http://freekorea.us/2008/02/19/s-koreas-next-unification-minister-denounced-as-collapsist-and-neocon/ Tue, 22 May 2012 21:47:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://freekorea.us/2008/02/19/s-koreas-next-unification-minister-denounced-as-collapsist-and-neocon/comment-page-1/#comment-56444 OneFreeKorea » The Restoration: More on Lee M.B.’s Cabinet Picks Thu, 21 Feb 2008 03:34:28 +0000 http://freekorea.us/2008/02/19/s-koreas-next-unification-minister-denounced-as-collapsist-and-neocon/#comment-56444 [...] Lee Myung Bak has announced some more cabinet picks. I’ve already given my strong approval to his pick for Unification, and I like his pick for National Defense, too: Lee Sang-hee, former chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, will be the defense minister, sources also said. Lee is known for his hard-line stance toward the North. After the North fired seven missiles on July 5, 2006, the Blue House called it “high level political pressure.” Lee openly criticized the statement, calling the North’s act “an obvious armed provocation.” [Joongang Ilbo] [...] [...] Lee Myung Bak has announced some more cabinet picks. I’ve already given my strong approval to his pick for Unification, and I like his pick for National Defense, too: Lee Sang-hee, former chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, will be the defense minister, sources also said. Lee is known for his hard-line stance toward the North. After the North fired seven missiles on July 5, 2006, the Blue House called it “high level political pressure.” Lee openly criticized the statement, calling the North’s act “an obvious armed provocation.” [Joongang Ilbo] [...]

]]> http://freekorea.us/2008/02/19/s-koreas-next-unification-minister-denounced-as-collapsist-and-neocon/comment-page-1/#comment-56430 New Korean Unification Minister is Announced Tue, 19 Feb 2008 20:16:37 +0000 http://freekorea.us/2008/02/19/s-koreas-next-unification-minister-denounced-as-collapsist-and-neocon/#comment-56430 [...] He has a lot more so go read the rest if you haven’t already.  One Free Korea is of course quite happy with the appointment of the new minister and I’m just happy at least there is someone in charge of the Unification Ministry now that won’t claim there is "no concrete evidence of human rights violations in the North", or standing up and clap for North Korean child abuse, as well as trying to give away Korean territory that ROK military personnel died defending.   I also like the fact that Nam believes that South Korea needs to prepare for a North Korean collapse.  This is something that both the United States and South Korea are ill prepared for, so it is good to see people in both countries preparing for this inevitability.  [...] [...] He has a lot more so go read the rest if you haven’t already.  One Free Korea is of course quite happy with the appointment of the new minister and I’m just happy at least there is someone in charge of the Unification Ministry now that won’t claim there is "no concrete evidence of human rights violations in the North", or standing up and clap for North Korean child abuse, as well as trying to give away Korean territory that ROK military personnel died defending.   I also like the fact that Nam believes that South Korea needs to prepare for a North Korean collapse.  This is something that both the United States and South Korea are ill prepared for, so it is good to see people in both countries preparing for this inevitability.  [...]

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