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| China-Japan-Koreas |
| North Korea Restricts Border Traffic |
| 2008-12-02 |
| North Korea, one of the world's most shuttered states, pulled the curtains tighter on Monday, drastically cutting South Korean access to a joint industrial complex in the border city of Kaesong. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #9 Obviously this isn't about South Korea. The North Korean elites are gearing up for an old-fashioned succession struggle, and would prefer to not have an audience for the familial bloodletting. God knows only what kind of kibitzing they're expecting from their sanctimonious and deluded cousins to the south. |
| Posted by: Mitch H. 2008-12-02 19:25 |
| #8 North Korea is crazy to think that any one will actually be affected by this. I don't know what will happen to them in the future, but they need to start opening their borders more in order to bring more power into the country. Their civilians will figure out a way around Kim Jong Ill's tyranny. |
| Posted by: John 2008-12-02 15:20 |
| #7 Did the paleo's get their economics training from the norks or was it the other way around? |
| Posted by: remoteman 2008-12-02 12:48 |
| #6 South Korea wants to export to Europe via the Trans Siberian Railroad. It could be a very busy and profitable route. |
| Posted by: ed 2008-12-02 12:14 |
| #5 North Korea restricts border traffic? Will anyone notice? I can't imagine a big influx in the northernly direction. North Korea is not exactly a vacation capital of the world. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2008-12-02 12:10 |
| #4 Well without the technical experts from the south, their transportation, logistics, materials sourcing and consumer market, I don't see the point of even keeping the factories open. It was kind of a freebie for the north, if they don't want it, screw em. They had to bring in all the tech guys and managers from the south I think. |
| Posted by: bigjim-ky 2008-12-02 09:27 |
| #3 Kimmie said to tell the SorKs, "Thanks for the factories, sucka." |
| Posted by: ed 2008-12-02 07:03 |
| #2 Do they think they are punishing the South or something? Throwing little temper tantrums and starving your own peasants? Yeah, that'll teach em! |
| Posted by: bigjim-ky 2008-12-02 06:51 |
| #1 TOPIX > UNKNOWN SON OF KIM JONG-IL APPEARS TO CONTEND FOR SUCCESSION? Also from SAME > ARMENIAN EXPERTS ASK RUSSIA TO GIVE PART OF DAGESTAN FOR NAGORNO-KARABAKH [compensation/over 4000 square kilometers of Russ]??? Lest we fergit, [old]RUSSIA THREATENS TO PREEMPTIVELY STRIKE NORTH KOREA [in case NK goes Nukeys]. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2008-12-02 02:15 |