Posted on 10/03/2014 6:32:58 PM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
High-level North Korean delegation to attend AG closing ceremony
North Korea plans to send a high-ranking delegation to the Incheon Asian Games closing ceremony Saturday, Seoul's Ministry of Unification said.
According to official sources, the North informed the South on Friday that it wants to send Hwang Pyong-so, Choe Ryong-hae and Kim Yang-gon to the ceremony slated for 6 p.m. Saturday.
The three officials plan to arrive via a direct air route from North Korea to Incheon at 10 a.m.
Unification Minister Ryoo Kihl-jae is expected to hold talks with the North Korean officials after their arrival.
Hwang was recently tapped as the director of the military's General Political Bureau, the top military post in North Korea.
Kim is head of the United Front Department of the ruling Workers' Party of Korea, tasked with overseeing the activities of sleeper agents operating in South Korea, while Hwang is said to exert considerable influence in the North despite stepping down from his post of deputy chairman of the National Defense Commission.
Seoul, meanwhile, said it will withhold judgment on why the North is sending such a high-level delegation to Incheon at this juncture. (Yonhap)
What’s that?
It’s early morning here and I don’t feel like thinking...enough other equations to keep straight from work.
Old Guard something?
At least a couple of generations.
But they will have some episodes along the way. I cannot help but think of the S, Koreans though...they have resented the N.Koreans for the past years for bringing the people into the country because they see them as draining resources that could be there's. Additionally they realize how difficult it is for those who get there to acclimate to modern life....takes a very long time...and grueling for some who can't adjust to "freedom".
P.S. I think we're kind of jumping the gun a bit...we really don't know what is happening actually.
It could take decades to really unify if done gradually.
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More S.Koreans Than Ever Support Reunification
(55.9%)
http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2014/10/02/2014100201109.html
It’s a rap band?
/s
That's going to depend on how the International Community sees this....but for the people to adapt...yes a couple for sure...but only this one to help jump start it all.
They are pretty self-sufficinet, even if they have to starve at times....so with the right controls in place this might go smoother than we might imagine.
Additionally there's been many businesses that have wanted to get into N.Korea but their entire infrastructure would have to be “Built”....there's nothing there much to speak of...but i understand the companies “standing by” would all get together and make that happen as well.
The biggest issue will be doing business in a way the people understand...that's going to be tough because of years and years of no trust at all in outsiders...and that through deep embedded brain washing.
If that’s correct and I don’t doubt you friend.....there has been a coup.....this is a meet the new boss moment....or shall we say a coming out party.
Yes,...but there’s a strong undercurrent of people there, primarily the younger generations that do resent the N.Koreans....you don’t hear them too much because that would be speaking up against the Government’s push for Re-unification...but it’s there and brisk.
Another article says its much higher (78%)
http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2013/11/20/2013112000932.html
Glad your here Tiger...you know lots more about the leadership and who is who and who they are with.... but this is just so amazing if what we think is happening...is....
wow, I just noticed headlines about China-North Korea ties this year are BAD BAD BAD BAD
some of the Chosum Ilbo headlines going back....
N.Korea Sends Chilly National Day Message to China
N.Korean FM to Tour Southeast Asia
N.Korea Slams ‘Spineless’ China
N.Koreans Feel Closer to China Than S.Korea
China Still Sitting on Oil Shipments to N.Korea
China Halts Oil Shipments to N.Korea
China Holds Up Iranian Oil Shipment to N.Korea
China Restricts Trade with N.Korea
China Exports to N.Korea Fall
N.Korea Is Running Out of Options
European NGOs Look at Pulling Out of N.Korea
UN Offices in N.Korea Struggle After Banking Sanctions
How Serious Is China in Cracking Down on N.Korea?
China Probes N.Korea’s Bank Accounts
Bank of China Cuts Ties with N.Korean Bank
China Moves on N.Korean Money Laundering
U.S. Imposes Sanctions on N.Korea’s Trade Bank
UN Security Council Sanctions 3 N.Korean Firms
China Has Few Words for Meeting with N.Korea
N.Korea Fires Missile from Chinese Border Area
try this one:
Chinese Oil Embargo Paralyzes N.Korean Army (from july)
“China shipped no crude oil at all to North Korea from January to May, according to the Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency in Beijing”
Nice chatting with you all.
They know they’ll be paying for it. I was recently shocked a bit by how high some of their food prices were, even for something simple and bought in bulk like ramen noodles ... er.. ramyeon excuse me... 5 for $3.50?? I can get 24 packs for that price here at H-E-B - the square kind.
I new their beef and fruit prices were high because of their geography and all that, but ramen? I was surprised.
If I see it, I’ll try to remember
That would indicate China is definatly forcing this ....the only way you can get N.Korea to move is by denying them what they want....China has that power...and looks like they’ve been using it....
N’Korea doesn’t always heed China by the way......and when they don’t, and China wants them to then the pressure is pretty significant til they bend.
So China’s made some deal somewhere to put this pressure on them....as said ..China does nothing regarding N.Korea unless it stands to gain very well somehow.
The UN is acting like NK can be self-sufficient in food in 3-4 years... I don’t see how that would happen without some major economic changes
http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/northkorea/2014/10/04/38/0401000000AEN20141004002600320F.html
Yonhap didn’t add any sarcastic comments though. I guess they take news seriously.
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