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2005/3/4-5 [Politics/Domestic/President/Bush, Politics/Foreign/Asia/Korea] UID:36521 Activity:moderate
3/4     North Korean diplomat talks about what NK things of the US.  There
        are some great quotes here.  BTW everything is Bush's fault.
        http://csua.org/u/b9d
         \_ Listen. Bush is a great president because he stands by his
            belief. Bush ousted Saddam who was personally financing
            Palestinian suicide bombers and was making ties to Al Qaeda.
            I don't care much about world and overal liberal perception of
            the US. The right thing to do is sometimes unpopular. Now go
            ahead and mock me with immature liberal insults.
            \_ This has got to be a liberal trolling, but on the off
               chance that it isn't: the "BTW everything is Bush's fault,"
               is a joke on the contents of the article.  Read it and come
               back.  Sheesh. -op
               \_ Sorry. I didn't read it at first because I thought it was
                  another liberal drivel. Thanks for sharing the article.
                  \_ First rule of motd: Do not respond to link
                     descriptions with out reading the link.
        \_ Story quotes:
           He believes that Americans have the wrongheaded notion that North
           Koreas are unhappy with the system of government under Kim Jong Il.
           "We Asians are traditional people," he said. "We prefer to have a
           benevolent father leader." ...
           The North Korean criticized some Japanese politicians' efforts to
           link the nuclear talks to the question of Japanese citizens
           kidnapped by North Korea in the 1970s and 1980s.
           "This was something done by a few overly enthusiastic people long
           ago," he said. "We tried to make amends.
           [Okay, between his being an idiot, or trying to sell us, I'm going
           to say the latter.]
           \_ Is it that hard to just let the kidnapped go home if they are
              really trying to make amends?
              \_ The big deal was that N. Korea sent over a body, said it was
                 so-and-so who was kidnapped and their papers.  Then testing
                 of the body showed it was someone else, and review of
                 documentation showed it was forged.  Japanese officials said
                 "What the fuck?!?"  And N. Koreans said, "Did you say
                 something?" and has been pretending not to hear.
                 This is why most of Japan is currently super-pissed.
                 \_ Lying commies.
        \_ I like this one:
           The declaration [of nuclear weapons possesion], which jarred
           U.S. officials, was not intended as a threat, he said, but
           merely a way to advance negotiations..."We were hoping for
           change from the U.S. administration. We expected some clear-cut
           positive change."
           Riiiighhht.
        \_ Highlights:
           "There is a question of what is a political prisoner. Maybe these
            people are not political prisoners but social agitators."
           "We should have food, shelter, security rather than chaos and
            vandalism."
           Yeah, food would be nice. When were they planning to provide that?
           Typical schizophrenic North Korean-speak.
           \_ I'm still trying to figure out the difference between a
              political crime and social agitation.
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By Barbara Demick, Times Staff Writer BEIJING He arrived at the entrance to a North Korean government-owned r estaurant and karaoke club here in the Chinese capital with a handshake and a request. This North Korean, an affable man in his late 50s who spent much of his c areer as a diplomat in Europe, has been assigned to help his communist c ountry attract foreign investment. With the US and other countries com plaining about North Korea's nuclear weapons program and its human right s record, it's a difficult task, he admitted. Click Here advertisement "There's never been a positive article about North Korea, not one," he sa id. "We're portrayed as monsters, inhuman, Dracula with horns on our h eads." So, in an effort to clear up misunderstandings, he expounded on the North Korean view of the world in an informal conversation that began one nig ht this week over beer as North Korean waitresses sang Celine Dion in th e karaoke restaurant, and resumed the next day over coffee. The North Korean, dressed in a cranberry-colored flannel shirt and cordur oy trousers, described himself as a businessman with close ties to the g overnment. He said he did not want to be quoted by name because his pers pective was personal, not official. Because North Koreans seldom talk to US media organizations, his comments offered rare insight into the vi ew from the other side of the geopolitical divide. He said better relations with the United States were key to turning aroun d his nation's economy, which has nearly ground to a halt over the last decade amid famine, the collapse of industry and severe electricity shor tages. "For basic life, we can live without America, but we can live bet ter with" it, he said. Yet he voiced strong enthusiasm for his country's recent announcement tha t it had developed nuclear weapons. The declaration, which jarred US o fficials, was not intended as a threat, he said, but merely a way to adv ance negotiations. "Now that we are members of the nuclear club, we can start talking on an equal footing. "This was the right thing to do, to declare ourselves a nuclear power. Th e US had been talking not only about economic sanctions, but regime ch ange," the businessman said. "We can't just sit there waiting for them t o do something. The North Koreans said they were keenly attentive to the language used by Bush administration officials in regard to their country. They were rel ieved that in this year's State of the Union address the president didn' t again characterize North Korea as part of an "axis of evil," as he did in 2002. But they were greatly offended that Secretary of State Condole ezza Rice called North Korea an "outpost of tyranny" during her confirma tion hearings. We expected some clear-cut positive change," the North Korean said. "Instead, Condoleezz a Rice immediately committed the mistake of calling us an outpost of tyr anny. North Koreans are most sensitive when they hear that kind of remar k" He believes that Americans have the wrongheaded notion that North Koreas are unhappy with the system of government under Kim Jong Il. He also said that US criticism of North Korea's record on human rights was unfair and hypocritical. In its annual human rights report on Monday , the State Department characterized North Korea's behavior as "extremel y poor." It said 150,000 to 200,000 people were being held in detention camps for political reasons and that there continued to be reports of ex trajudicial killings. "Is there any country where there is a 100% guarantee of human rights? Ce rtainly not the United States," the businessman said. Maybe these people are not political prisoners but social agitators." While Westerners tend to stress the rights of the individual, he said, "w e have chosen collective human rights as a nation. We should have food, shelter, security rather than chaos and vandalism. The North Korean admitted that "it is no secret that we have economic pro blems," and he said North Koreans were themselves largely to blame becau se they let their industry become too dependent on the socialist bloc co untries. After the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991, trade fell sharply. But he faulted the United States for the collapse of a 1994 pact under wh ich North Korea was supposed to get energy assistance in return for free zing its nuclear program. The agreement fell apart after Washington accu sed North Korea in 2002 of cheating on the deal, and the US and its al lies suspended deliveries of fuel oil. We have only six hours a day," said the N orth Korean, who lives in an apartment in a choice neighborhood of Pyong yang, the capital. "When you are watching a movie on TV, there might be a nice love scene and then suddenly the power is out. He said as North Korea worked to change its state-run economy, it would l ook to China as an example and seek to change gradually. 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