PM |
| #3 50 years of "stability" in Korea has been just a truce, not a true peace. It has been the absence of hot war. Korea needs a true peace, not an appeasement peace. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2003-10-16 2:08:18 PM |
| #2 Anyone else getting sick and tired of doing things for the sake of "stability?" |
| Posted by: Anonymous 2003-10-16 1:25:24 PM |
| #1 I was actully looking for a different article to post. It is N. Korea Diplomacy May Hinge on Summit. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2003-10-16 11:32:59 AM |