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North Korea swallows its pride and asks for help
Despite vaunted self-reliance, report of Pyongyang's request for virus aid was predictable
By BRADLEY K. MARTIN
MARCH 26, 2020


Researchers analyze the ingredients of a new disinfectant product at the Ryongaksan Soap Factory in Pyongyang on March 19. Photo: AFP / Kim Won Jin
North Korea, always proud of its founding ruler’s policy of Juche, or self-reliance, has swallowed its pride and asked for help to handle the coronavirus, according to reports. The move was predictable.

Foreign aid is baked into its national DNA.

“Pyongyang has secretly asked for international help to increase coronavirus testing in North Korea as the pandemic threatens to cripple its fragile healthcare system,” London’s Financial Times reported in a story reported from Washington and Seoul.

“In private communications, officials have quietly sought urgent help from their international contacts over the past few weeks, according to several people familiar with the matter and a document seen by the Financial Times,” the FT said.



This was really only a matter of time. Regardless of all the proud talk of Juche, the country was founded with massive aid from the Soviet Union. It industrialized and thrived, by developing-world standards, for three decades in large part thanks to the generosity of the USSR and other Communist-bloc countries.

Then, after the virtual demise of communism, it survived with the reduced help of Beijing, Moscow, the United Nations, various Western NGOs – and even, on occasion, deadly enemies South Korea and the United States.

Only the other day Donald Trump sent a letter to his pal Kim Jong Un offering to help him deal with the virus.

Kim’s sister Kim Yo Jong offered thanks but said that a good personal relationship between the leaders was not enough. North Korea wanted the United States and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea to have a good relationship, which would require Trump putting some action behind his sweet words.

hellegennes έγραψε: 26 Μαρ 2020, 20:46

Βελανιδοφάγος Ούννος έγραψε: 26 Μαρ 2020, 18:42

hellegennes έγραψε: 26 Μαρ 2020, 17:46

Οικονομία. Αποφυγή πανικού. Επίδειξη ότι τα καταφέρνουν καλύτερα. Από το τωρινό στάδιο και μετά δεν νομίζω ότι έχει πλέον ιδιαίτερο νόημα, αλλά είχε σημασία να κερδίσουν απ' την αρχή χρόνο.

Και ποιος θα ήταν σε θέση να το κάνει αυτό; Η κεντρική κυβέρνηση δεν ελέγχει καν το ΕΣΥ - τα 16 κρατίδια έχουν κυβερνήσεις όλων σχεδών των πολιτικών αποχρώσεων και κάθε ένα κάνει σε μεγάλο βαθμό ό,τι θέλει. Όποιος προσπαθούσε να οργανώσει κάτι τέτοιο θα διέτρεχε άμεσο κίνδυνο να καρφωθεί από τους πολιτικούς του αντιπάλους με την κατηγορία ότι αποκρύπτει την πραγματική διάσταση της πανδημίας. Παρεμπιπτόντως στη Γερμανία έχει παραιτηθεί υπουργός επειδή αποδείχτηκε ότι έκανε copy paste στο διδακτορικό του και βουλευτές επειδή χρησιμοποίησαν για ιδιωτικούς σκοπούς τα bonus miles από τα υπηρεσιακά τους ταξίδια. Δεν έχουν ολοκληρωτικό καθεστώς εκεί ούτε περνάνε όλα στο ντούκου.

Μιλάμε τώρα για την χώρα που έβαλε στο υπουργείο οικονομικών τον άνθρωπο που ήταν μπλεγμένος στο μεγαλύτερο σκάνδαλο χρηματισμού της Γερμανίας; Ή μιλάς για κάποια φαντασιακή εκδοχή της;

MARCH 26, 20208:30 PM

Hans Joachim Von Der Burchard
GERMANY TO ADMIT 47 INTENSIVE CARE PATIENTS FROM ITALY

German hospitals will take in 47 intensive care patients from Italy, the German Foreign Ministry tweeted Thursday evening.

“We stand side by side with our Italian friends,” said Foreign Minister Heiko Maas.

The tweet did not specify whether the 47 includes the eight Italian patients that were taken in by the state of Saxony earlier this week. Germany has also admitted about 20 patients from France.

hellegennes έγραψε: 26 Μαρ 2020, 22:43 Όταν όμως τον έβαλε ΥΠΟΙΚ η Αγγελικούλα, δεν υπήρξαν γενικευμένες αντιρρήσεις. Ψέματα, δεν υπήρξε καμμία αντίρρηση. Σαν να μην συνέβη τίποτα.

Arisvilla έγραψε: 26 Μαρ 2020, 22:48 http://www.newpost.gr/kosmos/5e7ce1a0fa ... n-oktovrio
Αν ισχύει αυτό αλλάζουν όλα τα δεδομένα για τον ιό και πως δημιουργήθηκε.

Arisvilla έγραψε: 26 Μαρ 2020, 22:48 http://www.newpost.gr/kosmos/5e7ce1a0fa ... n-oktovrio
Αν ισχύει αυτό αλλάζουν όλα τα δεδομένα για τον ιό και πως δημιουργήθηκε.

Northern Spirit έγραψε: 26 Μαρ 2020, 22:11 Μεχρι και η Βορεια Κορεα του Κιμ ζηταει βοηθεια για τον ιο..
Οι παπαγαλοι του Βορειο-Κορεατισμου που μας λεγανε οτι εκει ολα καλα μαλλον θα δυσκολευτουνε τωρα..

https://asiatimes.com/2020/03/north-kor ... -for-help/

North Korea swallows its pride and asks for help
Despite vaunted self-reliance, report of Pyongyang's request for virus aid was predictable
By BRADLEY K. MARTIN
MARCH 26, 2020


Researchers analyze the ingredients of a new disinfectant product at the Ryongaksan Soap Factory in Pyongyang on March 19. Photo: AFP / Kim Won Jin
North Korea, always proud of its founding ruler’s policy of Juche, or self-reliance, has swallowed its pride and asked for help to handle the coronavirus, according to reports. The move was predictable.

Foreign aid is baked into its national DNA.

“Pyongyang has secretly asked for international help to increase coronavirus testing in North Korea as the pandemic threatens to cripple its fragile healthcare system,” London’s Financial Times reported in a story reported from Washington and Seoul.

“In private communications, officials have quietly sought urgent help from their international contacts over the past few weeks, according to several people familiar with the matter and a document seen by the Financial Times,” the FT said.



This was really only a matter of time. Regardless of all the proud talk of Juche, the country was founded with massive aid from the Soviet Union. It industrialized and thrived, by developing-world standards, for three decades in large part thanks to the generosity of the USSR and other Communist-bloc countries.

Then, after the virtual demise of communism, it survived with the reduced help of Beijing, Moscow, the United Nations, various Western NGOs – and even, on occasion, deadly enemies South Korea and the United States.

Only the other day Donald Trump sent a letter to his pal Kim Jong Un offering to help him deal with the virus.

Kim’s sister Kim Yo Jong offered thanks but said that a good personal relationship between the leaders was not enough. North Korea wanted the United States and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea to have a good relationship, which would require Trump putting some action behind his sweet words.

Philip Mortimer έγραψε: 26 Μαρ 2020, 23:59
Γι αυτό πλευριζε την νότια Κορέα ο Κιμ τις προάλλες
Κατά τ αλλά δεν έχουν κρούσματα