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By: GraBlog » The Face of the Enemy

GraBlog » The Face of the Enemy — Fri, 02 Sep 2005 20:33:03 +0000

[...] During breakfast, I told my wife about how North Korea said that Japan doesn’t belong in the six-way talks on their nuclear weapons program because… The nuclear issue of the Korean Peninsula is not a matter for such an insincere and clumsy political dwarf as Japan to deal withso they should step aside and let the big guys talk (Hat tip to Cominganarchy). This is not the first time North Korea snapped at its neighbor, but the region is not known for favorable views of neighbors and good relations. For example, after the short anecdote my wife told me that when she was a kid she watched an animation for children called Ã«ËœËœÃ¬Â?Â´Ã¬Å¾Â¥ÃªÂµÂ° (Tori Jangun, 197 . Click on the image to see the details. The interesting part of the story is, the pig in red cloth in the upper right corner was a not at all flattering portray of Kim Il-Sung Yuri Irsenowich Kim a.k.a. Kim Jong-Il (who at that time was the Party secretary of organization and propaganda and already designated as successor of his father, Kim Il-Sung). The wolfes in the lower left represent North Korean soldiers – the imagery is quite vivid. Tori Jangun was not only shown in the movies, but also in schools throughout the South Korean half of the penninsula. p.s.: unflattering appears to be a false friend? p.p.s.: During research, I came across Dictatorofthemonth.com Posted in Korea, Media [...]

By: GraBlog

GraBlog — Thu, 07 Jul 2005 08:52:43 +0000

The Face of the Enemy

During breakfast, I told my wife about how North Korea said that Japan doesn’t belong in the six-way talks on their nuclear weapons program because… “The nuclear issue of the Korean Peninsula is not a matter for such an insincere and clumsy politic…

By: Kushibo

Kushibo — Thu, 07 Jul 2005 08:39:32 +0000

The speaker who really lambasted the Americans was a South Korean, whose nation has a defense treaty with the United States. The speaker reached back to a secret agreement in 1905 in which the United States agreed not to interfere with Japan’s plans to annex
Korea, and Japan said it would not interfere with the United States in the Philippines. Many of Korea’s ills since then, the speaker said, were the fault of the United States

Former students of a leftist bent in Korea who have been fed too heavy a diet of Bruce Cumings like to take the 1905 agreement (which is not America’s finest hour, to be sure) and then make that the kernel of a screed against the United States. Some elements of this agenda are believed by a few in the whacko government of Roh Moohyun, which, it should be noted, is highly unpopular here.

While everybody’s-fault-but-ours plays in some parts of Korea (as it does in many other places), it does not translate into sentiment to boot the USFK out. If the current government were to make such a move (which they have said they absolutely would not), there would be massive demonstrations against them.

By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 07 Jul 2005 02:30:09 +0000

Back then we watched the world tear itself apart, nowdays we participate. Neither right or wrong really, it’s about national priorities.

By: lirelou

lirelou — Wed, 06 Jul 2005 02:35:36 +0000

And, of course, in 1905 the United States had this really huge Army and a Great White Fleet that could have easily forced the Japanese to toe the line. Speaking of political dwarfs, I wonder of Koizimi wears elevator shoes and combs his hair up in a pompadour to look taller like a certain political (obviously) giant?

By: Plunge Pontificates

Plunge Pontificates — Wed, 06 Jul 2005 00:01:14 +0000

Political Dwarf

I missed this earlier, Curzon didn’t…

By: asiapundit

asiapundit — Tue, 05 Jul 2005 11:43:19 +0000

i wish i were as funny as the dear leader

Curzon has noticed yet another addition

By: tamura

tamura — Tue, 05 Jul 2005 06:17:15 +0000

http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2005/Jul/03/op/op16p.html———————————The speaker who really lambasted the Americans was a South Korean, whose nation has a
defense treaty with the United States. The speaker reached back to a secret agreement
in 1905 in which the United States agreed not to interfere with Japan’s plans to annex
Korea, and Japan said it would not interfere with the United States in the Philippines.
Many of Korea’s ills since then, the speaker said, were the fault of the United States.———————————-
South Korean want to cancel alliance…