[pnh102]

There was also an implied threat to take hostages of the several hundred South Koreans working at the Gaeseong Industrial Complex in North Korea.

I never understood why South Korea was so foolish as to allow its citizens to go to this place while the Kim regime was still in power. Didn't anyone in Seoul think that these people could be used as bargaining chips?

[Pan_Yan]

It was part of the Sunshine Policy, which like many of America's policies over the years ran on the premise that if you are just nice enough to maniacal genocidal dictators their hearts will melt and they will cry and free everyone.

This policy has been highly successful in dealing with ... uh ... give me a minute...