

Even its ally, China, is upset with the country












Source: Reuters

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RE: Anyone Else
By pugster on 2/13/2013 12:31:23 PM , Rating: 1
Seriously, why don't you read the news? Google "North Korea Peace Treaty" and you will see that North Korea has been pursuing a peace treaty for decades, but South Korea and the US just won't budge. Heck, if they decides to disarm like Iraq and Libya, guess what will happen to them.

RE: Anyone Else
By Nfarce on 2/13/2013 12:47:52 PM , Rating: 4
There never WAS a "peace treaty" between the US and the DPRK brought to the table. What was signed nearly two decades ago during Clinton's presidency was a nuclear operational freeze agreement in exchange for US fuel-oil shipments and other perks. And this was only because the DPRK announced it was going to withdraw from the Nonproliferation Treaty. It was nothing but talks ever since and no traction could ever get done because North Korea would not agree to a basic tenant of ANY treaty: the verification measures.

If you think North Korea is so wonderful and all, why don't you just move there and tell us all we were wrong a year from now?

RE: Anyone Else
By bug77 on 2/13/2013 2:30:55 PM , Rating: 2
You asked who did North Korea invade. I obliged.

RE: Anyone Else
By jimbojimbo on 2/13/2013 3:08:28 PM , Rating: 2
Yeah, the North Koreans really want peace just like Germany told the Soviet Union that it wouldn't attack them. It's just a peace of paper. Actions are what define a country and one that starves its people and spends all their money on their military is one that does not really want peace.

RE: Anyone Else
By jimbojimbo on 2/13/2013 3:09:22 PM , Rating: 2
Piece of paper. I had peace on the mind.

RE: Anyone Else
By Solandri on 2/13/2013 6:36:12 PM , Rating: 3
The problem with all North Korean peace proposals is that they refuse to recognize South Korea as a legitimate state. They see it as a puppet of the U.S., and thus all their proposed peace treaties are between the U.S. and North Korea only. This follows in line with the ceasefire negotiations which were held between the U.S. and North Korean military.

The U.S. has insisted that any permanent peace treaty has to cover all major combatants - South Korea, North Korea, The U.S., Japan, Russia (in lieu of the USSR), and China. And has to include recognition of South Korea as a legitimate state.

That's why the North Korean peace proposals have been rejected out of hand. Because what is the point of signing a peace treaty which officially declares South Korea to be a non-nation?

I'd also suggest hitting Youtube and watching some North Korean propaganda videos (especially the children's cartoons). Then you'll start to understand the paranoia and distorted worldview that governs everything North Korea says and does.

RE: Anyone Else
By Nfarce on 2/14/2013 12:13:03 AM , Rating: 3
You are wasting your time on people like that. They believe what they want to believe: the US sucks and is evil and North Korea is really the good guy who is just misunderstood and just wants to have a "unified" Korea if only everyone would agree with their delusional, unicorn-worshiping world.

