N.Korea Threatens Military Strike On South

[efq]

North Korea has threatened action against the South after it joined a US-led initiative to intercept ships suspected of trafficking weapons of mass destruction.

North Korean soldiers, officials and people celebrate the nuclear test



The communist North's military said it will respond with "immediate, strong military measures" if South Korea stops and searches any of its vessels.
In a statement it said it no longer considers itself bound by the armistice that ended the Korean War, following the South's participation in the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI).
South Korea announced its involvement in the programme on Tuesday, one day after the North conducted a nuclear test.
In the past 48 hours Pyongyang has launched five short range missiles in an act of defiance after the UN Security Council condemned its detonation of an underground nuclear device on Monday.
The fifth was fired across the Sea of Japan as Korean leader Kim Jong Il continued to ignore protests from the UN, the US and its regional neighbours.



N Korean leader Kim Jong Il



A military spokesman quoted by official media said the North could no longer guarantee the safety of shipping off its west coast - suggesting a missile could also be fired in that direction.
A South Korean newspaper reported US spy satellites have detected signs that North Korea has re-started its nuclear plant at Yongbyon.
The newspaper - quoting intelligence sources - said the satellites detected steam rising from the reprocessing facility at the nuclear plant.
North Korea had promised it would restart the reprocessing of spent fuel rods in protest at UN criticism of the launch of a long range ballistic missile in April.

Missiles at the Korean War Museum



In New York members of the Security Council have gone into closed meetings in an attempt to deliver a unanimous response to North Korea's continued breach of previous UN resolutions.
Ambassadors from the five permanent members of the Council - the US, Britain, Russia, France and China - were joined by ambassadors from the two countries most affected by the nuclear test, South Korea and Japan.
They met for an hour trying to agree on a new resolution but US Ambassador Susan Rice, speaking on behalf of the group, warned it would be a long process.
China remains one of North Korea's few allies but is clearly losing patience with its neighbour.
A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman repeated that Beijing is "resolutely opposed" the nuclear test and urged Pyongyang to return to the negotiating table.

They don't know what they're getting themselves into.

[efq]

Wow, US ships are moving in, a high risk of launching missiles by the news channels. N.korea said they didnt want the ships to go in but the US are still moving. This can't be good :|

[J0SH]

World War 3 woo!

[efq]

It's amazing how brave N.Korea are, US could flatten them if they felt like it.

[-:Undertaker:-]

They have threatend this a lot in the past, personally I am just looking forward to the collapse of one of the last socialist states and the re-unification of Korea.

[Gnome]

I'd say they're more stupid. Kim Jong-Il just doesn't afraid of anything. He isn't scared about screwing the whole world over, Himself included just so he can achieve some sort of victory.

I think it's gonna escalate into some sort of war. In a very short time period. He doesn't seem to want to back down, And with the US still closing in...

[Technologic]

If the DPRK does collapse how doe somebody deal with 30 million starving and brainwashed individuals

[efq]

Yeah and N.Korea now say that that rule at the end of World War 2 I think no longer is in place... just shows the truth about them. N.Korea act like there own world. All we can do is wait for the US to arrive and see what escalates.

[efq]

6:50pm UK, Wednesday May 27, 2009

North Korea's threats are deepening its isolation, the White House has said, after the communist nation warned it could attack the South.


"Threats won't get North Korea the attention it craves. Their actions are continuing to further deepen their own isolation," spokesman Robert Gibbs said.
The US statement came after North Korea's military said it would respond with "immediate, strong military measures" if South Korea stopped and searched any of its vessels.

It's a shame they will fire if a S.Korean ship stops any of their ships, yet the US and S.Korea have already said they will...

[Jordy]

6:50pm UK, Wednesday May 27, 2009

It's a shame they will fire if a S.Korean ship stops any of their ships, yet the US and S.Korea have already said they will...

Well it's all threats atm, we need them to stop a ship to see what happens. It's just both sides trying to provoke a war but neither one wanting to start it. It's sickening that some of you want a war (or invasion should I say?) but I wouldn't get your hopes up.