S. Korea to Send 200,000 Tons of Fertilizer to N. Korea

Yonhapnews ^ | 05/03/03 | N/A

[TigerLikesRooster]

S. Korea to Send 200,000 Tons of Fertilizer to N. Korea

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Seoul, May 2 (Yonhap) -- South Korea plans to provide 200,000 tons of fertilizer as humanitarian aid to North Korea from May through June, Unification Minister Jeong Se-hyun said Friday.

Jeong reported the plan to the unification, diplomacy and trade committee of the National Assembly.

[TigerLikesRooster]

Unfortunately, fertilizer could be used to grow opium. It is probably their only cash crop.

[sushiman]

Tell 'em to dump it at Kim's front door !

[TD911]

Appease, Appease, Appease!

That's all the South Koreans can do anymore.

Let's get our troops out of there and let "re-unification" begin.

Japan will take care of the nuke problem for us.

[Arkinsaw]

What kind of fertilizer?

[small voice in the wilderness]

Is this their way of telling North Korea to eat sh*t and die?

[AlextheWise1]

... send it mixed with diesal...

[midwestmidnight]

I think that the U.S. should help North Korea with their nuclear program. Send them all the depleted uranium that we can muster at very high velocities!

[Radix]

What kind of fertilizer?

My guess is that it might be unsold copies of the New York Times and/or the Boston Globe.

[philo]

I hope they transport it in a Ryder truck

[Kenny Bunk]

Anybody ever to been to Korea knows: last thing these people need is fertilizer. Whole country reeks of it. Mix its aroma with that of with Kim-Chee, which is well rotted cabbage and other mysterious ingredients derived from scaly creatures. Bury it for two or three (hundred) years, and voilá, all of Korea has a signature fragrance which will bring a tear to the eye and cannot be removed from clothing.

Polite term is "Night Soil."

[TigerLikesRooster]

RE #10

I did not know that tree barks produce all that. Never heard of using Kim Chee as fertilizers. Too expensive. Must have been a long time ago.

[Orion78]

From the CIA The World Factbook 2003:

North Korea, one of the world's most centrally planned and isolated economies, faces desperate economic conditions. Industrial capital stock is nearly beyond repair as a result of years of underinvestment and spare parts shortages. Industrial and power output have declined in parallel. Despite a good harvest in 2001, the nation faces its ninth year of food shortages because of a lack of arable land; collective farming; weather-related problems, including major drought in 2000; and chronic shortages of fertilizer and fuel. Massive international food aid deliveries have allowed the regime to escape mass starvation since 1995-96, but the population remains vulnerable to prolonged malnutrition and deteriorating living conditions. Large-scale military spending eats up resources needed for investment and civilian consumption. Recently, the regime has placed emphasis on earning hard currency, developing information technology, addressing power shortages, and attracting foreign aid, but in no way at the expense of relinquishing central control over key national assets or undergoing widespread market-oriented reforms. In 2002, heightened political tensions with key donor countries and general donor fatigue have held down the flow of desperately needed food aid and threaten fuel aid as well.

[TigerLikesRooster]

Re #12

They have shortage of fertilizers and foods. But they tend to end up in the wrong place. It is always the regime which is the problem.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

***They have shortage of fertilizers and foods.******

At least the military can't eat the fertilizer!

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

***They have shortage of fertilizers and foods.******

At least the military can't eat the fertilizer!

[Monty22]

I doubt the north koreans want 200,000 pounds of hillary's book.

[AMNZ]

Bet it is the kind you use when you stop producing Plutonium.

[RJL]

Our own Bill Clinton has a never-ending supply of Bull $hit. Perfect for fertilizer. Perhaps we should send him to North Korea. Bill would just love living in a Totalitarian Communist state too.

It would be a big win/win for everyone.

[yonif]

Why Does North Korea need fertilizer? Can't it just use the bodies of the hundreds of thousands people killed every year because of starvation or repression by the communist government?

[TigerLikesRooster]

Re #19

Too much work for the conversion.