FSL
4th April 2014, 23:02
This concept in north korean politics of simultaneously developing the economy and a nuclear deterrent isn't new, it's been around for a year or two but I do remember people here not knowing about it and I haven't seen it mentioned in the international media either. It's sort of "replacing" or "upgrading" the well-known military first policy.
Excerpts from a KCNA article (!)
WPK's Line on Simultaneously Carrying On Economic Construction, Building of Nuclear Forces Is Justifiable
The international political order has now been under the influence of the permanent members of the United Nations Security Council, all of which are nuclear states.
The cold war had persisted worldwide and there have been a number of wars in various regions for nearly 70 years after the emergence of nukes, but there has been no military aggression on any of the nuclear weapon states.
Tragedies caused in different countries and regions in recent years remind one of the validity and vitality of the line of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) on simultaneously carrying on the economic construction and the building of nuclear forces.
But, the hostile forces are making distortion of the essence of the line, terming it "unscientific" and "bellicose".
On the one hand, they are pressurizing the DPRK to give up the nukes for economic development and, on the other hand, they are cajoling it with honeyed words that they will help it develop the economy once it abandons the nukes. Such moves are nothing but an attempt to prevent the DPRK from growing stronger in face of all sorts of challenges.
Now the DPRK, as a full-fledged nuclear state, has a favorable condition to concentrate all efforts on economic construction and improvement of people's living in reliance upon the powerful war deterrent.
The hostile forces are seeking to suffocate the DPRK by inveigling it into arms race, but the DPRK is channeling big efforts into economic construction and improvement of the people's living while steadily beefing up war deterrent without increasing defense expenditures.
Bolstering self-defensive nuclear deterrent precisely means economic construction.
Development of the Juche-oriented atomic power industry also makes it possible to settle the nation's electricity shortage.
Indeed, the line has turned the DPRK's geopolitical position into one decisive of the world's political structure.
The DPRK can greatly benefit from nuclear test and it will drastically cut down investment into manufacturing conventional weapons but channel more fund into developing the economy. This is the view of the entire Korean nation and the world's progressives on the WPK's line. http://www.kcna.co.jp/item/2014/201404/news03/20140403-24ee.html
I'm wondering if this will attract the same level of interest that Kim's rabid dogs and compulsory haircuts did. I doubt it because it all sounds pretty rational and also comes into conflict with the very prevalent belief that north korea tries to starve its people.
It's also interesting that all 5 permanent members of the UN security council are put in the same place, China with them.
Excerpts from a KCNA article (!)
WPK's Line on Simultaneously Carrying On Economic Construction, Building of Nuclear Forces Is Justifiable
The international political order has now been under the influence of the permanent members of the United Nations Security Council, all of which are nuclear states.
The cold war had persisted worldwide and there have been a number of wars in various regions for nearly 70 years after the emergence of nukes, but there has been no military aggression on any of the nuclear weapon states.
Tragedies caused in different countries and regions in recent years remind one of the validity and vitality of the line of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) on simultaneously carrying on the economic construction and the building of nuclear forces.
But, the hostile forces are making distortion of the essence of the line, terming it "unscientific" and "bellicose".
On the one hand, they are pressurizing the DPRK to give up the nukes for economic development and, on the other hand, they are cajoling it with honeyed words that they will help it develop the economy once it abandons the nukes. Such moves are nothing but an attempt to prevent the DPRK from growing stronger in face of all sorts of challenges.
Now the DPRK, as a full-fledged nuclear state, has a favorable condition to concentrate all efforts on economic construction and improvement of people's living in reliance upon the powerful war deterrent.
The hostile forces are seeking to suffocate the DPRK by inveigling it into arms race, but the DPRK is channeling big efforts into economic construction and improvement of the people's living while steadily beefing up war deterrent without increasing defense expenditures.
Bolstering self-defensive nuclear deterrent precisely means economic construction.
Development of the Juche-oriented atomic power industry also makes it possible to settle the nation's electricity shortage.
Indeed, the line has turned the DPRK's geopolitical position into one decisive of the world's political structure.
The DPRK can greatly benefit from nuclear test and it will drastically cut down investment into manufacturing conventional weapons but channel more fund into developing the economy. This is the view of the entire Korean nation and the world's progressives on the WPK's line. http://www.kcna.co.jp/item/2014/201404/news03/20140403-24ee.html
I'm wondering if this will attract the same level of interest that Kim's rabid dogs and compulsory haircuts did. I doubt it because it all sounds pretty rational and also comes into conflict with the very prevalent belief that north korea tries to starve its people.
It's also interesting that all 5 permanent members of the UN security council are put in the same place, China with them.