Great moments in diplomacy
As the two sides started the second-day meeting, a North Korean navy official tried to show a slide displaying the North’s proposal on the fishing zone in front of pool reporters. A South Korean naval officer rushed over and stopped the move, triggering a minor scuffle. [Yonhap]
This, kids, is why you don’t bring makkoli along to a negotiation. By the way, this is what I consider a successful end to any inter-Korean negotiation involving the Roh Administration.
I’d like to get that PowerPoint slide.
I would imagine the career navy men in South Korea remember the 2002 clash very well and other similar incidents over the years…
Normally, I’d want the guy to remain professional, but given the amount of forgetfulness South Korean society has for those who lost their lives and who still defend the land and sea from such a despotic regime…..and given that I just read the above item about how few people were at the S. Korean protest over North Korean atrocities and China’s repatriation of refugees…….I take some heart in what that naval officer did…..
Dunno. Sounds like it was a hair-pulling sissy fight to me, like one of staged parliamentary brawls.
I’m holding out for axe-murder payback.