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Tensions with North Korea

 
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How are you feeling about the rising tensions between the two Koreas over the Sinking of the Cheonon?
Absolutely Terrified
1%
 1%  [ 1 ]
Increasingly Nervous
15%
 15%  [ 14 ]
Slightly uneasy
44%
 44%  [ 40 ]
Completely Unfazed
38%
 38%  [ 34 ]
Total Votes : 89

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partymop



Joined: 24 Jun 2009

PostPosted: Mon May 24, 2010 11:15 pm    Post subject: Tensions with North Korea Reply with quote

I'm not going to add the links to the current updates, I assume you all keep yourselves well informed. The question is:
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Uncle Turk



Joined: 03 Jul 2009

PostPosted: Mon May 24, 2010 11:54 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I honestly feel that the North won't do anything, because they want to maintain the status quo.

The only thing that worries me is that he is crazy and might want to go out with a bang, if you know what I mean.

maybe 5% chance of war breaking out. I'm no expert though, just an English teacher.
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jondepoer



Joined: 02 May 2010

PostPosted: Tue May 25, 2010 3:06 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

More concerned about what it's going to do to the won TBH.
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World Traveler



Joined: 29 May 2009

PostPosted: Tue May 25, 2010 5:37 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

₩1,000 = 79� now. This is not good.
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Mariella713



Joined: 22 May 2010

PostPosted: Tue May 25, 2010 8:36 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Despite NK claiming they're going to "abrogate the agreement on non-aggression� *ahem Rolling Eyes* I still don't think they are going to attack. Although maybe they're planning on setting loose those elephants that Zimbabwe gave them as a gift not long ago. Kim Jong Il's army of elephants stomping on everyone in Seoul perhaps? Hmmm...
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egrog1717



Joined: 12 Mar 2008

PostPosted: Tue May 25, 2010 2:12 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Good thing we'll have Johnny Dep to stop those raging elephants Legolas style!!
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eljuero



Joined: 11 Aug 2009

PostPosted: Tue May 25, 2010 3:20 pm    Post subject: I wonna better rate..... Reply with quote

jondepoer wrote:
More concerned about what it's going to do to the won TBH.


Couldn't agree more.
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Gaber



Joined: 23 Apr 2006

PostPosted: Tue May 25, 2010 3:43 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

This is the third 'ON THE BRINK!!!!' situation I been through here in my short time. To be honest I sometimes wish they'd just sh*t or get off the pot Razz
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rusty1983



Joined: 30 Jan 2007

PostPosted: Tue May 25, 2010 3:46 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Uncle Turk wrote:
I honestly feel that the North won't do anything, because they want to maintain the status quo.

The only thing that worries me is that he is crazy and might want to go out with a bang, if you know what I mean.

maybe 5% chance of war breaking out. I'm no expert though, just an English teacher.


Seems like they already did do something when they sank that submarine. If the South are cutting all trade ties with them then is that them done for? SK have referred to the UN so what are they going to do now? Offer a bailout for a regime change? Try and starve them out by placing wider trade embargoes on them?

This is one situation I think most of the world would like to see changed soon!

Maybe the UN could offer the cash for reunification if there is a regime change?
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CeleryMan



Joined: 12 Apr 2007
Location: Seoul

PostPosted: Wed May 26, 2010 7:10 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hilary's campaign to vilify NK and garner the World's support is losing steam... fast, IMO.

The sub issue like all "issues" on the Peninsula is and will always be viewed as an internal "family matter"

Let's just hug it out byoches!
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Globutron



Joined: 13 Feb 2010
Location: England/Anyang

PostPosted: Wed May 26, 2010 8:34 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Of course there's also the CNN announcement that America did it. South Korean and American military exercises gone wrong, something like that.
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CeleryMan



Joined: 12 Apr 2007
Location: Seoul

PostPosted: Wed May 26, 2010 8:41 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

So that 400 page "report" was merely a saving face measure?
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