Looks to me that they do want peace. And that they also want to be constantly on the brink of war so they have an official enemy to placate their population, but no further than the brink.
I mean if the country you relied on for defence for the past 7 decades suddenly tells everyone that they're not going to back any of their allies up any more, raids your air defence system missile stocks for some mad war in the Middle East, and vacates the area, what would you do?
Flip side. The country pointing it's gun at you for the last few decades is suddenly sending troops and most of it's arms to the European theater. Maybe we can talk now
Don’t forget that the north has sold most of their artillery stock piles off to Russia and sent many of their troops to Ukraine. A huge part of their position was having that massive artillery stockpile aimed at Seoul. They are in a much weaker position, militarily, and much more stable with the building materials, food, and cars they’ve received in return.
The long-term outlook isn’t very good, but for now there is less of a need for military presence and war preparation on the peninsula.
Giving the Kim dynasty anything is a mistake. They will take the idea and spin it as if they successfully negotiated peace even though the world was against them. They will portray it as if they have the superior military might. In the end, through NK people still suffer.
It seems that their economy has been booming lately, with Russia buying their stockpiles and China dumping some of their excess prodution on them. I have no idea if that growth actually translates to a better life for their people but I really doubt they'd be better off with a shrinking economy.
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There's been an outbreak of civil rest
Riiiiiiiigggghhhhhhht. As if the NK gov. actually wants peace.
Edit: how many times have they walked away from talks?
Looks to me that they do want peace. And that they also want to be constantly on the brink of war so they have an official enemy to placate their population, but no further than the brink.
edging war is crazy
Even crazier with thousands of nukes. The eighties were a hell of a time.
Constantly on the brink of war isn't peace.
I mean, it is if you think war and peace are binary positions
.... They kinda are though?
Huh, no. I understand the nuance. Considering tha to be on the brink of war there needs to be fear and tension at the least. Does that sound peaceful?
Quite the wiff on your part if you ask me.
Oh they want peace alright, just by including their southern neighbor into their country
Lol people thinking South Korea was the one resisting any sort of cooperation.
I love the tankies who seem to think North Korea will be the one to absorb South Korea or something..
I mean if the country you relied on for defence for the past 7 decades suddenly tells everyone that they're not going to back any of their allies up any more, raids your air defence system missile stocks for some mad war in the Middle East, and vacates the area, what would you do?
Flip side. The country pointing it's gun at you for the last few decades is suddenly sending troops and most of it's arms to the European theater. Maybe we can talk now
Don’t forget that the north has sold most of their artillery stock piles off to Russia and sent many of their troops to Ukraine. A huge part of their position was having that massive artillery stockpile aimed at Seoul. They are in a much weaker position, militarily, and much more stable with the building materials, food, and cars they’ve received in return.
The long-term outlook isn’t very good, but for now there is less of a need for military presence and war preparation on the peninsula.
Giving the Kim dynasty anything is a mistake. They will take the idea and spin it as if they successfully negotiated peace even though the world was against them. They will portray it as if they have the superior military might. In the end, through NK people still suffer.
As a Korean I would say making peace with the north would be much better than dealing with the Trumpian regime.
It seems that their economy has been booming lately, with Russia buying their stockpiles and China dumping some of their excess prodution on them. I have no idea if that growth actually translates to a better life for their people but I really doubt they'd be better off with a shrinking economy.
If it's anything like the US, China or Russia, all the money trickles up
Could be looking to cash out if they can get garenteed immunity as part of the deal.
Nope, the Kim family survives on power. They will trade anything and everything to remain at the top
What do you think money buys?