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Hey TL'ers!
My phone just buzzed, to tell me that North Korea, under the leader of Kim-Jong-Un, just made deal with the US. The deal says that North Korea will curb their nuclear program (to some extent), in exchange for food and similar supplies.
Article: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/01/world/asia/us-says-north-korea-agrees-to-curb-nuclear-work.html?_r=1&hp
Your thoughts? As said in the article, this has happened before without any longterm results, but with the new leader I at least have pretty high hopes for the direction North Korea are taking now.
PS: Sorry if this post isn't good or my grammar is bad, but this is the first time I'm doing a post like this and English ain't my native language.
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Great news! I didnt expect this deal to go through after the great leader died.
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i doubt it'll be any different from before. lots of the old guard still in power
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We'll see if he actually distributes it to his people... This does seem to be a good step, though.
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Hope this deal doesn't turn out to be take and run.
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Thats awesome, i hope they follow through and its not just talk. It seems like they may be crumbling now that they are opening up.
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Looks like Kim jong un wants statues representing him to be made out of meat instead of stone.
Either that or the army people might get more snackbreaks.
I hope it will improve the living of the people, but I doubt it a lot.
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Huh, this is actually pretty good news. How refreshing.
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For the relatively young and inexperienced Mr. Kim, the agreement could be crucial to solidifying his hold on power and the backing of the military, analysts in South Korea said. He needs to show in his early months in power that he is improving people’s lives after years of food shortages and a devastating famine, and bringing in 240,000 metric tons of food aid from the United States will surely help.
Even if he's not doing it for the sake of the people but just to make himself look better it's still gonna be a step in the right direction if the people who need the food do actually get some.
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This is interesting.
I really hope he has learned from the past and more importantly gets good advice...
This could actually be a turning point.
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Remember how the last time NK agreed to something like this, it tested a nuke a few years later and effectively said "ya sorry, but we're North Korea and gonna do what we want".
That being said, I have high hopes for this.
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On March 01 2012 02:27 docvoc wrote:
Thats awesome, i hope they follow through and its not just talk. It seems like they may be crumbling now that they are opening up.
This. N.Korea just can't seem to keep their word.
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Mixed feelings on this - it wouldn't be the first time NK has the chance to go back on their word and telling everybody to fuck off, yet a new leader could potentially change the terrible conditions in that area.
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It's probably just a bid to get more food for his army and do more offensive posturing later.
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On March 01 2012 02:42 RaiD.RaynoR wrote:Show nested quote +On March 01 2012 02:27 docvoc wrote:
Thats awesome, i hope they follow through and its not just talk. It seems like they may be crumbling now that they are opening up. This. N.Korea just can't seem to keep their word.
This is true for most of the world, not just NK.
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It's terrible how these world 'leaders' are able to hold their citizens hostage while we have to send them food and aid. I'm betting most of the food and aid are going into the military or the pockets of the government while the people still starve as usual.
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I think people are too eager to look for light at the end of the tunnel.
This is like the drug addicated family member that has gone into rehab for the sixth time. You really want to believe him, but you should prepare for the more likely outcome.
North-Korea probably the most unreliable nation in the world, exactly why they are so hard to engage in diplomacy. Diplomacy is entirely based around trust. You just can't trust North-Korea.
We will see, but it has a long way to go before I am going to compliment that atrocious nation for anything.
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The more things change, the more they stay the same.
Hope not.
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Meanwhile, U.S.A is nuking the shit out of the Pacific ocean.
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Same old same old, really
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