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| No unusual military activity reported in N. Korea |
| 2011-02-12 |
| SEOUL, Feb. 11 -- South Korea's military has not spotted any unusual activity from North Korea's armed forces following the North's walkout on inter-Korean military talks this week, but is closely monitoring the situation, officials said Friday. The first inter-Korean contact since the North's bombardment of a South Korean island last November collapsed on Wednesday as the two sides failed to agree on the agenda and other procedural issues for a higher-level meeting to reduce tensions on the Korean Peninsula. North Korea has reacted angrily to the collapse of working-level military talks, saying it feels "no need" for further talks with "scoundrels" in South Korea. Such angry responses raised speculation in the South that Pyongyang might provoke Seoul again. "Currently, we have not detected any meaningful movements from North Korean military," said an official at the South's Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS). "The North Korean military has carried out winter exercises as usual. "But we are doing everything possible to ensure our combat readiness to deal with any contingency," the JCS official said. This week's inter-Korean military meeting at the border village of Panmunjom ended in hostility as the North's delegates abruptly stormed out of the meeting room, angered by the South's demand for an explicit apology in connection with the two military provocations last year, Seoul's officials said. |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #6 I think NORK is more desperate than we know, China(Their benefactor) is having a Harvest failure, SO who gets fed? Not NORK. The peoples of Chin get fed and the poor beggars starve. All that's needed now is to wait. I give them 5 years unless they do something stupid, like invade SKOR then they're going to die a whole lot sooner. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2011-02-12 12:38 |
| #5 ...or their villas? |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2011-02-12 12:05 |
| #4 take out something that hurts. A grain silo, Mike? |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2011-02-12 11:26 |
| #3 The Norks don't want military confrontation; they can't afford it. Change their political calculation. Next time they launch a military provocation, hit back and take out something that hurts. |
| Posted by: Mike Ramsey 2011-02-12 10:23 |
| #2 Im sure you have very interesting things to say Joe. But, I can never tell due to your awkward posts. |
| Posted by: Dude 2011-02-12 01:01 |
| #1 ION TOPIX > JAPAN MILITARY TO MONITOR RUSSIAN ACTIVITY IN DISPUTED ISLANDS. as complemented by ... * SAME/PEOPLES DAILY FORUM > [Japan FM] MAEHARA: RUSSIA OCCUPATION OF DISPUTED ISLANDS IS ILLEGAL, widout standing in International Law. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2011-02-12 00:08 |