Monday, February 19, 2007

Why North Korea Shouldn't Have the Bomb

Kim Jong Mentally-Il has done it again. This is why we're handling North Korea with kid gloves -- although a straight jacket would be a better option.

North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il has ordered the seizure of all Japanese-made cars in the communist country, a press report said Monday, after he spotted a broken-down model blocking a road.

The order came on January 1 when Kim visited the embalmed body of the North's founding leader Kim Il-Sung, South Korea's Yonhap news agency said, in a sign of his growing discontent with Japan's hardline stance on North Korea.

It quoted unnamed sources as saying Kim's sudden order might be connected with Japan's push for sanctions against North Korea following its first-ever nuclear test last year.

"After he paid tribute to the Kumsusan Memorial Palace on January 1, he saw a Japanese car that wasn't working blocking the road and gave a National Defence Commission edict to seize Japanese cars," a source was quoted as saying.

The commission is the North's highest decision-making body led by Kim.

It remains to be seen whether North Korean authorities will be able to implement the order fully, because most of the cars operating in the country are Japanese, Yonhap said.

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