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The Details of a Peace Regime |
| Published: October 2, 2007, 9:25 pm |
| Tags: academia, books movies media, business economy, east asia, politics, china, council on foreign relations, don oberdorfer, dprk, japan, korea, north south summit, rok, six party talks, song min soon |
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One of many problems I have with what Song Min-soon (mp3 file: a rush transcript is also available), the ROK Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade says at the Council of Foreign Relations is his definition of a “bold and strategic move” or a “first move”. And then, there’s just the lie of omission about the Roh administration’s, and, generally, progressives’ concept of joint economic community. What is a “first” or “bold” move other than a carrot the US offers to the DPRK? The moderator, Stephen Bosworth does a good job at the end trying to pin down Song’s vacuous rhetoric when he asks how does Seoul account for the fundamentally different nature of the two Korean regimes. Song advocates contact, as if talking and disclosure is enough to change the situation. As alluded to in Bosworth’s question, replying to Don Oberdorfer’s preceding question (actually when I stopped actively listening to Song or [ Full article ] |
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