Updates on the Korean missile crisis
Chief Cabinet Secretary Shinzo Abe has denied he openly advocated a pre-emptive strike on North Korea if Pyongyang appeared poised to attack: The Japan Times has the details. Apparently Abe was describing a scenario in which several missiles had already been fired at Japan. This is not what South Korean president Roh thought Abe said, and I wonder why the two countries don't talk to each other directly instead of creating so much confusion.
Michael Breen (author of "The Koreans") writes in The Korea Times about the current crisis on the Korean Peninsula Why Did Roh Head-Butt Japan?:
Japan may be a rival team, but we're playing the same beautiful game of free market democracy. But North Korea hates the game and, most of all, South Koreans.
So what is this presidential - to use a current image - headbutt to the chest all about?
It suggests that South Korea's leaders and the international community think differently about the significance of the North Korean missile thing than their allies. Here in South Korea, we are playing a different match than the rest of the world is playing.
An American living in Korea has a blog called The Marmot's Hole where there is a good debate about these events. Do check it out. I wish I had thought of such a crazy name for my blog!
Update: Asahi Shinbun: Missile tests stir up debate on first-strike option
Update 2: BBC: UN votes for N Korean sanctions
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Michael Breen (author of "The Koreans") writes in The Korea Times about the current crisis on the Korean Peninsula Why Did Roh Head-Butt Japan?:
Japan may be a rival team, but we're playing the same beautiful game of free market democracy. But North Korea hates the game and, most of all, South Koreans.
So what is this presidential - to use a current image - headbutt to the chest all about?
It suggests that South Korea's leaders and the international community think differently about the significance of the North Korean missile thing than their allies. Here in South Korea, we are playing a different match than the rest of the world is playing.
An American living in Korea has a blog called The Marmot's Hole where there is a good debate about these events. Do check it out. I wish I had thought of such a crazy name for my blog!
Update: Asahi Shinbun: Missile tests stir up debate on first-strike option
Update 2: BBC: UN votes for N Korean sanctions
Korean missile crisis previous
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