[ArrogantBustard]

It was raised from the bottom of the ocean (the DPRK denied it even had such a ship there and sunk), and all the espionage materials were taken out of it and put in display in Tokyo--along with the hull of the ship, for thousands of Japanese to see. It was more popular than Tokyo Disneyland for a few weeks.

Love it ... fits very nicely with SK turning NK's infiltration tunnels into tourist attractions. The make a point of showing which direction the tool-marks in the rock point, to prove that the NK's dug the tunnels.

[AmericanInTokyo]

The only problem with the SK presentation of that stuff along the DMZ these days--i.e. in the last five years or so--is that the whole emphasis seems to be on 'can't we all just get along'? The displays have all been toned down. It is the South Korean pro-appeasment unificationist's greatest dream.

They downplay all the terrible starvation and prison camps in the DPRK, and highlight the cultural unity of the Korean people. This is all part of the Kim Dae Jung-Roh Mu Hyon Sunshine policy.