It is good to see competent leadership returning to South Korea by reading statements like this from Lee Myung-bak.
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Colin Powell recently gave a speech to students at Korea University and he had some critical things to say about the Sunshine Policy:

He argued that North Korea “really does not have a system that can tolerate changes or modifications to give its people a better life. They have to be in a state of hostility […]

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New President Lee Myung-bak must be doing a fantastic job considering the praise North Korea is giving him:
In a commentary entitled “The South Korean Authorities Will Reap Only Destruction from Confrontation” with North Korea, the daily mentioned Lee’s name as many as 49 times, calling him an “impostor”, a “fraud” and a “traitor.” “The Lee […]

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The lack of reaction from South Korea over the North’s rhetoric this week is causing them to increase the threats:
The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) will not “remain an onlooker” following South Korea’s provocative actions on its West Sea (Yellow Sea) border, a DPRK Navy Command spokesman said Friday.
South Korea has dramatically increased […]

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As of today I drop all objections to President Lee Myung-bak’s canal project for the sole reason that North Korea objects to it:
North Korean media heaped scorn Sunday on new South Korean President Lee Myung-bak’s plan to build a cross-country canal, a project that is being hotly debated here ahead of next month’s parliamentary elections.
The […]

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Is it just me or do North Koreans threats sound more and more empty every year?:
North Korea has demanded an apology from South Korea after a high-ranking Seoul defense official said the South will strike the North’s nuclear sites if Pyongyang launches a nuclear attack.
The Defense Ministry in Seoul said Sunday that Pyongyang wants […]

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As I predicted yesterday, the inevitable North Korean backlash over Korean President Lee Myung-bak’s decision to link North Korean human rights and the return of kidnapped South Koreans to any future aid given to North Korea, is now beginning with the expulsion of South Korean officials from the Kaesong Industrial Complex. 
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The appointment of South Korea’s new Unification Minister, Nam Joo-hong has been announced and Robert Koehler of course has the scoop on him:

Secondly, is Nam really that hardline? Actually, yes. The good professor is known as a security expert, so he’s likely to view the North and intra-Korean relations through the prism of national security. […]

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Another embarrassing moment for outgoing President Roh Moo-hyun has been leaked to the press:

The office of President Roh Moo-hyun has come under fire for lying about a humiliating incident during Roh’s trip to North Korean trip last October for his summit talks with the North’s leader Kim Jong-il.
A vernacular newspaper disclosed on Thursday that the […]

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This is outrageous and I hope that the South Korean government doesn’t give in to these ridiculous demands:

North Korea has balked at South Korea playing its national anthem or raising its flag at a World Cup soccer qualifier in Pyongyang next month, claiming a neutral flag and traditional folk song should be used.
To promote unity […]

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Fresh off of accusations that North Korea diverted fuel aid to the military, now new reports say that the cash aid and building materials to North Korea have been diverted for other purposes as well:

In March last year South Korea gave US$3.8 million worth of aid, including $400,000 in cash and building materials, to North […]

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Common sense may be returning to USFK:

U.S. Forces Korea commander Gen. B.B. Bell said Thursday he plans to ease curfew restrictions for higher-ranking servicemembers within two months, possibly by starting a tiered curfew system that would let them stay out later than lower-ranking troops.
Speaking at the end of a daylong visit to Daegu’s Camp Walker […]

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