Should be on Alex Jones tonight at 5pm Central, Austin time.  A couple things worth mentioning, I have been denied help or access to U.S. Embassy, U.S. Military Base, KCIA etc.  Considering that I was a former deputy assistant sec of state for E Asia....you would think they would want some free help but nope!  Seems these inexperienced politicos are trying to separate off from the more experienced, knowledgeable state department, korea experts but why????

Notes from Seoul Man April 6 2013

I am pleased to see that POTUS and WH team seem to be handling this so-called crisis better than expected.  They have made public statements re-affirming the alliance between USG and SK without going into the macabre and unnecessary details of war contingency plans or single strike missiles from silos etc.

I see that ROK soldiers are setting up roadblocks and more check points at the DMZ, so far so good business as usual.  On the SK side, people are mostly happy and some are slightly amused by the childish blabber of the swiss boarding school reject, Kim Jong Un.   The media really must stop this NUCLEAR THREAT FEAR nonsense, where are these reporters??  I don't see them and as you know I have been here almost a week.  I want to know what they are seeing that is so different, so scary.

I have talked to some pretty impressive SK tech experts, they claim they have penetrated NK in a big way.  This is cyber warfare now.  This is not about guns, bombs or other weapons that we like to sell for big profits….that's for the last century.  Our military should get there collective butts into the information age and fast.

On another note,  American business leaders should keep their mouths shut when tensions are high like they are in this region of the world.  For example, Dan Akerson of General Motors, was reported to have started making contingency plans for manufacturing in South Korea, this kind of talk gets a lot of people riled up over here.  Memo to CEO Akerson:  keep quiet, make all the contingency plans you want but shut up!  Statecraft should be happening here and we don't need your public statements adding fuel to the fire, intended or not, just shut up!  This talk from Akerson makes a lot of people agitated and angry including members of USG SOF.  I heard the whole download from our military personnel who are busting their butt here trying to keep the peace in Korea and this (ex Navy should know better) guy Akerson talking about leaving, stirring it up.  Same goes for American-Korean business consultant Tom Coyner- who is quoted making statements that support companies leaving Korea….public statements, media quotes like this make the situation worse.   Our expert, quiet diplomats are working effectively to avoid a crisis but our media keeps sensationalizing the threats, the fears, the terror….c'mon, knock it off.

more tomorrow.

More notes from Seoul Man April 5 2013

Lots of psyops going on here, not a good idea to "suggest to Russians that they may want to evacuate their embassy in North Korea"….Russians don't take to suggestions too well.  I chatted with some soldiers from SK this morning, they complained that there is no real strategy since the cold war…..just same old can't figure out how to boost the economy so let's start a war strategy, oh, shocker!  War is good for Business!  EU is selling fighter jets to South Korea.  We need some leadership here from Ms Park Geun-hye and we need it soon…..don't let the stallions rattle your cage, sister!  I am here if you want some advice on the finer points of how to deal with these "boys"…..

Here's today's update….

As the U.S. media hyenas continue their recklessness as tools of the USG/military industrial interests (CNN is the absolute shameless mouth piece of MI special interest), the SK government and the citizens remain extremely cool and determined not to fall into the trap of the USG's warmongering machinery.  Likewise, the U.S. SOF guys that I talked to are courteous, well trained and impressive in their composure.  The problem is not with these guys…its with the LEADERSHIP both military and civilian…..let's get rid of these generals that are bloated, over paid, over pensioned and are not willing to stand up to corrupt civilian leaders.   We are TOP HEAVY in the military and I am not talking talent, too much fat at the top, time to clean it out.   These civilian leaders who can't figure out any better ways to feed the money machine and boost the lagging economic situation than start a war…..somewhere, anywhere, oh, let's make the bad guy North Korea.  Lots of bidding out of high stake contracts from EADS, Lockheed Martin and Boeing going on, they smell big sales and big profits if South Korea needs to replace its aging air force fleet.  C'mon America, wake up, here we pay for this crap out of our paychecks.

This is what I see:  ROK military preparations are completely in adequate to stop 2.2 million NK soldiers from executing a frontal assault across the border.  However, such an action would spell THE END for both North and South Korea military and politics…..so it is an unlikely conflagration.  NK nuclear strike on Seoul or other city would be self destructive and we know that NK is not irrational nor crazy.  Our state dept and CIA have extensive knowledge on NK and how the leadership operates.  I was there many years ago and frequently met with Kim Jong-Il and Kim Il-Sung as a DAS and psychiatrist.   This is the old game of "bang, bang" ..then we have NK making concessions and then NK gets paid some money (trust me, they need it).

The current leader of NK, Kim Jung Un, is a spoiled rich kid out of touch with the reality of his country and he is completely controlled by his aunt and uncle and Li Peng of China.  Li Peng needs to cool down Un's tantrums without creating a crisis if he wants to stay in power and solve the "island issue" with Japan, Viet Nam and the Philippines.  Meanwhile the people of SK remain calm but curious why the USG/media behaves in such a war-promoting manner.  The media, especially CNN needs to cool it and let the experts at the state department quietly use diplomacy and statecraft to solve the problem.  

talk soon.

some more news, its all over the place, on what's going on in Korea...I will give you my day's take on things in a few minutes...
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/05/north-korea-russia-embassy-evacuation_n_3019006.html?ir=World

Notes from Seoul Man April 4 2013

I flew to Seoul South Korea a few days ago.  I had a feeling that the psychological warfare between the USG, NK and SK is highly contrived and spinning out of control.  We have the usual cast of characters in this dangerous disingenuous drama: POTUS, Sec of State Kerry, ex U.S. generals and media hyenas like Wolf Blitzer who are hyping up the tension and pounding the war drums for a conflict that is NOT imminent.

I do see SK troop movements but when I talk to these "kids" they are sweet, fun loving and inexperienced.  I went to the DMZ which is very quiet and filled with souvenir shops- very cool stuff actually- lots of items that "make fun" of the USG and the military.

As I talk to the SK citizens, they all tell me they know that Kim Jong Un is a spoiled, rich kid raised in Swiss boarding schools.  He is the "face" for an ineffective, incapable NK army controlled by the PRC.  The NK soldiers that I interviewed on the border think that the USG is a joke the way it creates a climate of fear and warmongering.

I have been in these countries before and have lots of experience working psychological war games with both SK and NK.  I know the mind of Kim Jong Un and that of his father Kim Jong Il.  The father was serious, strong and ruthless,  he knew how to play our inept INTEL community.  I was in South Korea as it transitioned from a military leadership to civilian political system.  I spent a lot of time with Kim Dae Jung and Kim Young-sam both former presidents of SK.  This time, I came on my own, self funding and without partners.  No one wanted to learn from my past experiences so I will write what I see and try to counteract this foolish saber rattling.  Weren't we here before?  Under my favorite president, Dwight Eisenhower?  I will try to give you some history along with my current observations.  Will post again tomorrow.

Supposed to be on Alex Jones at 2pm EST, at least that is the plan.  Keep you posted.

Many of the Sandy Hook videos have been wiped off my web site, especially Gene Rosen FEMA stuff here is what's left of the most indicting one that I posted, someone was smart enough to save "screen shots" of Gene Rosen as FEMA employee.  Keep this for your references.
http://thepopulist.net/2013/02/07/sandy-hook-actor-gene-rosen-is-a-fema-employee/