Comments on: Lee Myung Bak Vowing Tough Stance with North Korea http://rokdrop.com/2007/12/22/lee-myung-bak-vowing-tough-stance-with-north-korea/ Serving on the Forgotten Frontier Wed, 03 Dec 2008 23:48:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Bruce Cumings Blames Bush for Beef Protests http://rokdrop.com/2007/12/22/lee-myung-bak-vowing-tough-stance-with-north-korea/#comment-176537 Bruce Cumings Blames Bush for Beef Protests Mon, 07 Jul 2008 19:40:14 +0000 http://rokdrop.com/2007/12/22/lee-myung-bak-vowing-tough-stance-with-north-korea/#comment-176537 [...] The part where Roh’s and Lee’s North Korea policies differ is that Lee expects North Korea to give something in return for aid given to include improving human rights conditions.  Now that would be real reconciliation [...] [...] The part where Roh’s and Lee’s North Korea policies differ is that Lee expects North Korea to give something in return for aid given to include improving human rights conditions.  Now that would be real reconciliation [...]

]]> By: Lee Myung-bak Government to Promote NK Human Rights http://rokdrop.com/2007/12/22/lee-myung-bak-vowing-tough-stance-with-north-korea/#comment-138224 Lee Myung-bak Government to Promote NK Human Rights Tue, 04 Mar 2008 19:52:30 +0000 http://rokdrop.com/2007/12/22/lee-myung-bak-vowing-tough-stance-with-north-korea/#comment-138224 [...] Myung-bak in a short time has already spoken out much more vocally about promoting human rights in North Korea then Roh ever did, but what Lee says and what he [...] [...] Myung-bak in a short time has already spoken out much more vocally about promoting human rights in North Korea then Roh ever did, but what Lee says and what he [...]

]]> By: Knickerbocker http://rokdrop.com/2007/12/22/lee-myung-bak-vowing-tough-stance-with-north-korea/#comment-110857 Knickerbocker Sun, 23 Dec 2007 04:58:12 +0000 http://rokdrop.com/2007/12/22/lee-myung-bak-vowing-tough-stance-with-north-korea/#comment-110857 The issue isn't aid vs. no aid. It's conditional vs. unconditional aid. The issue isn’t aid vs. no aid. It’s conditional vs. unconditional aid.

]]> By: usinkorea http://rokdrop.com/2007/12/22/lee-myung-bak-vowing-tough-stance-with-north-korea/#comment-110728 usinkorea Sat, 22 Dec 2007 21:43:22 +0000 http://rokdrop.com/2007/12/22/lee-myung-bak-vowing-tough-stance-with-north-korea/#comment-110728 It will just be rhetoric. I guess if Lee were really pressured by the US to cut back significantly on the aid to North Korea he might do it if the US gave him something to offset the risk he would believe a North Korea collapse would bring....... ...but since the United States has flipflopped into following the Sunshine Policy, we won't see that happen. If Lee does spend time talking in public about North Korea Human Rights, my bet is that all it will do is expose even greater amounts of hypocrisy, because I don't believe he will cut funding of the North Korean regime, because both liberals and conservatives in South Korea see it as something they must do: avoid collapse at all costs. It will just be rhetoric. I guess if Lee were really pressured by the US to cut back significantly on the aid to North Korea he might do it if the US gave him something to offset the risk he would believe a North Korea collapse would bring…….

…but since the United States has flipflopped into following the Sunshine Policy, we won’t see that happen.

If Lee does spend time talking in public about North Korea Human Rights, my bet is that all it will do is expose even greater amounts of hypocrisy, because I don’t believe he will cut funding of the North Korean regime, because both liberals and conservatives in South Korea see it as something they must do: avoid collapse at all costs.

]]> By: OneFreeKorea » Experts predict Lee Myung Bak’s behavior; Still no comment from Miss Cleo, Nostradamus, or KCNA http://rokdrop.com/2007/12/22/lee-myung-bak-vowing-tough-stance-with-north-korea/#comment-110659 OneFreeKorea » Experts predict Lee Myung Bak’s behavior; Still no comment from Miss Cleo, Nostradamus, or KCNA Sat, 22 Dec 2007 17:29:20 +0000 http://rokdrop.com/2007/12/22/lee-myung-bak-vowing-tough-stance-with-north-korea/#comment-110659 [...] will bring. Personally, however, I’m most interested in what KCNA thinks about Lee and his latest statements promising more scrutiny of North Korea on human rights.  Unfortunately, KCNA is now on its fifth [...] [...] will bring. Personally, however, I’m most interested in what KCNA thinks about Lee and his latest statements promising more scrutiny of North Korea on human rights.  Unfortunately, KCNA is now on its fifth [...]

]]> By: Knickerbocker http://rokdrop.com/2007/12/22/lee-myung-bak-vowing-tough-stance-with-north-korea/#comment-110506 Knickerbocker Sat, 22 Dec 2007 02:39:05 +0000 http://rokdrop.com/2007/12/22/lee-myung-bak-vowing-tough-stance-with-north-korea/#comment-110506 This is good news for South Korea, but it's also good news for North Korea. It's time they had a good dose of reality. Roh has propped up KJI long enough. It's time for tough love. This is good news for South Korea, but it’s also good news for North Korea. It’s time they had a good dose of reality. Roh has propped up KJI long enough. It’s time for tough love.

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