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The humanitarian situation as a result of the floods in North Korea will considerably affect the upcoming Leader’s Summit and possibly even the election. It is damned hard to take a hard line against a country that is suffering. The floods and the resultant media coverage will affect South Korean attitudes towards assistance to the North.
As noted by the International Herald Tribune “The North has been unusually candid in giving information about the disaster, given the regime usually is extremely reluctant to reveal any signs of internal trouble to the outside world. That could possibly reflect the drastic nature of the situation but also show that the country is seeking to work more cooperatively with international agencies” [Associate Press, "Aid groups consider emergency aid to flood-scarred North Korea", IHT, 16 August 2007]
The floods are already receiving wide coverage. The South Korean population will inevitably support further assistance and indeed, they may even be softened by the situation in time for the Presidential election.
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4 responses so far ↓
1 laslo // Aug 19, 2007 at 8:28 am
There are as many as 300,000 believed to be homeless. How can you be so cruel?
2 56hhy66 // Aug 19, 2007 at 8:30 am
A bit of rain so what???
3 Bobby Filth // Aug 20, 2007 at 9:36 am
Some day a real rain will come and wash all the scum off the streets….
one of these days I’m gonna get…
organazized!
4 Joseph Yates // Aug 20, 2007 at 9:40 am
And it’s a damned good thing they are receiving coverage. What about the human factor? Does it ever occur to anyone that these people are suffering.
Fortunately, most South Korean’s are sympathetic to the plight of these victims. We don’t need the unhelpful guiding hand of the US any longer.
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