Say what you like about North Koreans . . .

cerberus · Oct 13, 2015

but they sure do know how to party. (this makes the UK's Olympics opening ceremony look like a side-show!):

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-34502073

Hope I never accidentally find myself in the leader's barbershop though?

gamewell45 · Oct 13, 2015

cerberus said: ↑

but they sure do know how to party. (this makes the UK's Olympics opening ceremony look like a side-show!):

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-34502073

Hope I never accidentally find myself in the leader's barbershop though?

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The military leaders wear some pretty funky hats.

cerberus · Oct 13, 2015

gamewell45 said: ↑

The military leaders wear some pretty funky hats.
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waltky · Oct 19, 2015

NKorea Willing To Sign Peace Treaty With US...

North Korea reportedly willing to sign peace treaty with US to end conflict
October 18, 2015 - North Korea reportedly rejected the idea of resuming talks to abandon its nuclear program on Saturday, but said it would welcome negotiations for a peace treaty with Washington.

North Korea’s foreign ministry made the statement one day after President Obama and South Korean President Park Geun-hye said they were ready to open talks with Pyongyang on sanctions if they were serious about dissolving its nuclear program, according to Reuters. “If the United States insists on taking a different path, the Korean peninsula will only see our unlimited nuclear deterrent being strengthened further,” the North said in a statement. North and South Korea are still technically at war after signing a truce in 1953 to temporarily end their conflict. The U.S. also signed the deal after backing the South.

Obama, while meeting with Park on Friday, said Iran had been prepared to have a “serious conversation” about the possibility of giving up the pursuit of nuclear weapons. He said there’s no indication of that in North Korea’s case. "At the point where Pyongyang says, `We're interested in seeing relief from sanctions and improved relations, and we are prepared to have a serious conversation about denuclearization,' it's fair to say we'll be right there at the table," Obama told a joint news conference. In a joint statement after Friday’s meeting, the U.S. and South Korea said that if North Korea decides to launch another rocket into space or test a nuclear explosion, “it will face consequences, including seeking further significant measures by the U.N. Security Council.” The statement also said they would never accept North Korea as a nuclear weapons state.

North Korea had walked away from talks involving the U.S. and four other countries in 2008 and continued to conduct nuclear tests. It claims the only way to end conflict with Washington is to sign a peace treaty. Park’s visit Friday further strengthened South Korea’s ties with the U.S. U.S. retains 28,500 troops in South Korea, a legacy of the 1950-53 Korean War, and nearly 50,000 troops in Japan. Obama called the U.S.-South Korean alliance "unbreakable." Park called it a "lynchpin" of regional security.In August, the two Koreas threatened each other with war after two South Korean soldiers were wounded by land mines Seoul says were planted by the North. The tensions have since eased, and the two sides have agreed to resume next week reunions of Korean families divided by the Korean War. The Obama administration has faced criticism from hawks and doves alike for a lack of high-level attention on North Korea, which estimated to have enough fissile material for between 10 and 16 nuclear weapons.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/201...flict-with-us-with-peace-treaty/?intcmp=hpbt1
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Families gather for rare North, South Korea reunion
Oct 19, 2015: Close to 400 South Koreans, many of them elderly and nearly all in a state of fevered anticipation, gathered Monday before crossing into North Korea for a rare reunion with separated family members.

Beginning Tuesday in the North Korean resort of Mount Kumgang, it will be only the second such reunion in the past five years; the result of an agreement the two Koreas reached in August to de-escalate tensions that had pushed them to the brink of armed conflict. Tens of millions of people were displaced by the sweep of the 1950-53 Korean War, which saw the frontline yo-yo from the south of the Korean peninsula to the northern border with China and back again. The chaos and devastation separated brothers and sisters, parents and children, husbands and wives. Because the conflict concluded with an armistice rather than a peace treaty, the two Koreas technically remain at war and direct exchanges of letters or telephone calls are prohibited.

The reunion programme began in earnest after a historic North-South summit in 2000, but the numbers clamouring for a chance to participate have always far outstripped those actually selected. The 394 people gathered in Sokcho city on South Korea's northeast coast were called to the reunion by 100 North Koreans chosen to take part in the event. All were to spend the night in the Hanwha resort in Sokcho before an early start to the heavily-fortified border nearby and then on to Mount Kumgang. Over the next three days, they will sit down with their North Korean relatives six times -- both in private and in public meetings.

With more than 65,000 South Koreans currently on the waiting list for a reunion spot, they represent the lucky few, although the event itself is very bittersweet. Each interaction only lasts two hours, meaning the family members have a total of just 12 hours to mitigate the trauma of more than six decades of separation. And for those in their 80 and 90s, the final farewell on Thursday after three days is tainted by the near certainty that there will never be another meeting. On Friday, 100 selected South Koreans will gather in Sokcho for the second stage of the reunion, when they will get to see the North Korean relatives they requested.

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