It's a Start
Published on August 15, 2005 By greywar In Politics

 

"LLHM KTU BA BAK KUV...."

Translation : "Even in dreams : Unification"

      Although this article mainly deals with Japanese PM Junichiro Koizumi backpedaling and apologizing for Japan's WWII foibles on the 60th aniversary of it's surrender the part I was most interested in was this bit :

North and South Korea used the anniversary as an opportunity to reconcile political differences that have kept the peninsula divided since the end of World War II. Liberation Day, a national holiday in both countries, was celebrated Monday by using a fiber-optic cable laid across the heavily fortified inter-Korean border to enable about 40 separated families to reunite over video links.

A day earlier, a visiting North Korean delegation paid an unprecedented gesture to the South by visiting its main cemetery where dead from the Korean War are buried along with independence fighters against Japanese rule, which began in 1910.

 

You have to start somewhere and this would never have been possible without technology to make it happen.

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on Aug 15, 2005
Wow! I would say this is definitely a step in the right direction. I am glad to see that you are still interested in what happens in the country where you spend a good number of years. Also glad to see you are blogging again.
on Aug 15, 2005

I am glad to see that you are still interested in what happens in the country where you spend a good number of years

They will never totally shake all of the Kimchi and Soju out of me.

on Aug 16, 2005
"LLHM KTU BA BAK KUV...."


LLHM KTU BA ZAK KUV - No SKATS Pass for you! HAHA!

Otherwise, it is interesting and hopefully it doesn't become a one time deal. Any friendly links between the two countries is a good thing. Just hope they can maintain it. This does seem to be a safe alternative for NK to actual face to face meetings between the families, too. These would be easier to monitor and control what information is passed between the families.

That brings up a funny thought. Could you imagine if they set up a delay? If the NK relative says "I'm so hungry. There's no food.", the audio could be blotted out and the censor would add in "Kim Jong-Il is the greatest".