Kim Jong Il Finds A Solution To North Korea’s Problems
February 27, 2010
Martin McCauley writes: North Korea is in trouble – although you might not know about it. Unlike Greece, with its economic problems splattered over half of the newspapers of the world, North Koreans suffer quietly. The half dead Dear Leader, Kim Jong Il, actually believes that his personality cult knows no bounds and that his people are having a great time. But even this stupid fool sometimes realises that the economy might not be in such a good shape after all. Imagine, if you will, a meeting between Kim and his people. Kim: Comrades, I have a feeling we’re encountering certain problems with our great economy. It’s just a gut feeling, mind you, but I’m sensing a bit of an economic crisis. If the Americans find out about it, we will look like fools. How do we solve this problem? Whisper...
North Korean Regime Should Be Taken Out. As soon as possible
November 17, 2009
R.F.Wilson writes: So, how come every time North Korea tells the whole world to go to hell the world does not respond in kind? The regime in Pyonyang conducts nuclear tests and test fires missiles and no one does anything about it? The commies are building their nukes and the West watches them without interfering. Every time the Nort Korean regime shows the world two fingers world leaders come up with pathetic words of condemnation, as if anyone in Pyongyang is listening or as if the North Korean people would ever know about it, being cut off from the rest of mankind: no proper television apart from the usual propaganda drivel, no radio broadcast from abroad and no Internet. Socialist peace and tranquillity reign there as usual. Nothing to worry about. The Dear Leader Kim Jong-il will protect...
Beijing Mulls Over Its Tactics Towards Pyongyang
June 19, 2009
Martin McCauley writes: These are busy days for the Chinese leadership. The most important problem facing it is the domestic economy. Exports have collapsed and domestic demand is not sufficient to take up the slack. Heavy industries, such as steel and coal, are finding that buyers for their products are drying up. This means that huge inventories are building up. Will Beijing have to step in and buy output that no one else needs? The evidence is that the economic situation is steadily deteriorating. Another problem which is steadily deteriorating is the relationship with the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK). After Pyongyang’s nuclear test on May 25, China expressed its ‘resolute opposition’ and that the PDRK had simply ignored the ‘international community’s...
A Cynical Look At Politics. And At Geography
May 27, 2009
Adam Lovejoy writes: So, North Korea is at it again: testing the world’s patience with its nuclear tests. That madman Kim thinks that he can starve his nation while blowing money on nuclear bombs and missiles. Why on earth do we tolerate that scumbag? Why don’t we send our crack troops to Pyongyang and whack the bastard? It would be a lot cheaper than introducing sanctions and monitoring them. And the people of North Korea would be eternally grateful to us. If President Obama has any metal in him this is the time to prove it. And speaking of President Obama: don’t you get a feeling that he is not doing very much? How, for example, is he tackling the economic crisis in the U.S.? All that stimulus money seems to be wasted on silly things. The bankers are playing games and not...
The Stand-Off Between North Korea And The World Intensifies. The Options Are Very Limited
April 27, 2009
Thomas Mathew writes: As the stand-off between North Korea and the rest of the world resumes we, at StirringTroubleInternationally, pose a question: what is it that the West and the United States in particular can actually do to stop the regime in Pyongyang from re-starting its nuclear programme and beefing up its nuclear arsenal? At the moment, according to intelligence reports, North Korea has around six or seven nuclear devices. It also seems to be very close to have the capacity to mount them on missiles to hit targets thousands of miles away. Like Alaska, for example, or even the northern part of Australia. Whichever way you look at it the options to take on North Korea are very limited, one reason for it being that in case of any hostile action against the country Pyongyang could detonate...
Why Is Beijing So Reluctant To Condemn Pyongyang’s Rocket Launch?
April 19, 2009
Martin McCauley writes: China’s reaction to the launch of the North Korean rocket last week has surprised a lot of people. It was not at all what they expected.Chinese President Hu Jintao presented himself as a world statesman at the recent G20 summit in London. He gave the impression that China would play its part in solving the planet’s problems. The first major international problem that arose since the summit was the launch of Pyongyang’s rocket, even though North Korea had been warned by just about everyone that it would be regarded as a provocation. The United States, Japan and many other states immediately condemned the launch and called on the United Nations to apply sanctions. What did Beijing do? It soft pedalled the whole affair and opposed a UN resolution condemning...
North Korea Launches A Ballistic Missile. The World Is In Panic
April 7, 2009
As North Korea launches its ballistic missile, claiming success in delivering a communications satellite into orbit – a fact disputed by the U.S. – the big question on everybody’s minds is this: could a mad dictator like Kim Jong-il, if he got his hands on a nuclear bomb and means of its delivery, actually order his generals to launch a nuclear strike against another country? Other considerations pale into insignificance when you talk about rogue states getting their hands on weapons of mass destruction. So could he or could he not? And the answer would be: no, he could not do that. Every dictator has limits to his powers. He can threaten the word for as long as he likes, painting a possible Armageddon scenario as he unleashes the might of his armed forces on other nations....
China Changes Its Approach To North Korea
February 28, 2009
Martin McCauley writers: The recent visit by Wang Jiarui, a senior official of the Communist Party of China (CPC), to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) was to mark the beginning of the ‘Year of China-DPRK Friendship’. Even more significant was his meeting with the ‘Dear Leader’, Kim Jong-Il. It was the Korean leader’s first public appearance with an international guest since his rumoured stroke in August 2008. It also marked Beijing’s continued efforts to maintain a high level dialogue with the DPRK which were broken off after Pyongyang’s test of a nuclear device in October 2006. Kim wanted to demonstrate to the world that he was fit and in control. Pyongyang has been toning down its anti-American rhetoric lately. This is a signal to Washington...
Is North Korea Preparing For War With South Korea? The Signs Are Ominous
February 4, 2009
Martin McCauley writes: The People’s Democratic Republic of Korea (PDRK) declared on January 30, 2009 that all agreements previously reached with South Korea were null and void. In theory, this returns the two Koreas to a state of war. (No peace treaty followed the Korean war of 1950-53.) Pyongyang annulled the treaty on mutual cooperation, on the renunciation of the use of force and also declined to recognise the border between the two states in the Yellow Sea. The PDRK official news agency accused Seoul of a ‘constant escalation of hostile actions’ which was pushing the two states to the ‘brink of war’. President Lee Myung Bak of South Korea, the agency said, would suffer a ‘heavy blow’ and a ‘shameful defeat’. It was striking that on the same day world...
Is the Kim Dynasty Coming To An End In North Korea? It Could Well Be
January 22, 2009
Martin McCauley writes: Politics in the People’s Democratic Republic of Korea (PDRK) are never dull these days. The main topic of conversation today – apart from the parlous state of the national economy – is who will succeed the Dear Leader, Kim Jong-il? Is he dead or alive? Is the successor chosen or not? During its 60 year history, the PDRK has been ruled by the Kim dynasty. Is this dynasty going to fall or will it hang on for some more years? Since the PDRK is a nuclear power the problem of succession of its leadership is not merely a domestic issue. It is of great significance to the country’s neighbours, especially China and South Korea. A battle for power after the demise or incapacitation of Kim il-jong could have disastrous consequences. Almost certainly it...
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