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China-Japan-Koreas
Norks 'Could Attack South to Cover Internal Crisis'
2011-01-03
To which we're supposed to respond by offering concessions.
North Korea could attempt to provoke the South prior to the G20 summit in Seoul in November in an effort to divert attention from its deepening domestic crisis, experts speculated Monday at a seminar on the G20 summit and security in the Korean Peninsula organized by the Institute for National Security Strategy. The seminar comes amid suspicions that North Korea may have been involved in the sinking of the Navy corvette Cheonan in a mysterious explosion on March 26.

Brian Myers, a professor at Dogseo University in Busan, said North Korea is unlikely to sabotage the G20 summit or commit a provocation disgracing the host, but recalled that Pyongyang bombed KAL flight No. 858 just prior to the 1988 Seoul Olympics and killed four South Korean sailors in a naval skirmish during the 2002 football World Cup.

"Kim Jong-il has lost confidence in his health and the 2012 deadline for achieving 'a great, prosperous and powerful nation' approaches, so he is obsessed with paving the way for his heir," said international security ambassador Nam Joo-hong said. "The North will pursue the contradictory paths of improving relations with the U.S. on the one hand and threatening the South on the other." He added provocations cannot be ruled out.

Choi Dae-suk, a professor at Ewha Womans University, said, "If North Korea was involved in the sinking of the Cheonan, the damage to inter-Korean relations would be tremendous." He warned that since this year marks the 60th anniversary of the Korean War, Pyongyang could seek to create military tension along the demilitarized zone.

To prevent the worst-case scenario, Myers proposed offering the North strategic concessions. Nam said that the G20 summit needs to come up with a "Seoul consensus" over the security problem.
Posted by:Steve White

#1  Among other, 9-11 + GWOT = WAR FOR THE ANTI-STATUS-QUO, etc.

As a reminder, "GLOBALISM" + "GLOBAL CENTURY" [21st] = BETTER/PROGRESSIVE GEOPOL EQUALISM + FAIRNESS = THE MAJOR POWERS MUST SHARE GEOPOL POWER, RIGHT + AUTHORITY, ETC. WID THE SMALLER STATES.

Iff CHINA doesn't unilaterally forcibly take over the DPRK during a MAJOR WAR, IT WILL LIKELY DO SO ANYWAY ECONOMICALLY AS A "NATURAL/NORMAL" CONSEQUENCE OF THE NEW CHINA-DPRK FTA SETTING UP CHIN-DOMINATED FTZ-EEZ-SEZ'S INSIDE NOKOR.

Chinese companies will likely demand Chinese workers to start, notsomuch local North Korean - these same will likely prioritize = follow PRO-BEIJING PROTOCOLS + REGULATIONS + DECISIONS, NOT PYONGYANG'S.

"NORTH-KOREA-FOR-NORTH-KOREANS/KOREANS" + NORTH KOREAN-STYLE COMMUNISM-SOCIALISM-GOVTISM > will devol into "NORTH-KOREA-FOR-CHINA/CHINESE" + CHINESE-STYLE COMMUNISM-SOCIALISM-GOVTISM???

IIUC, "INTERNAL CRISIS" > is that KIM JONG-UN or any other JONG-IL Sonny-Boy mut must Must MUST M-U-S-T MMMMMMUUUUUSSSSSSTTT, D ***** YOU,
BE A GENUINE REFORMER, BY AND FOR NORTH KOREA + NOKOR IDEOS/-ISMS, NOT JUST THE ANOINTED SUCCESSOR TO KIM JONG-IL.

ESPEC AS PER BEIJING = CHINA, NOT the US-ALLIES.

IOW, KIM JONG-UN = "POTUS OBAMA" OF NORTH KOREA, wid "CHINA" as KIM JONG-BAMMER'S "RUSSIA".
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2011-01-03 19:16  

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