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chris_J2 · Joined: 17 Apr 2006 Location: From Brisbane, Au.

South Korea DID offer to send personnel to assist in the rescue / cleanup effort. I read an article in Yonhap a short time ago.

"South Korea had also planned to dispatch a team of 22 rescue workers, but called off the plan after New Zealand declined to accept the team saying there are too many rescue workers at the scene already, according to the National Emergency Management Agency."

http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/national/2011/02/23/95/0301000000AEN20110223011500315F.HTML

shinramyun · Joined: 31 Jul 2009

NohopeSeriously · Posted: Wed Feb 23, 2011 8:33 pm Post subject:

Space Bar · Joined: 20 Oct 2010

Very good - and shocking - photos.

shinramyun · Joined: 31 Jul 2009

NohopeSeriously · Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2011 10:44 pm Post subject:

shinramyun · Joined: 31 Jul 2009

chris_J2 · Joined: 17 Apr 2006 Location: From Brisbane, Au.

Summerwine:

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/photo/2011-02/27/c_13752661.htm

China DID send rescue / cleanup teams, & 23 of their nationals are still missing, presumably in the CTV building. This horrible event looks like it will be NZ's worst natural disaster ever, & will have the grisly 'honour' of eclipsing Napier in the early 1930's. One report I read said that one of the Japanese students was from Kobe & survived the 1995 quake there in which 6,000 died. Another student was from Kyoto, a city I visited just over 3 weeks ago.

Summer Wine · Joined: 20 Mar 2005 Location: Next to a River

Yeah Chris, but they only came in and offered help when it was known that there were Chinese victims.

Australia and the US made offers on the same day, not realising yet that they may have victims there.

Its a slight difference I know, but it does make you wonder a little.

NohopeSeriously · Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2011 10:15 pm Post subject:

Summer Wine · Joined: 20 Mar 2005 Location: Next to a River

Well I am not so sure.

This was a comment made to another by a poster on another forum.

"John Chan wrote: "@Artemis, China needs to defend against predatory imperialist USA and its lackey war criminal Japan, and imperialist wannabe India, Australia and Vietnam. The USA and its lackeys are experts of blaming the victim; they are wolves in sheep skin, devils in human faces but the hearts of a beast. The battle of defending China is a battle of the survival of Chinese against the ruthless aggressors of the US and its gang of bandits."

I am not so sure I want people who think that way to assist my country. Listen, NZ gives OZ shit, Oz gives NZ shit. Though no Aussie I have ever met would ever say or think that about NZ. (If you attack Oz, you attack NZ - we are the double ZZ gang). (Though you know who has the Capital Z?).

Well, no real Aussie would. The ties between our countries is one of acceptance more than hate. Also I have lived in Korea a few years and while most Koreans are self absorbed at times, they dont think that way.

So I would accept Korea to help my country over a person who feels that way about my country. Even if they are slow to offer assistance.