Surrendering the NLL
So this is what the six South Korean sailors murdered by North Korea in 2002 died for, so their government could surrender the sovereign South Korean territory they defended to the people that murdered them:
But United New Democratic Party lawmaker Choi Sung raised the question again. "What is the government’s official stance on the NLL issue?" he asked. Moon said there could be "some points on the agenda that we want to discuss and others that Pyongyang is expected to bring up, whether we want it or not." He added, "We expect that Pyongyang will likely bring the NLL issue up, whether we want it or not. In case it does, we are planning to deal with it just as lawmakers Lee Hwa-young and Chang Young-dal said a few minutes ago."
Earlier, Lee Hwa-young had proposed resolving the question by creating a “marine peace park” in the West Sea, [Chosun Ilbo]
The Defense Ministry was furious about this, but it seems like the Roh Moo-hyun administration is committed to giving Kim Jong-il as much as possible before the government leaves office in December.
This is just like when I was at the Korean massage parlor this morning. I went for the one-eyed money shot. Initially the masseuse mouthed a quiet "no", but I pretended that I didn't hear her. theequalizer was victorious!
north Korea will not be happy until South Korea gives them all the islands that are now south of the NLL AND gives them free and unfettered fishing rights as far south as they want.
GIKorea,
You keep quoting the 2002 battle on the West Sea, I was there for the 1999 battle that may not been as bloody but was just as hard fought a battle, plus one of the South Korea sailors had his video camera running and got some awesome shots of the nK Navy boats involved and how decreptite their Navy actually is. I think it was SBS that got the footage should you want to research it.
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