Japan to extend sanctions on N Korea for 6 months

Tuesday 30th September, 03:42 AM JST

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rjd_jr at 07:32 AM JST - 30th September

I agree, pressure is much better than "dialogue" when dealing with North Korea. As we have seen, trying to engage in mature discussion with North Korean officials is about as fruitful as making a cat swim. And all NK officials do is whine about something that happened decades and decades ago.
OssanULTRA at 07:35 AM JST - 30th September

That's very nice of Japan giving NKorea another 6 months to think about what they're doing and whether it's truly of benefit to their country. In other words, who knows who will be in charge in 6 months.
Dogdog at 08:54 AM JST - 30th September

And all NK officials do is whine about something that happened decades and decades ago.

That's so funny because that's exactly what Japan is doing with this issue that is closed to all other concerned parties. The surviving abductees have been returned to Japan, the remains of those who didn't survive have been returned to Japan and North Korea promised Koizumi in 2001 that North Korea would never repeat such actions in the future.

The last kidnapping of a Japanese national took place in the mid-70's.
soldave at 09:36 AM JST - 30th September

So what has the pressure that Japan has put on DPRK yielded so far? Good to see the mindset of "If at first you don't succeed, try, try, try, try, try, try again. And then keep trying some more" is working for Japan.

"And all NK officials do is whine about something that happened decades and decades ago."

Was that intentional or did you mean to say "Japanese" instead of NK?
nigelboy at 09:39 AM JST - 30th September

Gotta admit though. You got to give NK credit for crafty foreign diplomacy. The net result thus far is that they were able to get the fuel aid while still continuing their nuke program.
kjunluc2 at 10:58 AM JST - 30th September

Maybe my dictionary is outa date. Until the last few years I thought "sanction" meant to approve of.

In this case it appears that NK must sit in the corner for six months. That'll teach her a lesson and straighten her out.(As likely as the KKK voting for Obama; or the gov't of Iran coming to heel.
soldave at 11:49 AM JST - 30th September

Wasn't the dismantling of the nuclear plant at Yongbyon linked to DPRK being removed from the list of terrorism-sponsoring countries? They weren't removed which is why I thought they are working to reactivate the plant.

kjunluc2 - It can mean that, but in international law it means "action by one or more states toward another state calculated to force it to comply with legal obligations." according to the Random House Unabridged Dictionary.
desmosedici at 12:02 PM JST - 30th September

One of the conditions was for NK to allow inspections by the IAEA, which they flatly refused. We had to take their word for it, but as NK has shown time after time, that doesn't account for much. NK has loads to hide, so snooping around by outsiders is a big no no for them. All they did was blow up some old cooling tower.
Kwaabish at 12:18 PM JST - 30th September

Again, let them starve.
kjunluc2 at 07:37 AM JST - 1st October

Yeah, soldave, I'm aware of the meaning in this context. U.S. has had sanctions against Fidel Castro, et al, for about 50 years. I just don't like it in this context. It sounds stupid. Homonyms of more than four letters bug me; specially antonym homonyms.

Ill-will or Japan will have one on for NK for 6 months sounds better. What will the climax be?