It Makes a Difference to the Sheep

SURPRISE, SURPRISE: Kim Dae Jung wants to continue with his policy of sunshine toward the DPRK.

Mr. Kim carefully dismissed both military action and economic sanctions, the two approaches that he said were the only alternatives to dialogue. "Military action can result in great tragedy," he said. "Nobody wants that." Economic sanctions, he added, would give North Korea "the freedom for nuclear responses."

The contrast between DJ and presidential front-runner Yi Hoi-chang on this issue is becoming more pronounced.

Mr Lee, candidate for the conservative opposition Grand National party, said that North Korea should "actively co-operate" with US demands that it halt development of nuclear weapons.... Mr Lee argued that the sunshine policy had granted too much economic and political support to North Korea without getting enough in return. Under the peace policy, aid would only be granted after North Korean scaled down its military threat.