Sums it up pretty nicely. :yep:

Two friends
 

:hmmm:

Family reunion is no political event though the event resulted from political deal.

North Korea only cares about its existential under the family reign. That's to continue what has been going on. They can't attack the South and win the war. On the contrary the South is not interested in reuniting the peninsula through arms conflict. So the word to describe the situation is STAGNATION.

With China rising however if the North would be willing to accept substantial economic reform they could share the economic miracle of China at least to a degree. Namely in low tech mass production and tourism from mainland China. I fail to see what's preventing them to embrace more open economy. It's the only way out in the long term for them anyway.

But people in power may have different logic and interests to protect. After all mankind are mostly irrational and political leaders perhaps are one of the worst irrational people if they've enjoyed power for far too long and deluded by it.

Aye, and that's what evil ol' democracy is supposed to prevent. :yep:

I just drifted off topic... :oops:

You have not strayed from the Topic,
 

This is about two enemies are trying to solve problems, which is a pure political ideology, and that the relation did not seek solutions NK has made an initiative, and they know themselves that they are pretty deep **** purely military strategic,Maybe on paper they can get help but not in practice either by China or other communist-related state

The reason NK is proposing talks is because it is after something....NK wants the border, known as the Northern Limit Line, redrawn farther south.

Right, but they know also "going over the limit" will cost some, which they can not afford either politically or militarily.

You mean like a credit card? :hmmm:

Something like this,
 

though this is about rice and noodles, which is their "limit" :O:

If even rice and noodles... I had a link to that video Mr. Stevens posted some months ago. A documentary of NK by some folks who went there and toured around under heavy guard. Totally bizarre place. They were treated to food at several locations, and the narrator/guy-in-front-of-the-camera could only describe it as "fried matter", apparently with no taste to it. Running a search to find it again, I'll have to link it in here.


EDIT
Here it is! :D http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=161638

NK,sucks
 

I read it, and the despotic leadership is really :down:

Yeah, it sounds like a completely twisted place. So glad to be over here than be stuffing grass in my face to keep from starving to death (compliments of that stumpy little power freak).

The great thing is that Kim Jong-il makes such a great butt-end for jokes. :yeah:

Not that I have any Kim Jong-il jokes, of course. :hmmm::doh:

something like this maybe,
 

Something like that. :DL Or the way he was portrayed in Team America.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xh_9QhRzJEs

Movie star,
 

:haha: