Diệm contended that the Communists would never allow free elections in the north, so therefore South Vietnam must strike out on its own and establish a separate, non-Communist state.
Under Japan's occupation from 1910 to 1945, Korea's industrial heartland lay in the north, and therefore North Korea has more railroads than the South.
"China has enormous influence over the North, and therefore they have a unique responsibility," Admiral Mullen told reporters in Seoul.
Although only a mile from the main airport, the school - lying to the north and therefore off the flight paths - is a surprisingly tranquil spot.
The system was obviously inefficient, with a dozen or two Americans all reporting the same thing for papers up north, and therefore doomed to "disruption".
Publicly, northern officials have said that Abyei is part of the north and therefore they do not want any foreign country deploying troops there.
"China has enormous influence over the North, and therefore they have a unique responsibility," Admiral Mullen said after meeting with Gen. Han Min-koo, chairman of the South Korean Joint Chiefs.
"When other Nordic countries try to plug up their borders, it can lead to more refugees and migrants halting their journey north and therefore ending up with us, in Denmark," the Danish prime minister, Lars Løkke Rasmussen, said when he announced the border controls.
The North Koreans, therefore, appear to have an effective counter.
