tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36405856.post8971363584680868004..comments2024-03-26T03:31:06.199-04:00Comments on Ask a Korean!: Ask a Korean! News: North Korea Bans the Use of Foreign CurrencyT.K. (Ask a Korean!)http://www.blogger.com/profile/07663422474464557214noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36405856.post-40193075787597501762012-01-05T10:27:06.030-05:002012-01-05T10:27:06.030-05:00I further vouch for The Korean's statement sin...I further vouch for The Korean's statement since I am currently living in Korea...specifically Jeju-do. Because I have talked to many Koreans both from Jeju and from Seoul, and most want a reunification...even the high school students that I teach want a reunification. (Which I thought was rather odd giving that Jeju is somewhat autonomous)Robert Birchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09193688394306632704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36405856.post-1713293661960853022012-01-04T20:00:15.495-05:002012-01-04T20:00:15.495-05:00Interesting. Thanks for the reply.Interesting. Thanks for the reply.Corey Norrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01421208695667830166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36405856.post-45815923142330160812012-01-04T13:35:38.952-05:002012-01-04T13:35:38.952-05:00Is North Korea a subject that most Southerners are...<b>Is North Korea a subject that most Southerners are not particularly interested in? </b><br /><br />I like Prof. Myers, but in this case I think he overstates his case a little. A lot of people have this mistaken view that because North Korea is so dangerous, South Koreans must think about North Korea constantly, right up there with the concern about what to have for dinner. Coming from that perspective, it could appear that South Koreans don't really care about North Korea.<br /><br />To be sure, there is a small (but growing) group of South Koreans who do not care all that much about NK. But overall, South Koreans care about reunification to a significant degree. To give a reference point, South Koreans care much more about reunification than Americans care about gay rights or global warming.T.K. (Ask a Korean!)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07663422474464557214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36405856.post-63262853421170733202012-01-04T05:30:23.708-05:002012-01-04T05:30:23.708-05:00I heard B.R. Myers on a radio interview recently. ...I heard B.R. Myers on a radio interview recently. Find it here:<br /><br />http://www.scpr.org/programs/patt-morrison/2011/12/27/21899/north-korea-allegations-of-fake-mourning-and-self-<br /><br />His idea of the biggest threat to the regime is something like this. <br /><br />"The biggest risk to the regime is that the North Korean public is growing increasingly aware that the South Koreans basically just don't care about the North. The regime has convinced through propaganda that the North needs to sacrifice and lead difficult, poor lives so they can one day kick the Yankees out of the South and reunify. <br /><br />But here's the problem. The South doesn't actually hate America. The South doesn't want to live under the North Korean leader (whoever it is). The South really just has no interest in reunification and is scared of the costs. And the North Korean public is very slowly realizing this."<br /><br />How convincing does the Korean find this argument? Is North Korea a subject that most Southerners are not particularly interested in? Whats your take on this argument?Corey Norrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01421208695667830166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36405856.post-54203437928228224432012-01-04T04:17:58.839-05:002012-01-04T04:17:58.839-05:00"The more Kim Jong-Un tries to strengthen his..."The more Kim Jong-Un tries to strengthen his grip over his country, the more quickly it will slip away. The total loss of control won't be long."<br /><br />Andrei Lankov says essentially the same thing here: http://keia.podbean.com/2011/09/26/andrei-lankov-kookmin-university/Roboseyohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06308196436612993379noreply@blogger.com