South Korea's president, Lee Myung-bak, and his ministries are experiencing newfound difficulty in progressing discussion with North Korea and its leaders. South Korea's unification minister, Hyun In-taek, the constructor of Lee's policy of offering aid and investment under the condition of the North's giving up of its nuclear arms. However, North Korea has obviously viewed this policy as an presumptuous infringement on their sovereignty, as the Democratic People's Republic of Korea has refused to talk to the South for months now. According to The Economist, North Korea has vaguely threatened “all-out confrontation” in January, blaming the Republic of Korea's president for raising tensions. This hostile tone from the North is not a surprising response, given that the rumors of political instability following their dictator's stroke and resulting health complications have forced the North Korean government to present a stoic face to the world, as the nations of the globe speculate as to the future of the DPRK.
In other news, LiNK is preliminarily preparing for a screening national tour of the award winning film, Crossing. Acting as South Korea's official submission to the 2009 Academy Awards' Foreign-Language Film category, this film poignantly depicts a North Korean father and his epic journey as he is forced to travel into China to retrieve medicine and money for his ailing family. A trailer subtitled in English is available on YouTube here. The LiNK Crossing Tour: West will reach the following cities on the following dates:
March 15th-March 18th: San Diego, CA
March 19th-Marchl 24th: Orange County, CA
March 25th-April 3rd: Los Angeles, CA
April 4th-April 6th: San Louis Obispo/Santa Barbara, CA
April 7th-April 11th: Sacramento/San Francisco, CA - Bay Area take note!
April 13th-15th: Eugene, OR
April 16th-April 18th : Salem, OR
April 19th- April 25th: Portland, OR
April 26th-April 29th: Tacoma, WA
April 30th -May 5th: Seattle, WA
May 6th: May 8th: 21st: Spokane, WA
May 9th: Boise, ID
May 10h-May 11th: Salt Lake City, UT
May 12th –May 15th: Las Vegas, NV
More details are to come.
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