North Korea

I want China and the US to be on the same page, and that can only happen through dialog.

NEWS FLASH: It is 2013, The 21st Century, and Diplomats Do Not LIE Face To Face Anymore! WE ARE CIVILIZED NOW.

Bound For It.

And we weren't civilized a week ago?.....

Steve

Latest on BBC News saying the US and China will work together.
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It's good to be back amongst friends and colleagues

Panorama will be interesting to watch later this evening.....

Inside North Korea
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Panorama will be interesting to watch later this evening.....

Inside North Korea

The BBC were quite wrong to "use" the LSE in that way and possibly put innocent students at risk, and quite rightly should be publicly rebuked, and if necessary fined. But the resulting programme is still valid nevertheless, and given the current tensions in the Korean peninsular, it should be aired.

Gordon Bennett, where's those pills :)

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The BBC were quite wrong to "use" the LSE in that way and possibly put innocent students at risk, and quite rightly should be publicly rebuked, and if necessary fined. But the resulting programme is still valid nevertheless, and given the current tensions in the Korean peninsular, it should be aired.

I could yet be proved wrong, but I believe that Kim has played the game better than daddy ever did.

Kim has managed to scare the crap out of the entire world. Think about it. How many millions if not billions of dollars have the allies spent scrambling to defend all of southeast Asia from a nuclear attack? All he had to do was shoot his mouth off while holding a birthday party for his grandfather. Hell, he even held a marathon race. Not too shabby for the rookie.

Now, the big question is whether the kid is smart enough to see that enough is enough.
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Join the PACK!

That's a very dangerous game to play. Play it too much & the "Big Boys" will soon get fed up of any & all "tinpot" nations holding the world to ransom & someone's finger will slip....
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Now, the big question is whether the kid is smart enough to see that enough is enough.

Now this after the Boston Bombing :-( One last threat.


North Korea threatens to strike without warning

Apparently protesters in South Korea's capital, Seoul, burned portraits of Kim Jong-un, his father Kim Jong-il, and grandfather Kim Il-sung on Monday in the streets.

So the NK response was not unexpected.

Don't want much do they.....

NK lists terms for talks

Here's one for you Kim Pong 2, sign a peace treaty ending the 1950-54 Korean War, then you can talk.
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The North Korean threats are now history,

Don't want much do they.....

1. What we would like to get
2. What we realistically expect to get
3. Our bottom line if really pushed.

Those principles probably still hold true today, just depends how quickly they want a settlement. Jim has to be seen to be the big man to his people to shore up his standing as a young and untested leader, so of course he will initially demand the earth.

I am just grateful that it seems that a war has been averted at the last minute. Ok the USA could have wiped out thier military bases and command posts without any trouble, and probably flattened major buildings in Pingpong town, but there would have been many civilian casualties and a humanitarian crisis of some proportions.