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2010-08-16 China-Japan-Koreas

South Korea Calls for Unity Tax as North Stomps Tiny Feet About Drills

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Posted by gorb 2010-08-16 02:33|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 Doh! Looks like the highlighting tags took some liberties, too! This part shouldn't be highlighted:

South Korean President Lee Myung Bak called for a special tax to cover the costs of eventual Korean unification as North Korea was having its usual tantrum about a U.S.-South Korea military drill.

Posted by gorb 2010-08-16 02:40|| 2010-08-16 02:40|| Front Page Top

#2 WMF > ANALYSIS: THE COST TO SOUTH KOREA OF ACHIEVING FORMAL NATIONAL REUNIFICATION WID NORTH KOREA BY 2040 [30-Year Schema] MAY BE AS HIGH AS US$2.14TRILYUHN.

versus

* PAKISTANI DEFENCE FORUM > [ChinaDaily] CHINA: THE US IS ENGAGING IN "GUNBOAT DIPLOMACY", vee the USS "Holy George", US-ROK Yellow Sea Drill, + South China Seas.

* WMF > CCTV7 STATE CHANNEL DISPLAYS UNPRECEDENTED HOURS-LONG SEGMENT ON CPLA'S "WAR MOBILIZATION" [Weaps Firings, MILEXS, etc] OF ARMED/MILITARY FORCES TO OPPOSE THE US AIRCRAFT CARRIER IN THE YELLOW SEA.

* PAKISTANI DEFENCE FORUM > PHILIPPINES EYE PEACE WID MUSLIM REBELS [MILF] IN SIX YEARS
[Year 2016 = end of POTP Benigno Aquino Jr's term].

* CHINESE MIL FORUM > [PhilStar] US URGED TO BOLSTER RP DEFENSE AGZ CHINA.

USN ADM. [Retired] James Lyons.

* CHINESE MIL FORUM > PRC PISSED OFF AT US DECLARATION OF GUNBOAT DIPLOMACY |[China.org] US INSISTS ON GUNBOAT DIPLOMACY.

* WMF > US + JAPAN SHOCKED AT CHINA'S DESIRE, PLOT TO RECOVER 5.88 MILYUHN SQKMS OF LOST ASIAN TERRITORIES.

* WMF > THE US DOES NOT WISH TO ANGER OR ANTAGONIZE CHINA: US TELLS BEIJING THAT JAPAN'S GOVT. WILL MAKE ITS OWN FINAL DECISION ON WHETHER TO KEEP OR GIVE UP JAPAN'S CLAIMS OF SOVEREIGNTY ON THE DAOYUS [Daoyutai].

Posted by JosephMendiola 2010-08-16 21:17|| 2010-08-16 21:17|| Front Page Top

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