NK Diplomat: ‘Are You Going to Finish That, Biyaaaaatch?’

As Carlos Mencia would ask, “Why the F*ck Is this News?” Perhaps because this ranks as one of the most significant measurable accomplishments of eight years of appeasing North Korea:

WASHINGTON, Oct. 27 (Yonhap) — A group of South and North Korean diplomats had a rare meeting at a restaurant in Washington on Thursday, according to sources.
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The diplomats from the two Koreas agreed to make joint efforts for the peaceful solution to the nuclear crisis, but they used much of the meeting to exchange personal views, the embassy official said.

No word on who picked up the check. Not all is sunshine and lollipops, however:

WASHINGTON, Oct. 27 (Yonhap) — A South Korean activist protesting against North Korea said he was called a “son of a [bitch]” after he whispered to a North Korean diplomat that his leader Kim Jong-il must be overthrown.

Kim Sung-min, director of Free North Korea [link], said he told Han Song-ryol, deputy chief of North Korea’s mission to the United Nations, that the only way for the North to survive was to overthrow Kim’s regime.

Kim said Han cursed at him and asked, “Do you want to die?”

Ladies and gentleman, I give you diplomacy. Oh, and did you hear that the agenda at the six-party talks has just expanded?

Another congressman asked about Han’s views on handling the U.S. military presence in South Korea, according to Lim. The North Korean diplomat answered he wants the issue addressed at an appropriate venue such as the six-party talks where bilateral and multilateral negotiations take place.

Kim Sung Min–I was present when the North Korea Freedom Coalition presented his fledgling station with a nice, fat check, courtesy of a private donor–will have the chance to make his views on Kim Jong Il better known next February, when one of his associates tells me they will expand from Internet-based broadcasting to radio broadcasts directly into North Korea. A variety of dissident and religious groups are expected to join in the plan. Their goal is to have their first broadcast before Kim Jong Il’s birthday, February 16th. Nice touch.