Pragmatism and Pride / U.S.-North Korea negotiations

Not long ago, North Korean President Kim Jong-un said he had done as much as he could during the negotiations between the U.S. and North Korea during Trump's first term. Perhaps it was an expression of killing a lot of pride. North Korea is a country that is supported by pride. Although others cannot understand, I believe that North Korea, which has studied geography a lot, has geographical conditions that are difficult to exist. However, it is also true that North Korea has been firmly holding out.

이형춘(Hyeong Chun Lee): 북한의 지리에 대한 검색결과

 

I've been doing manual labor for quite a long time. After counting, the total amount is about 1,500 days. Manual labor suited my constitution. I made a living teaching students geography, social sciences, and law for quite a long time, but I always missed the manual labor plate. In fact, I don't know if the chicken comes first or the egg comes first, but I don't know if my weak body has become stronger in the manual labor plate or if the manual labor plate fits my constitution because I know how to use strength compared to my size.

 

One day, however, while working hard in a small community, I went into a friend's store that had settled down early in his clothes and found him. The older employee scolded me that the manual laborer was calling the boss's name carelessly. That day, my mother, who was born in Hamgyeong Province in North Korea, gave me a harsh and strong lesson. "Laughing doesn't come through your stomach like a knife." Since then, I have not considered face when it comes to doing many things. I have become a very practical person.

 

President Trump is a pragmatist. He used to be a businessman. For him, profit is the truth. Although it may seem heartless, it is the only alternative in the current ideological world. Ideological thinking does not find a solution, but profit-seeking thinking always finds a solution. That is why capitalism overwhelmed communism. It has been proven that capitalism for its own benefit is the way to collapse, but capitalism as a win-win game is an eternal progress.

 

The Trump administration seems to be the best time for North Korean President Kim Jong-un to negotiate with the United States with a sense of purpose for the people. President Trump's pragmatic perspective also seems to have played a part in the fact that President Putin and President Trump have some buffer space. In this regard, North Korea's dispatch of troops to Russia may not be a major obstacle to negotiations between the U.S. and North Korea.

 

President Park Chung-hee of Korea suffered a lot of humiliation as the leader of a poor country while visiting other countries in the early stages of economic development. The Thai king made an insulting remark to President Park Chung-hee that the president of a poor country was not healthy. However, there is an anecdote that President Park Chung-hee responded with an answer full of confidence and a sense of duty that Korea will soon overwhelm Thailand. It may not be difficult to have a pragmatic attitude if you know the purpose properly.

 

President Kim Jong Un should focus on President Trump and the win-win game. Everyone has done that and that is normal.

 

The ideological nature of President Park Chung-hee should be considered the opposing point of President Kim Il-sung, despite the fact that far-rights are extremely revered in Korea. That's how Cold War ideas always flow. In the early stages of economic development, President Park Chung-hee and President Kim Il-sung had a clear sense of purpose: post-war restoration and economic development. However, due to the incongruity of the communist ideology and the nature of the ruling state, which is a complete affair, President Kim Il-sung has a problem that President Kim Il-sung did not receive the help of learned people than President Park Chung-hee. Come to think of it, North Korea should quickly have the learned and technical manpower needed for economic development.