Talk about waking up and smelling the Coffee.
And still nothing will be done.
Foxnews
U.S. Defense Secretary
Robert Gates says North Korea will pose a direct threat to the United States within five years if the communist dictatorship isn't reined in.
Gates cited the North's development of intercontinental ballistic missiles and its efforts to expand its nuclear weapons capability during a press conference in Beijing with Chinese President Hu Jintao.
The Pentagon chief also noted that South Korea's
tolerance for the North's behavior has "worn thin."
He said it's time for Pyongyang to demonstrate specific ways it is ready to re-engage with its neighbors, such as moratoriums on missile testing and nuclear testing.
Gates said China has played a helpful role in lessening tensions, and said North Korea will be a significant topic when President Barack Obama meets with Hu in Washington next week.
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
North Korea will pose direct threat to US
Friday, December 17, 2010
North Korea says to strike South if drill goes ahead
The North had said its November shelling was a response to South Korean "provocations."
South Korea should just stop all its provocations of the North, That way there wont be Any problem!(sarc off)
(Reuters)
North Korea said on Friday it would strike again at the South if a live-firing drill planned by Seoul on a disputed island went ahead, with an even stronger response than last month's shelling that killed four people.
The announcement on North Korean official news agency KCNA came as South Korea readied for live-firing drills on Yeonpyeong island near a disputed maritime border with the North for the first time since November's exchange of artillery fire.
The South Korean drills will take place between December 18-21.
"The strike will play out a more serious situation than on November 23 in terms of strength and scope of the strike," KCNA said.
The North had said its November shelling was a response to South Korean "provocations."
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
North Korea digging tunnel for spring nuclear test
What's another Nuclear test anyways?
If no one is willing to actually take on North Korea Directly (With more than just words)Then they should be left alone.
Then if they ever try to threaten with a Nuke, they should be given one so they can see what they really do.
(Reuters) - North Korea appears to be readying for a possible third nuclear test as early as next March, a newspaper reported on Wednesday, as a U.S. politician travelled to Pyongyang with a message for the North to "calm down."
U.S. and South Korean intelligence have been watching the North's nuclear sites for any activity. Analysts say the North could use a test to try to gain leverage in international talks it is seeking and secure aid to prop up its destitute economy.
South Korea's Chosun Ilbo daily on Wednesday cited an intelligence official from Seoul as saying a tunnel was being dug at the country's nuclear test site that could be completed in March next year, possibly heralding a new nuclear test.
Monday, December 13, 2010
NKorea threatens SKorea with nuclear war
Uh Oh !
"is nothing but treachery escalating the tension between the North and the South and bringing the dark clouds of a nuclear war to hang over the Korean peninsula,"
Nuclear war? I don't think that the Norks understand what will happen to them if they attempt to have a Nuclear war.
Do you think the U.S. Will sit and let that happen ?
Then again it is the Same Bullshit Different day thing when talking about the Norks.
Foxnews
SEOUL, South Korea – North Korea warned Monday that U.S.-South Korean cooperation could bring a nuclear war to the region, as the South began artillery drills amid lingering tension nearly three weeks after the North's deadly shelling of a South Korean island.
The South's naval live-fire drills are scheduled to run Monday through Friday at 27 sites. The regularly scheduled exercises are getting special attention following a North Korean artillery attack on front-line Yeonpyeong Island that killed two South Korean marines and two civilians.
The Nov. 23 artillery barrage, the North's first assault to target a civilian area since the end of the 1950-53 Korean War, began after the North said South Korea first fired artillery toward its territorial waters. South Korea says it fired shells southward, not toward North Korea, as part of routine exercises.
Monday, November 29, 2010
Wikileaks cables reveal China 'ready to abandon North Korea'
Little Kimmie must feel so Ronery after hearing this.
Guardianuk
China has signalled its readiness to accept Korean reunification and is privately distancing itself from the North Korean regime, according to leaked US embassy cables that reveal senior Beijing figures regard their official ally as a "spoiled child".
News of the Chinese shift comes at a crucial juncture after the North's artillery bombardment of a South Korean island last week that killed four people and led both sides to threaten war. China has refused to condemn the North Korean action. But today Beijing appeared to bow to US pressure to help bring about a diplomatic solution, calling for "emergency consultations" and inviting a senior North Korean official to Beijing.
China's moves to distance itself from Kim are revealed in the latest tranche of leaked US embassy cables published by the Guardian and four international newspapers. Tonight, the US secretary of state, Hillary Clinton, said the US "deeply regrets" the release of the material by WikiLeaks. They were an "attack on the international community", she said. "It puts people's lives in danger, threatens our national security and undermines efforts to work with other countries to solve shared problems," she told reporters at the state department.
Saturday, November 27, 2010
N.Korea issues warning ahead of US-S.Korean exercises
"If the US brings its carrier to the West Sea of Korea (Yellow Sea) at last, no one can predict the ensuing consequences".
Sounds like a Threat, Does it not?
Good luck with that attitude Little Man.
smh.com.au
North Korea warned Saturday of "unpredictable consequences" if the United States and South Korea go ahead with naval exercises in the Yellow Sea, days after launching a deadly attack on the South.
The USS George Washington aircraft carrier and its battle group were planning four days of exercises with South Korea from Sunday as a show of force after Pyongyang stunned the world with its artillery strike.
Friday, November 26, 2010
NKorea warns region is on brink of war
Funny how the Norks Pepper an Island of South Korea's with artillery rounds, Unprovoked, and the South publicly condemns it along with the U.S., it is then seen as an act of war on South Korea's Behalf!
Part of me would like to see the Norks Bombed to oblivian , The other part would like to see them nuked!
Foxnews
YEONPYEONG ISLAND, South Korea – North Korea warned Friday that U.S.-South Korean plans for military maneuvers put the peninsula on the brink of war, and appeared to launch its own artillery drills within sight of an island it showered with a deadly barrage this week.
The fresh artillery blasts were especially defiant because they came as the U.S. commander in South Korea, Gen. Walter Sharp, toured the South Korean island to survey damage from Tuesday's hail of North Korean artillery fire that killed four people.
South Korea names defense minister amid criticism
"(We) think nominee Kim, well-respected for professionalism and conviction, is the right person for the post in order to restore trust from people and boost morale in the entire military,"
Boost Morale of the Military.
You mean they are not going to sit on their hands anymore while their ass's are being handed to them?
(Reuters) - South Korea named a career soldier as its new defense minister on Friday amid mounting criticism of the government's response to Tuesday's attack by North Korea, its heaviest bombardment since the 1950-53 Korean War.
The move came hours after North Korea said that impending military exercises by the South and the United States were pushing the region toward conflict.
The presidential Blue House appointed Kim Kwan-jin, 61, former chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, to replace Kim Tae-young, who had tried to resign the defense portfolio in May following criticism of the government's response to a torpedo attack on a South Korean warship blamed on the North.
"(We) think nominee Kim, well-respected for professionalism and conviction, is the right person for the post in order to restore trust from people and boost morale in the entire military," presidential secretary Hong Sang-pyo told a news briefing.
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
U.S. aircraft carrier heads for Korean waters
Don't worry Obama Says this is just an exercise, we can not be threatening in any way here.
Sit and do nothing, seems to be the policy.
(Reuters) - A U.S. aircraft carrier group set off for Korean waters on Wednesday, a day after North Korea rained artillery shells on a South Korean island, in a move likely to enrage Pyongyang and unsettle its ally, China.
South Korea said the bodies of two civilians were found on
the island after Tuesday's attack, which is likely to stir up
more resentment in the country against its prickly neighbor.
The nuclear-powered USS George Washington, which carries 75 warplanes and has a crew of over 6,000, left a naval base south of Tokyo and would join exercises with South Korea from Sunday to the following Wednesday, U.S. officials in Seoul said.
"This exercise is defensive in nature," U.S. Forces Korea said in a statement. "While planned well before yesterday's unprovoked artillery attack, it demonstrates the strength of the ROK (South Korea)-U.S. alliance and our commitment to regional stability through deterrence."
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
NKorea threatens continued strikes on South
Uh Oh.
What now, will this blatant attack and act of war go unanswered again?
How many times is South Korea gonna take a beating and keep on doing nothing.
The Washington Post
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korea bombarded a South Korean island near their disputed western border with artillery Tuesday, setting buildings ablaze and killing at least one marine after warning the South to halt military drills in the area, South Korean officials said.
South Korea said it returned fire and scrambled fighter jets in response, and said the "inhumane" attack on civilian areas violated the 1953 armistice halting the Korean War. The two sides technically remain at war because a peace treaty was never negotiated.
SEOUL, South Korea -- North Korea is threatening to continue launching strikes against South Korea if it violates their disputed sea border "even 0.001 millimeter."
North Korea's supreme military command said Tuesday that it would "launch merciless military retaliatory strikes."
The warning was carried by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency.
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
South Korea fires warning shots, second incident in days
North Korea just can not stop with their B.S.
(Reuters) - South Korea's navy fired warning shots to drive away a North Korean fishing boat at a maritime border on Wednesday, the second incident in six days, jangling nerves in Seoul ahead of next week's G20 summit.
The South Korean capital, about 100 km (60 miles) south of the demilitarized zone dividing the peninsula, is on heightened alert ahead of the summit over concerns Pyongyang may try to create an incident to embarrass its rival.
Washington has pressed Beijing to use its influence over the North not to create an incident in the run up to the meeting.
South Korean President Lee Myung-bak told a news conference in Seoul that he was not expecting any trouble from across the border.
"I don't think the North will try to do anything when leaders of the international community are meeting to discuss the world economy," he said. "I trust the North won't do anything but still we are fully prepared."
Monday, August 16, 2010
South Korea sends mixed message with war games, unification tax
Re-Unification ?
Right alongside of war games ?
And having a tax for it thrown out there , what a mess , South Koreans are stewing over this one !
CSM
Seoul, South Korea
South Korea’s President Lee Myung-bak faces a storm of criticism if he tries to push through a hefty “unification tax” to help cover the immense costs of reunifying North and South Korea in the event of collapse of North Korea.
“It’s a crazy idea,” says Chang Sung-eun, who works as a personal trainer in central Seoul. “He is a very rich man. He doesn’t care. I don’t have money.”
Then again, Koreans wonder how serious is Mr. Lee about the plan, presented Sunday on the 65th anniversary of the end of Japanese colonial rule. Standing in front of the massive newly reconstructed gate of a one-time royal palace that was destroyed by the Japanese, Lee said that “inter-Korean relations demand a new paradigm,” in which “the two sides choose coexistence instead of confrontation, progress instead of stagnation.”
Friday, July 23, 2010
North Korea vows 'physical response' to US exercise
A little Intimidation from the United States ?
Certainly , we Do it pretty good .
But north Korea has it's panties in a Bunch over The whole thing , They don't seem to realize that they sank a South Korean Ship and killed 46 Men in the Process .
The U.S. Will definitely not back down .
BBC
"It is a new century and Asian countries are in need of peace and development, and DPRK [North Korea] is also moving to that end," said Ri Tong-il.
He said the exercises went beyond defensive training and would involve "sophisticated weapon equipment".
"It is a threat to the Korean peninsula and the region of Asia as a whole. And the DPRK's position is clear: there will be physical response to the threat imposed by the United States militarily."
Washington and Seoul say the war games - involving the aircraft carrier USS George Washington, 20 other ships and submarines, 100 aircraft and 8,000 personnel - are intended to deter North Korean aggression.
Friday, July 9, 2010
NKorea proposes talks with US over ship sinking
The Norks have lost it , they don't want to talk now they want to talk .
but what ya gonna do ?
We have to suffer through These endless rounds of Diplomacy , for some reason !
AP
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea on Friday proposed military talks with the United States next week to discuss the sinking of a South Korean warship which Washington blames on the North.
The proposal was made ahead of the U.N. Security Council's approval Friday of a statement that condemned the sinking of the warship Cheonan, without directly blaming the North.
An international investigation concluded in May that North Korea torpedoed the vessel near the tense Korean sea border, killing 46 sailors. The North vehemently denies the accusations and has warned any punishment would trigger war.
Late last month, the American-led U.N. Command, which oversees an armistice that ended the Korean War in 1953, proposed general-level talks with North Korea to discuss the warship sinking. The North, however, rejected the offer, urging Washington not to interfere in inter-Korean affairs under the name of the U.N.
Saturday, June 12, 2010
North Korea threatens to blow up SKorean propaganda equipment, turn Seoul into 'sea of flame'
The whole loud speaker thing is just the funniest ever , I wonder if it has ever worked in the situations it has ever been used in ?
The Norks already don't like it , threatening to turn South Korea into a sea of Flame if they choose to retaliate in this fashion !
Foxnews
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea vowed Saturday to launch an all-out attack against South Korean loudspeakers and other propaganda facilities along their heavily fortified border, warning it could even turn Seoul into a "sea of flame."
The rival Koreas ended decades of propaganda campaigns in 2004 as their relations warmed. However, South Korea resumed radio broadcasts to North Korea last month and installed a dozen propaganda loudspeakers along the border to punish the North for allegedly sinking a South Korean warship.
South Korean Defense Minister Kim Tae-young told a parliamentary hearing Friday that loudspeaker broadcasts would begin after the U.N. Security Council decides on any new measures against the North, Yonhap news agency reported.
South Korea has asked the U.N. Security Council to punish the North for what Seoul says was a North Korean torpedo attack on the 1,200-ton Cheonan warship that killed 46 sailors.
A multinational investigation led by South Korea concluded last month that North Korea was responsible. The North has denied responsibility and threatened to respond to South Korean retaliatory measures with war.
Friday, June 4, 2010
North Korean envoy threatens war...passes nuke tech to Myanmar
"The present situation of the Korean peninsula is so grave that a war may break out any moment,"
Yahoo! News
GENEVA (Reuters) – A North Korean envoy said on Thursday that war could erupt at any time on the divided Korean peninsula because of tension with Seoul over the sinking of a South Korean warship in March.[...]In addition it has been revealed that North Korea transferred nuke components and long range missile technology to Myanmar. That's the third country North Korea is helping acquire nuke and long range missile technology, that we know of. Kim Jong Il is just itching for a war, how far will he go before President Obama will be forced to react?
North Korea's troops were on "full alert and readiness to promptly react to any retaliation," including the scenario of all-out war, he told the forum.
Ri, departing from his prepared remarks, said that only the conclusion of a peace treaty between the two countries would lead to the "successful denuclearization" of the peninsula. The 1950-53 Korean War ended with an armistice but no formal peace treaty.[...]
Ri repeated Pyongyang's assertion that North Korea had nothing to do with the sinking of the Cheonan warship which killed 46 sailors -- the deadliest military incident since the Korean War.
Thursday, May 27, 2010
China to protect North Korea from sanctions
“We have assumed North Korea is not a rational actor.”
I'm not so sure the above statement is accurate. North Korea has been playing chicken with its' neighbors and the US for the past few decades and always ends up winning.
It's no surprise that China won't punish North Korea because Kim Jong Il is nothing but a Chinese patsy. Bloomberg
May 27 (Bloomberg) -- Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao is likely to resist pressure to acknowledge that North Korea torpedoed a South Korean warship when he flies to Seoul tomorrow to meet South Korean President Lee Myung Bak and Japan’s Yukio Hatoyama.
China hasn’t followed South Korea, Japan and the U.S. in blaming North Korea for the March 26 sinking of the Cheonan, which killed 46 sailors. Vice Foreign Minister Zhang Zhijun yesterday repeated a call for “restraint” by both sides and said China had no “firsthand information” on the sinking.
China wants to avoid a conflict on the Korean peninsula, and is concerned that taking South Korea’s side may provoke North Korea into further escalations and even lead to war, said Shen Dingli, vice dean of the Institute of International Affairs at Shanghai’s Fudan University.
Monday, May 24, 2010
Obama Tells Military: Prepare for N. Korea 'Aggression'
North Korean Aggression !
So who will take the next step ? South Korea is being somewhat cautious over the whole situation , Hillary is running around saying that the Norks will Pay for this , and North Korea is Chomping at the bit to have a little war .
Foxnews
WASHINGTON -- The White House said Monday that President Barack Obama "fully supports" the South Korean president and his response to the torpedo attack by North Korea that killed 46 South Korean sailors.
The administration said it endorsed President Lee Myung-bak's demand that "North Korea immediately apologize and punish those responsible for the attack, and, most importantly, stop its belligerent and threatening behavior."
Seoul can continue to count on the full backing of the United States, the White House said.
"U.S. support for South Korea's defense is unequivocal, and the president has directed his military commanders to coordinate closely with their Republic of Korea counterparts to ensure readiness and to deter future aggression," the White House said.
The South Korean president said Monday that his nation would no longer tolerate the North's "brutality" and said the repressive communist regime would pay for the surprise March 26 torpedo attack.
He also vowed to cut off all trade with the North and to take Pyongyang to the U.N. Security Council for punishment over the sinking of the warship Cheonan.
Friday, May 21, 2010
North Korea warns of all-out war, even as China urges calm
Oh No ! All out War !
Basically The Norks want to have themselves a Little War , Putting themselves in the Position of the "Ones being Threatened".
So Sinking a South Korean Naval ship resulting in 46 deaths , is not a provoking incident ?
But being pissed and saying so about the same , IS ?
North Korea has warned South Korea that it will not hesitate to launch an "all out war" if the latter decides to take "firm" measures" against it.
Pyongyang's aggressive broadside has prompted China to intervene and call for calm, the China Daily reports.
The broadside follows Seoul's accusation that North Korea blew up and sank naval ship, "Cheonan" on March 26 this year.
Pyongyang has denied involvement and called the investigation results a fabrication.
"Our army and people will promptly react to any 'punishment' and 'retaliation' and to any 'sanctions' infringing upon our state interests with various forms of tough measures including an all-out war," the DPRK's official news agency KCNA quoted the National Defense Commission as saying in a statement.
South Korean President Lee Myung-bak has held an emergency meeting of his National Security Council today, but made it clear that his government has no plans for a retaliatory strike as of now.
Chinese Vice-Foreign Minister Cui Tiankai called the sinking "unfortunate" but refused to comment further. He reiterated China's long-standing view on the need to maintain peace on the Korean Peninsula.
"The parties involved should stay calm and exercise restraint ... to avoid escalation of the situation," Foreign Ministry spokesman Ma Zhaoxu told a separate briefing later on Thursday. (ANI)
Thursday, May 20, 2010
South Korea says North torpedoed ship, tensions rise
South Korea Skirts right around going to the U.N. .
The Norks consider it an act of war if anything is done about it ( Nevermind the fact that they started it by sinking a S.Korean ship and killed 46 People )
China wants to investigate the whole incident themselves .
So is it off to war again in Korea ?
(Reuters) - South Korea accused the reclusive North on Thursday of torpedoing one of its warships, heightening tensions in the region and drawing a warning from the United States that Pyongyang must face consequences.
Jittery South Korean financial markets and its currency fell as Seoul vowed to take "firm" measures against its neighbor. Pyongyang, furiously denying the charge, warned it was ready for war if fresh sanctions were imposed.
The United States, which has some 28,000 troops stationed in the South following the 1950-53 Korean War, said it stood ready to help South Korea defend itself against any further "acts of aggression.
Amid international condemnation of North Korea, the impoverished country's only major ally, China, said it would make its own assessment of the South Korean investigation.
Mindful of the tension on the Korean peninsula, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates and spokesmen for the White House and the State Department chose their words carefully in their responses to the report.
"Clearly this was a serious provocation by North Korea and there will definitely be consequences because of what North Korea has done," said State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley.
Gates
