North Korea await final order / Communication hotline severed

if they indeed nullify the armistice agreement it's a HUGE step in my book, because you have to think about how the North Koreans think. Kim Il-Sung signed the armistice himself, their quasi god and eternal ruler, if the current government scraps what he did it seems to be quite serious.

Also I don't expect anything to happen right away, would be to obvious. You have to catch the enemy off-guard and maybe during the night. I hope I'm wrong and they won't do anything.

Also fun fact, wasn't the satellite launched on the 12th of December 2012? The Nuke was tested on the 12th of February. Tomorrow is the 12th

Also I want to include 2 tweets:

Steve Herman ‏@W7VOA
Rodong Sinmun prints poem by Kim Nam-ho: "Right now is the time To press our missile launch button Targeting Washington."

Steve Herman ‏@W7VOA
Unification Ministry says #ROK didn't even bother to make 1600 KST daily hotline call after #DPRK refused to pick up the phone at 0900.

It's awful that this is the state of the world. The amount of devastation this could cause is so astronomical it's terrifying.

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I have no problem with DPRK's exploration and development of space. If they fail to respect other nations development and progress in this area then it is a problem, but until then they have every right.

The issues of nukes is not limited to DPRK but is a very big and serious global issue. Ultimately I want stronger and better global oversight of all nukes. The reality is that as international trust is weak and tensions are high the practicability of global nuke coordination is very limited. There are things that still can be done with common standards in accounting and security being established. In time and as foreign relations improve then hopefully better integration and strong global rather than national security interests will form. If you have any other ideas of what can be done about nuclear proliferation I would like to hear it.

The DPRK is willing to accept more democratic principles in governance with reunification. From what I have learnt about the DPRK, they have reformed their party structure to be more inline with democratic standards. They have not fully implemented a one person, one vote system but have taken steps towards it from the more socialist structure of the past. From the reunification documentation I have seen, the DPRK will still remain as a party and be on the platform with a national election. At least in the short term it is very much expected that the DPRK will remain the governing party in the Northern part of a unified Korea. To aid with the transition process it is a good thing as there will already be a lot of change, issues and uncertainty that will need to be addressed. In the longer term it is hard to say how this party will evolve or how the people will respond. Considering that 2/3rds of the population live in the South and 1/3rd in the North, the DPRK will have to work well and respond to the population if this party is to continue in the long term.

As for seeing DC burned, there are people on both sides of this wall that want some death and action. I want a way out of this mess rather than sitting in the mud pit.

Such a waste of time and money. Why is Kim Jong Un so hell bent on attacking someone?!
When his country is poverty stricken because he throws all the countries money at building nukes. He needs to get his priorities right.

Originally posted by sarahlm
Such a waste of time and money. Why is Kim Jong Un so hell bent on attacking someone?!
When his country is poverty stricken because he throws all the countries money at building nukes. He needs to get his priorities right.

Seriously? Who have NK attacked in the last 60 years?
Who has the US attacked?
Who has the US attacked that had nuclear weapons?

Put that all together and your question(s) is/are answered.

If NK had not forged ahead quickly with a Nuclear program (even to the detriment of the people) there would be bombs killing all the people anyhow and US soldiers "liberating" them at gunpoint.
DIT: Also take into account the sanctions and isolation our policies have forced them into- These people havnt done anything to us and honestly want to be left alone...The starvation could have been avoided had we allowed them to trade and such. The ONLY way they can maintain sovereignty and avoid a Rothschild bank is to have the ability to fight back ...USA doesnt like attacking countries which have armies and fight back.

How close are these drills to the NK border?

Originally posted by DarKPenguiN

Originally posted by sarahlm
Such a waste of time and money. Why is Kim Jong Un so hell bent on attacking someone?!
When his country is poverty stricken because he throws all the countries money at building nukes. He needs to get his priorities right.

Seriously? Who have NK attacked in the last 60 years?
Who has the US attacked?
Who has the US attacked that had nuclear weapons?

Put that all together and your question(s) is/are answered.

If NK had not forged ahead quickly with a Nuclear program (even to the detriment of the people) there would be bombs killing all the people anyhow and US soldiers "liberating" them at gunpoint.

You shut up with your stupid common sense.

Originally posted by chishuppu
How close are these drills to the NK border?

RIGHT on the border.

The 'poem' was just translated, it's quite long, but I'll post it here:

"Right Now Is the Hour!"
by Kim Nam Ho

One heart
One will
Tens of thousands fiercely arise as one in this land
To pulverize the aggressor bunch
Who are rounding up the fiery clouds of nuclear war
In cooperative fields and zones of iron
Thousands of miles of defense lines cry out:
Now is the time
To pulverize the aggressor bunch
Who are rounding up the fiery clouds of nuclear war

Right now is the time
To press our missile launch button
Targeting Washington, the bulwark of US imperialism,
Which has left generations-long hatred in this land!

For generations,
Not one arrowhead or stone was thrown
At the United States across the Pacific Ocean
For over a hundred years and into the new century
We have overcome perilous peaks of trials
And made bullets for the ultimate settlement of accounts

With this sworn enemy, US imperialists
Who have forced misfortune and suffering on our nation
We have awaited nuclear weapons

Now
As the powerful national strength which has a grasp on nukes
The pride of a space-conquering, powerful state
Is fiercely racing through our blood vessels
So that the conviction in sure victory
That overcomes tens of thousands of enemies in one breath
Rises to touch heaven.

Now is the hour
When hatred and rage can no longer be contained
And erupts like a volcano
To relieve hearts knotted up with vengeance
So the entire nation embraces one another as one

Each mountain will be a launch pad for
Burning the US imperialists' fortress down to its foundational roots
The seas will rise up in whoa-whoa raging waves
To overwhelm the bands of aggression
Freezing fields and forests will cause
The enemies to faint standing

The land which cries for an ultimate settlement with US imperialists
With its tens of thousands of soldiers rising as a mountain range
The iron hammer for the demise and destruction of US imperialists held high
With the sky-high determination to wipe out the enemy
This country is swelled up as one huge, fiery ball of revenge
Let us blow up the base camp of war without even leaving ashes
For the ultimate victory of the Mt Paektu great nation

The time to establish the fatherland reunification work
Can no longer be put off It is not tomorrow, but now!
Right now is the hour!

ETA:

just on Twitter

(URGENT) New FM Yun says security situation becomes 'very grave' amid N. Korea's threats

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I know, it's just sad to see a country that should be left alone if they want to be have to race to build nukes, when they should be allowed to rebuild and get the country out of poverty and now what? they're going to attack someone and it will all kick off.

Originally posted by Xarian6
To those that think nuking things is a great idea... IT ISN'T

If you nuke, Russia will Nuke you.. to glass, China's economy is about to go pop.. they have alot to gain by war as well... NOTHING they tell you is truth the whole world is on the brink of financial collapse.

NK.. is a catalyst, it's pure bait.. if you nuke them you may as well nuke your kids..

IT'S A TRAP!

How one cannot see that... is beyond me.

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