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China-Japan-Koreas
Kim Jr Says Norks Need Food, Not Bullets
2010-10-27
Careful son, wait until Pops is dead and buried before you start spouting off ...
North Korean leader Kim Jong-il's son and heir says the impoverished country needs food more than bullets. "In the past, it was all right to have bullets and no food, but now we must have food even though we don't have bullets," Kim junior, who was recently promoted to vice chairman of the Workers Party's powerful Central Military Commission, was quoted by sources on Monday as saying.

Quoting a source familiar with North Korea-China relations, the Yomiuri Shimbun said Kim Jong-un made the remarks during a visit to Kimchaek city in North Hamgyong Province in late September, when the Workers Party congress took place. The Japanese daily said the comments are confirmed in documents recently disseminated to party officials.

It is unclear whether Kim made them before or after the party congress that elevated him to his new post on Sept. 28.
Posted by:Steve White

#8  #6:NORTH KOREA IS BEST KOREA
Posted by: HEU||

he typed with thin weak malnourished fingers...
Posted by: Frank G   2010-10-27 12:22  

#7  NORTH KOREA IS BEST KOREA

Then why are you so afraid of the South?
Posted by: gorb   2010-10-27 11:56  

#6  NORTH KOREA IS BEST KOREA
Posted by: HEU   2010-10-27 10:57  

#5  ...China has claimed discovery and administration between 16th century or earlier until 1895.

So, that means they'll recognize a Mongolian claim to China which predates that? Go Genghis!
Posted by: Procopius2k   2010-10-27 09:23  

#4  Got it. Thank you.
Posted by: Whiskey Mike   2010-10-27 04:07  

#3  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senkaku_Islands
Posted by: European Conservative   2010-10-27 03:23  

#2  Even dead and buried might be 'too soon', but interesting glimmer of maybe-hope there.

In regard to comment 1 from Joe: what is the DAOYUS?
Posted by: Whiskey Mike   2010-10-27 02:52  

#1  ION WMF > JAPANESE TROOPS IN THE DAOYUS [+ Taiwan] DEFINITELY MEANS WAR WITH CHINA.

* OKINAWA IS THE DAOYUS:SINO-JAPANESE RESOLUTION OF THE DAOYU SOVEREIGNTY ISSUE IS INDIRECTLY ABOUT CONTROL OF OKINAWA [Ryukyus Islands] AND FULL TRADE, MILITARY ACCESS INTO CENTRAL PACIFIC.

* SAME > CHINA BEGINS DIPLOMATIC, MILITARY OPERATIONS TO RECOVER THE RYUKYUS/OKINAWA ISLANDS. OKINAWA AS ONE OF FOUR HISTORICIAL CHINESE TRIBUTARY STATES. OKINAWA IS THE STRATEGIC CENTRE OF POWER IN NE ASIA FOR BOTH JAPAN, USA.

* SAME > US APOCALYPSE BEGINS IN THE PACIFIC: US STEADILY LOSES ITS WESTPAC ADVANTAGES AS ALLY SOUTH KOREA TURNS TO RUSSIA ON ITS CLAIMS OF SOVEREIGNTY AGZ JAPAN OER THE DOKKDO ISLANDS. REGIONAL SUPPORT AMONG US ALLIES FOR THE BREAKUP OF JAPAN. RISING CHINA'S RIGHT TO MIL INTERVENE + SEND PLA TROOPS TO TAIWAN, KOREAS, OKINAWA. RYUKYUS, DAOYUS, + RUSSIAN-HELD KURILES TO COUNTER JAPAN, + IN DEFENSE OF REGIONAL TRADE.

* SAME > CHINESE VICE-FOREIGN MINISTER TELLS JAPAN'S DEFENSE MINISTER: CHINA HAS HISTORICALLY BEEN INVADED VIA THE KOREAS, THUS WHAT OCCURS ON THE KOREAN PENINSULA + LITTORAL SEAS IS IN CHINA'S "STRATEGIC/CORE INTERESTS" WHICH CHINA IS PREPARED TO MILITARILY DEFEND.
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2010-10-27 01:11  

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