And I'm in a pissed mood of hating china's shitty attitude to Japan and korea! only talk talk but dose nothing...
(which is the opposite of America, who appear to hold a level of bias against North Korea, based on its nuclear program).
China, in my opinion, holds a position of power here: they are North Korea's main (and only?) ally;
thx for the correction Mr Ryan Oxford ::)guess u didnt notice the appostrophe error too
I literally find those two statements quite contradictory.If considered that China is a key ally to NK,wouldnt that evidently create a bias on China's stands.So how then does America's inclination to the south be termed bias
I think China connects to the issue more as a close neighbour to the peninsular rather than as an ally to the North making it kinda impartial in its words and moves.Dont forget China and the South share huge economic and social ties bonding both countries like two sides of the same coin.
Gone are the days of the cold war or better put...the Communist /democracy rubbish.The world has been enlighten by their flaws".Economocracy" quickly swapped in for fatouos political ideologies since then
Like I said,its a huge dilemma for China and all other major international players,be it the US or myself
| Citing North Korea’s continued effort to improve its not entirely effective long range missile program, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates predicted that not only would the nation have a “limited ability” to attack the continental United States within five years, but that they could use nuclear warheads when doing so. Predictions of this sort are pretty common, and indeed two years ago the administration predicted that North Korea would have that capability in mid-2012. It seems US officials are forever more optimistic about North Korea’s ability to advance these programs than the North is, however. The endless speculation centers around the Taepodong-2, a missile which has been in development since 1987. North Korea’s government has twice tested the missile, in 2006 and 2009, and it failed both times. US officials seem convinced enough of the missile’s viability, at least to the extent that it can be used to demand major funding of missile defense systems, which themselves don’t work particularly well, to shoot down the missiles on the off chance they ever get them working. But Gates insists this proves North Korea poses a ‘direct threat’ to the US and that they must be “engaged” soon. Though he mentions negotiation the US has repeatedly rejected the notion of talks with the North Korean government. | (http://news.antiwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/korea.jpg) |
| (http://expat-english.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10001/normal_ROKmissiletruck.jpg) (http://www.businessinsider.com/category/korea) | SEOUL, South Korea – Impoverished North Korea could bring its own collapse if it keeps pouring scarce national resources into its nuclear weapons program and military, a senior South Korean official warned in an interview to be broadcast Monday. South Korean officials have used tough language against North Korea after two deadly attacks last year killed dozens of people. But it's still rare for a top Seoul official to speak publicly on a potential North Korean collapse and shows the South's growing impatience with its communist neighbor. "I think they will come to the point where they can no longer sustain the burden of military expenditures," Chun Yung-woo told "PBS NewsHour," according to part of the interview posted on the U.S. public broadcaster's website. |
| Background information from the CIA Factbook (https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/graphics/maps/large/kn-map.gif) (https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/kn.html) | Disputes - international: Risking arrest, imprisonment, and deportation, tens of thousands of North Koreans cross into China to escape famine, economic privation, and political oppression; North Korea and China dispute the sovereignty of certain islands in Yalu and Tumen rivers; Military Demarcation Line within the 4-km wide Demilitarized Zone has separated North from South Korea since 1953; periodic incidents in the Yellow Sea with South Korea which claims the Northern Limiting Line as a maritime boundary; North Korea supports South Korea in rejecting Japan's claim to Liancourt Rocks (Tok-do/Take-shima) Refugees and internally displaced persons: Trafficking in persons: current situation: North Korea is a source country for men, women, and children trafficked for the purposes of forced labor and commercial sexual exploitation; the most common form of trafficking involves North Korean women and girls who cross the border into China voluntarily; additionally, North Korean women and girls are lured out of North Korea to escape poor social and economic conditions by the promise of food, jobs, and freedom, only to be forced into prostitution, marriage, or exploitative labor arrangements once in China tier rating: Tier 3 - North Korea does not fully comply with minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking and is not making significant efforts to do so; the government does not acknowledge the existence of human rights abuses in the country or recognize trafficking, either within the country or transnationally; North Korea has not ratified the 2000 UN TIP Protocol (2008) |