Famine spread in North Korea, 20K dead in single province this year

[Fanling Monk]

Yes, but doesn't that responsibility fall primarily on the North Korean government to look after its own people? Why is it spending its resources on launching rockets instead of growing food?

When you're being labeled the 'axis of evil' and the US can have 2 wars at the same time(Rumsfeld), you're in dire need of kind of deterrence. Mao called for the 'tightening of the belts' in the sixties to develop atomic weapons when China was facing 2 hostile giants, the US and Soviet, was very similar.

 

[gambit]

What's to prevent SK from picking up the slack. We are not Koreans. Those aren't our brothers and sisters. Spend less on plastic surgery and send the money north.

Nothing at all. Aid is not obligatory.

 

[Korean]

I thought the whole ROK thing was a rebel regime of the Japanese Empire.

1. Japan surrendered, handed over both Korea and Eastern Coast of China occupied by Japan to the US. The US then handed over Eastern Coast of Occupied China to KMT and Korea to UN administration.
2. The UN created the ROK as the sole legitimate government of Korea.

Remember how your King willingly trust your fate with hands of Ido Hirobumi?

He didn't.

 

[oct605032048]

 

[Korean]

The king didn't stamp that, thus it is illegal.

 

[oct605032048]

1. Japan surrendered, handed over both Korea and Eastern Coast of China occupied by Japan to the US. The US then handed over Eastern Coast of Occupied China to KMT and Korea to UN administration.
2. The UN created the ROK as the sole legitimate government of Korea.


He didn't.

I bet the UN would not think so. You see that Korea and South Korea are both UN members. So if you attack Korea then it is sheer invasion to a sovereign country, which is forbid by the UN.

 

[Korean]

What goes around comes around, China got North Korean people's blood in its hand, and the land formerly known as North Korea will become the most anti-China area in the world following the liberation.

 

[ChineseTiger1986]

korea will be dominated by china in the near future so you're right, 'greater korea' is nothing but a sheer fantasy.

It is really depressing to be born as a sandwich between the large nations, but it is the harsh reality that they need to face.

 

[Fanling Monk]

The US goal is to let North Korea be taken over by the ROK, so that the "friendly territory" extends right before the front gate of Beijing.

Liberated North Korea will be the most anti-China area around on the planet, I guarantee you that.

Only you base everything on what the US wants. The rest of the world don't. Only you are anti China, South Koreans have no problems with China. In fact if it weren't for the US's 'divide and rule' tactics, Korea and China would be the closest allies.

 

[oct605032048]

The king didn't stamp that, thus it is illegal.

Did your King stamped on any 'ROK' is legal or DPRK is illegal papers?

 

[Korean]

I bet the UN would not think so.

The UN created the ROK government under the UNSC mandate.

So if you attack Korea then it is sheer invasion to a sovereign country, which is forbid by the UN.

The ROK government still has the original UNSC mandate, which declares the ROK as the sole legitimate government of Korea. There is nothing illegal about the ROK invasion and occupation of North Korea, not under the UN mandate nor the ROK constitution.

 

[VCheng]

When you're being labeled the 'axis of evil' and the US can have 2 wars at the same time(Rumsfeld), you're in dire need of kind of deterrence. Mao called for the 'tightening of the belts' in the sixties to develop atomic weapons when China was facing 2 hostile giants, the US and Soviet, was very similar.

Of course that is a choice that the North Korean regime makes to defend or feed their realm. If they want to do both, they better figure out a way too, and I am sure they are smart enough to figure that combination out as well. I don't begrudge them that choice and the effort needed.

 

[Korean]

Only you are anti China, South Koreans have no problems with China.

More Koreans dislike China, like America

The U.S. think tank, the Pew Research Center, has found an intriguing trend in its surveys in South Korea. Asked whether they have a favorable or unfavorable view of China, an increasing number of respondents have come up with negative viewpoints over the past decade.

Favorable views of China were as high as 66 percent here in 2002 but they headed down to 52 percent in 2007, 48 percent in 2008, 46 percent in 2009 and 38 percent this spring, the fifth lowest among 22 nations researched.

By contrast, unfavorable views rocketed during the same period from just 31 percent in 2002 to 42 percent in 2007, 49 percent in 2008, 54 percent in 2009 and 56 percent this year, also the fifth highest among the 22 countries.

 

[oct605032048]

There is nothing illegal about the ROK invasion and occupation of North Korea, not under the UN mandate nor the ROK constitution.

Oh I assure you that there is nothing illegal about Japan annex Korea, not under the Japanese constitution.

 

[Fanling Monk]

Of course that is a choice that the North Korean regime makes to defend or feed their realm. If they want to do both, they better figure out a way too, and I am sure they are smart enough to figure that combination out as well. I don't begrudge them that choice and the effort needed.

When China was developing the 'Bomb' she got the support of people and it was like everybody was working hard to contribute the defense the survival of the motherland.