Monday, February 03, 2003
MORE ON THE KIM DAE JUNG/NOBEL PRIZE/KIM-KIM SUMMIT SCANDAL HERE I'm not entirely clear what the fuss is about. I thought the point of DJ's sunshine policy was to increase engagement and interaction. His 2000 summit with Kim Jong-il was the first ever meeting between the leaders of North and South Korea. Does it really matter that much if Kim Jong-il, following a long-standing North Korean pattern, demanded some goodies as a price for cooperation?
Well, here's one possible reason for objecting
In articles recently posted on several civic groups' Internet homepages, a man who said he worked for the National Intelligence Service (NIS) argued that President Kim funneled about 2 trillion won to North Korean leader Kim and lobbied in foreign countries to get the 2000 Nobel prize.
With that money, Kim Jong-il purchased 40 Soviet-made MiG jets and a submarine from Kazakhstan as well as key components for nuclear weapons, said the man known only by his family name Kim.
