North Korea Suggests Confederation with South Korea?

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Haven't seen this article on Sott yet, so decided to post it here, it sounds important.

Demonized for so many years by the MSM, North Korea speaks of possible reunion with the South Korea in a form of confederation. Two thought re this outstanding news:

1) Western warmongers are so busy now with bombing Syria and trolling Russia, that they've missed the reduced tensions between the two Koreas and allowed some peace to break out there?

2) North Korea: is it really as cruel as described?

The news is only covered by the WSJ by now, couldn't find any other versions in English yet, but we can read between the lines:

North Korea's Foreign Minister Ri Su Yong said Saturday a reduction in tensions on the Korean peninsula is important but warned his government doesn't see its nuclear program as a "bargaining chip."
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Mr. Ri said the Korean peninsula had gone to "the brink" of war last year and he repeatedly lambasted large-scale military exercises by the U.S. and South Korea, which he claimed could lead to a "surprise attack" on Pyongyang. The military exercises are carried out annually.

The foreign minister attacked Washington's "hostile" policy toward North Korea and at one point mocked Seoul for having "relinquished its military prerogatives" to the U.S. He said South Korea should stop "prattling on and dreaming about" unrealistic proposals for reunification of the Korean peninsula, saying the only plan that can work is a confederation where the North Korean regime and Seoul government coexist.
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Mr. Ri described North Korea's nuclear program as an "inevitable" reaction to the "nuclear threat and stifling strategy" pursued by the U.S. against his country.

"The nuclear deterrent of the DPRK is not intended to threaten or attack others, neither is it a bargaining chip to be exchanged for something else," he said, using the acronym by which North Korea refers to itself. "The nuclear issue will be resolved if and when the threat to our sovereignty and right to life is removed in substance with the termination of the U.S. hostile policy."

A most remarkable suggestion, isn't it?
 
Another article by the Bangkok Post (this one sounds closer to the truth), fwiw

North Korea: 1 country, 2 systems

Published: 28 Sep 2014

NEW YORK - North Korea said reunification with the South is its main goal, and proposed an arrangement of "one country, two systems," the United Nations General Assembly heard on Saturday.

Foreign Minister Ri Su Yong called reunification the "biggest desire of the whole nation."

"We are of the opinion that national reunification should not be done through confrontation, but rather through a confederation of two systems within one country," he said.

Ri also accused the UN's top body of "showcasing the extreme manifestation of the double standard" on human rights.

"The Security Council should no longer serve as a forum for telling lies," he said, criticizing it for ignoring civilian deaths in Gaza from Israeli attacks [!!!] while punishing Syria over the conflict on its territory.

Ri insisted that North Korea was open to cooperate on human rights with international organisations and countries that are not hostile to Pyongyang.

But he rejected any attempts to use the human rights issue as a tool for "regime change."

"Abusing the human rights issues for political purpose is in itself the biggest human right violation," Ri said, in the first address by a North Korean official to the General Assembly in 15 years.

The foreign minister also insisted that "hostile policy" of the United States had led to Pyongyang's decision to develop nuclear weapons.

"The nuclear deterrent of the DPRK (Democratic People's Republic of Korea) is not intended to threaten or attack others," Ri said.

"Neither is it a bargaining chip to be exchanged for something else."
 
As I thought to have heard this type of talking before, I did a little digging and found out that this policy goal really is a rather long standing one.

_http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_reunification mentions for instance:

Korean reunification refers to the potential future reunification of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (commonly known as North Korea), the Republic of Korea (commonly known as South Korea), and the Korean Demilitarized Zone under a single government. The process towards this was started by the June 15th North–South Joint Declaration in June 2000, where the two countries agreed to work towards a peaceful reunification in the future. However, this process has always been met with many difficulties due to continuous tension between the two countries, which have become vastly different through over six decades of separation.

_http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_proposed_state_mergers gives way to this remark:

Korean reunification has been a goal for both Koreas since the 1953 armistice agreement.

Therefore the repeat mention of this goal now seems to be nothing more than ritualistic lip service, without the substance of detailed and practical proposals that could stand skeptical scrutiny from all sides.
 
Siberia said:
Another article by the Bangkok Post (this one sounds closer to the truth), fwiw

North Korea: 1 country, 2 systems

Published: 28 Sep 2014

NEW YORK - North Korea said reunification with the South is its main goal, and proposed an arrangement of "one country, two systems," the United Nations General Assembly heard on Saturday.

Foreign Minister Ri Su Yong called reunification the "biggest desire of the whole nation."


RIA Novosti has come out with an article that mirrors the one above. North Korea is acknowledging that the U.S. and it's Nuclear Policy is what is really threatening the sovereignty between North and South Korea. Foreign Countries are getting sick and tired of U.S. unsolicited intervention and it's divide and conquer strategies in their affairs. Even Lavrov is asking the UN to adopt a Policy for nonrecognition of a coup as a means for regime change, limiting U.S. interference.

Pyongyang Says N Korean Nuclear Issue to Be Resolved by Termination of US Hostile Policy
_http://en.ria.ru/world/20140928/193390658/Pyongyang-Says-N-Korean-Nuclear-Issue-to-Be-Resolved-by.html

MOSCOW, September 28 (RIA Novosti) – North Korea's nuclear program had been developed as a response to Washington's "hostile policy," "nuclear threats" and "stifling strategy" against the DPRK, claimed North Korea's Foreign Minister Ri Su Yong in his UN address.

"The nuclear deterrent of the DPRK is not intended to threaten or attack others, neither is it a bargaining chip to be exchanged for something else. The nuclear issue will be resolved if and when the threat to our sovereignty and right to life is removed in substance with the termination of the US hostile policy," Ri Su Yong said, as cited by the Wall Street Journal.

According to North Korea's Foreign Minister, a peaceful resolution of the confrontation between the DPRK and its southern neighbor is an issue of primary importance.

"Peaceful environment and reduction of tensions are ever more precious to us now than at any time. The tense situation of the Korean peninsula does not help us. On the contrary, it presents a serious obstacle in our efforts for economic development and to improve people's living standards," he underscored in his speech at the UN General Assembly.

Mr. Ri slammed Seoul for large-scale military exercises which have been carried out annually by South Korea and the US, stressing that such actions could bring the peninsular on the brink of war.


Lavrov: UN Declaration Needed to Prevent Use of Coup as Means to Change Regime
_http://en.ria.ru/world/20140927/193367669/UN-Declaration-Needed-to-Prevent-Use-of-Coup-as-Means-to-Change-Regime.html

UNITED NATIONS, September 27 (RIA Novosti) — Russia suggests adopting a UN General Assembly declaration on nonrecognition of a coup as a way to change the regime in a country, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said at the 69th session of the UN General Assembly on Saturday.

"Why not adopt a General Assembly declaration on the inadmissibility of interference in the internal affairs of sovereign states and the nonrecognition of a coup as a means to change regime?" Lavrov said.

"It is time to eliminate completely from international communication attempts of some states to illegally put pressure on other countries," he added.

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