http://freekorea.us/2006/10/21/dance-little-piggy-kim-jong-il-unplugged-part-14/ Tue, 22 May 2012 09:51:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://freekorea.us/2006/10/21/dance-little-piggy-kim-jong-il-unplugged-part-14/comment-page-1/#comment-55305 OneFreeKorea » There Is Such a Thing as ‘Good’ Engagement Mon, 29 Oct 2007 12:22:49 +0000 http://freekorea.us/?p=5959#comment-55305 [...] The result of this concert is likely to be minimal in either direction, then.  In principle, however, this concert shows more characteristics of “good” engagement (ie., engagement with the North Korean people) than “bad” engagement (thinly disguised subsidies to Kim Jong Il’s worst designs, from which the North Korean people are excluded).  The more we can reach the North Korean people through permissive and non-permissive means alike, the better.  The more glimpses the North Korean people can catch of a freer, happier, more prosperous world, the better to stimulate their curiosity, envy, and hope.  Recently, Kang Chol Hwan addressed a group where I was in attendance.  Kang said that his break with the regime was predestined because he was one of those born with the freedom gene.  Not everyone has that gene, but as long as the endeavor does not do more harm than good, it is to our advantage to reach others whose freedom genes lie latent. [...] [...] The result of this concert is likely to be minimal in either direction, then.  In principle, however, this concert shows more characteristics of “good” engagement (ie., engagement with the North Korean people) than “bad” engagement (thinly disguised subsidies to Kim Jong Il’s worst designs, from which the North Korean people are excluded).  The more we can reach the North Korean people through permissive and non-permissive means alike, the better.  The more glimpses the North Korean people can catch of a freer, happier, more prosperous world, the better to stimulate their curiosity, envy, and hope.  Recently, Kang Chol Hwan addressed a group where I was in attendance.  Kang said that his break with the regime was predestined because he was one of those born with the freedom gene.  Not everyone has that gene, but as long as the endeavor does not do more harm than good, it is to our advantage to reach others whose freedom genes lie latent. [...]

]]> http://freekorea.us/2006/10/21/dance-little-piggy-kim-jong-il-unplugged-part-14/comment-page-1/#comment-51005 OneFreeKorea » Newsweek: Seoul Paid Ransom to Wrong Kidnappers Fri, 03 Aug 2007 13:48:23 +0000 http://freekorea.us/?p=5959#comment-51005 [...] I’ve previously noted that South Korean government policy these days seems founded on the payment of extortion money to thugs, and it’s an equally established practice for them to know very little about where their money actually goes. [...] [...] I’ve previously noted that South Korean government policy these days seems founded on the payment of extortion money to thugs, and it’s an equally established practice for them to know very little about where their money actually goes. [...]

]]> http://freekorea.us/2006/10/21/dance-little-piggy-kim-jong-il-unplugged-part-14/comment-page-1/#comment-46940 OneFreeKorea » S. Korean Election Update: Uri’s Support Falls to 9%, Below DLP’s Wed, 13 Jun 2007 05:01:29 +0000 http://freekorea.us/?p=5959#comment-46940 [...] This reminds me to ask — isn’t Uri dead yet?  Whatever happened to those bold plans by Comrade Chung and the Dancing Piggy to form a new leftist “People’s” party from the ashes of Uri?  I do not know of another campaign in which a party of significance (which is what you are, by definition, when you’re in charge) was so absent from the public debate.  Not that I’m complaining.  After all, their actions tell us all we need to know about what they stand for. [...] [...] This reminds me to ask — isn’t Uri dead yet?  Whatever happened to those bold plans by Comrade Chung and the Dancing Piggy to form a new leftist “People’s” party from the ashes of Uri?  I do not know of another campaign in which a party of significance (which is what you are, by definition, when you’re in charge) was so absent from the public debate.  Not that I’m complaining.  After all, their actions tell us all we need to know about what they stand for. [...]

]]> http://freekorea.us/2006/10/21/dance-little-piggy-kim-jong-il-unplugged-part-14/comment-page-1/#comment-23422 OneFreeKorea » ‘Paying the Clown’ Sun, 25 Feb 2007 16:16:38 +0000 http://freekorea.us/?p=5959#comment-23422 [...] Professor Lee is not Korean-American.  He’s one of the most underrated writers on events in his homeland today, in either English or Korean.  Admittedly, the “circus” thing is a little gimmicky, but his reasoning is dead-on.  To see Lee in splendid exile while low characters like Kim Won Ung, Lee Jae-Joung and Kim Geun Tae steer the ship of state is an injustice that weeps to the heavens.  Like commenter Won Joon Choe, Lee manages to make me feel like an inferior writer in my native language. [...] [...] Professor Lee is not Korean-American.  He’s one of the most underrated writers on events in his homeland today, in either English or Korean.  Admittedly, the “circus” thing is a little gimmicky, but his reasoning is dead-on.  To see Lee in splendid exile while low characters like Kim Won Ung, Lee Jae-Joung and Kim Geun Tae steer the ship of state is an injustice that weeps to the heavens.  Like commenter Won Joon Choe, Lee manages to make me feel like an inferior writer in my native language. [...]

]]> http://freekorea.us/2006/10/21/dance-little-piggy-kim-jong-il-unplugged-part-14/comment-page-1/#comment-12673 The Marmot’s Hole » That was uncalled for, Mr. Kim Thu, 01 Feb 2007 13:46:11 +0000 http://freekorea.us/?p=5959#comment-12673 [...] Nice. Might I suggest, therefore, that Kim’s attitudes—evidenced by his little dance in Kaesong just one week after North Korea tested a nuclear device—could be linked to the fact that his three older brothers might have defected to North Korea* during the Korean War? Oh, right… that’s red-baiting and McCarthyism. [...] [...] Nice. Might I suggest, therefore, that Kim’s attitudes—evidenced by his little dance in Kaesong just one week after North Korea tested a nuclear device—could be linked to the fact that his three older brothers might have defected to North Korea* during the Korean War? Oh, right… that’s red-baiting and McCarthyism. [...]

]]> http://freekorea.us/2006/10/21/dance-little-piggy-kim-jong-il-unplugged-part-14/comment-page-1/#comment-12605 Korean Government Warns USFK Commander Over “Undiplomatic” Remarks at ROK Drop Thu, 01 Feb 2007 07:34:40 +0000 http://freekorea.us/?p=5959#comment-12605 [...] *  Presidential Candidate and Uri Leader Kim Geun Tae, who dances for the amusement of the North Koreans the week after they test a nuke; but declares an insult to national pride when the U.S. declares that it will actually implement UN Security Council Resolution 1718; [...] [...] *  Presidential Candidate and Uri Leader Kim Geun Tae, who dances for the amusement of the North Koreans the week after they test a nuke; but declares an insult to national pride when the U.S. declares that it will actually implement UN Security Council Resolution 1718; [...]

]]> http://freekorea.us/2006/10/21/dance-little-piggy-kim-jong-il-unplugged-part-14/comment-page-1/#comment-10612 OneFreeKorea » Court Order Extends Uri’s Life Support Sat, 20 Jan 2007 16:11:04 +0000 http://freekorea.us/?p=5959#comment-10612 [...] *  who, as the leader of South Korea’s ruling party, danced for the amusement of the North Koreans at Kaesong, a week after North Korea tested a nuclear weapon. [...] [...] *  who, as the leader of South Korea’s ruling party, danced for the amusement of the North Koreans at Kaesong, a week after North Korea tested a nuclear weapon. [...]

]]> http://freekorea.us/2006/10/21/dance-little-piggy-kim-jong-il-unplugged-part-14/comment-page-1/#comment-7962 OneFreeKorea » Fortunately, No Translators Were Present Fri, 12 Jan 2007 12:46:11 +0000 http://freekorea.us/?p=5959#comment-7962 [...] No dancing was reported this time, although Kim did read this thoughtful, productive, and innovative proposal … I believe it was from the back of a napkin bearing the logo of Korean Air Lines: During the closed meeting with Feulner, Kim said he proposed that leaders of the two Koreas and the U.S. hold a trilateral summit and sign a peace treaty for the divided peninsula. [...] [...] No dancing was reported this time, although Kim did read this thoughtful, productive, and innovative proposal … I believe it was from the back of a napkin bearing the logo of Korean Air Lines: During the closed meeting with Feulner, Kim said he proposed that leaders of the two Koreas and the U.S. hold a trilateral summit and sign a peace treaty for the divided peninsula. [...]

]]> http://freekorea.us/2006/10/21/dance-little-piggy-kim-jong-il-unplugged-part-14/comment-page-1/#comment-7680 OneFreeKorea » The Death of an Alliance, Part 62: South Korea’s Government (and North Korea’s Agents) Try to Veto USFK Restructuring Tue, 09 Jan 2007 18:12:54 +0000 http://freekorea.us/?p=5959#comment-7680 [...] *  Presidential Candidate and Uri Leader Kim Geun Tae, who dances for the amusement of the North Koreans the week after they test a nuke; but declares an insult to national pride when the U.S. declares that it will actually implement UN Security Council Resolution 1718; [...] [...] *  Presidential Candidate and Uri Leader Kim Geun Tae, who dances for the amusement of the North Koreans the week after they test a nuke; but declares an insult to national pride when the U.S. declares that it will actually implement UN Security Council Resolution 1718; [...]

]]> http://freekorea.us/2006/10/21/dance-little-piggy-kim-jong-il-unplugged-part-14/comment-page-1/#comment-7004 OneFreeKorea » 2007 Portends a Leaner, Meaner Left Mon, 01 Jan 2007 10:30:27 +0000 http://freekorea.us/?p=5959#comment-7004 [...] In the end, it was the hand Kim Geun-Tae, who will be known to history as the little piggy who danced for Kim Jong Il, and who was Comrade Chung’s archrival just a year ago, that struck the dagger into Roh’s back instead. Prediction: sometime in 2007, we’ll all be saying, et tu, Chung. [...] [...] In the end, it was the hand Kim Geun-Tae, who will be known to history as the little piggy who danced for Kim Jong Il, and who was Comrade Chung’s archrival just a year ago, that struck the dagger into Roh’s back instead. Prediction: sometime in 2007, we’ll all be saying, et tu, Chung. [...]

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