SEOUL - INorth Korea ivula iminyango yayo kabanzi kubavakashi abavela esitheni sayo sendabuko, i-United States, kusho iqembu lezokuvakasha elizinze eBeijing ngoLwesithathu.
Abavakashi baseMelika manje sebezovunyelwa ukuthi bavakashele izwe lamaKhomanisi unyaka wonke esikhundleni sokuvakashela kuphela uMkhosi we-Arirang kusukela ngo-Agasti kuya ku-Okthoba, kusho i-Koryo Tours.
Umsunguli uNick Bonner uthe uthole i-imeyili ngoLwesithathu evela kuhulumeni waseKorea International Travel Company imazisa ngalolu shintsho kodwa akazange amnike eminye imininingwane.
Isizwe esiyimfihlo savulelwa abavakashi baseNtshonalanga ngo-1987-88 kodwa sashiya ngaphandle izakhamuzi zase-US eminyakeni embalwa ngemva kwalokho.
Ngo-2002 kwavumela abantu baseMelika ukuthi bavakashele i-Arirang, umkhosi wokuzivocavoca kanye nenkulumo-ze ehlanganisa amashumi ezinkulungwane zabadlali.
UBonner uthe inkampani yakhe, ebhekele ezokuvakasha eNyakatho Korea, ilethe izakhamizi zase-US ezingama-292 e-Arirang ngonyaka odlule.
INyakatho yashaywa unswinyo oluqinile ngonyaka odlule kulandela ukuhlolwa kwayo kwezikhali zenuzi kanye nemicibisholo. Iphinde ilahlekelwe amashumi ezigidi zamaRandi ngonyaka ngemuva kokuthi izinhlelo zokuvakasha zabantu baseNingizimu Korea zivaliwe phakathi nobudlelwano oba buba buthaka.
UBonner utshele i-AFP ukuthi ubona lesi sinyathelo sakamuva njengokuvula kancane kancane imboni yezokuvakasha kunokuba agqugquzelwe isifiso sokukhulisa imali.
“Kodwa angicabangi ukuthi bekuzokwenzeka ngaphandle kokuthi ubudlelwano (ne-US) behle ezinyangeni ezedlule. Ezokuvakasha isikhathi esiningi yizona ezihamba phambili kwezokuxoxisana,” usho kanje.
Ngemuva kwezinyanga zokushuba, i-Pyongyang ehlobo eledlule yaqala ukwenza izenzo zokuthula eWashington naseSeoul. Inxusa laseMelika uStephen Bosworth uvakashele eNyakatho ngenyanga edlule ukuyozama ukulincenga ukuthi libuyele ezingxoxweni ebezimile zokuhoxiswa kwezikhali zenuzi.
Izwe laseMelika alikaze libe nobudlelwano bezokuxhumana neNyakatho kusukela ngempi yango-1950-53, lapho amasosha ase-US alwela iNingizimu Korea.
Emlayezweni kaNcibijane iNyakatho ithe ifuna ubudlelwano obungcono ne-United States, kodwa ayizange inikeze uphawu olucacile lokulungela ukubuyela ezingxoxweni zokuhoxiswa kwezikhali.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- Emlayezweni kaNcibijane iNyakatho ithe ifuna ubudlelwano obungcono ne-United States, kodwa ayizange inikeze uphawu olucacile lokulungela ukubuyela ezingxoxweni zokuhoxiswa kwezikhali.
- UBonner utshele i-AFP ukuthi ubona lesi sinyathelo sakamuva njengokuvula kancane kancane imboni yezokuvakasha kunokuba agqugquzelwe isifiso sokukhulisa imali.
- Inxusa laseMelika uStephen Bosworth uvakashele eNyakatho ngenyanga edlule ukuyozama ukulincenga ukuthi libuyele ezingxoxweni ebezimile zokuhoxiswa kwezikhali zenuzi.
