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Key Phrase Contrasts N Korea with S Korea
2009-01-13
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New Year that has just dawned fills the DPRK with independent confidence, while it colors south Korea with global anxiety. The stark contrast is thundering on current key phrases like "new revolutionary surge" from the north and "unprecedented economic crisis" from the south.

New Revolutionary Surge of the North

According to the report of Korean Central News Agency dated January 6, supreme leader of north Korea Kim Jong Il said:

"The prevailing situation where a high-pitched drive for bringing about a new great revolutionary surge sweeps the whole country to open the gate to a great prosperous powerful nation urgently requires the display of the same ideological and moral power as displayed by the people of Kangwon Province and the same revolutionary work style and enterprising working method as shown by the officials of the province."

Unprecedented Economic Crisis of the South

According to the report of Yonhap News agency dated January 9, the top executive officer of south Korea Lee Myung Bak said:

"All of you must have experienced (difficulties), but there has never been anything like what we are experiencing right now. There had been global depressions and crises in the past, but every country facing a crisis at the same time is just unheard of."

Confidence in Independent Road

In north Korea all preparations - strong and stable - are done. It is a precious fruit of painstaking efforts of the Korean people for a decade since Kim Jong Il announced his grand idea of the building of a "powerful nation" through Joint New Year Editorial of 1999. What awaits this year is the leap as described by Joint New Year Editorial of 2009.

The Korean people are now in a general offensive to leap on all fronts to add a new economic power status to their established ideological, political, military and cultural power status.

Their principle is firmly socialist, based on the power of collectivism. Their strategy to accomplish the objectives is clearly independent, based on the power of self-reliance. Their answers are in accordance with the requirements of the times, a new development stage of the cause of Juche revolution, giving great importance to "ideology, arms and sci-tech" as indicated by Joint New Year Editorial of 2000.

The Korean people are so confident about their own road of Songun that any condition can never stop their advance. The relations with the US, for example, is not in their blue print. By a new great revolutionary surge, the Korean people will also add a historic proof to an old saying "patience is bitter, but fruit is sweeter" in Korean style by 2012. Optimism shines.

Uncertainty in Conditioned Road

In south Korea growth-oriented economy based on expansion of export falters. Economic indicators show downturn on almost all sectors. So-called global financial crisis means domestic economic difficulties and political disturbance. Government side's counter measures for the crisis are rather political than economic in that those merely flame public discontent fanned by political oppression to protect the rich and the foreign capital while sacrifice the middle, the poor, the weak and the national wealth. Economic crisis invites political fascism there. Democracy diminishes. Pessimism prevails.
Posted by:Angerelet Choter7684

#3  As per TOPIX > NOKOR is accusing SOKOR of trying to assassinate Kimmie.

At last check, the UNO is still claiming that just under 50% of NOKOR's gener population is officially starving, and will likely need many years of massive international aid just to minimally/barely survive. Also, NOKOR's STARVATION = FOOD WOES IS ANTICIPATED OVER TIME TO INTENSIFY, NOT LESSEN.

Taken collectively, IMO it appears that Kimmie is prepping NOKOR for ALL-OUT WAR IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE [2010 NLT 2012 = BAM-MAN/"JIMMY CARTER II" POTUS ADMIN]???
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2009-01-13 17:59  

#2  It really sounds like things are going well for them up in NKor.
Guess they wont be needing those emergency food aid shipments then.
Posted by: bigjim-ky   2009-01-13 13:10  

#1  It has been a while. They must have allowed the writers a few calories.
Posted by: trailing wife   2009-01-13 13:01  

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