[Gank]

Not really, although nk has said it'd be willing to give up its nuclear program in exchange for something:
http://www.theolympian.com/home/news/20050109/topstories/65489.shtml
Given they already agreed to suspend their program in return for the building of two reactors by the US in the Agreed Framework of 1994 and the US failed to live up to its obligations under this I wouldnt get too exited.

 Btw I cant find any information on the number of people opposed to US presence, but if you read up on US involvement in Korea, starting with the Taft-Katsura memorandum of 1905, its military governship of the south 45-48, the actions of its sucessor, the massacres it perpetrated during the war and its support of the ruthless military dictatorships running the place up until the early 90s you might get a rough idea of why some people mightnt be too happy about their presence.

[aldo_14]

Originally posted by Gank
Not really, although nk has said it'd be willing to give up its nuclear program in exchange for something:
http://www.theolympian.com/home/news/20050109/topstories/65489.shtml
Given they already agreed to suspend their program in return for the building of two reactors by the US in the Agreed Framework of 1994 and the US failed to live up to its obligations under this I wouldnt get too exited.

 Btw I cant find any information on the number of people opposed to US presence, but if you read up on US involvement in Korea, starting with the Taft-Katsura memorandum of 1905, its military governship of the south 45-48, the actions of its sucessor, the massacres it perpetrated during the war and its support of the ruthless military dictatorships running the place up until the early 90s you might get a rough idea of why some people mightnt be too happy about their presence.

Well, giving up the nuclear programme isn't exactly going to stop the rest of their shanangians, is it?  The gulag-ish germ-warfare-test camps and whatnot that have been reported, for example.

[vyper]

It's not like they're gonna be coming over the hill tomorrow you know.

[aldo_14]

Originally posted by vyper
It's not like they're gonna be coming over the hill tomorrow you know.

If they were, I'd be the one shouting 'NUKE THEM !!!ononeoneone!'

Or something.

Tis simple really.  The NK government are clearly evil bastards who are eager to oppress their own people in many very nasty ways to maintain their power.  But if we were to go to war with them, then it'd be both a horrible bloodbath and probably completely **** up a very large portion of the world. i.e. it'd be stoopid.

So the best thing, would be if they sorted it out for themselves.

[Gank]

Originally posted by aldo_14
Well, giving up the nuclear programme isn't exactly going to stop the rest of their shanangians, is it?  The gulag-ish germ-warfare-test camps and whatnot that have been reported, for example.

Like I already pointed out aldo, the reason they get away with this sort of stuff is because the US is sitting on their doorstep making threats at them and acting belligerent and looking like the bad guy. As far as the north koreans are concerned they've got a choice between someone who makes some of his people work in gulags, and somenone who burned down every town and city in the country. If the US was to back off, maybe the north koreans would be able to see that there are other alternatives to them. Btw the US reprotedly used Koreans for the exact same thing as north korea is reportedly doing, http://www.kimsoft.com/1997/us-germx.htm.