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Japan says it expelled N Korean fishing flotilla

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Maybe by arresting and destroying the boats and offering the fisherman asylum in South Korea, eventually the North Koreans will stop the practice as they (a) run out of boats (b) men willing to go to sea. They can send food to the Norh Koreans by drones to make up for the lost protein.

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Perhaps sink the boats so they can never return? Send the fishermen back via a commercial ferry to South Korea and then have them shuffle back north to the DPRK.

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Good idea, sink the boats and send the crew to SK, where most will defect, especially if separated from any Political Officer types. Discouragement of poaching from Japan point of view and a major propaganda coup for South Korea.

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Spare a thought for the families back home in NK that would be persecuted, tortured and probably executed if their family member decided to defect, a big deterrent for some...

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At least Japan doesn't send them back without the catch so that others go hungry but it is setting precedent for others to come here face the water shower and go home with the catch of the day.  Sink the boats.

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human beings have a right to eat. sanctions are staving innocent NK citizens. it is a crime to let them have no trade, no fishing.

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a rich fishing ground in the Sea of Japan (East Sea)

It's Sea of Japan fir the sake of this article. Or does AFP care what North Korea calls it?

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GoodlucktoyouToday  09:23 am JST

human beings have a right to eat. sanctions are staving innocent NK citizens. it is a crime to let them have no trade, no fishing.

Humans may have a right to eat, but they don't have the right to demand anyone else trade with them. There is no international law requiring people to trade with North Korea, so no, it is not a crime to deny them.

If you want to argue against sanctions, I am very open to thoughtful analyses of their effectiveness (or lack thereof) or counter-proposals for more effective techniques of engagement. But to just invent an obligation to trade with the North is at best sentimental fluff and at worst pro-DPRK propaganda.

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GoodlucktoyouToday  09:23 am JST

human beings have a right to eat. sanctions are staving innocent NK citizens. it is a crime to let them have no trade, no fishing.

But they don't have a right to violate other nation's EEZ rules.

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marcelitoToday  12:15 pm JST

I remember recently , some right wing Japanese types ( the same kind advocating a hard line and tightening of screws on NK through sanctions )

If the Right Wing are advocating sanctions, then who are the ones advocating military action?

justifying Japan,s attack on Pearl Harbour by sahing that Japan was a victim of a blockade that aimed to bring it to its knees economically back then , by the western powers. Naturally the parallels between Japan being squeezed at that time and lashing out as a result and the NK being squeezed by similar measures they advocate today escape them completely.

Huge difference. When Imperial Japan got hit with embargoes in the late 1930s it had no powerful ally to help it avoid the effects. In contrast North Korea has been able to avoid the effects if UN and bilateral sanctions for decades with China's support.

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Perhaps, they want to seek asylum in Japan so they refused to leave. Next time, ask them in Korean whether they want to seek asylum or not.

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