North Korea shells South Korea

[ExHaLaTiON]

Posted by jcocks (here)
I found it unusual that, instead of calling for talks and peace like they normally do, Americas' president instead puffs up his chest and announces that they will join South Korea in military exercises - which the North views as provocation (Wow, really? I'd never have guessed !).....

Looks like America is itching for another war to strengthen its' economy..... (But by god I hope I am wrong)

I think the trip was planed before the shellings happened. Kim Jong is near his death bed and might just let the dogs loose even if someone from up top is telling him NO!

[ExHaLaTiON]

Posted by Snowbird (here)
The term plot is the perfect description of this entire situation. When I study the alternative history of any warring aggression, I learn that all sides are the same side, and that side is the side of the controllers. The heads of these governments, including the U.S., are all/each members of that controlling group. They fully understand that war, on any continent, forces the people into unbearable survival situations and keeps them in a constant state of fear. War also keeps the world's attention on the conflicts as the controllers work in a different part of the world to bring more destruction. And, I can't forget to mention the profit that is gained from each and every conflict anywhere in the world. China? Definitely a member of this group.

I have to agree.... but it would be a huge mistake if they put this conflict into motion.

[Rocky_Shorz]

South Korea has named its former chairman of the joint chiefs of staff as the new defence minister amid growing criticism of the government's response to a deadly attack by North Korea.

General Kim Kwan-jin, a 61-year-old career soldier, is replacing Kim Tae-young who resigned on Thursday two days after the attack on the small South Korean island of Yeonpyeong left four people, including two marines, dead.

"[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," Hong Sang-pyo, the presidential secretary, told a news briefing on Friday...


It warned on Friday that South Korea's military exercises with the US would bring the two neighbours to the "brink of war".

The stark warning came as sounds of distant artillery fire were heard from within North Korea. A Reuters witness said he saw smoke rising from inland North Korea.

Revision of rules

South Korea's YTN television said the shells appeared to have landed north of a disputed maritime border in North Korean waters and the military does not believe the firing was aimed at the South...

The military in Seoul said it will revise its rules of engagement to respond more strongly to North Korean attacks in the future.

But North Korea's KCNA news agency said Pyongyang will launch more attacks if South Korea continues with "reckless provocations".

"[North Korea] will wage second and even third rounds of attacks without any hesitation, if warmongers in South Korea make reckless military provocations again," the agency said, quoting from a military statement...


"We oppose any military act by any party conducted in China's exclusive economic zone without approval," China's Foreign Ministry said in an online response to a question regarding China's position on the George Washington participating in joint naval exercises.

The exclusive economic zone is a maritime zone up to 200 nautical miles from a country's coast...

Beijing is also wary of a unified Korea that would be dominated by the United States, the key ally of the South...

story link

[Decibellistics]

Jesus......This really isn't good.

I've gotta bad feeling about this one.

[bashi]

China warned yesterday against military acts near its coastline ahead of US-South Korean naval exercises that North Korea, days after shelling a South Korean island, said risked pushing the region towards war.

There was brief panic in the capital Seoul in the afternoon when television reported sounds of artillery fire near Yeonpyeong. But the military said the artillery fire was distant and no shells landed in South Korea.

Tuesday’s artillery barrage was a major ramping-up of tension between to two Koreas, who remain technically still at war.
South Korean troops fired back 13 minutes later, causing unknown damage. Members of Lee’s own party and opposition lawmakers accused the military of responding too slowly.

This does not sound good at all. It's the perfect recipe for a BIG ONE

http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topic...5&parent_id=25

[AlkaMyst]

US 'bringing Korean peninsula to brink of war'

America is bringing the Korean peninsula "to the brink of war" North Korea warned on Friday as tension continues to build ahead of a four-day US-South Korean joint war game that starts this weekend.

Beijing 9:10AM GMT 26 Nov 2010

The latest broadside from the regime of Kim Jong-il was issued as a US carrier battle group led by the nuclear-powered USS George Washington steamed towards the Yellow Sea in a show of deterrent force to Pyongyang.

"The situation on the Korean peninsula is inching closer to the brink of war," warned a dispatch from the Korean Central News Agency said. "Gone are the days when verbal warnings are served only." All morning North Korean state television and radio blared out martial music interspersed with official statements about the shelling of South Korean's Yeonpyeong Island on Tuesday which left four people dead and destroyed houses and parts of a military base.

In a further show of US solidarity with Seoul, Gen. Walter Sharp, the US military commander in South Korea, visited the shelled island, touring burned buildings and stating again that the attack was a violation of the ceasefire that ended the 1950-53 Korean War.

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The US confirmed that Sunday's joint exercise would go ahead regardless of warnings from Beijing that the war games risk further destabilising an already volatile Korean peninsular.

Full story here!

[Carmody]

http://planetark.org/wen/60155

Date: 09-Nov-10
Country: SOUTH KOREA
Author: Ju-min Park

South Korea has found an undetermined amount of rare earth minerals in a deposit in the eastern Gangwon province, state-run Korea Resources Corp (KORES) said on Monday.

The discovery came amid lingering tension over China's controls of its rare earth supplies, which account for 97 percent of global output.

The United States and Japan, in particular, have been calling for China to loosen its export constraints for the minerals that are used in high-tech products from electric cars to LCD televisions to new energy technologies.

"We have to get ready to be self-sufficient in case China strengthens its control over (rare earth) exports," a KORES spokesman said.

China has sought to reassure its trade partners. It will maintain its exports of rare earths next year, Chinese Trade Minister Chen Deming said on Friday, adding that the trade issue should not be allowed to become a political issue.

China cut back its 2010 exports quota of rare earths by 40 percent from 2009 levels, which caused prices of the minerals to soar and made it more cost effective for other countries to start searching for their own supplies.

The South Korean state-run mining firm discovered veins containing rare earths while re-developing an iron ore mine. KORES said it would proceed with exploration to determine the quantity and make up of the mineral deposit.

[bashi]

The first victim in a war is the truth:

"S Korea asks reporters to leave border island"

http://www.rte.ie/news/2010/1128/korea.html

[irishspirit]

North Korea has placed surface-to-surface missiles on launch pads in the Yellow Sea, Yonhap news agency reported Nov. 28, as the United States and South Korea began military exercises and China said it would try to ensure peace.

South Korean President Lee Myung-bak told a visiting Chinese delegation that Beijing, North Korea's only major ally which is traditionally reluctant to criticise the reclusive regime, should do more to help.

China, which agreed with South Korea that the situation was "worrisome", would try to stop it deteriorating, the delegation responded, the presidential Blue House and

Read more: http://www.kyivpost.com/news/world/d...#ixzz16ZO9MSei

[irishspirit]

SEOUL, Nov. 28 (Yonhap) -- North Korea said Sunday that the Korean Peninsula is now in a state of "ultra-emergency," as South Korea and the United States began massive naval drills south of the Yellow Sea border in a show of force against the North.

In a statement carried by the official Korean Central News Agency, the National Peace Committee of Korea, a propaganda organ of the North, denounced the joint exercise as an attempt to trigger a war against the communist nation.

http://app.yonhapnews.co.kr/YNA/Basi...01128005800315

[irishspirit]

China has called for an emergency meeting of key nations amid high tension in Korea over the North's deadly shelling of a Southern island.

It proposed that members of the six nations that have been taking part in talks on North Korean nuclear disarmament should meet in December.

The two Koreas, the US, China, Japan and Russia are involved in the talks.

South Korea quickly said it was not interested in formally resuming talks on nuclear disarmament.

Tension remains high on the peninsula, with the US and South Korea undertaking joint military exercises the North has denounced as a provocation.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-11856454

[irishspirit]

SEOUL, Nov. 28 (Yonhap) -- South Korean President Lee Myung-bak told a visiting senior Chinese official that Seoul was not interested in the early resumption of the six-party talks over North Korea's nuclear program as it is more urgent to deal with Pyongyang's belligerence, Lee's office Cheong Wa Dae said.

http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/news...005600315.HTML

[irishspirit]

DPRK radio: Conflict might erupt in Yellow Sea anytime because of NLL issue and "ceaseless provocation of the south Korean puppet group."


http://twitter.com/W7VOA/

[irishspirit]

PAJU, South Korea, Nov. 28 (Yonhap) -- South Korea mistakenly fired an artillery shell toward the southern side of the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) on Sunday afternoon and soon sent a message to North Korea that the firing was accidental, military officials said.

No casualties occurred from the accidental discharge that took place at around 3 p.m., the officials said.

http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/news...005300315.HTML

There is no chance in hell that this can be seen as a mistake! Hope NK does not see this as an attack on them...

[irishspirit]

As the US South Korean naval exercise begins, North Korea deployed surface to surface missiles in the Yellow Sea, and also moved other missiles further south. The North Koreans have vowed that any trespassing of their borders, through land, air or sea, will meet a strong response.

And even without these latest movements, North Korea has a massive artillery array of 70,000 cannons pointed to Seoul – South Korea’s capital, which is very close to the border.

http://www.forexcrunch.com/north-kor...eted-at-seoul/

[Sabrina]

By Kim Young-gyo
HONG KONG, Nov. 28 (Yonhap) -- The Chinese government said Sunday it will make an "urgent" announcement later in the day amid rising military tensions surrounding the Korean Peninsula.

China's foreign ministry said it will hold a press conference at 4 p.m. for both domestic and foreign reporters based in Beijing, adding that it will not accept any questions during the conference.

Yonhap News Agency




http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/news...003500320.HTML

[irishspirit]

USA and South Korea have launched missiles...

http://twitter.com/Tanaka_Maki

[irishspirit]

A UN sanctions committee will on Monday discuss a new report on efforts to stop North Korea trading in nuclear weapons material, with the atmosphere made more tense by the North's artillery attack on the rival South.

China stopped the last sanctions committee report being sent to the UN Security Council for several months. A new battle is expected over the latest assessment by Security Council-mandated experts.

Stiff financial and trade sanctions imposed after the North's nuclear tests in 2006 and 2009 have not halted the secretive regime's dabbling in banned nuclear and arms trading, according to the last report, which was only published this month

http://www.spacewar.com/reports/UN_f...tions_999.html

[irishspirit]

A mass exodus of North Korean workers from the Far East of Russia is under way, according to reports coming out of the region. As the two Koreas edged towards the brink of war this week, it appears that the workers in Russia have been called back to aid potential military operations.

Vladnews agency, based in Vladivostok, reported that North Korean workers had left the town of Nakhodka en masse shortly after the escalation of tension on the Korean peninsula earlier this week. "Traders have left the kiosks and markets, workers have abandoned building sites, and North Korean secret service employees working in the region have joined them and left," the agency reported.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/wo...r-2145018.html

[bashi]

This is getting serious:

"Australian help might be required in a war, says Rudd"

http://www.smh.com.au/world/australi...128-18cco.html