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"dreamwalker" |
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03 Aug 2004 12:12:29 AM |
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North Korea boycotts inter-Korean talks over mass defection |
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The idiot with a bad haircut is ready to have head plaed in a jar for =
safe keeping.
North Korea has boycotted cabinet-level talks with South Korea that were =
scheduled to start here, angry over the defection of hundreds of North =
Koreans to the South last week.=20
Pyongyang described the mass defection as an act of "kidnapping and =
terrorism committed by South Korean authorities in broad daylight."
The South Korean ministry of unification said in a statement that it =
deeply regretted Pyongyang's decision not to attend the talks.
"We urge the North side to come to the talks at the earliest possible =
date and discuss and resolve pending issues of the two sides so as to =
continue pushing forward inter-Korean ties," it said.
The two Koreas have been at odds over the defection and Seoul's earlier =
refusal to let pro-unification activists visit Pyongyang for the 10th =
anniversary of the death of the North's founding leader, Kim Il-Sung on =
July 8.
North Korea also scrapped maritime and military talks with South Korea =
in retaliation.
Cabinet-level talks are the highest level of current dialogue between =
the two Koreas and were established following an inter-Korean summit in =
2000 that triggered a thaw in bilateral ties.
South Korea has played down the significance of the North Korean =
boycott, saying Seoul remains committed to engagement with the communist =
state, which is in dire need of assistance to revive its moribund =
economy.
Two South Korean chartered flights carried more than 450 North Korean =
refugees to South Korea last week. They had previously been holed up in =
an unidentified Southeast Asian nation after escaping their impoverished =
homeland.
It was the biggest mass defection to South Korea since the end of the =
1950-53 Korean War. Activists engaged in the defection said they came =
from Vietnam. Hanoi has declined to comment on the defection.
South Korea's unification ministry said it planned to buy 100,000 tonnes =
of rice from Vietnam as part of a 400,000-tonne food aid for North =
Korea.
South Korean officials said the North Koreans had arrived in the country =
in small groups separately over the past few years and their accumulated =
number reached a level that the host country could no longer sustain, =
compelling Seoul to bring them here.
Despite the angry reaction from the North, South Korean officials said =
there would be no change in Seoul's policy to accept any North Koreans =
who are staying in foreign countries while waiting for the chance to =
come here.
Up to 300,000 North Koreans are said to be in hiding in China according =
to some estimates and hundreds are believed to be gathering in various =
Southeast Asian nations. Most are awaiting a chance to reach the South.
About 5,000 North Koreans have defected to the South since the Korean =
War ended in 1953. Most have done so in the past three years. More than =
1,000 have reached South Korea so far this year.
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date=20
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<P>Two South Korean chartered flights carried more than 450 North Korean =
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homeland.</P>
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1950-53=20
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Vietnam.=20
Hanoi has declined to comment on the defection.</P>
<P>South Korea's unification ministry said it planned to buy 100,000 =
tonnes of=20
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Korea.</P>
<P>South Korean officials said the North Koreans had arrived in the =
country in=20
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number=20
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said there=20
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staying=20
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according to=20
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Southeast=20
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| User: "Marvin The Paranoid Android" |
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| Title: Re: North Korea boycotts inter-Korean talks over mass defection |
03 Aug 2004 07:35:53 AM |
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On Tue, 3 Aug 2004 00:12:29 -0500, dreamwalker <backfromthe@dead.net>
wrote:
The idiot with a bad haircut is ready to have head plaed in a jar for
safe keeping.
Yes ... I'm surprised China hasn't stepped in and replaced the gov't in
NK. Although China wouldn't bring any freedom at least they'd show up with
food.
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| User: "tw" |
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| Title: Re: North Korea boycotts inter-Korean talks over mass defection |
03 Aug 2004 08:08:23 AM |
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"Marvin The Paranoid Android" <marvin@galaxy.com> wrote in message
news:opsb5o93fkld1pme@pc...
On Tue, 3 Aug 2004 00:12:29 -0500, dreamwalker <backfromthe@dead.net>
wrote:
The idiot with a bad haircut is ready to have head plaed in a jar for
safe keeping.
Yes ... I'm surprised China hasn't stepped in and replaced the gov't in
NK. Although China wouldn't bring any freedom at least they'd show up with
food.
It reminds me of the old Sino/Soviet split in 68 (?) Kruschev denounced
Stalin at the party conference and Mao took it very badly. Now China is the
progressive one and North Korea are the "old school" Stalinists.
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