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Viewing cable 08SEOUL2191, MEDIA REACTION IN SEOUL

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
08SEOUL2191 2008-11-10 07:36 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED Embassy Seoul
R 100736Z NOV 08
FM AMEMBASSY SEOUL
TO SECSTATE WASHDC 2277
USDOC WASHDC 7753
DEPT OF TREASURY WASHDC
AMEMBASSY TOKYO 
AMEMBASSY MOSCOW 
AMEMBASSY BEIJING 
CIA WASHINGTON DC
SECDEF WASHINGTON DC
USCINCPAC HONOLULU HI
UNCLAS SEOUL 002191 
 
 
STATE FOR EAP/PD FOR SWALKER, EAP/P, EAP/K 
STATE PASS USDA ELECTRONICALLY FOR FAX/ITP SCHEIKH 
STATE PASS USTR FOR RCASSIDY 
USDOC FOR 4430/IEP/OPB/EAP/JDONIUS 
TREASURY FOR OASIA/MGREWE 
CINCPAC FOR J-74 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: KPAO KMDR
SUBJECT: MEDIA REACTION IN SEOUL 
 
Subject: Media Reaction; Seoul 
 
U.S. presidential election 
 
"Cooperation and Trust" 
 
Right-of-center JoongAng Ilbo editorialized (11/08): "The ROK-U.S. 
alliance may have more room to grow and be improved upon during 
Obama's tenure, as he has long advocated multilateral diplomacy, 
emphasizing cooperation and joint efforts with the international 
community." 
 
 
Free Trade Agreement 
 
"Prepare for Renegotiation of ROK-U.S. FTA" 
 
Choi Tae-wook, professor of the Graduate School of International 
Studies at Hallym University observed in left-leaning Hankyoreh 
Shinmun (11/10): "The most unsettling aspect of the ROK-U.S. FTA is 
that it could reduce the government's authority over the market.  A 
good example of that is the investor-state dispute settlement (ISD), 
under which foreign investors can file a suit with an international 
arbitration organization against the countries in which they have 
invested..  Under this mechanism, it would be difficult for our 
central or local governments to map out and implement regulations or 
public policies out of concerns about the possibility of lawsuit... 
The recent U.S.-sparked financial crisis clearly tells us the 
dangers of non-regulation and deregulation.  Any proper government 
would now realize a need for regulation and try to strengthen the 
role of the government in the market.  The ROK's ruling Democratic 
Party and Democratic Labor Party should use any possible call by 
Washington for renegotiation of the ROK-U.S. FTA as an opportunity 
to demand that the ISD be deleted from the FTA and to remove or 
reduce the neo-liberalistic nature of the agreement." 
 
 
"We Should Not Shake up the ROK-U.S. FTA" 
 
Lee Joon-kyu, head of the Americas Bureau at the Korea Institute for 
International Economic Policy, observed in right-of-center JoongAng 
Ilbo (11/10): "When the Obama administration is inaugurated, it will 
likely call for renegotiation on the automobile sector of the 
ROK-U.S. FTA.  However, we should persuade the Obama administration 
(not to demand renegotiation), saying that renegotiation will break 
a balance in the economic interests of both nations and damage the 
ROK-U.S. alliance.  The ROK's National Assembly should also show its 
policy consistency by promptly approving the free trade pact." 
 
 
"Will the ROKG Intend to Continue With Its Failed Foreign and North 
Korea Policy?" 
 
Left-leaning Hankyoreh Shinmun editorialized (11/08): "The ROKG and 
the ruling party have reaffirmed their determination to ratify the 
ROK-U.S. FTA at an early date and have decided to send a delegation 
to the U.S.  This behavior is unreasonable.  Besides controversy 
over the contents of the FTA, it is irresponsible to seek market 
integration with the U.S. at a time when the U.S. economy is in 
chaos.  Rather than adhering to the free trade pact, the ROK would 
do well to focus its efforts to overcome the economic crisis, while 
remembering the consequences of its decision to resume U.S. beef 
imports." 
 
 
DPRK, nuclear program, Six-Party Talks 
 
"Relations between the Obama Administration and North Korea Is up to 
Pyongyang," 
 
Conservative Chosun Ilbo editorialized (11/10): "North Korea should 
take note that president-elect Obama is not, like his predecessor, 
obliged to achieve something before his term expires.  The U.S. now 
has a time to review its North Korea policy again from first 
principles.  And they are complete abolition of the nuclear program 
and prevention of nuclear proliferation.  The difference between 
Obama and Bush is merely in methodology in achieving that end." 
 
"North Korea Policy; Obama's Change and Our Response" 
 
Yoon Young-kwan, professor of International Politics at Seoul 
National University, observed in right-of-center JoongAng Ilbo 
(11/10): "While the U.S. Republican government simply regarded North 
Korea's nuclear development as a security matter and took little 
interest in its root cause, the Obama administration is expected to 
admit that North Korea's nuclear ambitions stemmed from its security 
anxiety and diplomatic isolation, and to help the North resolve 
these concerns.  In addition, while the Bush administration dangled 
the establishment of diplomatic ties with Pyongyang in front of the 
North as a reward for its nuclear abandonment, the Obama 
administration is likely to use diplomatic relations as an incentive 
for the North to fulfill its promise to denuclearize." 
 
"Expectations and Fantasies about Obama's Diplomacy" 
 
Editorial writer Kwon Soon-taek observed in conservative Dong-a Ilbo 
(11/10): "Obama is highly likely to engage in aggressive diplomacy 
with North Korea in a give-and-take manner.  However, he did not 
forget to warn that, if North Korea does not implement its 
agreement, it will have to pay the price.  If Pyongyang only intends 
to gain benefits without a complete nuclear development, its direct 
talks with the Obama administration will fall far short of its 
expectations." 
 
 
Stephens