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Monday, June 07, 2004

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Antti Leppänen

And now that DLP is choosing "National Liberation" faction types to the party posts, I don't think we can expect much more sensible policies from them. "National Alliance" (of Democratic Unification of Korea, or something) people joined DLP in big numbers, and now they hold a majority of party leadership. (MPs are forbidden to hold party posts.)
And not that Americans would expect any love from DLP anyway, you're going to get it even less, as all of it will be reserved for the brothers. I've recently done a short post of the party elections on my own site.
(And my own sympathetic interest for DLP is changing to caution.)
"Left-leaning"; it's fair to say they are leftist, and this in no red-baiting sense. KT is being too sensitive here.

The Yangban

AL,

Its too bad that the DLP seems to be becoming another platform for nativism in Korean politics. I remember that another guy who knows Korea well (Oranckay) once wrote that the DLP the only party in Korea that was actually "progressive" internationally accepted meaning of the word (or something like that).

BTW, I can't believe I haven't linked to you yet. I must be brain dead. I'm going to fix that problem right away.

Antti Leppänen

DLP would have great international resources to extend its influence if it developed more towards Western European socialist/social democratic/labor parties, but with this, it will not.
Expect to hear much of banmi and jaju in the future.

Zdunk

The beard and hanbok got a chuckle from me right away - cast my vote in the 'stark raving loony' box. "I'm more peasant than peasant, damn it!" - hilarious. Check out the look on the face of the lawmaker who'll be stuck seated beside him for the next two years - Does she look thrilled or wwwhhatt? Kang looks very pleased to be seated besides her, though "Mmmm...one of them got out of the kitchen! I'm repulsed, yet....strangely attracted."

It's as if a British anti-EU politician showed up in the Commons wearing hose, a doublet, neck ruff and feathered cap to prove his "English-ness".

Paul H.

Looks like a "bad dude". In this picture a black belt around his middle is needed to complete the "tae kwon do" effect.

So can I look forward to reading here of his future exploits, as he uses his public forum to bravely confront the North Korean political leadership over their less-than-ideal treatment of peasants north of the DMZ?

Somehow I suspect not. Too much work yet to be done about the greater threat of the Americans, yes?

Scott-in-Japan

"To complete this legislation, you must touch your tongue to mine."

C'mon, you know he's going to use that line on the honey next to him. And you know he's refers to women as honeys - you know it!

Turd-Man

(NOTE: Yangban Edit for language)

(Golly-gosh). Politicians are all the (sweet love)ing same. Left-natured. Right-natured. They don't care about their ideologies. They just care about staying in office. The just care about those 'deals' they make.

Toolboy

Nice post. Thanks for the info.

The Yangban

Toolboy,

That reads like a spam comment but there no link, so I guess I'll have to keep it.

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