Comments on: Increased Broadcasts Funded; Contingency Planning for NK Collapse Announced

By: Increased Radio Broadcasting into North Korea Having Desired Effect

Increased Radio Broadcasting into North Korea Having Desired Effect — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 01:03:08 +0000

[...] in February the US government budgeted more money to fund increased radio broadcasts into North Korea and now the increased broadcasting is becoming a [...]

By: North Korea Jamming Radio Broadcasts

North Korea Jamming Radio Broadcasts — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 00:04:26 +0000

[...] to defect after listening to these broadcasts. In a good sign that htRecently the US has agreed to increase radio broadcasts into the country to fight this information war. A sign of how concerned the North Korean regime [...]

By: GI Korea

GI Korea — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 20:59:26 +0000

It may be bad for ch’emyon but it is something that needs to be done and it is good to see that Lee Myung-bak government at least by appearance is preparing to actually do some contingency planning with USFK.

By: Mark

Mark — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 10:19:12 +0000

Such a plan was bad for ch’emyon, kinda like the Lance missile.

By: GI Korea

GI Korea — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 00:30:14 +0000

That is why a post-collapse plan by South Korea is critical. The ROK Army needs to be prepared to quickly move across the border and occupy the country before the Chinese have a chance to do so themselves.

The Chinese biggest concern is stability and if the regime collapses and it sees millions of refugees coming their way they will intervene. If the ROK Army can move into there and control things before the Chinese, it takes away the Chinese excuse of deploying into NK for humanitarian reasons and giving them an opportunity to establish a Burma style puppet state which is just Juche-lite.

Fighting the information war inside North Korea before the regime collapses is part of this strategy. The people in North Korea need to see South Korea as the better option than being occupied by the Chinese. The elites in North Korea would probably prefer Chinese puppet state status to rejoining South Korea along with probably many people in the general public. This needs to change and that is why fighting the information war is critical.

By: Steve

Steve — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 22:53:14 +0000

If there was a collapse of North Korea, I think we would see a swoop in by the Chinese armed forces before any US or ROK action. The Chinese would then declare how they’ve arrived to help their former client state.

Sources have reported defections by North Korean generals to the Chinese, these individuals would be used as heads of a puppet state. China has its eye on Korea and what starts as a humanitarian effort will become a reunification of a lost province.