http://rokdrop.com/2006/12/12/seoul-calls-for-second-inter-korean-summit/ Korea From North to South Fri, 19 Mar 2010 06:15:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://rokdrop.com/2006/12/12/seoul-calls-for-second-inter-korean-summit/comment-page-1/#comment-1052 The World’s Most Expensive Photo-op at ROK Drop Wed, 13 Dec 2006 20:44:26 +0000 http://rokdrop.com/2006/12/12/seoul-calls-for-second-inter-korean-summit/#comment-1052 [...] The Chosun Ilbo has confirmed my earlier suspicions of why the South Korean government is pushing for a second inter-Korean summit: Ruling Uri Party chairman Kim Geun-tae said late last month that he will ask the president to dispatch a special envoy to North Korea for the purpose of promoting an “unconditional” inter-Korean summit, and the former Uri Party chairman Chung Dong-young said March or April next year would be the right time for the summit, when the presidential election is some six months away. [...] [...] The Chosun Ilbo has confirmed my earlier suspicions of why the South Korean government is pushing for a second inter-Korean summit: Ruling Uri Party chairman Kim Geun-tae said late last month that he will ask the president to dispatch a special envoy to North Korea for the purpose of promoting an “unconditional” inter-Korean summit, and the former Uri Party chairman Chung Dong-young said March or April next year would be the right time for the summit, when the presidential election is some six months away. [...]

]]> http://rokdrop.com/2006/12/12/seoul-calls-for-second-inter-korean-summit/comment-page-1/#comment-1033 GI Korea Tue, 12 Dec 2006 22:34:04 +0000 http://rokdrop.com/2006/12/12/seoul-calls-for-second-inter-korean-summit/#comment-1033 It is all about getting that photo op toasting Kim Jong-il just like Madelline Albright. It is all about getting that photo op toasting Kim Jong-il just like Madelline Albright.

]]> http://rokdrop.com/2006/12/12/seoul-calls-for-second-inter-korean-summit/comment-page-1/#comment-1031 Brendon Carr Tue, 12 Dec 2006 12:30:31 +0000 http://rokdrop.com/2006/12/12/seoul-calls-for-second-inter-korean-summit/#comment-1031 That's right -- a billion dollars to North Korea, but when the US asks for more help in meeting the costs of stationing troops here to defend against North Korea, that's "difficult". So Uncle Sam gets US$789 million in cost sharing, all of which is spent right here in Korea, while the enemy gets a cool billion. That’s right — a billion dollars to North Korea, but when the US asks for more help in meeting the costs of stationing troops here to defend against North Korea, that’s “difficult”. So Uncle Sam gets US$789 million in cost sharing, all of which is spent right here in Korea, while the enemy gets a cool billion.

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