Jura The idiot
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you're an astute observer! LOL
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Jura The idiot
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TerraN_EmpirE
Tyrant King
much like the PRC ROC drama, Both North and South Korea claim theirs is only one Korea.
North Korea claims that South Korea is the product of imperial occupation by the US.
South Korea views North Korea as a rogue entity created by the occupation of the north by the Soviet Union after the end of the second world war and held in place by the Kim Regime in a authoritarian stolinist pseudo marxest monarchist farce.
Not at all like that. North Korea's official name is: 朝鮮民主主義人民共和國 or Democratic People's Republic of Korea. South Korea's is: 大韓民國 or Republic of Korea. Of course they had to add 'Great' in front of the name of the country but Koreans from the south are well known for their megalomaniac character woth anything substatntial behind it. Chinese, Japanese and Taiwanese of course laugh at them for the name on any occasion they can get for that. North/South Korea is a coined word to keep the difference between both countries and people talking about 'Republic of Korea' don't have to ask further 'Which Republic of Korea do you mean?'. When a Korean says something about 'one Korea' you can without problem qualify him as hot headed (and delusional I must add) nationalist more or less. By no means it's considered anything like 'one China policy'.
Jura The idiot
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Miragedriver
Brigadier
Lose lose situation
This time, there are no reasons for Pyongyang's attitude to be any different. The sanctions will make life more difficult for North Koreans, but they will hardly deliver the intended result.
However, unintended results are likely. Feeling cornered, the North Korean government might resort to its old tactics of crisis manufacturing: first, to create a dangerous situation, and then extract concessions as a reward for their willingness to back off.
Now Pyongyang has virtually nothing to lose. After Resolution 2270, it is difficult to imagine what else can be done by the outside world to push this rogue state even harder. So, one should be prepared to see whether tough words from Pyongyang will be followed by tough action, perhaps even involving the use of arms.
Nuclear weapons are not likely to be used, of course - but given the general tensions, and oft-repeated willingness of the South Koreans to strike back mightily - even a few artillery shells might provoke a bloody confrontation.
If there is a confrontation the likelihood that Seoul will be overrun within 48 hours is very likely. Were the north can hold it is another question? I my opinion the north may make deep inroads and occupy Seoul with tremendous military and even more civilian casualties. However in the long run North Korea will lose the war and spell the end for the regime in the north.
China has not yet reached the line in the sand with the regime in the north. I also dont see them taking out “fearless leader” and installing their own puppet. The Chinese have had difficulty controlling Korea even during the three dynasty period and will not attempt to do that.
So, the decisions of the UN Security Council do not make the Korean Peninsula more secure, and they do very little towards alleviating the nuclear threat.
This time, there are no reasons for Pyongyang's attitude to be any different. The sanctions will make life more difficult for North Koreans, but they will hardly deliver the intended result.
However, unintended results are likely. Feeling cornered, the North Korean government might resort to its old tactics of crisis manufacturing: first, to create a dangerous situation, and then extract concessions as a reward for their willingness to back off.
Now Pyongyang has virtually nothing to lose. After Resolution 2270, it is difficult to imagine what else can be done by the outside world to push this rogue state even harder. So, one should be prepared to see whether tough words from Pyongyang will be followed by tough action, perhaps even involving the use of arms.
Nuclear weapons are not likely to be used, of course - but given the general tensions, and oft-repeated willingness of the South Koreans to strike back mightily - even a few artillery shells might provoke a bloody confrontation.
If there is a confrontation the likelihood that Seoul will be overrun within 48 hours is very likely. Were the north can hold it is another question? I my opinion the north may make deep inroads and occupy Seoul with tremendous military and even more civilian casualties. However in the long run North Korea will lose the war and spell the end for the regime in the north.
China has not yet reached the line in the sand with the regime in the north. I also dont see them taking out “fearless leader” and installing their own puppet. The Chinese have had difficulty controlling Korea even during the three dynasty period and will not attempt to do that.
So, the decisions of the UN Security Council do not make the Korean Peninsula more secure, and they do very little towards alleviating the nuclear threat.
Jura The idiot
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Equation
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Actually it isn't. There is a One China Policy accepted world wide and by UN. Meanwhile the UN accepted BOTH existing North and South Korea as two separate and sovereign nations. On the other hand ROC or Taiwan is NOT, that's why it can fly its flags in the Olympics or in any UN and major international assembly.
TerraN_EmpirE
Tyrant King
Except what both of you are forgetting is that the North Korean's like Taiwan do not have an Olympic team but rather piggy back into the South Korean team when the North has allowed participation.
The whole division was the result of the second world war when the USSR occupied North of the 48th and the US South and both installed governments in line with themselves though aiming for a single state. And then the North's arming and invasion of the South hardening the division.
Although the North is seen given statehood this was only done to allow the signatures of the cease fire which the PRC used to it's advantage as well to force recognition of it's self and it's claim's.
North Korea as always claimed the South. And the South maintains Provencal governments in exile for the Northern Provences.
There is on both sides a one Korea Policy. So when you see official signage it welcomes to Korea even the southern national flag design makes reference to the division and North.
The whole division was the result of the second world war when the USSR occupied North of the 48th and the US South and both installed governments in line with themselves though aiming for a single state. And then the North's arming and invasion of the South hardening the division.
Although the North is seen given statehood this was only done to allow the signatures of the cease fire which the PRC used to it's advantage as well to force recognition of it's self and it's claim's.
North Korea as always claimed the South. And the South maintains Provencal governments in exile for the Northern Provences.
There is on both sides a one Korea Policy. So when you see official signage it welcomes to Korea even the southern national flag design makes reference to the division and North.
Equation
Lieutenant General
But the North and South Koreans respected each other as separate nation and called on their government officials according to their respected titles whenever they meet each other or at the UN assembly. The same can't be said about the PRC and Taiwan whenever their diplomats meet. Taiwan is a rogue province governing on it's own due to the help of the US self interest to take an advantage of a poor PRC navy at the time to do anything to send troops and regain the island for it's rightful sovereignty over the decades, as a way to contain communism.