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Re: What does ‘State of War’ even mean? Plus more crap about North Korea.

Koreandumbdumb — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 00:18:08 -0000

Yeah, but it is the US property. Korea has to buy it. Otherwise, it is just your neighbor's car. You cannot drive it.

Re: What does ‘State of War’ even mean? Plus more crap about North Korea.

Koreandumbdumb — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 00:15:27 -0000

SK does not have weapon systems nor troops to fight China. It may not have enough spirit to fight NK. When the US leaves, many young people may refuse to fight NK. Korea will be over. Please stop the Wartime command change if you love Korea. No more b.s about Korea can fight China or Japan. Korea cannot do neither. Just say No to wartime command.

Re: What does ‘State of War’ even mean? Plus more crap about North Korea.

pawikirogii — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 22:19:33 -0000

just a word for those who tell us china will take half of nk and the us will take the other or some other type of fantastic scenario like that wherein the korean people will have to do whatever others tell them to do. you better think again. should china take any part of nk, ww3 will soon begin cuz the koreans themesleves won't be standing around doing nothing. neither koreas are the chosun dynasty and keep in mind the us thought the vietnamese couldn't do anything either.

Re: What does ‘State of War’ even mean? Plus more crap about North Korea.

Stephane MOT — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 21:15:28 -0000

First of all, I secondwangkon936's motion: "chink" is already suspicious, but adding "filthy" more than toys with the border.
Second, dumping KJU doesn't mean dumping North Korea, particularly since there are pro-Beijing factions up there.
Third, my base case scenario for North Korea in the medium term remains a de facto, non-military "Hanschluss" by China, but the hard line has probably lost momentum in Beijing, and the trade-off has evolved. The Chinese are always thinking long term and after the fall of the regime. What they want is to remain the main entry point. SK troops at the border is less the point that a reunited Korea which becomes a magnet including for the Korean minorities in China.

Re: What does ‘State of War’ even mean? Plus more crap about North Korea.

Dokdoforever — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 20:33:55 -0000

Chinese N Korean policy seems pretty conflicted. On the one hand, implementing sanctions against the North for the nuclear test by cutting of crude oil exports and then almost simultaneously conducting military exercises in support of the North. http://freebeacon.com/border-p...

Re: Open Thread – The Psy Edition

wangkon936 — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 19:59:33 -0000

Hopefully step in the right direction:

http://www.stripes.com/news/pa...

Re: What does ‘State of War’ even mean? Plus more crap about North Korea.

Gerry Bevers — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 17:58:15 -0000

What kind of a radar is this? And how long have we had it? It looks like it would be more likely to fly than float. "Closer to the Korean coast"? Does that mean it is already near the Korean coast? Could this be an April Fool's prank?

http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/01/...

Re: What does ‘State of War’ even mean? Plus more crap about North Korea.

wangkon936 — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 17:13:33 -0000

Freedom never looked so beautiful!

Re: What does ‘State of War’ even mean? Plus more crap about North Korea.

wangkon936 — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 17:12:18 -0000

Let's be careful with the use of "chink" which many view as a racial slur.

Re: Open Thread – The Psy Edition

wangkon936 — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 16:53:28 -0000

Okay, I see that you are referring to yourself. My bad.

Re: Open Thread – The Psy Edition

Dokdoforever — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 16:10:54 -0000

I'm not approving of Japanese imperialism, war crimes, or colonial subjugation of other nations. I do happen to be interested in Korean political history, though. And I don't think that historical amnesia, or ignorance, effectively deals with painful historical periods, either. Jinhae could very well establish an anti-Japanese historical museum devoted to the colonial period. They haven't done so because of Korean political divisions over interpretation of the period. So many of the descendants of collaborators have ascended into positions of power in Korea. The way to deal with that historical period has been to largely ignore it.

Re: What does ‘State of War’ even mean? Plus more crap about North Korea.

Ut_videam — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 16:05:40 -0000

If anything, he's declared war on Samsung, as he seems to be an avid Apple fan, and in the CNN picture, seems to be planning his entire war on an iMac

Maybe this is why he's targeting Austin, Texas: to take out the big Samsung chip foundry there.

Re: What does ‘State of War’ even mean? Plus more crap about North Korea.

imememememe — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 12:49:22 -0000

not a fan of north korea AT ALL but i'd really like to know which country on this planet can claim to have dignity.

Re: What does ‘State of War’ even mean? Plus more crap about North Korea.

imememememe — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 12:47:26 -0000

those chinks will never dump north korea. the norks like an old annoying wife for them. can't live with or without. do you honestly believe those filthy chinks would allow north korea to fail and invite the u.s. and s.k. troops to set up shop along their border?

Re: What does ‘State of War’ even mean? Plus more crap about North Korea.

Gerry Bevers — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 12:42:01 -0000

Let's just hope all this North Korean stuff does not distract South Korea so much that it lets its guard down on Dokdo.

Re: What does ‘State of War’ even mean? Plus more crap about North Korea.

cactusmcharris — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 12:23:33 -0000

Thanks for the video, Bobby M. Do you have any video of NK female fighting units in combat dress shaking their fists at the US imperialists and their SK puppets? That's equally sexy as an F-22. Hard, hot and fast is how I like 'em.

Re: What does ‘State of War’ even mean? Plus more crap about North Korea.

LaCoreen — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 12:14:53 -0000

After North Korea falls, it will be divided into Northern part controlled by China, and the southern part of North Korea controlled by United States and South Korea. Realize that China doesn't want a unified Korean state with heavy American military presence on it's border and United States also think's for the stability of the region, unification be delayed and that having North Korea around is better for United States to achieve total influence over the region, what better way to shake up your allies by allowing a crazy neighbor to talk smack about nuclear weapons?

If North Korea falls, it will simply be divided again in the same manner over the entire peninsula 60 years ago simply put. China is obviously going to demand that the border buffer be at least half the size of North Korea, and the United States would probably show a gesture by moving it's troops far south or reducing the size signficiantly. In other words, powers greater than both Koreas will once again wrestle for elbow room to exert their influence over the peninsula, and compromise and negotiations between the two countries will clash with Korea's interests.

The only way to escape this cycle of codependence on a larger superpower and the ultimate division of the peninsula as they are willing to compromise to reach mutually agreed conditions, is to begin the war by firing the first shot, and completely destroying them. The only way South Korea will have full control over North Korea is if they fight the war themselves and not get United States involved, especially approaching the Chinese border. 100% the element of surprise will get North Korea destroyed, and the risk of being drawn into the conflict would deter United States and China from interfering in the matter. This is only achievable when Korea is no longer afraid of taking risks.

Re: What does ‘State of War’ even mean? Plus more crap about North Korea.

Anonymous_Joe — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 11:53:15 -0000

@The_Korean tweeted,

Repeated crime by journos w/r/t NK is total inability to read Korean. Instead journos latch onto Eng trans and write fictions.

Then isn't it a repeated crime by journos who w/r/t NK their total inability to read Korean and translate accurately into English rather than write their fictions?

Re: What does ‘State of War’ even mean? Plus more crap about North Korea.

jk641 — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 11:04:35 -0000

North Korea does not want to be absorbed into China.
NKorea has a very strong ethnic identity.
For instance, they don't look kindly upon their women who escape to China and become pregnant by Chinese men. (If they're caught returning to NK, they face horrific punishment.)

I don't know which NK would find more abhorrent: getting annihilated by South Korea/US or being annexed by China.

(I'm hoping that they will opt for peaceful reunification.)

Re: What does ‘State of War’ even mean? Plus more crap about North Korea.

cm — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 09:47:59 -0000

Chinese columnist who called on China to abandon North Korea was fired by the state for the article. I knew that was too good to be true (the wild theory that went around few weeks back, that China was ready to abandon North Korea based on this article)

http://english.chosun.com/site...

Re: S. Korean defense minister threatens North… with US military

OsanBill — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 09:12:38 -0000

Ohhhhh, now you need us.

Re: Open Thread – The Psy Edition

Jakgani — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 09:02:17 -0000

The Japanese did a good job - trying so hard to help their northern brothers....

Re: What does ‘State of War’ even mean? Plus more crap about North Korea.

Songtan1 — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 07:56:07 -0000

I wish...either way...

Re: What does ‘State of War’ even mean? Plus more crap about North Korea.

SomeguyinKorea — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 07:07:52 -0000

"Repeated crime by journos w/r/t NK is total inability to read Korean."

Mmm, no. Never heard of the 24-hour news cycle and its consequences?

Re: What does ‘State of War’ even mean? Plus more crap about North Korea.

Shelton Bumgarner — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 07:05:53 -0000

Robert, please keep up the good work on your North Korean coverage. There are people, like me, who come here because of your unique insight into what's going on in the Korean press. So, please don't consider it "crap." :-) It serves a very good purpose.