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Originally posted by Vitchilo
If it SHOWS SIGNS of additional provocation... basically... even if NKorea does NOTHING and just APPEARS that they MIGHT do something, SKorea will strike?
Or am I reading this wrong?
Originally posted by infinite
reply to post by fltcui
South Korea should continue military exercises in the region.
NATO is apparently on alert.
Originally posted by Vitchilo
No they haven't. Fact is, they don't do training in the afternoon because they are too tired BECAUSE THEY DON'T EAT ENOUGH.
And you're supposed to be an expert on North Korea? Really?
Originally posted by Vitchilo
ACCORDING TO TWITTER SHELLING HAVE RESTARTED...
If this is true, prepare for war for real this time.
Originally posted by FreeSafety
You all can believe me or not, I really don't care either way, but this isn't very shocking and until it actually escalates, I don't believe it's going to.
The DPRK and the ROK do these little dances several times a year, every year. In many of them, soldiers from both sides, and sometimes civilians, are killed by enemy fire. This news really isn't as surprising as it may sound.
I lived in Uijongbu, ROK from December 1996 through December 1997. During that year, there were 3 different situations when fire was exchanged between the two border countries. The bloodiest of those left 7 ROK soldiers and 14 DPRK soldiers dead.
Now, if the South destroys the freedom bridge in Panmunjom, then you need to worry. Until then, just give it a couple days and it'll likely blow over as it always does.
It would not be surprising for rumblings of discontent to spread to the military as it is not immune to food shortages. Kim says troops do not undergo physical training in the afternoon because they are too hungry. The World Food Programme says 6.2 million out of North Korea's population of 23 million need food aid, but it is only able to reach 1.5 million, mainly young children and women, because of lack of funds.
Originally posted by fooks
china does not want war.
The 1950-53 Korean War ended in an armistice, with neither side able to claim outright victory. Fifty years on, the truce is still all that technically prevents North Korea and the US - along with its ally South Korea - resuming the war, as no peace treaty has ever been signed. Both sides regularly accuse the other of violating the agreement, but the accusations have become more frequent as tensions rise over North Korea's nuclear programme.
North Korea yesterday threatened to abandon the 1953 armistice that ended the Korean war, accusing the United States of plotting a pre-emptive attack on the communist state. A spokesman of the North's Korean People's Army said that the US was building up reinforcements around the Korean peninsula in preparations to attack the North, said the North's official news agency KCNA.
South Korea's Lee Myung-bak announced his retaliation plan for the attack on the Cheonan this morning in Seoul. Although restrained like he has been for the past two months, the president finally referred to the possibility of war: "If our territorial waters, airspace or territory are militarily violated, we will immediately exercise our right of self-defense." Moving from "passive defense to proactive deterrence" is a significant shift for a country that seems to get pushed around by North Korea every year. Just this month South Korea fired warning shots when North Korean ships ventured across the border.
Yoshiki Mine of Japan's Canon Institute for Global Studies, who as a diplomat dealt with both disarmament and North Korea, said the northern regime feels its existence as a nation is threatened.
North Korea fired artillery toward its tense western sea border with South Korea on Tuesday, killing two South Korean marines, the South's Defense Ministry said.