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China-Japan-Koreas
N. Korea disappointed by Hatoyamas resignation as Japans premier
2010-06-04
[Kyodo: Korea] North Korea expressed disappointment Thursday at the resignation of Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama on Wednesday for yielding to U.S. pressure and breaking his pledge to relocate a U.S. Marine base outside Okinawa Prefecture. Ro Jong Su, a director-level researcher at the North Korean Foreign Ministry, also said in an interview in Pyongyang the ruling Grand National Party"s defeat in South Korean local elections Wednesday showed the South Korean public ""turned its back on the administration of (President) Lee Myung Bak,"" partly for his handling in the deadly sinking of a South Korean warship.
Posted by:Fred

#1  See also DAILY TIMES.PK > SOUTH KOREA FORMALLY ASKS UN [UNSC] TO RESPOND TO SHIP SINKING.

and

TOPIX > OKINAWA IMMEDIATELY PRESSES NEW PM FOR CHANGE, to change the 2006 US-Japan Base Reloc Deal.

* SAME > MARINE SHIFT TO GUAM MAY DELAY 3-5 YEARS FROM 2014 [to circa 2017-2019 = 2020].

* SAME > ARMY DEFECTOR: MYANMMAR SEEKING NUCLEAR WEAPONS, GETTING HELP FROM NORTH KOREA + REPORT: MYANMAR SEEKING/DEV NUCLEAR PROGRAM.

DEFECTOR > repor claims that "BURMA/MYANMAR wants NUCLEAR BOMBS + MISSLES ... BURMA WANTS TO BE A NUCLEAR POWER". Various prelimin phases of NUCPROG CONTRUX, e.g. UNDERGROUND/SECRET BUNKERS + TUNNELS + OTHER, have already begun.

* WMF > RESIGNATION OF JAPANESE PM YUKIO HATOYAMA HERALDS A DECISIVE "SEA CHANGE" IN JAPAN'S RELATIONS WID THE US + CHINA [ + NE Asian Powers]. JAPAN'S LONG BUMPY ROAD FROM DEPENDENCY/RELIANCE ON THE US SUPERPOWER BEGINS TO STRAIGHTEN TOWARDS SELF-DESTINY.

* WMF > "AMERICAN ENTERPRISE" US THINK-TANK: REPORT CLAIMS THE US IS LOSING ASIA, CHINA + PLA DEV THE MILITARY ABILITY TO SERIOUSLY DAMAGE OR DESTROY ANY US BASE IN EAST ASIA + WESTPAC.

> Any Collapse of DPRK will lead to Regional + International Competition to control DPRK Nukes-WMDS between the US, China, Japan, + SOKOR.
> SOUTH EAST ASIA under ESCALATING THREAT FROM RADICAL ISLAMIST-LED VIOL EXTREMIST GROUPS.
> CHINA's desire for true SUPERPOWER STATUS may lead to REGIONAL INSTABILITIES + EVEN DECLINES IN REGIONAL PEACE = WAR(S).

IOW, CHINESE IMPERIALISM.

* WMF > JAPANESE MEDIAS: CHINA'S DESIRE TO ENTER/MARCH INTO THE PACIFIC SIGNIFICANTLY WORRIES JAPAN. ESCALATING SINO-JAPANESE BILATERAL TIES, COOPERATION DESCRIBED AS BEING "RELUCTANT FRIENDSHIP" [NOT Enemies, but simul also NOT Friends, at least for a time]. KEY WILL BE CHINA'S ACCEPTANCE OR REJECTION OF A PRO-US, NUCLEAR-ARMED JAPAN HAVING A MAJOR RESPONSIBLE ROLE IN NORTHEAST/EAST ASIA SECURITY IN PLACE OF THE US.

* WMF > TAIWAN TEST-FIRES NEW BALLISTIC MISSLE CAPABLE OF HITTING BEIJING, SHANGHAI, + YANGTZE RIVER THREE-GORGES DAM.

Lest we fergit, SINK THE TIRPITZ, SINK THE TIRPITZ....
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2010-06-04 22:18  

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