I find when speaking to many people they have strong opinions over this issue. The truth is that North Korea is THE most secretive country in the world and its impossible to know exactly what's going on. There is too much suppression of information and what does come out is unreliable. I question if even the government there has a complete grasp of the situation.
We, the public, in the west have been basing our opinions on whatever the media pumps out ("Team America" is a popular one) but what we do forget is that this country is a product of cold war politics and since the collapse of Russia it has developed much due to the American foreign policy (or lack of it towards NK). To pass the blame completely on the Kim's is to glance past the actions that we have taken to help shape North Korea to what it is today.
What is needed now is to develop a policy towards the country and not leave it a a side issue hoping the country will collapse and solve all these issues. It hasn't collapse yet and it has survived the decline of world communism, famine, death of a cherished leader, war, failled economy and so on.
Lets no glance over the issue of historical responsibillities and work with the Koreans instead of demonising the place as this method has not helped so far...
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at 07:24 on December 14th, 2007
I find when speaking to many people they have strong opinions over this issue. The truth is that North Korea is THE most secretive country in the world and its impossible to know exactly what's going on. There is too much suppression of information and what does come out is unreliable. I question if even the government there has a complete grasp of the situation.
We, the public, in the west have been basing our opinions on whatever the media pumps out ("Team America" is a popular one) but what we do forget is that this country is a product of cold war politics and since the collapse of Russia it has developed much due to the American foreign policy (or lack of it towards NK). To pass the blame completely on the Kim's is to glance past the actions that we have taken to help shape North Korea to what it is today.
What is needed now is to develop a policy towards the country and not leave it a a side issue hoping the country will collapse and solve all these issues. It hasn't collapse yet and it has survived the decline of world communism, famine, death of a cherished leader, war, failled economy and so on.
Lets no glance over the issue of historical responsibillities and work with the Koreans instead of demonising the place as this method has not helped so far...