North Korea stokes another crisis

The relationship between North and South Korea is not so well. But now North Korea is testing the will of South Korea’s president, Lee Myung-bak, while they are looking forward to a very good working relationship with the United States, now that Barack Obama has become the new president.

The North will take measures, geared to force South Korea’s conservative president towards softening his hardline stance on the North. That’s an optimistic scenario.

But there’s also a pessimistic scenario...
As the North is about to close their borders with the South and sets new conditions on inspections of their nuclear facilities, the militarist will control in North Korea at an extremely critical juncture. And also knowing that the leader in the North, Kim Jong-il, is too ill to rule the nation effectively.

North Korea is about to take action. They are about to close the border with South Korea from December 1. That measure will have big consequences... All the activity at the Kaesong industrial complex, where more then 80 South Korean companies employ 35,000 North Korean workers, will be suspended.

I believe that closing the border is not such a good measurement. I fear that if the border will be closed, there will become a rumour between the two countries. It’s understandable that North Korea will do everything to get a good working relationship with the United States, but they have to be realistic and see what other problems they may cause.



source: http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Korea/JK15Dg01.html