South Korea has first female president: pledges ‘trust-politik’ with Pyongyang

Monday, February 25th 2013 - 22:16 UTC

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Park Geun-hye made history Monday by becoming South Korea's first female president, pledging to secure South Korea against the threat of an increasingly hostile North Korea at the same time as mending bridges with Pyongyang. Read full article

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Room101
Just an aside: I remember the talks at Pyongang during the Korean War, when the US representative grew testy at the intransigence of the Chinese Communist reps sitting opposite; who were dancing around the question of budging on a particular problem where both sides were of literally fighting over the possession a barren hill. The Chinese offered a useless proposition, to which the US rep replied angrily,“We''ll cross that bridge when we come to it!” The Chinese got up from the table and were away for some hours. They returned and took their places somewhat leisurely whilst the US waited with baited breath...The Chinese leader, in a slow considered tone said: “We Chinese know of no bridge that you can cross before reaching it.”
Stalling diplomatically is sometimes a good thing for both sides.
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Shed-time
They should all just have some more plastic surgery and have a should about japan taking some of their pickled cabbage. They'd feel much better afterwards.
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