The US State Department NOW says North Korea isn’t putting Yongbyon back into operation , but simply moving equipment around the site.
OK, I don’t find this story completely uninteresting — the role reversal between Seoul and Washington is rather new, I guess.
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ROK to Buy Secondhand Apaches?From: rjkoehler.com
Post Date: 2008-05-29 21:55:46
From Defense News ;
South Korea is considering a U.S. offer to sell secondhand attack helicopters as part of its drive to upgrade military equipment, officials said May 27.
Defense officials said U.S. troops here had offered to sell 36 AH-64 Apache helicopters. Two U.S. Apache battalions are deployed in South Korea.
“It was only reviewed at the working level, but it is being reviewed very positively,” Defence Ministry spokesman Won Tae-Jae told Yonhap news agency.
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more Street Protests, Hunger Strikes, Resignation Demands, Oh My!From: rjkoehler.com
Post Date: 2008-05-29 21:36:00
The parliamentary opposition is threatening massive street protests and hunger strikes if US beef imports are resumed :
South Korea’s new parliament got off to a rough start Friday, as opposition legislators threatened to take to the streets over impending U.S. beef imports, and cracks appeared in the conservative ruling party over the contentious issue.
Discussions on new parliamentary committees, which are required by law to be established by June 7, were pushed into the background...
more World Cup Time?From: rjkoehler.com
Post Date: 2008-05-29 16:52:07
Nope, it’s the anti-US beef protests in front of City Hall !
Well, it’s nice to see the Korean left found something to do after getting trashed in the presidential and general elections. And besides, they were always more comfortable with this kind of stuff than actually governing.
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