Behind the spin on NK-SK relations...
In a cable released by Wikileaks, Joseph Yun, political honcho at the US Embassy in Seoul, reported to State Jan 29, 2009:
"Our Blue House contacts have told us on several occasions that President Lee remained quite comfortable with his North Korea policy and that he is prepared leave the inter-Korean relations frozen until the end of his term in office, if necessary. It is also our assessment that Lee�s more conservative advisors and supporters see the current standoff as a genuine opportunity to push and further weaken the North, even if this might involve considerable brinkmanship.
read the entire "38 North" report from SAIS at http://38north.org/2011/02/wikileaks-reveals-south-korean-hopes-not-north-korean-realities/