DPMS556 Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 The united states is not going to anything military to any country that possesses nuclear weapons. Period !!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christo-f Posted July 24, 2009 Share Posted July 24, 2009 DPRK does not yet, by all accounts possess a nuclear weapon. What they have tested was a device (probably the size of a medium sized car). A weapon is something you can attack another country/someone with. DPRK is not close to that yet, as far as anyone can tell. But say they did, what are you basing your opinion on? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferris Bueller Posted July 24, 2009 Share Posted July 24, 2009 "Sometimes she looks like a primary schoolgirl and sometimes a pensioner going shopping," the report added. I was going to post this, but you got it. I LOLed at the "pensioner going shopping" comment, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christo-f Posted July 27, 2009 Share Posted July 27, 2009 N. Korea calls for new 'specific' form of dialogue SEOUL, July 27 (Yonhap) -- North Korea rejected on Monday regional demands that it return to the six-party denuclearization talks and called for a new approach to resolve the current diplomatic stalemate, in an apparent attempt to draw bilateral dialogue with the United States. In a statement from its foreign ministry spokesman, North Korea criticized the members of the ASEAN Regional Forum who called on Pyongyang to rejoin the multilateral nuclear talks during their meeting last week, accusing them of "blindly" responding to the call presented by some members of the talks. "As a party concerned, we know what should be done to resolve the problem far better than anyone else," the unidentified spokesman said in a statement carried by the official Korean Central News Agency. "There is a specific and reserved form of dialogue that can address the current situation," he said. The statement followed after the North Korean ambassador to the United Nations, Sin Sun-ho, suggested Pyongyang wants to open dialogue with Washington. "We are not against any negotiations on issues of common concern," the North Korean diplomat was quoted as saying Friday by Japan's Kyodo News agency. The communist nation has been refusing to attend the six-nation talks on ending its nuclear ambitions since late last year, and declared in April that the nuclear negotiations were permanently over. The talks involve the two Koreas, the United States, Japan, China and Russia. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russell jones Posted July 27, 2009 Share Posted July 27, 2009 HC with some truth! Who would of thunk it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
george jetson Posted July 27, 2009 Share Posted July 27, 2009 what do you all think would happen if somehow word got in to the north korean people about how crazy/disfunctional its leaders and government are. if they knew that south koreans lived with plenty of food, electricity, automobiles, and so many of the basic freedoms that north koreans cant even imagine having? would there be revolution? would they do nothing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Telo Posted July 27, 2009 Share Posted July 27, 2009 EDIT** I typed a huge response about every aspect i could think of about DPRK culture but what it boils down to is fear of state.. Imagine living in a society where no matter what you think was right could be punished by death.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christo-f Posted July 27, 2009 Share Posted July 27, 2009 what do you all think would happen if somehow word got in to the north korean people about how crazy/disfunctional its leaders and government are. if they knew that south koreans lived with plenty of food, electricity, automobiles, and so many of the basic freedoms that north koreans cant even imagine having? would there be revolution? would they do nothing? I don't think even a North Korean could answer that. It would be written off as anti-DPRK propaganda anyway. The country is either brainwashed, completely beaten down or both. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Telo Posted July 27, 2009 Share Posted July 27, 2009 Well the DPRK hasnt always been what it is today. The country still contains elders that were around before the Korean War so I would imagine that they have some conciousness of what other peoples lives are like. Also, the amount of border defectors you'd have to imagine that the with all the hundreds of miles of border with China, Russia, and SK, they would of set up some type of underground network of communication to teh outside world by now. Ive often heard of some people living in border cities with China that have snuck in cell phones. They are just close enough to China to pick up Chinese cell phone towers to coomunicate with friends and family on the other side. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Telo Posted July 29, 2009 Share Posted July 29, 2009 That last post of mine was in a very drunken state so it probably sounds like a 6th grader wrote it... anyway.. Thought this was mildly humorous. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/northkorea/5912485/North-Korea-opens-US-style-fast-food-restaurant---but-dont-mention-the-hamburger.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christo-f Posted July 31, 2009 Share Posted July 31, 2009 Sounds like the DPRK leadership is under some fairly extreme stress at the moment. Good. N.Korean TV Depicts 'Wretched' Lives in the South The official North Korean broadcaster on Wednesday claimed the majority of South Koreans "live in extremely wretched conditions." North Korean Central Television aired a 10-minute patchwork of edited South Korean TV clips about the difficult living conditions of the underprivileged in South Korea to illustrate the claim. The program titled "South Korea in Crisis, Wretched Livelihood of the People," had been edited together from clips of MBC, KBS, SBS and YTN about homeless people, unemployment, redevelopment, a disastrous clash between protesters and police in Yongsan on Jan. 20, 2009, abandoned elderly people, and serial killings. "Today, the South Korean economy is miserably collapsing under heavy weight of the worldwide oil crisis and the financial crisis initiated in the U.S.," the voiceover said. "The absolute majority of the South Korean people, who are standing on the edge of a precipice due to a serious economic crisis, live in extremely wretched conditions." It was unprecedented for North Korea to air a 10-minute program about the South. As if to prove that the scenes were real, the channel showed the names of the South Korean broadcasters and their program titles. A South Korean government official said, "It seems the North is attempting to prevent North Koreans who are suffering heavy economic difficulties such as food shortage from aspiring to live in South Korea and appease their discontent with the regime by making them believe that South Korea is a bad place to live." Discontent is reportedly rising in North Korea after people were press-ganged into a "150-day struggle" of farm work. Some 16,000 North Korean refugees lived in South Korea as of June this year, and they are apparently keeping in touch with relatives in the North through brokers in China and other countries. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
george jetson Posted July 31, 2009 Share Posted July 31, 2009 Well the DPRK hasnt always been what it is today. The country still contains elders that were around before the Korean War so I would imagine that they have some conciousness of what other peoples lives are like. Also, the amount of border defectors you'd have to imagine that the with all the hundreds of miles of border with China, Russia, and SK, they would of set up some type of underground network of communication to teh outside world by now. Ive often heard of some people living in border cities with China that have snuck in cell phones. They are just close enough to China to pick up Chinese cell phone towers to coomunicate with friends and family on the other side. interesting... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shai Posted July 31, 2009 Share Posted July 31, 2009 Sounds like the DPRK leadership is under some fairly extreme stress at the moment. Good. N.Korean TV Depicts 'Wretched' Lives in the South The official North Korean broadcaster on Wednesday claimed the majority of South Koreans "live in extremely wretched conditions." North Korean Central Television aired a 10-minute patchwork of edited South Korean TV clips about the difficult living conditions of the underprivileged in South Korea to illustrate the claim. The program titled "South Korea in Crisis, Wretched Livelihood of the People," had been edited together from clips of MBC, KBS, SBS and YTN about homeless people, unemployment, redevelopment, a disastrous clash between protesters and police in Yongsan on Jan. 20, 2009, abandoned elderly people, and serial killings. "Today, the South Korean economy is miserably collapsing under heavy weight of the worldwide oil crisis and the financial crisis initiated in the U.S.," the voiceover said. "The absolute majority of the South Korean people, who are standing on the edge of a precipice due to a serious economic crisis, live in extremely wretched conditions." It was unprecedented for North Korea to air a 10-minute program about the South. As if to prove that the scenes were real, the channel showed the names of the South Korean broadcasters and their program titles. A South Korean government official said, "It seems the North is attempting to prevent North Koreans who are suffering heavy economic difficulties such as food shortage from aspiring to live in South Korea and appease their discontent with the regime by making them believe that South Korea is a bad place to live." Discontent is reportedly rising in North Korea after people were press-ganged into a "150-day struggle" of farm work. Some 16,000 North Korean refugees lived in South Korea as of June this year, and they are apparently keeping in touch with relatives in the North through brokers in China and other countries. Man, I would LOVE this shit if it weren't so tragic. How many people even own TVs in the DPRK? My guess is probably in the neighborhood of...four or five? The rest of them are like "Television? Is that something you can eat?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Telo Posted July 31, 2009 Share Posted July 31, 2009 Wow. The slaying of Christians in the street. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8167644.stm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christo-f Posted March 26, 2010 Share Posted March 26, 2010 DPRK sunk an ROK patrol boat on the Northern Limit Line tonight. Looks like a torpedo hit, maybe. More than likely in order to create a negotiating position for 6 party talks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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