North Korea says 'expect no change'

Deutsche Welle, 30 December 2011 

The new Great Leader has squashed
hope of reform

A day after ending a state memorial for its late leader Kim Jong Il, North Korea has warned the "world's foolish politicians" that there will be no policy change on South Korea or the North’s nuclear program.

North Korea has warned the "world's foolish politicians" that there will be no policy change towards South Korea, or on the North's nuclear program, as its new Great Leader Kim Jung Un takes power after his father's death.

"We solemnly declare with confidence," said the National Defence Commission (NDC) in a statement, "that the South Korean puppets and foolish politicians around the world should not expect any change."

And it said it would "never deal with the traitor group of Lee Myung-Bak," the South's president.

But adding confusion to an otherwise tough line, the NDC said it would "continue to push hard towards the path of improved relations."

Tough transition 

The memorial for Kim Jong Il was seen
as a performance for the rest of the world

In a two-day ceremony in Pyongyang, North Koreans bid farewell to their leader of 17 years, Kim Jong Il, on Wednesday and Thursday.

The ceremony was seen a first test for his youngest son and successor, Kim Jung Un, who is considered inexperienced, and has inspired wstern analysts to express uncertainty and question what his tenure holds.

Friday's statement is North Korea's response.

"It is also raising the stakes," said Koh Yu-hwan at Seoul's Dongguk University. "So in case the South wants better relations, Pyongyang can extract greater concessions."

South Korea's Unification Ministry said it would also maintain its current policy and not react to every statement from the North.

Frosty by design 

The sun hasn't shone on Inter-Korean
ties since 2008

Inter-Korean ties have been cold since February 2008 when President Lee took office and linked future economic aid to the North with progress towards its nuclear disarmament.

President Lee made a point of breaking with his country's unpopular Sunshine Policy towards the North, offering a tougher line than the one presented by his predecessor, Roh Moo-hyun.

Since then, relations have deteriorated further.

Pyongyang has repeatedly been accused of provoking Seoul with long-range missile tests. And in 2010, it was also accused - by Seoul and others in the international community - of having torpedoed a South Korean naval vessel, killing 46 sailors. It denies involvement.

In the same year, the North justified its shelling of the South's Yeonpyeong Island by saying it had been provoked by a live-fire exercise, conducted jointly by the South and the United States near the two Koreas Yellow Sea border.

It was the first direct act of aggression since the Korean Civil War.

Technically, the two Koreas remain at war because a peace deal was never formally agreed.

Kim Jung Un's succession as Great Leader of North Korea has raised fears that the regime may will to reassert its power with a new act of aggression.

Author: Zulfikar Abbany (AFP, AP, dpa, Reuters)

Editor: Ben Knight

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“…..   Here is the prediction: China will turn North Korea loose soon. The alliance will dissolve, or become stale. There will be political upheaval in China. Not a coup and not a revolution. Within the inner circles of that which you call Chinese politics, there will be a re-evaluation of goals and monetary policy. Eventually, you will see a break with North Korea, allowing still another dictator to fall and unification to occur with the south. ….”