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| UN says Korean War armistice still in force |
| 2013-03-11 |
| The top U.N. spokesman says the armistice ending the Korean War is still valid and still in force, despite North Korea's claim that it has been nullified. Martin Nesirky said Monday that the armistice agreement had been adopted by the U.N. General Assembly and neither North Korea nor South Korea could dissolve it unilaterally. North Korea's Foreign Ministry last week said it was cancelling the 60-year-old armistice after the U.N. Security Council adopted new sanctions to punish Pyongyang for its latest nuclear test. The country's main newspaper, Rodong Sinmun, reported Monday that the armistice was nullified. North Korea's mission to the U.N. did not respond to requests for comment. |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #7 Are their any other UN-member troops left in South Korea (except for good ol' us)? The last time I checked they had a multinational small company's worth of troops, mostly officers to 'coordinate' things with enough left over for a platoon's worth of ceremonial troops. Something we should have left in Europe after the Wall came down. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2013-03-11 20:31 |
| #6 ...If we only had the stones to do something like this: Next Armistice committee meeting at Panmunjom? Don't show up. When the Norks start screaming, look 'em dead in the eye and say,"Why should we be there? We were back in a state of war the minute you cancelled the armistice." The Norks would freak. Mike |
| Posted by: Mike Kozlowski 2013-03-11 20:12 |
| #5 So IIUC, iff the DPRK unilaterally attacks the USN CVN USS "GEORGE WASHINGTON" + BG, DPRK-Uberlord CHINA can't be held formally responsible - ISN'T THAT WHAT CHINA INTENDS ANYWAY??? China is still busy analyzing + setting up all of the Political-Legal, Media, etc. deniable precedents = PR for war where it won't be held responsible for anything ["hard-soft" diplomacy"]. E.g. it keeps publicly or overtly calling for compromise or diplomatic solutions while quietly building up + militarizing the areas of the disputed islands, + while simul also refusing to allow UN or other alternative/third-party international arbitrations on same. IOW, CHINA + PLA IS "POLITELY" GIVING THE US, UNO, + ASEAN "THE FINGER/BIRD". Mainland China is highly unlikely to agree to any inter-Korean unification unless Beijing's control + sovereignty over Taiwan is assured, + even then any de facto reunification is likely to be conditional in favor of China, i.e. Chinese national security. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2013-03-11 19:44 |
| #4 Are their any other UN-member troops left in South Korea (except for good ol' us)? |
| Posted by: Dopey Sinatra9196 2013-03-11 18:58 |
| #3 Any armistice is good only when & until the shooting starts again. |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2013-03-11 17:21 |
| #2 The lunacy of the current world situation is going to get me drinking earlier every day. Can the lUNatics really think that an armistice is in force if one side says it isn't? Insanity squared. |
| Posted by: Alanc 2013-03-11 14:38 |
| #1 So if North Korea launches missiles and sends tanks south that is not endingthe armistice according to this official since North Korean can't unilaterally end it. Wow, that's good to hear. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2013-03-11 14:36 |