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Topic started on 1-1-2013 @ 11:49 AM by iamhobo

Kim Jong-un calls for end to confrontation with South Korea


www.guardian.co.uk
Kim Jong-un has called for an end to confrontation between North and South Korea, technically still at war in the absence of a peace treaty to end their 1950-53 conflict, in a surprise New Year's Day speech broadcast on state media.

(visit the link for the full news article)


reply posted on 1-1-2013 @ 11:49 AM by iamhobo
For the first time in 19 years, a North Korean leader gave a New Year's address to the public.

Could the North be calling, quietly, for aid from the South? It seems like this could be a possibility considering North Korea has consistently struggled to provide for it's 24 million starving people.

Unfortunately it seems experts are saying that even though the speech seemed optimistic, the regime's position may not have changed.

Do you think Kim Jong-Un might actually be using this New Year as a chance to turn his country around and come together with their South Korean brethren?

www.guardian.co.uk
(visit the link for the full news article)

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In another article, Huffington Post, Kim Jong-Un apparently made a lot of high profile miltary/governmental changes, wanting to...

"make a fundamental turnabout in their ideological viewpoint, work style and attitude."


He also pushed for the development of more advanced weapons, a "revolution" in science and technology and reunification with "compatriots" in South Korea, which elected a president last month who has vowed to open dialogue with Pyongyang after five years of tense ties.

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reply posted on 1-1-2013 @ 12:08 PM by littled16
reply to post by iamhobo

I would hope that "Lil' Kim" is ready to make peace with South Korea but having a suspicious mind I cannot help but wonder if this could possibly be a ploy to get South Korea to relax their guard while he plots some kind of attack.


reply posted on 1-1-2013 @ 12:15 PM by SubTruth
reply to post by iamhobo



I bet this message is not heard in the west. Think about it we need a bad guy and this country fits the bill. We are in a recession and need a way out.



Our leaders do not have peace in mind they never did. War is profit.





Personally I would open up talks as soon as possible and open up the north to the world and let peace grow. This leader is young and I bet he knows the west needs a enemy at some point to get out of this hole.


reply posted on 1-1-2013 @ 12:34 PM by JWash


reply posted on 1-1-2013 @ 12:56 PM by SloAnPainful
reply to post by beezzer



I agree with Beezzer, something just seems off about it. Just a couple weeks ago he launched a satelite that actually made it and now he's calling for peace with South Korea. After the decades of poking at one another.

Personally I thought the only way these two could resolve their issue was through war. Glad to see things are changing around for once.

Good read.

-SAP-
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