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China-Japan-Koreas
Nork defense minister warns of 'nuclear catastrophe' in letter to Gates
2011-02-22
SEOUL, Feb. 21 -- North Korea's defense minister warned of a "nuclear catastrophe" in a letter sent to U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates last month and demanded direct talks with Washington, a senior South Korean official was quoted as saying Monday.
We don't get to see the whole letter so no word if they also threatened a 'sea of fire'...
Kim Yong-chun, the minister of the North's People's Armed Forces, stressed in the letter that the North and the U.S. should meet bilaterally because the nuclear standoff boils down to an issue between the two sides, the Seoul official said during a briefing at an annual conference of South Korean diplomatic mission chiefs, according to multiple participants.

Kim said in the letter that unless something is done about the deadlock in the North Korean nuclear issue, a "nuclear catastrophe will break out on the Korean Peninsula," the senior briefer was quoted as saying at the diplomats' conference that opened in Seoul for a five-day run.

The letter shows the North Korean situation is heading toward a "climax," the official was quoted as saying.

"After all, the next step will be either one of two things, whether it will come to dialogue or stage provocations, and I think North Korea is standing at such a crossroads," the briefer said at the conference, according to the participants.
Posted by:Steve White

#2  DPRK LETTER = IMO MEANS THAT DPRK IS KEEPING OR RESERVING ITS UNILATERAL = ASYMMETRIC
"BRINKMANSHIP" MIL OPTION TO INTENTIONALLY INDUCE US-CHINA "GREAT POWERS" MILPOL CONFRONTATION + MUTUALLY DESTRUCTIVE, TO-THE-DEATH INTER-KOREAN + REGIONAL WAR.

By any means necessary.

The DPRK had made it clear that any such above Mil Conflict will NOT be DECIDED OR LIMITED TO ONLY THE KOREAN PENINSULA.

Again, the DPRK = NOKOR want to stop starving + modernize + reunify wid the ROK = SOKORS - its good for the KIM DYNASTY + all those FAT-N-HAPPY NOKOR BABY, FAMILY PROPAGANDA BILLBOARDS + OTHER PARTY-REGIME SLOGANS, + espec VALIDATION OF NORTH KOREAN-STYLE/BRAND COMMUNISM-SOCIALISM.

Once-n-forever.

This letter by the DPRK DM suppors my contention that ****-will-hit-the-you-know-what iff the DPRK doesn't get its "Success/Victory", nor iff China fails to get its desired "First Island Chain" "Sole/Sovereign" Base Rights.

PRAY HARD + STAY ARMED - THE US-ALLIES + NEA REGION AREN'T DONE YET WID THE "CHEONAN" + "YEONGPYEONG" INCIDENTS, + THOSE TO COME, BY ANY MEASURE, IFF ONLY BECUZ "BEST KOREA" DPRK ITSELF ISN'T DONE WID US.
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2011-02-22 22:22  

#1  ...Ohfergawdssake, just NUKE these idiots already.

Mike
Posted by: Mike Kozlowski   2011-02-22 09:40  

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