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*** 13-Oct-18 World View -- N. Korea's Kim Jong-un met Pompeo in a new Rolls-Royce Phantom, violating sanctions
This morning's key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com
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**** N. Korea's Kim Jong-un met Pompeo in a new Rolls-Royce Phantom, violating sanctions
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Kim Jong-un arrives at meeting after stepping out of a new black Rolls Royce Phantom limousine (CNN)
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo traveled to North Korea's capital
city Pyongyang on Sunday, for a meeting with the child dictator Kim
Jong-un.
A smiling Kim was driven to the meeting in a new black Rolls Royce
Phantom limousine. The car costs $500,000, with an additional
$200,000 investment to provide security.
This car could not have been acquired without violating United Nations
sanctions, probably with delivery from China. Ostentatiously driving
this car to the meeting appears to have been a slap in the face to
Pompeo.
Not surprisingly, the meeting appeared to accomplish little.
North Korea is demanding that the US sign a peace treaty that would
officially end the 1950s Korean War, and offered in exchange to
destroy a nuclear test site that was unusable anyway. Signing the
peace treaty might lead to the withdrawal of American troops from
South Korea, which Pompeo refused.
Pompeo demanded demanding a list of all nuclear and ballistic missile
development and test sites in North Korea, in return for reducing or
eliminating sanctions, and Kim refused.
South Korea, China and Russia are increasing international
pressure on the Trump administration to agree to reduce sanctions
on North Korea, despite the fact that the North has made no
irreversible concessions. The US has made a reversible concession,
by suspending all military drills with South Korea.
The objective of the North Korean regime from the beginning has been
to use reversible concessions, a charm offensive and international
pressure to force the Trump administration to reduce or eliminate
sanctions. That would be an enormous victory for North Korea and a
total humiliation to America, as it was when a similar North Korea
strategy worked against the Bush administration in 2007. Chosun (Seoul) and UPI and CNN
Related Articles:
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**** Growth of Ebola cases suddenly surges in DR Congo, threatening Uganda, Rwanda
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The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday that there are now
200 cases of Ebola in the eastern region of the Democratic Republic of
Congo (DRC), with 165 of them confirmed, and the other 35 considered
probable.
There were 33 new cases between October 1-9, compared with 41 cases in
the entire month of September. The number of new cases each day has
more than doubled in October, compared to September.
There are a couple of reasons for the sudden surge in the growth of
the number of cases. The main reason is that Ebola is spreading into
a war zone for a major ethnic war in DRC's North Kivu province, and so
it's often impossible for WHO health workers to even enter these areas
or, if they do, they're receive opposition from the local population,
who fear and distrust them.
A second, related reason, is that most of the new cases are
now in the densely populated city of Beni, and Beni is also in
the war zone.
Sometimes health workers are targeted by armed opposition groups, but
even when they're not, they may be forced to stay out of an infected
area because of continuing gunfights or because of protests by groups
opposing the violence.
The city of Beni is near the border with Uganda, and it seems
increasingly likely that Ebola will spread into Uganda, and possibly
into Rwanda, Burundi, and South Sudan. World Health Organization (WHO) and Relief Web and Punch (Nigeria) and AFP
and Canadian Broadcasting
Related Articles:
KEYS: Generational Dynamics, North Korea, Kim Jong-un,
Rolls Royce Phantom, Mike Pompeo,
Ebola, Democratic Republic of Congo, DRC, North Kivu, Beni,
World Health Organization, WHO,
Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, South Sudan
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This morning's key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com
- N. Korea's Kim Jong-un met Pompeo in a new Rolls-Royce Phantom, violating sanctions
- Growth of Ebola cases suddenly surges in DR Congo, threatening Uganda, Rwanda
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**** N. Korea's Kim Jong-un met Pompeo in a new Rolls-Royce Phantom, violating sanctions
****
Kim Jong-un arrives at meeting after stepping out of a new black Rolls Royce Phantom limousine (CNN)
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo traveled to North Korea's capital
city Pyongyang on Sunday, for a meeting with the child dictator Kim
Jong-un.
A smiling Kim was driven to the meeting in a new black Rolls Royce
Phantom limousine. The car costs $500,000, with an additional
$200,000 investment to provide security.
This car could not have been acquired without violating United Nations
sanctions, probably with delivery from China. Ostentatiously driving
this car to the meeting appears to have been a slap in the face to
Pompeo.
Not surprisingly, the meeting appeared to accomplish little.
North Korea is demanding that the US sign a peace treaty that would
officially end the 1950s Korean War, and offered in exchange to
destroy a nuclear test site that was unusable anyway. Signing the
peace treaty might lead to the withdrawal of American troops from
South Korea, which Pompeo refused.
Pompeo demanded demanding a list of all nuclear and ballistic missile
development and test sites in North Korea, in return for reducing or
eliminating sanctions, and Kim refused.
South Korea, China and Russia are increasing international
pressure on the Trump administration to agree to reduce sanctions
on North Korea, despite the fact that the North has made no
irreversible concessions. The US has made a reversible concession,
by suspending all military drills with South Korea.
The objective of the North Korean regime from the beginning has been
to use reversible concessions, a charm offensive and international
pressure to force the Trump administration to reduce or eliminate
sanctions. That would be an enormous victory for North Korea and a
total humiliation to America, as it was when a similar North Korea
strategy worked against the Bush administration in 2007. Chosun (Seoul) and UPI and CNN
Related Articles:
- China, Russia demand that that some North Korea sanctions be lifted (29-Sep-2018)
- US imposes new North Korea sanctions on Chinese and Russian shipping companies (17-Aug-2018)
- NY Times publishes a generational analysis of South Korea (30-Jan-2018)
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**** Growth of Ebola cases suddenly surges in DR Congo, threatening Uganda, Rwanda
****
The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday that there are now
200 cases of Ebola in the eastern region of the Democratic Republic of
Congo (DRC), with 165 of them confirmed, and the other 35 considered
probable.
There were 33 new cases between October 1-9, compared with 41 cases in
the entire month of September. The number of new cases each day has
more than doubled in October, compared to September.
There are a couple of reasons for the sudden surge in the growth of
the number of cases. The main reason is that Ebola is spreading into
a war zone for a major ethnic war in DRC's North Kivu province, and so
it's often impossible for WHO health workers to even enter these areas
or, if they do, they're receive opposition from the local population,
who fear and distrust them.
A second, related reason, is that most of the new cases are
now in the densely populated city of Beni, and Beni is also in
the war zone.
Sometimes health workers are targeted by armed opposition groups, but
even when they're not, they may be forced to stay out of an infected
area because of continuing gunfights or because of protests by groups
opposing the violence.
The city of Beni is near the border with Uganda, and it seems
increasingly likely that Ebola will spread into Uganda, and possibly
into Rwanda, Burundi, and South Sudan. World Health Organization (WHO) and Relief Web and Punch (Nigeria) and AFP
and Canadian Broadcasting
Related Articles:
- World Health Organization fears 'perfect storm' could spread Ebola rapidly in DR Congo (26-Sep-2018)
- In dreaded scenario, Ebola spreads to densely populated war zone in Congo (25-Aug-2018)
KEYS: Generational Dynamics, North Korea, Kim Jong-un,
Rolls Royce Phantom, Mike Pompeo,
Ebola, Democratic Republic of Congo, DRC, North Kivu, Beni,
World Health Organization, WHO,
Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, South Sudan
Permanent web link to this article
Receive daily World View columns by e-mail
Contribute to Generational Dynamics via PayPal
John J. Xenakis
100 Memorial Drive Apt 8-13A
Cambridge, MA 02142
Phone: 617-864-0010
E-mail: john@GenerationalDynamics.com
Web site: http://www.GenerationalDynamics.com
Forum: http://www.gdxforum.com/forum
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