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China-Japan-Koreas
Reform in North Korea "a foolish and silly dream," says Pyongyang
2012-07-30
Those expecting to see reform in North Korea should be aware that they're waiting on "a foolish and silly dream."

A front man for the North Korean government has set the record straight, following recent rumors that new leader Kim Pudge Jong-un
...the hereditary potentate of North Korea...
 planned to begin opening up the secretive communist state.

Don't look out for that any time soon. In an interview published today, a front man for North Korea's Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of Korea dismissed the talk of change as "ridiculous rhetoric."

"To expect 'policy change' and 'reform and opening' from the DPRK [North Korea] is nothing but a foolish and silly dream," the official told state-run news agency
...and if you can't believe the state-run news agency who can you believe?...
 KCNA, "just like wanting the sun to rise in the west."

The front man accused South Korea of spreading the rumors in an attempt to impose its own, capitalist system on the North.
Posted by:Fred

#2  "Those expecting to see reform in North Korea should be aware that they're waiting on "a foolish and silly dream."

Darn right ... you tell 'em Kim Jong Un. Now that you're married - you gott'a go out and buy 1,000 pairs of shoes for your wife. Heck, that takes a lot of hard currency dude. We sympathize with ya.
Posted by: Raider   2012-07-30 19:28  

#1  In a way I see the logic - serious reforms in the DPRK opens the door for more Chinese influence + authority in the the country than Jong-un + Pyongyang Boyz may tolerate.

China's is already the DPRK's primary = pre-dominant trading partner, + its percentage of bilateral trade wid the DPRK keeps rising every year according to the Perts.

versus

* DEFENCE.PK/FORUMS > VIETNAM READY TO HOST RUSSIAN MARITIME BASE. Ashore naval vessel maintenance facility in Cam Ranh Bay - actual base control to remain under Vietnam.

Regardless, methinks China's just received its first geopol-sensitive diplomatic issue wid its new offshore "Sansha/Sashi City-Province" in the SCS, as IMO Nuclear-armed Mama Russia isn't going to stand for its RussNav Warships plying the risque' narrow shallows between the new "Sansha/Sashi City" + the Vietnam or PHIL, etc. coasts per the strategic Malaccas.

And where Seaspace is sovereignly controlled by one Nation, more likely than not so also is the Airspace above, which makes thingys more contentious between Mama Russia + China.

* SAME > POSTER THREAD: DOES CHINA HAVE THE MILITARY CAPABILITY TO INVADE OR BLOCKADE AUSTRALIA?
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2012-07-30 00:38  

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