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| 2011-01-02 |
| [Emirates 24/7] North Korea began 2011 with calls for improved relations with South Korea after a year of tensions marked by the first deadly attack on a civilian area since the war. "Confrontation between North and South should be defused as early as possible," a joint New Year editorial of three leading North Korean state newspapers said on Saturday. "Dialogue and cooperation should be promoted proactively," it said. Relations plunged after the North shelled a border island in November, killing four people, including two civilians. World leaders leapt to condemn the attack, with many calling on China to rein in its unpredictable ally, something Beijing so far appears unwilling to do. The South has since staged a series of military exercises, including a live-fire drill on December 20 on the island but the North did not follow through with threats of a new and deadlier attack. The editorial, which North Koreans are obliged to read, said: "This year we should launch a more determined campaign to improve inter-Korean relations. "Active efforts should be made to create an atmosphere of dialogue and cooperation between North and South by placing the common interests of the nation above anything else." Professor Yang Moo-Jin of the University of North Korean Studies in Seoul said Pyongyang was apparently pursuing stability on the Korean peninsula to cement an eventual hereditary succession by heir apparent Kim Jong-Un. The youngest son of leader Kim Dear LeaderJong-Il ... hereditary dictator of North Korea. His definition of reunificationisn't the same as the definition in Seoul... burst into the limelight in September. He was appointed a four-star general, given senior ruling party posts and appeared in photos and at a mass parade close to his father, whose health is widely thought to be failing. The editorial, which was carried by the North's official news agency, also reiterated that Pyongyang, whose nuclear drive is the subject of currently stalled six-party talks, is committed to denuclearisation. But in a reference to South Korean military drills that have sometimes included the United States, the newspapers warned: "It is imperative to check the North-targeted war exercises and arms build-up of the bellicose forces at home and abroad that seriously threaten national security and peace." As well as the communist North's deadly shelling of Yeonpyeong island, Seoul also accuses the North of sinking one of its warships in March near the disputed border in the Yellow Sea, a charge Pyongyang strongly denies. The conciliatory tone of the editorial is in stark contrast to the bellicose language used by North Korea for much of the year as relations with Seoul dived. However, The infamous However... it did warn: "The danger of war should be removed and peace safeguarded in the Korean peninsula. "If a war breaks out on this land, it will bring nothing but a nuclear holocaust." |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #6 More ... * DEFENCE.PK/FORUMS > [Global Times.CN poll] MOST CHINESE DOUBT SUPERPOWER STATUS FOR CHINA. * SAME > [Mil Scenario]THE SECOND INDO-CHINESE WAR OF 2013-2015. * TOPIX > [Freerepublic] KIM JONG-IL HIDES HIMSELF UNDERGROUND FOR FEAR OF US F-22 RAPTORS [during 11/28-12/01 US-ROK MILEX]. Also from TOPIX > [International coalition of pro-China Activists] GLOBAL GROUP JOINS DAOYUS FIGHT. * SAME [Wikileaks = Wiki-Gate]SOUTH KOREA: LEE'S AIDE MENTIONED NORTH KOREA COLLAPSE + [post-DPRK Collapse, ROK-accepted/managed...] "INTERIM ENTITY". Can ROK act as GOVERNING "REGENT" or similar for a collapsed DPRK??? * SAME > UNCERTAINTY SHADOWS 2011. ARTIC = SOUTH KOREA anticipates more NORTH attacks = mil incidents in new year 2011 as complemented by North attempts to de facto influence andor control SEOUL GOVT. POLITICS = POLITICAL DECISIONS, PUBLIC POLICIES. SOURCE indics that NOKOR may make an attempt to induce the FAILURE OF ROK "GRAND NATIONAL PARTY"??? * SAME > [Korea Herald] SEOUL: JAPANESE FORCES [deployment] ON THE KOREAN PENINSULA "UNREALISTIC". ARTIC = Proposal by JAPAN PM NATO KAN "completely" unrealistic as opined by ROK Presidential Palace Official. Read, NUC CHINA + RUSSIA? WON'T STAND FOR NIPPON GROUND = CONVENTIONAL FORCES IN KOREA(S). * SAME > SOMEHOW WE SURVIVED A VERY EXPLOSIVE 2010. SNAFU/FUBAR > "2011" BY MOST ACCOUNTS IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN HIGHLY VOLATILE = DANGEROUS LIKE 2010, IFF NOT WORSE. DITTO REST OF DECADE [2011-2020/2025?]??? |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2011-01-02 23:39 |
| #5 "Nuclear holocaust" > likely REGIONAL, IFF NOT GLOBAL, not just between the two Koreas??? * WMF > INTERVIEW ITH PLAN RADM YANG YI: DAOYUS ISLANDS ISSUE IS [ultimately] A "GREAT GAME" BETWEEN CHINA + US, NOT BETWEEN CHINA + JAPAN, USDOD, USDOD SHIFTS ITS STRATEGIC CENTER-OF- GRAVITY FROM WESTERN EUROPE TO ITS GUAM BASE. and * FREEREPUBLIC/TOPIX > SPACE: A FRONTIER TOO FAR FOR US, CHINA COOPERATION??? versies * SAME > MYANMAR'S 500,000-STRONG ARMY BUYS NEW ARMS + PREPARES DEFENSIVE "PEOPLES WAR" DEFENSIVE SCHEMAS AGZ US ATTACK BASED ON COMMUNIST TACTICS USED DURING THE VIETNAM WAR. OTOH WMF > A NEW "HONG KONG" FOR NORTH KOREA?DPRK LEASES GRANVILLE + GOLDEN PING YALU RIVER ISLANDS TO CHINA FOR 100-YEARS IN EXCHANGE FOR 50-YEAR LEASE RIGHTS TO CHINESE BORDER CITY OF DANDONG. * WMF > PAKISTAN NATIONAL MEDIA: PAKISTAN SHOULD PLACE ITS POLITICAL, ECONOMIC RELATIONS WID THE US IN FRONT OF CHINA. * CHINA DAILY FORUM > STRATEGICALLY, CHINA MUST DEVELOP ITS WEST BECAUSE ITS EAST IS BLOCKED. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2011-01-02 23:09 |
| #4 "It was only a Joke! Can'tcha take a joke?" |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2011-01-02 11:55 |
| #3 It appears North Korea found out the South Koreans would not back down; http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Korea/LL22Dg01.html |
| Posted by: Dale 2011-01-02 11:35 |
| #2 Sounds like the old bob n weave. They may have gotten a lecture from the Chinese or an at a boy. If the weather is as bad as I'm hearing in that part of the world then food supplies must have gotten very bad. The grim future may impose pragmatism. I'm move'n on to the Asian Times for a look see. |
| Posted by: Dale 2011-01-02 10:52 |
| #1 "North Korea began 2011 with calls for improved relations with South Korea after a year of tensions marked by the first deadly attack on a civilian area since the war." "Baby, why you make me hit you?" Mike |
| Posted by: Mike Kozlowski 2011-01-02 09:36 |