Inter-Korean Summit Rained Out or Is It?
The Second Inter-Korean Summit has been officially postponed today due allegedly to the severe flooding that hit North Korea. However, knowing that things with North Korea are never what the appear to be I have to wonder if the flood damage is being exaggerated in order to get more concessions from the South Korean government? As the South Korean presidential election gets closer President Roh and his ilk will be growing more and more desperate for the summit and thus North Korea can demand more aid and use the flood damage as cover for their demands.
Call me cynical, but I long ago quit believing anything from the North Korean regime that So far I have seen nothing that can definitely confirm the alleged massive flood damage in North Korea.
You can read more over at Nomad and Marmot’s Hole.
Your skepticism is rightly placed, but my first thought was
that since the S Koreans have halted military preparation drills for UFL (see below), this particular postponement of the "summit" will essentially halt the S Korean exercise for the duration of the year. Completely manipulating the ROK gov't/military and getting what's sure to be a huge payoff for it.
http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/08/13/s-korea-postp…
"The MND has decided to postpone the field exercise part of the Ulchi Focus Lens exercises to September or October."
Rain delay…
A summit between North Korean and South Korean leaders has been put on hold.
North Korea on Saturday asked South Korea to postpone the inter-Korean summit slated for Aug. 28-30 in Pyongyang until early October, citing severe flood damage sustained b…..
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