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Kim Jong-un agrees to summit with South Korean president
- WheelsAtLarge 9y agoLooks like Kim Jong-un is looking for a way to get South Korea to join him against the rest of the world. Kim Jong-un will never give up power so needs an ally to help him. Who better than the other part of a united Korea?
- IntronExon 9y agoFortunately the younger generations of people in the RoK are much less interested in nonsensical “Sunshine Policy” politics, or the prospect of uniting with the DPRK. The notion of absorbing millions of generationally impoverished, indoctrinated, and starved people into their incredibly successful state doesn’t appeal. This would make the union of East and West Germany look easy and cheap by comparison after all.
- davesque 9y agoIt creeps me out to no end that Kim Jong Un is trying to act friendly with South Korea. It seems incredibly unlikely that he has any intention of lightening up the repressive behaviors of his regime in pursuing a dialog with them.
- IntronExon 9y agoThis is a pattern the Kim regime has engaged in before. They shift between incredibly confrontational actions and language, and then use overtures of peace to extort concessions from the gullible. Fortunately the current RoK leadership is in no position to do more than talk, and the US “leadership” is probably lacking in diplomatic ambition. Broken clocks and all...