tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24212995.post8356967672011566214..comments2008-07-05T18:04:51.789-05:00Roland Doddshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17819155097718124744noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24212995.post-44150128660008419012008-07-05T18:04:00.000-05:002008-07-05T18:04:00.000-05:00It’s not surprising, but now that beef imports have resumed, they can’t keep the stuff <A HREF="http://rokdrop.com/2008/07/06/popularity-of-us-beef-in-korea-grows/" REL="nofollow">on the shelves</A> long. That’s not going to make the communist sympathizers protesting now very happy.Roland Doddshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17819155097718124744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24212995.post-13605084347415587232008-07-05T17:17:00.000-05:002008-07-05T17:17:00.000-05:00Good point, Jams.<BR/><BR/>Setting aside the matter of protest, it must have been decades since anyone outside the ruling clique has seen, let alone tasted, beef.<BR/><BR/>http://www.voanews.com/english/2008-06-13-voa18.cfm<BR/><BR/>North Koreans may perceive another ironic subtext in the South's protests, that South Koreans can afford a lengthy fight about how to indulge their consumption of beef. Most ordinary North Koreans have not tasted or seen beef from any nation for decades. Aid groups warn the North is teetering on the brink of its second famine in ten years, unless it receives donations of corn and other basic grains.<BR/><BR/>Cha Sung-Ju, a North Korean defector in his 40s, represents the Committee for the Democratization of North Korea in Seoul. He says it is unfortunate that most South Koreans become so emotive about the beef issue, but remain apathetic about suffering in the North.<BR/><BR/>He says millions of people are dying of starvation and suffering under dictatorship in the North. He says the hundreds of thousands who have joined the candlelight protests in Seoul have probably never lifted a candle for North Koreans.TNCnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24212995.post-67129080507621076042008-07-05T15:07:00.000-05:002008-07-05T15:07:00.000-05:00It's fortunate that the beef protestors can do so. Imagine a similar protest against the government above the DMZ!jams o donnellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17315325008175184363noreply@blogger.com