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China-Japan-Koreas
Nork pointman on inter-Korean relations executed
2009-05-20
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SEOUL, May 18 (Yonhap) -- North Korea executed its pointman on South Korea last year, holding him responsible for wrong predictions about Seoul's new conservative government that has ditched a decade of engagement policy toward Pyongyang, sources said Monday.

Choe Sung-chol, who as vice chairman of the North's Asia-Pacific Peace Committee had pushed for bold reconciliation with Seoul's previous liberal governments, disappeared from public sight early last year amid reports that he was fired.
[BANG] "You're fired!"
Rumors spread in January that he was forced to work at a chicken farm, but a number of sources privy to North Korean internal affairs told Yonhap News Agency that Choe was executed last year to shoulder the blame for inter-Korean relations, which changed drastically with South Korean President Lee Myung-bak's inauguration.
Posted by:Steve White

#6  WORLD MILITARY FORUM > IIUC HINT OF FUTURE SOUTH KOREAN-TAIWAN ALLIANCE:TAIWAN TELEVISION MEDIA CONTINUES TO USE BACKGROUNDS DEPICTING SOUTH KOREAN MOUNTAINS???

* SAME > IIUC NEW RUSSIAN NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL STRATEGY SEES USA AS RUSSIA'S PRIMARY COMPETITOR, MILITARY THREAT THRU YEAR 2021 [next 12 Years = approxi Year 2020-2025 rounded off]. RUSSIA FAVORS GEOPOL CONSOLIDATION WID CHINA, INDIA, AND BRAZIL AGZ USA, DESIRES TO HELP CHINA BREAKOUT AND DEFEAT US ANTI-CHINA STRATEGY OF ISOLATING/CONTAINING PLA TO FIRST ISLAND CHAIN ARC OR LESS.
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2009-05-20 19:20  

#5  Hmmm. How does that pencil out? Does he have some value working with chickens or do they save more by having him whacked?
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2009-05-20 10:25  

#4  A staffing policy that could be in place here. Remember vincent foster?
Posted by: Skidmark   2009-05-20 07:08  

#3  Rumors spread in January that he was forced to work at a chicken farm

Got fed to the chickens, eh?

The Norks who found what was left probably made soup out of his hair, too.
Posted by: gorb   2009-05-20 03:34  

#2  Yikes! Tough gig up there in Pyongyang.

Meanwhile, failed foreign policy mavens in this country get lucrative consulting contracts.
Posted by: Atomic Conspiracy   2009-05-20 02:00  

#1  North Korea executed its pointman on South Korea last year, holding him responsible for wrong predictions about Seoul's new conservative government that has ditched a decade of engagement policy toward Pyongyang, sources said Monday

Looks like they don't like it. I wonder why. Well whatever the reason is I'll take it. More, please.
Posted by: gorb   2009-05-20 01:56  

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