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2018-06-05 China-Japan-Koreas

North Korea 'Military Reshuffle' Raises Eyebrows in Seoul

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Posted by trailing wife 2018-06-05 00:11|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top
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#1 No Kwang Chol, the new defence minister, was known as a "moderate"

Sounds like Kim is shutting down hard line internal military noise that supports isolationism.

Posted by Ulaigum Ebbineng7056 2018-06-05 01:13|| 2018-06-05 01:13|| Front Page Top

#2 "Sounds like Kim is shutting down hard line internal military noise that supports isolationism."

You hit the nail on the head ealphaphabet

Posted by newc 2018-06-05 01:47|| 2018-06-05 01:47|| Front Page Top

#3 Trump's sanctions have cut off the supply of largesse that Kim can distribute to ensure loyalty. That's why he's coming to the table in the first place. The angry old America-hating generals have to go, for the survival of the whole system.

We just need to engage with the Norks. It's not like we don't have a history of dealing with tyrants. The day the first McDonald's opens in Pyongyang is the day we win. And then we can finally pull our troops out because the war is over.

Posted by Herb McCoy 2018-06-05 04:32|| 2018-06-05 04:32|| Front Page Top

#4 The day the first McDonald's opens in Pyongyang is the day we win.

Kill'em with fast food.

Posted by Skidmark 2018-06-05 06:47|| 2018-06-05 06:47|| Front Page Top

#5 Seoul is monitoring developments in the North's military,

Someone heard the antiaircraft guns go off?

Posted by Raj 2018-06-05 07:35|| 2018-06-05 07:35|| Front Page Top

#6 I really wonder what the SorKs think about this as they watch the maneuvers.

Posted by Clem Kadiddlehopper9000 2018-06-05 11:28|| 2018-06-05 11:28|| Front Page Top

#7 ...the day we win? We win when the ChiComs determine that it is no longer cost effective to prop up the NoKors. Currently the calculus is that for every dollar they invest in NoKo the SoKo, Japanese, and US each have to spend more -- so why should they stop 'setting barbarian to fight barbarian'?

Posted by magpie 2018-06-05 11:57|| 2018-06-05 11:57|| Front Page Top

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