Reuters
Gordon G. Chang, Daily Beast: Will Kim Jong Un Go to War?
With South Korea’s president flinging insults and his country losing important sources of income, Kim is facing a huge crisis—and it might just push him to the brink of invasion.
In a nationally televised speech Tuesday, South Korean President Park Geun Hye defended her controversial decision to close the Kaesong Industrial Complex in North Korea. She also delivered comments sure to enrage Kim Jong Un, the leader of that destitute and dangerous state.
For instance, she promised her government would take “stronger and more effective” measures to impress upon Pyongyang that its nuclear program would hasten “regime collapse.” She talked about Kim’s state as “merciless” and mentioned its “extreme reign of terror.”
Park also broke other taboos, mentioning Kim by name, taunting him. Compounding the affront, she chose his father’s birthday to make her remarks.
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WNU Editor: I do not see a war happening. So North Korea loses $120 million in hard currency .... it is not going to impact Kim Jong Un personally, and in his world that is what counts. As for his citizens .... too bad .... and if some start to protest .... the secret police have proven themselves many times in the past to be very capable in crushing any dissent.
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