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China-Japan-Koreas
Norks in High Spirits
2010-11-27
Why shouldn't they be? They got away with another one ...
The mood of the North Korean regime has been boisterous since it attacked Yeonpyeong Island on Tuesday, killing two marines and two civilians and wounding dozens of others. The North Korean military representative office at the truce village of Panmunjom claimed Thursday that "South Korea has violated the armistice agreement" and threatened to "launch more attacks." "Yeonpyeong Island has been punished," it added.

North Korean leader Kim Jong-il and his son and heir apparent Kim Jong-un continue a whistle-stop tour. Following their visit to a duck and fish farm in South Hwanghae Province reported Monday and an inspection of Pyongyang Medical College reported Tuesday, they made another so-called on-the-spot guidance tour of glass and water plants in South Pyongan Province, the North Korean media reported Thursday.

At the water plant, Kim Jong-il reportedly expressed satisfaction with what the North quaintly calls CNC or "computer numerical control," meaning a modernization of production processes supposedly led by Kim Jong-un.

This shows a new confidence in Kim Jong-il, who hid in underground tunnels for 50-odd days during the early days of the Iraq War in March 2003 and for over 40 days in 2006 when the North test-fired a long-range missile. "Kim Jong-il only dreads the U.S.," said a senior North Korean defector. "He travels around the country holding the hand of his son since he believes Washington won't attack just because the North struck Yeonpyeong island."

North Korea's Committee for the Peaceful Unification of the Fatherland on its website Uriminzokkiri on Wednesday brazenly demanded the resumption of lucrative package tours to Mt. Kumgang only a day after shelling Yeonpyeong Island. The North earned some US$500 million of hard cash from the tours over the last 10 years.

And the North Korean Red Cross on Wednesday blamed the Lee Myung-bak administration for escalating tensions. "We will no longer worry too much about the resolution of humanitarian issues," it added.

"The North Korean leadership seems to be very pleased with their success in shelling Yeonpyeong Island after sinking the Navy corvette Cheonan," said a source familiar with North Korean affairs.
Posted by:Steve White

#2  Proper response should have been FAE munitions on the artillery base.
Posted by: OldSpook   2010-11-27 01:29  

#1  Why shouldn't they be? They got away with another one ...

Doesn't hurt that the next one could only be a couple months away this time, too.
Posted by: gorb   2010-11-27 01:25  

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