N./S. Korea Tension Escalates
BIG DEADLINE (scroll down)
Aug. 20 –
DPRK: “Foolhardy provocation deserves harsh punishment.”
http://kcna.kp/kcna.user.article.retrieveNewsViewInfoList.kcmsf#this
Aug. 20 –
Risk of escalation between North and South Korea will rise following shelling incident: IHS
http://atimes.com/2015/08/risk-of-escalation-between-north-and-south-korea-will-rise-following-shelling-incident-ihs/
Aug. 21 –
North Korea orders military to be ready for war, says report
http://atimes.com/2015/08/south-korea-fires-tens-of-artillery-rounds-into-north-korea/
Aug. 21 –
DPRK – “The joint military drills are little short of an open declaration of a war against the DPRK as they are an unprecedented military provocation in light of their scale, nature and program.”
” . . . . Owing to the action of the U.S. and the puppet military hooligans, the outbreak of a nuclear war has become a matter of time on the peninsula with the nation’s destiny exposed to constant threat.”
http://kcna.kp/kcna.user.article.retrieveNewsViewInfoList.kcmsf#this
Aug. 21 –
Kim Jong-un orders combat-ready forces to missile attack
“Pyongyang plans to carry out strikes on the positions of the South Korea.”
http://english.pravda.ru/news/world/21-08-2015/131698-korea-0/
Aug. 21 –
North Korea Puts Army on ‘Quasi State of War,’ Sets Loudspeaker Deadline
stop the broadcasts by 5 p.m. Saturday (4:30 a.m. ET) or face military action.
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/north-korea/north-korea-puts-army-quasi-state-war-sets-loudspeaker-deadline-n413636
Ulji Freedom Guardian joint military drills
• Aug. 17 – South Korea, US launch massive military exercise, amid North’s ire
http://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2015/08/17/425071/South-Korea-US-military-exercise-North-Korea-Ulchi-Freedom-Guardian
“Such large-scale joint military exercises… are little short of a declaration of a war,” read a Thursday statement by the North Korean Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of Korea
• Aug. 18 – South Korea, US Start Joint Military Ulchi Freedom Guardian Drill
http://sputniknews.com/world/20140818/192101208/South-Korea-US-Start-Joint-Military-Ulchi-Freedom-Guardian-Drill.html
“Some 50,000 South Korean soldiers and 30,000 American military will take part in the 12-day drill, according to the agency.
North Korea has slammed the drill as a rehearsal for invasion.”
• 2014 UFG drill –
US Army – “UFG is really an exercise designed to help at the four-star level,” said Maj. Gen. William M. Buckler, Jr., commanding general of the 412th Theater Engineer Command. “The Combined Forces Commander, Gen. James Thurman, and all of the four-star commands that the ROK Army has, including their Chairman of the Joints Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Jeong Seung-jo, UFG is designed to help them map and figure out how we interact and how we all will work together should it be necessary if we come in armed conflict with North Korea again.”
http://www.army.mil/article/118464/412th_TEC_shares_experience_from_UFG_Korea/
Aug. 21 (DEADLINE DAY) –
UPDATES are in the COMMENTS
#quasistateofwar
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LIVE UPDATES
FROM The Telegraph
US troops mobilise in South Korea as Kim Jong-un declares ‘quasi-state of war’: live
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/northkorea/11815637/North-Korean-troops-ordered-onto-war-footing-by-Kim-Jong-un-live.html
[countdown clock (in EST) is on the upper right sidebar]
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DPRK news site –
http://kcna.kp/kcna.user.article.retrieveNewsViewInfoList.kcmsf#this
DPRK FM on Situation That Reached Brink of War (2015.08.21) –
“The situation which has reached the brink of war is now hardly controllable.
We have exercised our self-restraint for decades.
Now no one’s talk about self-restraint is helpful to putting the situation under control.”
Briefing on Prevailing Situation in DPRK (2015.08.21)
” The reckless provocation by the enemies deserves severe punishment, he* said, and went on:
The army and people of the DPRK are closely watching the ceaselessly and recklessly confrontational hysteria of the provocateurs.
The U.S. imperialists and the south Korean puppet forces should behave themselves, squarely seeing the reality.”
*Army General Kim Yong Chol, vice-chief of the General Staff of the Korean People’s Army and director of its General Reconnaissance Bureau
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PHOTOS of Kim Jong Un issuing orders –
http://kcna.kp/kcna.user.special.getArticlePage.kcmsf
“At the emergency enlarged meeting of the Central Military Commission of the WPK, Kim Jong Un issued an order of the supreme commander of the Korean People’s Army that the frontline large combined units of the KPA should enter a wartime state to be fully battle ready to launch surprise operations and the area along the front be put in a semi-war state from 17:00 on Friday.
Commanders were appointed and dispatched to the relevant sectors of the front to command military actions in the areas to destroy means for psychological warfare unless the enemies stop the psychological broadcasting within 48 hours and put down their possible counter-actions.
The meeting discussed the measures to convert the party and power bodies, working people’s organizations, state security, people’s security and judicial and prosecution organs, factories, enterprises, cooperative farms and other units in the relevant areas into the semi-war system as the semi-war state has been declared in the area along the front.”
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BBC – North Korea orders troops on war footing after exchanging fire with South
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-34013475
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Pravda – Kim Jong-un orders combat-ready forces to missile attack
http://english.pravda.ru/news/world/21-08-2015/131698-korea-0/
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South Korea Blinks
South Korea will hold talks with North Korea
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2015/08/22/south-korea-north-korea/32186521/
“South Korea will hold talks with North Korea at the countries’ border on Saturday, according to media reports.
The report from the Associated Press comes just hours before a 5 p.m. local time (4:30 a.m. ET) deadline set by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. “
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North, South Korea officials meet at DMZ in bid to ease tension
[ has a good summary ]
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/08/22/us-northkorea-southkorea-idUSKCN0QR02D20150822
“South Korean Vice Defense Minister Baek Seung-joo said on Friday Seoul expected North Korea to fire at some of the 11 sites where it has set up loudspeakers.
The United States, which has 28,500 soldiers based in South Korea, said on Friday it had resumed its annual joint military exercises there after a temporary halt to coordinate with Seoul over the shelling from North Korea.”
So US and S.K. both blinked!
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US Army: The Soldiers from the 2nd Combat Aviation Brigade completed the exercise, ‘Furious Talon’, on August 21 at the Rodriguez Live Fire Complex in South Korea. The event saw all four rotary-winged aircraft belonging to the 2nd CAB in use along with ground forces from the 2-1 CAV.
http://www.army.mil/article/154260/Ending_on_a_good_note/
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South Korea, US Agree to Launch Retaliatory Attacks on North Korea
http://www.veteranstoday.com/2015/08/21/south-korea-us-agree-to-launch-retaliatory-attacks-on-north-korea/
“US Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Martin Dempsey and his South Korean counterpart Adm. Choi Yoon-hee have agreed to respond to any further provocations by North Korea with counterattacks, the Yonhap News Agency reports.”
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S. Koreans Demand Stop to Ulji Freedom Guardian (2015.08.22)
“Pyongyang, August 22 (KCNA) — Civic organizations in South Kyongsang Province, south Korea held a press conference outside the provincial office on August 17.
They demanded a stop to the Ulji Freedom Guardian joint military drills increasing the danger of a nuclear war.”
http://kcna.kp/kcna.user.article.retrieveNewsViewInfoList.kcmsf#this
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back to the table Sunday …..
North, South Korea officials adjourn meeting, resuming Sunday
http://atimes.com/2015/08/south-korea-fires-tens-of-artillery-rounds-into-north-korea/
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North and South Korea meet in bid to end military standoff
SEOUL—Senior officials from the two Koreas were locked in talks past midnight local time on Saturday at a border outpost, as they sought a route out of a military standoff.
North Korea had threatened to attack loudspeakers on the South Korean side that broadcast anti-Pyongyang regime propaganda over the border unless Seoul turned them off by 5 p.m. on Saturday. South Korea refused and warned of strong retaliation to any attack.
Both sides kept their militaries on alert as the talks continued.
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/north-and-south-korea-meet-in-bid-to-end-military-standoff-2015-08-22
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not related, but strange news –
USAF adopts cyber-security logo featuring a Chinese dragon (!)
http://www.af.mil/News/ArticleDisplay/tabid/223/Article/614272/af-adopts-new-dragon.aspx
“adopt” is their word, not ours….. FC
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North Korea conducting missile launch preparations – Yonhap News
Preparations likely intended to add to tensions, missiles could be launched for show
http://www.nknews.org/2015/08/north-korea-conducting-missile-launch-preparations-yonhap-news/
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North Korean Submarines Leave Ports as Talks With South Restart
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-08-23/koreas-resume-high-level-talks-as-kim-keeps-army-on-war-footing
“More than two thirds of North Korea’s submarines have left their ports as Kim Jong Un’s top military aide resumes talks with South Korea over tensions across their heavily fortified border.”
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North and South Korea start second day of talks
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-34032212
“No media organisations are present at the talks, which took place inside the Demilitarised Zone (DMZ) which divides the two Koreas.”
“…US and South Korean fighter jets have been flying in formation near the border.“
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Seoul Claims Pyongyang Doubles Artillery Near South Korea
http://www.sputniknews.com/military/20150823/1026082228.html
TOKYO (Sputnik) — South Korean military officials said that North Korean (DPRK) army had doubled artillery near the demilitarized zone and de facto border between the rival Koreas, the Yonhap news agency reported Sunday.
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S. Korea slams North over submarine, artillery deployments
http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/asia/665832/s-korea-slams-north-over-submarine-artillery-deployments
“[AFP] SEOUL – North Korea has mobilised dozens of submarines and doubled its artillery units along the border, South Korea said Sunday, accusing Pyongyang of undermining top-level talks aimed at averting a military confrontation.
A defense ministry spokesman said 70 percent of the North’s total submarine fleet — or around 50 vessels — had left their bases and disappeared from Seoul’s military radar.
The movement of such a large number of submarines was “unprecedented,” the spokesman said, adding that Seoul and Washington were beefing up their military surveillance in response.
“The number is nearly 10 times the normal level… we take the situation very seriously,” he said.
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The Daily Mail – Armageddon is postponed: Marathon talks between North and South Korea continue past deadline for all-out war
Both nations continue to ready forces, waiting for conclusion of the talks
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3207715/Armageddon-postponed-Marathon-talks-North-South-Korea-continue-past-deadline-war.html
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New York Times – With Force Deployments, North Korea Raises Stakes of Talks With South
Sky News – ‘A Million North Koreans Volunteer’ To Fight
Talks are continuing to de-escalate tensions as South Korea reports it is detecting unusual troop movements in the North.
http://news.sky.com/story/1540334/a-million-north-koreans-volunteer-to-fight
Hastings Trib. – The Latest on Koreas: S. Korea reports North army movements
“Even as North and South Korea resumed talks Sunday, South Korea’s military is reporting that it detected unusual troop and submarine movements in North Korea that indicated Pyongyang was strengthening its capacity for a possible strike.”
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Aug. 18 – Why Did the United States Remove Patriots from Turkey?
http://atlanticsentinel.com/2015/08/why-did-the-united-states-remove-patriots-from-turkey/
“The United States said this weekend they would withdraw Patriot air defense systems from Turkey, supposedly because the batteries are needed elsewhere to defend against threats from Iran and North Korea.
This official explanation, as reported by The New York Times on Monday, is difficult to believe, especially when a statement from the United States Embassy in Ankara said the missiles were sent back for “critical modernization upgrades.”
Which is it? Are the systems in need of an upgrade or are they needed elsewhere?”
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Playing with toys: North Korea’s odd looking air force drill
The Korean People’s Air Force drill criticized by South Korea, but could be useful for visualization
http://www.nknews.org/2015/04/playing-with-toys-north-koreas-odd-looking-air-force-drill/
“North Korean air force training videos sparked ridicule and disbelief in the South Korean media in late January when footage emerged of DPRK pilots holding toy planes, walking around a large map painted on the ground, in front of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.”
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Pyongyang deploys 20 amphibious landing vehicles
http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2015/08/116_185484.html
“…. In response to the North’s saber-rattling, Seoul and Washington are considering deploying the U.S. strategic military assets, including B-52 and B-2 bombers and a nuclear submarine as part of the joint efforts to deter provocations from the reclusive country.”
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Minju Joson Exposes True Colors of Park Geun Hye as Confrontational Maniac (2015.08.23)
http://kcna.kp/kcna.user.article.retrieveNewsViewInfoList.kcmsf#this
“The provocateur pushing the north-south relations to an uncontrollable catastrophe is the Park Geun Hye group busying itself with inventing a pretext for igniting a war against the DPRK together with the U.S.
By origin, Park is a rare confrontational maniac more heinous than traitor Lee Myung Bak who cooked up the Cheonan warship sinking case, the hideous conspiratorial charade, and took the “May 24 step” on that pretext, totally bedeviling the north-south relations.”
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North, South Korea in marathon talks in effort to ease tension
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/08/24/us-northkorea-southkorea-idUSKCN0QR02D20150824
Top negotiators from North and South Korea talked through a second consecutive night and into Monday morning in a marathon bid to defuse tensions that have brought the peninsula to the brink of armed conflict.
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No end to marathon Korean crisis talks
http://www.3news.co.nz/world/no-end-to-marathon-korean-crisis-talks-2015082412#axzz3jgx4k59c
“Following a 10-hour marathon on Saturday night, the talks passed the 15-hour mark in a second session in the border truce village of Panmunjom, where the 1950-53 Korean War ceasefire was signed.”
Bloomberg – Koreans Talk as Kim Ups the Ante
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2015-08-24/koreans-talk-as-kim-ups-the-ante
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As talks enter third day, N. Korea forward deploys landing crafts, special forces
Meanwhile, South Korea continues anti-North Korea propaganda broadcasts
http://www.nknews.org/2015/08/as-talks-enter-third-day-n-korea-forward-deploys-landing-crafts-special-forces/
“As marathon inter-Korean talks entered their third day, North Korea deployed amphibious landing crafts carrying special forces towards the frontline, military sources said on Monday.
Approximately ten “air cushioned landing crafts” left their base in Cholsan and sailed forward to a naval base some 60km north of the Northern Limit Line. . . . “
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North Korea Accused of ‘Unusual’ Military Activity Amid Talks With South
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/north-korea/north-korea-accused-unusual-military-activity-amid-talks-south-n414711
” On the third day of talks to resolve the issue, South Korean President Park Geun-hye [ AKA that rare confrontational maniac] told her staff during a meeting Monday there was “no room to back down” and demanded an apology for the injured soldiers, according to government officials.
North Korea denies both planting the mines and firing on the South’s propaganda speakers last week.
On Sunday, a South Korean defense official reported “unusual” military activity, saying North Korean submarines had left their bases, and the country had “doubled artillery power along the border.”
The North has also deployed around 20 hovercraft and “ratcheted up its combat readiness,” military sources in Seoul told the country’s Yonhap news agency Monday. ”
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On those mines, DPRK differs:
“People were stunned to see soldiers of the south Korean puppet army acting clumsily under a certain scenario. What contradicts most is that the video of the “mine explosion” was recorded even though those who are on the round the clock watch duty by depending on dense ultra-modern monitoring network claimed they failed to “observe” the planting of the “mine” because of a few trees.”
– S. Korean Puppet Forces’ Politically-Motivated Military Provocation Can Never Be Pardoned: KCNA Commentary (2015.08.22)
http://kcna.kp/kcna.user.article.retrieveNewsViewInfoList.kcmsf#this
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LA Times – South Korea* to continue propaganda broadcasts unless North apologizes
http://www.latimes.com/world/asia/la-fg-south-korea-propaganda-at-the-border-20150823-story.html
* AKA puppet military hooligans
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DPRK notices –
Frontline Areas Pervaded with Spirit of Annihilating Enemies (2015.08.24)
http://kcna.kp/kcna.user.article.retrieveNewsViewInfoList.kcmsf#this
“….The aged and schoolchildren have called on KPA soldiers to mow down the military provokers without mercy, expressing their resolve to fight in the same trench shoulder to shoulder with the servicepersons.
Meanwhile, the hatred against the enemies aroused all the workers and peasants of the province to a campaign for increased production.”
ALSO on the site –
Frontline Areas Pervaded with Spirit of Annihilating Enemies (2015.08.24)
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NORTH SAYS SOUTH SHELLED THEIR COAL MINE WORKERS
Pyongyang, August 24 (KCNA ) — The recent shelling on military posts of the DPRK by the south Korean puppet military gangsters vexed all its people, including the officials and employees of the Kangdong Area Coal-mining Complex.
Enraged at such reckless provocation, 2 140 coal miners of the Complex had volunteered to serve in the army until 17:00 of August 21 and the number of volunteers increased to more than 3 500 until 11:00 of next day.
Meanwhile, all its officials and employees turned out in a drive to radically raise the coal output under the slogan of “Display loyalty to the Party with increased coal production!”
In a day after the emergency enlarged meeting of the Workers’ Party of Korea held to cope with the prevailing grave situation, coal mines of the Complex carried out their daily quota at 150 percent in the spirit of wiping out the provokers.
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AND – they say (US probably) sending war supplies to South Korea in an airlift …
” The south Korean puppet defense agency was busy with a drill for urgently delivering war supplies from abroad by use of transport planes of the air force under the simulated conditions of war….”
KCNA (DPRK news) – U.S. and S. Korean War Maniacs Hell-bent on DPRK-targeted War Drills (2015.08.24)
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S. Korea to halt loudspeaker broadcasts after N. Korea expresses regret over mine blast
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/seoul-s-korea-to-halt-loudspeaker-broadcasts-after-n-korea-expresses-regret-over-mine-blast/2015/08/24/cfe27794-4a83-11e5-9f53-d1e3ddfd0cda_story.html
North and South Korea reach agreement to end current tensions
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/08/24/us-northkorea-southkorea-agreement-idUSKCN0QT1WV20150824
No details yet – “South Korea’s presidential Blue House said the talks ended at 12:55 a.m. (1555 GMT) and that the chief of the South Korean president’s national security office would make a statement when he returns…”
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[Breaking] North Korea regrets over land mine attack
http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2015/08/116_185505.html
North Korea expressed regret over two South Korean border guards injured by a land mine blast and promised to make efforts to prevent a similar incident from happening again, according to South Korea’s National Security Office Chief Kim Kwan-jin. The North also decided to withdraw its declaration of “quasi-state of war” against Seoul, he said.
In return, South Korea will turn off its frontline loudspeakers blaring anti-North messages from Tuesday noon on the condition that the North will not make any “abnormal” behavior.
The two Koreas also agreed to host the reunions of families separated by the 1950-53 Korean War in late September.
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The US Department of Defense has reviewed its strategy on defending South Korea following the military buildup in North Korea, media reported on Monday.
http://www.sputniknews.com/asia/20150824/1026141288.html
“The satellite images reveal North Korea has activated some air defense radars, deployed additional artillery near the demilitarized zone with South Korea, and deployed up to one-third of coastal fleet, media reported.
South Korean media reported on Monday evening that Seoul and Pyongyang reached an agreement to defuse tensions in the current border standoff.”
This’ll defuse it ….
The United States is preparing to deploy B-52 strategic bombers and a nuclear-powered submarine in South Korea amid strained tensions on the peninsula, media reported Monday.
http://www.sputniknews.com/world/20150824/1026111796.html
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North, South Korea defuse crisis after marathon talks
http://www.thesundaily.my/news/1530473
[ Singapore newspaper, it has a more truthful account than the American “press”]
“SEOUL: North and South Korea stepped back from the brink Tuesday, with an agreement that ended a dangerous military stand-off but left a host of perennial tension-raising irritants unresolved.
Under the terms outlined in a joint communique, the South undertook to switch off loudspeakers blasting propaganda messages across the border, after the North expressed “regret” at the maiming of two South Korean soldiers in mine blasts earlier this month…..”
“The talks had played out against a background of rising military tensions, with South Korean and US fighter jets flying simulated bombing sorties and North Korea reportedly deploying dozens of submarines and doubling artillery units at the border.
The final wording of the communique fell short of the complete apology South Korea had sought for the mine blasts, and there was no explicit acceptance of responsibility by Pyongyang, which has repeatedly denied any role in the incident.”
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FC – Note earlier observation by DPRK that with all of their guard towers and surveillance, S. Korea is unable to produce film footage of this so-called mine-planting by the north that hurt their soldiers.
Maybe they were hurt crossing the DMZ or blew up a device they were planting themselves. (opinion)
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Senior North Korean official to attend China WW2 parade next week
http://www.thesundaily.my/news/1530483
“BEIJING: A senior North Korean official will visit China next week to attend a military parade in Beijing marking 70 years since the end of World War II, a top Chinese diplomat said on Tuesday.
Choe Ryong Hae, secretary of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea, will attend the Sept 3 parade, Chinese deputy foreign minister Zhang Ming told a news briefing.
Other foreign leaders attending include Russian President Vladimir Putin (pix), Sudan President Omar Hassan al-Bashir and Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, Zhang said.”
[Note – Japan news is on the WW3 thread.
Japan’s PM and China-hater not attending will be a big thing.
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DPRK summary of the ending of talks –
KCNA (DPRK news) –
Songun Policy Ensures Peace in Korean Peninsula (2015.08.25)
“On the military might of the DPRK and its strong will, media of Western European countries stressed that the DPRK is the only military power who is ready to fight an overall war with the U.S.“
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Kim Jong Un dismisses top officials after standoff with South Korea eases
http://indianexpress.com/article/world/asia/kim-jong-un-dismisses-top-officials-after-standoff-with-south-korea-eases/
“. . . . South Korea switched off its loudspeakers Tuesday after North Korea expressed “regret” that the South Korean soldiers were injured by the mine explosion. It was considered as a carefully crafted, though vague, wording, with Pyongyang still denying it laid the mines while South Korea describing the term “regret” as an apology.”
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The After Report
North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un flexes military muscle insisting his nuke arsenal has prevented all-out war
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/north-korean-leader-kim-jong-6336285
“North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un says his nuclear weapons stash is responsible for stopping war with his neighbours.
The 32-year old had previously threatened “mercilessly wipe-out” every last person in the South Korean Government.”
US: “harumph! harumph!”
US, South Korea Hold Joint Military Drill
http://www.voanews.com/content/us-south-korea-hold-joint-military-drills/2935942.html
The U.S. and South Korea have held their largest-ever joint military drill.
The live-fire drill was held Friday near the border town of Pocheon.
Jets, guns and 3,000 troops: South Korea’s fiery military show is a message for the North < PHOTOS
http://mashable.com/2015/08/27/south-korea-military/
Weapons used are listed in this report – “ROK, US military show off combat readiness”
https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2015/08/116_185758.html
FC – Do they have readiness for thermonuclear war? Really?
KCNA (DPRK news) – North, South Should Improve Relations on Basis of Results of Urgent Contact: Kim Yang Gon (2015.08.27)
” It was very fortunate that the recent contact helped defuse the danger of the touch-and-go situation that may plunge not only the Korean peninsula but the whole of Northeast Asia into the whirlpool of an upheaval and offered an opportunity of a dramatic turn in achieving peace, stability, reconciliation and cooperation between the north and the south.
We are pleased over the fact that the north and the south sat face to face, sympathized with the danger of the situation and had an exhaustive discussion to reach an agreement on issues of common concern, thus opening up an epochal phase for turning misfortune into blessings in the north-south relations.”
” . . . Both sides should wipe out mistrust and confrontation and opt for mending the bilateral relations from a bold stand through dialogue and negotiations.”
” . . . Consistent is the stand of the DPRK to bring about a great change and surge in the north-south relations and open up a wide avenue to independent reunification this significant year of the 70th anniversary of Korea’s liberation.”
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Aug. 29 – Beijing denies sending tanks to North Korean border
http://www.wantchinatimes.com/news-subclass-cnt.aspx?cid=1101&MainCatID=11&id=20150829000138
“[spokesperson of China’s defense ministry, Yang Yujun] said, however, that PLA units stationed near the North Korean border carried out a routine training drill at that time.”
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North Korea tells South not to crow about deal that ended standoff
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/09/02/us-northkorea-southkorea-idUSKCN0R209T20150902
“Nothing is more shallow and cowardly than describing the joint statement agreed by North and South together as a victory for one side,”
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2 Koreas Start Talks to Prepare for Family Reunions
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/koreas-start-talks-prepare-family-reunions-33577002
” North and South Korea started talks at a border village Monday on resuming the reunions of families separated by the Korean War in the early 1950s, Seoul officials said.
The talks among the rivals’ Red Cross officials at Panmunjom were made possible after they struck a deal earlier this month that eased animosity that saw them threatening war. “
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North, South Korea agree to family reunion in October
http://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/north-south-korea-agree-to-family-reunion-in-october/article1-1388508.aspx
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North Koreans Arrested For Viewing Chinese Military Parade Broadcast
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/korea/parade-09112015141936.html
“Authorities in North Korea have arrested a number of people who were found to have removed jamming devices on their televisions in order to watch coverage of a massive military parade in China last week, according to sources inside the reclusive state.
Television sets produced in North Korea have included equipment to prevent access of foreign broadcasts since the early 1990s, but sources told RFA’s Korean Service that as word spread of the parade marking the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II, many residents of provinces along the country’s northern border with China had the jamming devices removed in order to view the Sept. 3 event live.”
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DPRK Nukes Up
North Korea Says It Is Bolstering Its Nuclear Arsenal
“SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea said on Tuesday that it was improving its nuclear arsenal in both “quality and quantity,” reaffirming that the country’s main nuclear complex, including its only disclosed uranium-enrichment plant, was in full operation.
North Korean scientists and engineers have made innovations “to guarantee the reliability of the nuclear deterrent in every way by steadily improving the levels of nuclear weapons with various missions in quality and quantity,” the state-run Korean Central News Agency quoted the director of the North’s Atomic Energy Institute as saying.”
North Korea Plans Rocket Launch That Could Lead to Missile
North Korea’s warning: Nuclear plants revamped, restarted to make bombs
http://www.ctvnews.ca/world/north-korea-s-warning-nuclear-plants-revamped-restarted-to-make-bombs-1.2563489
“…The statement, coming just a day after it said it is ready to conduct more rocket launches any time it sees fit, has heightened concerns the North may soon either conduct a launch — which Washington and its allies see as a pretext for testing missile technology — or hold another test of nuclear weapons that it could conceivably place on such a rocket.”
KCNA (DPRK news) – Director of Atomic Energy Institute of DPRK on Its Nuclear Activities (2015.09.15)
[entire press release]
“Pyongyang, September 15 (KCNA) — The director of the Atomic Energy Institute of the DPRK gave the following answer to question put by KCNA Tuesday as regards the public opinion being built up over the DPRK’s nuclear activities:
Of late, institutions specializing in nuclear activities and media of the Western world including the U.S. have become vociferous about nuclear activities in the DPRK, saying satellite data made them capture fresh activity in a nuclear establishment in Nyongbyon and they are concerned about it.
As known by the world, the DPRK’s access to the nuclear weapons is an outcome of the U.S. hostile policy towards it.
Explicitly speaking, the DPRK took the measure for self-defense in the face of the U.S. extreme hostile policy and nuclear threats towards it.
As was clarified by a spokesman for the then General Department of Atomic Energy of the DPRK in April 2013, all the nuclear facilities in Nyongbyon including the uranium enrichment plant and 5 MW graphite-moderated reactor were rearranged, changed or readjusted and they started normal operation, pursuant to the line of simultaneously pushing forward the economic construction and the building of a nuclear force advanced at the historic plenary meeting of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea.
In the meantime, the U.S. anachronistic hostile policy toward the DPRK that forced it to have access to the nuclear weapons has remained utterly unchanged and instead it has become all the more undisguised and vicious with the adoption of means openly seeking the downfall of the latter’s social system.
Scientists, technicians and workers in the field of atomic energy of the DPRK have made innovations day by day in their research and production to guarantee the reliability of the nuclear deterrent in every way by steadily improving the levels of nuclear weapons with various missions in quality and quantity as required by the prevailing situation.
If the U.S. and other hostile forces persistently seek their reckless hostile policy towards the DPRK and behave mischievously, the DPRK is fully ready to cope with them with nuclear weapons any time.”
North Korea says it has restarted all its nuclear bomb fuel plants
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/sep/15/north-korea-says-it-will-restart-all-its-nuclear-bomb-fuel-plants
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North Korea Would Pay Price for 4th Nuclear Test, Park Says
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-09-24/park-warns-north-korea-fourth-nuclear-test-will-come-at-a-price
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The Astonishing Revelations of Wayne Madsen on the Mystery Explosions in China and Japan
https://dublinsmick.wordpress.com/2015/10/08/the-astonishing-revelations-of-wayne-madsen-on-the-mystery-explosions-in-china-and-japan/#comment-27684
” . . . North Korea and the Chinese snub.
One very interesting thing that Madsen noticed that everyone else seems to have missed is that North Korea was severely snubbed in the Chinese celebrations of the 70th anniversary of the end of the Second World War.
Whilst the distant leader Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe was welcomed, the Chinese only invited the Foreign Minister of North Korea Kim Jong un the “Supreme Leader” and third generation of the Kim dynasty was not invited.
One of the really interesting things about Kim Jong un is that his Godfather is an extremely notorious Chinese Secret Police Chiefn named Zhou Yongkang who is part of the faction that is currently being purged by the Xi faction.
So an extremely complex picture seems to emerge of a multi-layered factional war inside China, Japan and the US with elements in Japan China and North Korea in a dark and covert alliance against the current ruling faction in China who appear themselves to be capable of high deception and ruthless violence.”
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Looks like Xi won’t go to DPRK’s anniversary parade – they sent
“senior Chinese Communist Party official” Liu Yunshan. Sounds like he is not at the tippy-top of the food chain…
“Liu is the fifth-ranked member on China’s ruling Communist Party’s elite Politburo Standing Committee.”
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NY Times – N. Korea Parade for Party Anniversary Delayed
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2015/10/09/world/asia/ap-as-nkorea-anniversary-the-latest.html
“The military parade that will kick off celebrations marking the 70th anniversary of the creation of North Korea’s ruling party has been delayed.
The parade was expected to be held Saturday morning, but was pushed back until the afternoon, apparently due to heavy rain Friday night. Even by late morning, as a light rain fell, officials had not distributed a final schedule — which is unusual even in North Korea….”
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Isolated North Korea says ready for war with U.S. as it marks anniversary
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/10/10/us-northkorea-anniversary-idUSKCN0S404520151010
“On Wednesday, a high-level U.S. military official said Washington believed North Korea had the capability to launch a nuclear weapon against the U.S. mainland and stood ready to defend against any such attacks.”
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U.S. soldier: meet your DPRK counterpart – – –
KCTV – Anti-Japanese sentiment of the Korean Young Pioneers
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DPRK PARADE LIVE STREAMING
More parade vids –
http://www.youtube.com/user/KoreanCentralTV1/videos
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This news report says Russia not attending (snub 2) …
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Kim Jong-un makes first direct reference to hydrogen bomb
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/northkorea/12044269/North-Korean-leader-Kim-Jong-un-makes-first-direct-reference-to-hydrogen-bomb.html
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N. Korea capable of making one nuke weapon with less than 6kg of plutonium?
http://atimes.com/2015/12/n-korea-capable-of-making-one-nuke-weapon-with-less-than-6kg-of-plutonium/
‘Has North Korea improved its ability to produce nuclear weapons?
That seems to be the case as multiple government sources said Friday the nuclear state has reached a level where it could produce one nuclear weapon with less than six kilograms of plutonium.”
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North Korea says it successfully conducts hydrogen bomb test
http://edition.cnn.com/2016/01/06/asia/north-korea-hydrogen-bomb-test/
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North Korea Orders South Out of Kaesong Border Factory, Seizes Assets
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/north-korea-orders-south-out-kaesong-border-factory-seizes-assets-n516371
N Korea restarts reactor to make plutonium bomb: US spy chief
http://atimes.com/2016/02/north-korea-restarts-plutonium-reactor-us-intel-chief/
Russia warns US over deployment of missile defense system to S. Korea
http://atimes.com/2016/02/russia-warns-us-over-thaad-deployment-to-s-korea/
Feb 8 – South Korean navy fires warning shots at North Korean patrol boat
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/feb/08/south-korean-navy-fires-warning-shots-at-north-korean-patrol-boat
USS North Carolina Submarine Will Stop By South Korea Next Week
http://en.jknus.com/articles/1959/20160211/uss-north-carolina-submarine.htm
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N.Korea leader tells military to be ready to use nuclear weapons
http://www.reuters.com/article/northkorea-nuclear-kim-idUSKCN0W52PN
Note – the DPRK official web page is being blocked today …
http://www.kcna.co.jp/index-e.htm — F.C.
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North Korea’s Kim says country has miniaturised nuclear warhead
http://www.reuters.com/article/northkorea-nuclear-kim-idUSKCN0WA2QK
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[ lots of news recently ]
China’s Foreign Ministry on Friday said it had expressed concern about a large-scale joint military exercise between South Korean and U.S. troops that began this week.
The exercise, called Foal Eagle, comes amid heightened tension following the latest test launch of a ballistic missile by North Korea on Feb. 12. Previous such exercises have prompted threats by Pyongyang to launch military action in retaliation….
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-southkorea-usa-drills-china-idUSKBN16A10X
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Korea crisis deepens as the US dispatches the Carl Vinson strike group to the region
http://www.navytimes.com/articles/korea-crisis-deepens-as-the-us-dispatches-the-carl-vinson-strike-group-to-the-region
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China Has Deployed 150,000 Troops To North Korea Border
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-04-10/stocks-slide-below-airstrikes-support-amid-russia-china-chatter
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[…] KOREA news updates are HERE […]
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North Korea state media warns of nuclear strike if provoked
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-northkorea-nuclear-idUSKBN17D0A4
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Zero Hedge – China Threatens To Bomb North Korea’s Nuclear Facilities If It Crosses Beijing’s “Bottom Line”
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-04-11/china-threatens-bomb-north-koreas-nuclear-facilities-if-it-crosses-beijings-bottom-l
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uh-oh dept. – –
US Navy armada is scheduled to arrive right when DPRK is doing a big celebration and they shoot missiles at celebrations for show.
Day of the Sun festivities and a giant international flower show are going on there.
You can see LIVE NEWS in English from China tv –
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Delegates to Celebrations of Kim Il Sung’s 105th Birth Anniversary Visit Kumsusan Palace of Sun
http://kcna.kp/kcna.user.article.retrieveNewsViewInfoList.kcmsf#this
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http://kcna.kp/kcna.user.article.retrieveNewsViewInfoList.kcmsf#this
S. Korean Bodies Launch Anti-War Peace Movement
Pyongyang, April 13 (KCNA) — South Korean organizations comprising people of different social standings launched a peace movement against war, according to the south Korean on-line paper Tongil News.
The South Side Committee for Implementing June 15 Joint Declaration, the Solidarity for Progress and other organizations of south Korea held a press conference in Seoul to declare the formation of the “Peace Action for Abolishing Deep-rooted Evils” on April 10.
Speakers said they would launch 10 000-signature campaign in Seoul and all-people peace movement ahead of the “presidential” election in May.
A press release was read out at the conference. The release stressed that they would, in solidarity with citizens, stage a peace action to turn the candlelight for ouster of Park Geun Hye into that for peace and reunification of the Korean peninsula.
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(same source)
S. Korean Body Demands Halt to THAAD Deployment
Pyongyang, April 13 (KCNA) — The People for Achieving Peace and Reunification in south Korea reportedly held a rally outside the U.S. embassy in Seoul on April 11 to condemn the U.S. moves for deploying THAAD in south Korea.
Speakers at the rally demanded a halt to THAAD deployment as it was an evil product of the Park Geun Hye regime.
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(3-27)
DPRK sent an official letter to the U.N.
“… over the fact that the situation on the Korean peninsula has reached the brink of war due to the largest-ever joint military drills being staged by the U.S. and the south Korean regime.”
MORE:
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March 20 letter from DPRK to UN Gen. Assembly Security Council protesting US and S.K. nuke drills, stockpiles and nuke war games aimed at them.
https://documents-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/N17/072/73/PDF/N1707273.pdf?OpenElement
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Pravda – North Korea: Nuclear war to start on the Day of the Sun –
” . . . The Americans may attack first, and then say that it was Pyongyang that attacked them first. They will use it as a reason to strike North Korea. They can do it easily, they have done that before – they started the war in Vietnam that way. They said that the Vietnamese attacked an American destroyer and a cruiser, but in fact it turned out that nothing like that happened, but the USA had already started military actions against Vietnam….”
http://www.pravdareport.com/world/asia/13-04-2017/137491-north_korea_day_of_the_sun-0/#sthash.UPiXW28p.dpuf
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NBC =
U.S. May Launch Strike If North Korea Reaches For Nuclear Trigger
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/u-s-may-launch-strike-if-north-korea-reaches-nuclear-n746366
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North Korea condemns U.S. for bringing ‘huge’ nuclear assets to region
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-northkorea-event-idUSKBN17E2CT
what could possibly go wrong? …….
Vice President Pence heads to Seoul as North Korea tensions flare
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-pence-asia-idUSKBN17G08X
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DPRK spokesman – “This has created a dangerous situation in which a thermo-nuclear war may break out any moment.”
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/04/13/us-may-launch-strike-north-korea-goes-nuclear-weapons-test/
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[…] Koreageddon […]
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[…] Koreageddon […]
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BBC – China fears North Korea-US conflict ‘at any moment’
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-39600426
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Hawaii panel asks state to prepare for North Korea attack
http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/story/35152446/hawaii-panel-asks-state-to-prepare-for-north-korea-attack
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Washington Post = China issues stern warning to U.S., North Korea over their growing tensions
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/north-korea-blames-trump-and-hisaggressive-tweets-for-tensions/2017/04/14/6932c9aa-20e1-11e7-bcd6-6d1286bc177d_story.html
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North Korean official warns of preemptive strike of its own
http://thehill.com/policy/international/328796-north-korean-official-warns-of-preemptive-strike-of-its-own
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Festival photos –
North Korea hits out at Donald Trump and vows ‘thermonuclear war’
http://www.news.com.au/world/asia/north-korea-hits-out-at-donald-trump-and-vows-thermonuclear-war/news-story/172b0628c3db49b7200c0da428366d57
more photos –
http://www.stuff.co.nz/world/asia/91600309/Why-is-April-15-such-a-big-deal-in-North-Korea
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CBS – U.S. considers military options against North Korea over nuclear program
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/us-considers-military-options-against-north-korea-over-nuclear-program/
Seattle the ‘ultimate target’ for North Korea nuclear bomb, expert says
http://q13fox.com/2017/04/14/seattle-the-ultimate-target-for-north-korea-nuclear-bomb-expert-says/
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What Would Happen if North Korea Fired Off a Nuclear Weapon?
http://nationalinterest.org/blog/the-buzz/what-would-happen-if-north-korea-fired-nuclear-weapon-20205
OPLAN 5015
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/ops/oplan-5015.htm
Allegation – “the plan contained preemptive “decapitation” of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.”
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Of interest – the weird cult that runs South Korea –
https://voat.co/v/pizzagate/1474742
MORE – http://archive.is/6x8yo
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Americans have forgotten what we did to North Korea
http://www.vox.com/2015/8/3/9089913/north-korea-us-war-crime
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Zero Hedge – North Korean Missile “Blows Up” During Launch
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-04-15/north-korea-attempted-ballistic-missile-launch-sunday-and-failed-yonhap
“… According to a US official quoted by CBS, the launched missile was not an intercontinental ballistic missile, which North Korea has claimed to possess but has never successfully tested. It’s unclear why the missile failed.”
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US Cyber Attack “Sabotaged Kim’s Missile Launch”, Former British Foreign Secretary Claims
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-04-16/us-cyber-attack-sabotaged-kims-missile-launch-former-british-foreign-secretary-claim
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cyber attack? space attack?
Tank leaves N. Korea’s military parade while in progress
http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/northkorea/2017/04/17/0401000000AEN20170417011800320.html
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Sputnik – This is Why US Threats Against North Korea is a ‘Signal to China’ as Well
https://sputniknews.com/politics/201704161052683664-us-china-north-korea/
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From DPRK – KPA General Staff spokesman warns US
https://kcnawatch.co/newstream/1492336966-548774141/kpa-general-staff-spokesman-warns-us/
“The DPRK’s toughest counteraction, it said, involves different plans including Korean-style preemptive strike accompanied by ground, marine, underwater and aerial manoeuvres, and the proper toughest counteraction of the Korean style will be taken immediately according to the kind and level of the US provocation.
The counteraction will be a merciless yet destructive punishment which admits no survival, it noted, adding the US military bases in south Korea, the Blue House, the Japanese mainland and the US military bases in the Pacific combat zone as well as the continental US are in the sighting range of the DPRK’s Strategic Rocket Force. It will be an unheard-of do-or-die fight which continues till the DPRK’s flag of victory is hoisted, it asserted. ”
and they call the Syria bombing by the US “a war crime definitely specified by the Nuremberg Military Tribunal. ”
https://kcnawatch.co/newstream/1492336897-186618758/us-missile-attack-on-syria-censured/
… which is true….
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oh, US Veep, Pence has arrived in South Korea.
That should calm everything down …
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/north-korea-tops-pences-agenda-during-four-nation-asia-trip/2017/04/16/0ec696c0-2282-11e7-836b-e91b113bf060_story.html
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Mr. Fix-It Goes to Seoul –
Pence warns North Korea of U.S. resolve shown in Syria, Afghan strikes
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-northkorea-usa-missile-idUSKBN17H0NL
. . . . again with the threats . . .
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nice job, Pence ….
North Korea ‘will test missiles weekly’, senior official tells BBC
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-39623882
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Space news coming up . . . .
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U.S. May Not Be Able to Shoot Down North Korean Missiles, Say Experts
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/u-s-may-not-be-able-shoot-down-north-korean-n748046
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Zero Hedge – Trump Considering “Kinetic Military Action” On North Korea Including “Sudden Strike”
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-04-17/trump-considering-kinetic-military-action-north-korea-including-sudden-strike
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China getting into the space war act?
Tianzhou-1 and carrier rocket transported to launch pad
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U.S. Navy Airman Austin Russem, assigned to the Electronic Attack Squadron 138, Whidbey Island, Wash., performs a preflight inspection on an EA-18 Growler during Max Thunder 16 at Kunsan Air Base, South Korea, April 18, 2016. Max Thunder is part of a continuous exercise program to enhance interoperability between U.S. and South Korean forces.
http://archive.is/Rj0Oj#selection-1937.0-1937.345
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April 3 – China has built a nuclear submarine mass production superfactory
http://www.nextbigfuture.com/2017/04/china-has-built-nuclear-submarine-mass.html
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SEOUL, South Korea — South Korean prosecutors on Monday indicted ex-President Park Geun-hye on bribery, extortion, abuse of power and other high-profile corruption charges that could potentially send her to jail for life.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/ex-s-korean-leader-park-indicted-and-now-faces-trial/2017/04/17/e9765f74-2342-11e7-928e-3624539060e8_story.html
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S. Korea’s nuclear power reactors not designed to deal with military attacks
http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/business/2017/04/16/0501000000AEN20170416002800320.html
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Zero Hedge – US Deploys Two More Aircraft Carriers Toward Korean Peninsula: Yonhap
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-04-17/us-deploys-two-more-aircraft-carriers-toward-korean-peninsula-yonhap
Nimitz Conducts COMPTUEX In Preparation For Deployment
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SEOUL, April 17 (Yonhap) — Around 1,000 U.S. airmen and fighter jets have teamed up with South Korea’s Air Force in a joint combat training to ensure their readiness against North Korea’s provocations, the Pacific Command (PACOM) announced Monday.
The two-week Max Thunder exercise, one of the largest military flying exercises held annually in South Korea, is scheduled to run though April 28 at Kunsan Air Base in the southwest of the peninsula.. . .
http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/national/2017/04/17/0301000000AEN20170417003200315.html
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[white house press secretary] Spicer: Military has contingency plan if North Korea attacks US
http://thehill.com/homenews/news/329155-spicer-military-has-contingency-plan-in-place-if-north-korea-attacks-us
Thermonuclear war possible ‘at any moment’, warns North Korea
http://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2017/apr/17/thermonuclear-war-possible-at-any-moment-warns-north-korea-video
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RUSSIA AND CHINA ARE ‘TAILING’ U.S. WARSHIP EN ROUTE TO NORTH KOREA REGION
http://www.newsweek.com/russia-china-north-korea-carl-vinson-585048
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There’s talk about the DPRK’s KMS-4 satellite and the nuke bomb testing and capabilities there.
Dr. Leuren Moret says, “Margaret Thatcher [gave] them two nukes and at the same time the US gave them 2 nukes. N.Korea was told to detonate them so they were able to do the two UK nukes, but the triggers did not work on the US nukes ordered to be dumped offshore from Somalia by Dick Cheney during the Iraq war.
The N. Koreans told them to blow up the nuke duds with conventional explosives so that the US could claim N.Korea had nukes.
AND …. later
“This article that just came out this morning on the statements by Russia that N. Korea missile technology is decades away from producing ICBMs (can enter orbital space and exit orbital space on a guided trajectory), completely confirms my earlier
comment this morning that N. Korea is not advanced enough to successfully produce an ICBM missile. N. Korea has successfully launched a ballistic missile that went straight up and punched a hole in lower orbital space and then came down – BUT IT DID NOT HAVE THE CAPABILITY TO ENTER ORBITAL SPACE CONTROLLED/GUIDED TRAJECTORY SO AS TO LAUNCH A SATELLITE BEFORE EXITING ORBITAL SPACE ON A TRAJECTORY. So their claims are not verified by their reported actions.
This is just more bellicose N. Korean street theater.”
Russian Experts Impressed by N Korean Missiles, but Say ICBMs Still Decades Away
https://sputniknews.com/military/201704181052747213-russian-analysis-nk-missiles/
The N.Koreans were able to just barely launch one primitive rocket of the type needed [ to do what’s being surmised ]. “
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KMS-4 satellite
http://www.n2yo.com/satellite/?s=41332
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The Guardian – US military considers shooting down North Korea missile tests
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/apr/18/us-military-shoot-down-north-korea-missile-tests
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some surprise sanity –
Despite talk of a military strike, Trump’s ‘armada’ actually sailed away from Korea
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/despite-talk-of-a-military-strike-trumps-armada-was-a-long-way-from-korea/2017/04/18/e8ef4237-e26a-4cfc-b5e9-526c3a17bd41_story.html
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Series of flubs led to tale of U.S. ‘armada’ racing to North Korea
http://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/series-of-flubs-led-to-tale-of-us-armada-racing-to-north-korea/
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How Did the Trump Administration Lose an Aircraft Carrier?
The White House said the USS Carl Vinson was headed for North Korea as it sailed the opposite direction—the latest example of a communications failure inside the executive branch.
https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2017/04/how-did-the-trump-administration-lose-an-aircraft-carrier/523458/
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Real Admiral Jim Kilby – “Our deployment has been extended 30 days to provide a persistent presence in the Waters off the Korean Peninsula.”
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US Fighter Pilot Approaching USS Carl Vinson Ejects from Jet
https://sputniknews.com/news/201704221052876174-carl-vinson-fighter-pilot-ejects/
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Nothing to see here: US carrier still thousands of miles from Korea
http://www.defensenews.com/articles/us-carrier-still-thousands-of-miles-from-korea
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Sputnik – Revealed: North Korea Could Have Far More Nuclear Warheads Than Estimated
Recent estimates indicate that North Korea has expanded its nuclear arsenal to 30 warheads, and may control enough weapons-grade fissile material to double that number in about three years.
https://sputniknews.com/military/201704191052792718-dprk-could-have-thirty-warheads/
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North Korea: China on ‘high alert’ as tensions escalate between Pyongyang and White House
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/north-korea-us-war-tensions-china-high-alert-latest-a7694166.html
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BBC – White House calls Senate to briefing [on N. Korea]
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-39694640
USA Today – North Korea could mark military birthday with nuke, missile test – has video
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2017/04/24/north-korea-could-mark-military-birthday-nuke-missile-test/100840950/
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US Nuclear-Powered Sub to Join USS Carl Vinson Near Korean Peninsula
https://sputniknews.com/military/201704241052954229-us-submarines-joins-carl-vinson/
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Nuke Pro’s Guide: Shelter In Place (For Radiation Emergency)
https://app.box.com/s/inbzgbdm67ygseo2wxvybq9yu058wn0d
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how to make a fallout shelter booklet –
Click to access InTimeOfEmergency_1968.pdf
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Not to be left out, UK Defense Minister Michael Fallon says they may use first strike attack on Russia if they think they are threatened –
Russia issued a response –
UK risks being ‘wiped off the map with nuclear counterstrike’ – Russian senator
https://www.rt.com/news/386093-uk-nuclear-strike-russia/
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Dr. Leuren Moret says Russia would win hands down if US & Russia went at it in a nuke war ….
https://voat.co/v/WhatIf/1817818
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Russia says Brit tabloids are making hay out of normal navy maneuvers –
https://sputniknews.com/politics/201704261053031333-uk-tabloid-media-reaction-warship-deployment/
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AFP – North Korea marks military anniversary with artillery, not missiles
http://www.atimes.com/article/north-korea-marks-military-anniversary-artillery-not-missiles/
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US nuke-powered submarine arrives in S. Korea
http://www.china.org.cn/world/2017-04/25/content_40690771.htm
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Zero Hedge – US Military Begins Moving THAAD Anti-Missile System Into South Korea Deployment Site
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-04-25/us-military-begins-moving-thaad-anti-missile-system-south-korea-deployment-site
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Rumors Fly Across the Internet About April 26, US Senate / N. Korea, War Declaration
htts://flyingcuttlefish.wordpress.com/2017/04/26/rumors/
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DPRK and Rothschilds
Only 3 countries left w/o ROTHSCHILD Central Bank!
http://fourwinds10.com/siterun_data/government/banking_and_taxation_irs_and_insurance/social_security/news.php?q=1320062234
(2014) – Rothschild’s Hidden Government Template ~ North Korea
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Washington Post – U.S. starts ‘swiftly’ installing controversial antimissile battery in South Korea
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/us-military-starts-installing-controversial-anti-missile-battery-in-south-korea/2017/04/25/3efe2fba-2a2a-11e7-86b7-5d31b5fdc114_story.html
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Sputnik – US Missile Defense Allows Covert Nuclear Strike Against Russia
https://sputniknews.com/military/201704261053029094-us-missile-defense-nuclear-strike-russia/
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C-Span [VIDEO]
Admiral Harry Harris Examines Global Implications of Norht Korea’s Nuclear Program
https://www.c-span.org/video/?c4667270/admiral-harry-harris-examines-global-implications-norht-koreas-nuclear-program
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Zero Hedge – China To Test New Weapons, Stage Live Fire Drills In Retaliation To US THAAD Deployment
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-04-27/china-test-new-weapons-retaliation-us-thaad-deployment
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oh – here’s Japan to calm things down too –
Japan Politicians’ Group Visit to Yasukuni Shrine Condemned
KCNA –
https://kcnawatch.co/newstream/1493219127-278145540/japan-politicians-group-visit-to-yasukuni-shrine-condemned/
” Recently, Takaichi, minister of Internal Affairs, and other right-wing politicians of Japan, including those of the Liberal Democratic Party, the Democratic Progressive Party and the Japan Restoration Party belonging to the “Dietmen’s League for Visiting the Yasukuni Shrine” paid a group visit to the Yasukuni Shrine again, even though they were well aware that it would touch off strong rebuff from the Asian countries.”
original link – http://kcna.kp/kcna.user.article.retrieveNewsViewInfoList.kcmsf#this
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China wouldn’t respond to a US strike on N Korea. How did we get here?
http://www.atimes.com/article/china-wouldnt-respond-us-strike-north-korea-get/
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After unusual secret meeting with US Senate Trump says
U.S. says strategy on North Korea centers on sanctions, open to talks
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-northkorea-usa-harris-idUSKBN17S21G
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Calm down / get nervous see-saw continues:
Sputnik headlines –
The Powder Keg Peninsula: Chinese Troops on Korean Border Prepare for Combat
https://sputniknews.com/military/201704261053042048-chinese-troops-prepare-combat-korea/
War Drums: USS Vinson Supercarrier Now Within ‘Strike Range’ of North Korea
https://sputniknews.com/military/201704261053040007-war-drums-vinson-strike-range/
Kim’s [N.] Korean Army Holds ‘Largest-Ever’ Live Fire Military Drills (PHOTOS)
https://sputniknews.com/asia/201704261053038922-kim-troops-review-anniversary/
Japan Self-Defense Forces to Carry Out Drills With US Naval Group on Wednesday
https://sputniknews.com/asia/201704261053003503-japan-drills-us-naval-group/
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on the Chinese aircraft carrier flub story –
https://sputniknews.com/military/201704251052995869-photoshop-fail-china-russia-us/
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F.E. Warren tests Minuteman III missile with launch from Vandenberg
http://www.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/1163173/fe-warren-tests-minuteman-iii-missile-with-launch-from-vandenberg/
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Carrier Will Not Be Sunk By North Korean Missiles, Four-Star Says
http://www.military.com/daily-news/2017/04/26/carrier-will-not-be-sunk-by-north-korean-missiles-four-star-says.html
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Zero Hedge – North Korea Ballistic Missile Test-Fire Fails; Trump Briefed
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-04-28/north-korea-test-fires-another-ballistic-missile
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Washington Post – U.S. wants more U.N. sanctions over North Korea’s nuclear arms, warns time is short
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/in-an-apparent-shift-tillerson-says-us-willing-to-hold-direct-talks-with-n-korea/2017/04/27/a2093a0e-2bac-11e7-b605-33413c691853_story.html
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One of Tokyo’s major subways systems says it shut down all lines for 10 minutes early Saturday after receiving warning of a North Korean missile launch.
http://www.sacbee.com/latest-news/article147479364.html
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12 hour later US headlines backtrack on the test-fail theme –
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-northkorea-missiles-idUSKBN17U2XB
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DONALD Trump has threatened North Korea he “will not be happy” if it carries out more provocative missile tests.
http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/610206/Donald-Trump-threat-North-Korea-US-nuclear-war-world-war-three
– story has his tweets – less threatening than the headline suggests ….
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North Korea’s botched missile ‘was headed towards RUSSIA’ plunging Moscow into HIGH ALERT
KIM JONG-UN’S failed rocket launch was aborted after it was blasted towards Russia by accident, according to astonishing claims.
http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/610352/North-Korea-Russia-Kim-Jong-un-Vladimir-Putin-failed-missile-WW3-World-War-3-Moscow-Trump
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Defiant North Korea hints at nuclear test to bolster weapons program ‘to the maximum’
http://globalnews.ca/news/3416276/north-korea-new-nuclear-test-possible/
North Korea warns of nuclear test ‘at any time’
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/58458047.cms
“In an interview that aired Sunday on CBS television network’s “Face the Nation” programme, Trump said that if North Korea carries out another nuclear test “I would not be happy”.
Asked if “not happy” signified “military action”, Trump answered: “I don’t know. I mean, we’ll see.” “
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Zero Hedge – US Deploys High Altitude Drone To Spy On North Korea
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-05-02/us-deploys-high-altitude-drone-spy-north-korean-nuclear-facilities
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Pyongyang slams Israel as ‘disturber of peace armed with illegal nukes under US patronage’
https://johneagleland2.wordpress.com/2017/04/30/pyongyang-slams-israel-as-disturber-of-peace-armed-with-illegal-nukes-under-us-patronage/
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BBC – US anti-missile system operational in South Korea
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-39775854
DPRK urges Japan to seek peaceful solution to Korean Peninsula crisis
http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1045018.shtml
The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Tuesday urged Japan to seek a peaceful solution to the crisis on the Korean Peninsula.
Pyongyang also accused Japan of trying to use the ongoing crisis to modify its constitution and legalize dispatch of its troops overseas while instilling life into its recession-stricken economy.
The official Rodong Sinmun newspaper said in an article that the Japanese government has spread the story about the crisis on the Korean Peninsula after the United States staged a preemptive attack on Syria, “as if it had being waiting for it to happen.” . . .
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Zero Hedge – In Latest Warning To North Korea, US Releases Video Of Overnight Minuteman III ICBM Launch
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-05-03/latest-warning-north-korea-us-releases-video-overnight-minuteman-iii-icbm-launch
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Zero Hedge – China Reportedly Issues Final Warning To North Korea
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-05-03/china-reportedly-issues-final-warning-north-korea
DPRK responds (via KCNA)
” The People’s Daily and the Global Times, widely known as media speaking for the official stand of the Chinese party and government, have recently carried commentaries asserting that the DPRK’s access to nukes poses a threat to the national interests of China. They shifted the blame for the deteriorated relations between the DPRK and China onto the DPRK and raised lame excuses for the base acts of dancing to the tune of the U.S.”
http://kcna.kp/kcna.user.article.retrieveNewsViewInfoList.kcmsf
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Cuban Missile Crisis in Slow Motion? Interview with Michel Chossudovsky. Global Research News Hour Episode 180
http://beforeitsnews.com/war-and-conflict/2017/05/n-korea-and-the-looming-nuclear-danger-2466528.html
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North Korea and the Looming Nuclear Danger
Interview with Michel Chossudovsky
http://www.globalresearch.ca/north-korea-and-the-looming-nuclear-danger/5588985
America’s Top Scientists Confirm: U.S. Goal Now Is to Conquer Russia. “Disarming Enemies with a Surprise Nuclear First Strike”
http://www.globalresearch.ca/americas-top-scientists-confirm-u-s-goal-now-is-to-conquer-russia-disarming-enemies-with-a-surprise-nuclear-first-strike/5588524
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US WAR FLEET NOW WITHIN ‘STRIKE RANGE’ OF NORTH KOREA
http://blazingpress.com/us-war-fleet-now-within-strike-range-north-korea/
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China Warns Washington Its Latest Missile Can Sink A US Aircraft Carrier
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-05-10/china-warns-washington-its-latest-missile-can-sink-us-aircraft-carrier
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KCNA –
“Key Resolve and Foal Eagle showed that the U.S. imperialists and the south Korean puppet military maniacs are resorting to gambling as their last-ditch efforts after being plunged into a real fix due to the complete flop of its hostile policy toward the DPRK and moves of confrontation with the compatriots in the north.”
https://kcnawatch.co/newstream/274561/rodong-sinmun-terms-key-resolve-foal-eagle-test-nuclear-war/
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Sputnik – Cuban Missile Crisis 2.0? There’s Still a Chance to Prevent Asian Nuclear War
https://sputniknews.com/politics/201705111053516174-cuban-missile-crisis-north-korea/
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North Korea has fired what appears to be a ballistic missile from its west coast, the South Korean military reported early Sunday.
https://sputniknews.com/asia/201705141053593553-north-korea-launches-missile/
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North Korean TV released footage showing test of new Hwasong-12 missile [report has the VIDEO ]
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4505862/Kim-Jong-tests-new-type-nuclear-capable-missile.html
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North Korea missile detected by THAAD, program progressing faster than expected: South
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-northkorea-missiles-usa-idUSKCN18B1V4
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Pyongyang Developing Missiles Faster Than Seoul Expected
https://sputniknews.com/military/201705161053679181-dprk-missile-progress-exceeds-expectations/
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US Deploys Second Aircraft Carrier Toward Korean Peninsula
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-05-18/us-deploys-second-aircraft-carrier-toward-korean-peninsula
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Is N. Korea war drumming just to distract from US aggression in Syria?
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-05-18/us-coalition-jets-strike-assad-convoy-southern-syria#comment-9555718
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Navy Times – War with North Korea: An inside look at how U.S. troops would respond worldwide
http://www.militarytimes.com/articles/war-with-north-korea-an-inside-look-at-how-us-troops-would-respond-worldwide
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Chinese Jets Intercept U.S. Plane in ‘Unsafe’ Incident
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/chinese-jets-intercept-u-s-plane-unsafe-incident-n765186
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US Deploys Third Aircraft Carrier Toward North Korea
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-05-27/us-deploys-third-aircraft-carrier-toward-north-korea
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UPDATED:
Stream of pertinent headlines here –
https://voat.co/v/PivottoAsia/new
Some useful MAPS
China’s ports and environs –
China’s sealanes for exports –
Map showing the man-made islands China is arming (from the Washington Post) –
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Reminder –
things are happening so fast we have moved the headlines to this page –
https://voat.co/v/PivottoAsia/new
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^^^^ as per above, voat went under. So we are back here.
Great Pizzagate Resource, voat.co is kaput
N. Koreans spell ‘to defend with one’s life’ in event seen from space
https://nypost.com/2020/12/31/north-koreans-spell-out-message-in-display-seen-from-space/
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[meanwhile the US is provoking China with Taiwan actions]
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North Korea Fires Ballistic Missile Into Sea of Japan – Reports
https://sputniknews.com/20220925/north-korea-fires-ballistic-missile-into-sea-of-japan—reports-1101192471.html
N.Korea launches short-range ballistic missile
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20220925_15/
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(another event)
America and South Korea fire back: Fighter jets carry out joint precision-strike bombing drills just hours after North Korea fired a ballistic missile over Japan – the first since 2017
North Korea fired an unidentified ballistic missile over Japan early Tuesday
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11278453/US-South-Korean-jets-run-bombing-drills-North-Korea-fired-ballistic-missile-Japan.html
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South Korea and the US accidentally launch a missile over Seoul during precision bombing drills, causing panic among residents.
https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/s-korea:-failed-missile-fired-over-seoul-is-a-training-accid
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North Korea launches missile toward sea after U.S.-South Korea drills
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/north-korea-missile-launch-us-south-korea-drills/
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followed by another test – FC
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South Korea initiates large-scale naval drills in Yellow Sea
https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/south-korea-initiates-large-scale-naval-drills-in-yellow-sea
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Kim Jong-un’s North Korea taunts the US as it warns of ‘more powerful follow-up measures’ to Washington’s joint drills with South Korea
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11375677/North-Korea-warns-US-powerful-response-allied-drills.html
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North Korea Launches 17 Missiles, Fires 100 Rounds of Artillery Shots, Seoul Says
https://sputniknews.com/20221102/north-korea-launches-17-missiles-fires-100-rounds-of-artillery-shots-seoul-says-1102940262.html
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[…] Earlier stories on the tit-for-tat military drills is on the Koreageddon post. […]
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South Korea Scrambles Jets To Warn Off Inbound Chinese-Russian Joint Bomber Patrol
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/south-korea-scrambles-jets-warn-inbound-chinese-russian-joint-bomber-patrol
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North Korea Tests Two Ballistic Missiles on Sunday
https://sputniknews.com/20221218/north-korea-may-have-fired-a-second-missile-on-sunday-1105557193.html
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S.Korea Fires Shots, Scrambles Jets After North Sends Drones Near Seoul
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/skorea-fires-shots-scrambles-jets-after-north-sends-drones-near-seoul
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Op-Ed :
The Korean Peninsula on the brink of bursting
There is no guarantee that if the dangerous military provocations of the US and South Korea are continuously overlooked, as they are now, a fierce physical conflict will not occur in the Korean Peninsula, where huge forces of both sides stand in confrontation against each other.
https://english.almayadeen.net/articles/opinion/the-korean-peninsula-on-the-brink-of-bursting
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Photos: North Korea Tests Underwater Drone That Spawns ‘Super-Scale Radioactive Tsunami’
https://sputniknews.com/20230324/photos-north-korea-tests-underwater-drone-that-spawns-super-scale-radioactive-tsunami-1108740110.html
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