Replies to post #1470 on Zeev's Turnips Talk Politics (ZTTP)

[sylvester80]

<Eventually, they will reunify, but the north economic conditions must improve by a lot before that can happen, otherwise, a unified Korea will go down the drain, instead of starvation just in the North, the whole country may collapse economically.>

That I agree with.

[satorino]

Starvation in NK is government induced. They have a policy of extraction from peasants which is very similar to the ill fated one enforced by Mao during the GLF and the communes. That one led to the death of tens of million of people and eventually led to the Cultural Revolution.
The NK government is a lunatic dictatorship which is starving its own people and can survive only by duress toward its own population. That government is a corpse waiting to be buried by history.
They are very limited in what they can do in foreign relations, and even China is telling them to cool off and let the UN people do the job.
I think this situation will be resolved diplomatically.
satorino

[sylvester80]

Hmmm.... more interesting reading and special interests on the Korea issue with the Bush family:

"But what has been overlooked was Carlyle's business interest in Korea. The senior Bush had spearheaded the group's successful entrance into the South Korean market, paving the way for buyouts of Korea's KorAm Bank and Mercury, a telecommunications equipment company. For the business to be successful, stability between North and South Korea is critical. And though there is no direct evidence linking the senior Bush's business dealings in Korea with the change in policy, it is the appearance of impropriety that excites the watchdogs. "We are clearly aware that former President Bush has weighed in on policy toward South Korea and we note that U.S. policy changed after those communications," says Peter Eisner, managing director at the Center for Public Integrity, a watchdog group in Washington, D.C., which has an active file on the Carlyle Group. "We know that former President Bush receives remuneration for his work with Carlyle and that he is capable of advising the current president, but how much further it goes, we don't know."

http://www.redherring.com/vc/2002/0111/947.html

[sarai]

Zeev, South Korea not only wants them out, I believe they are demanding that US troops leave. If you know otherwise, please let us know.