North Korea has fired several artillery shells into South Korea

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Japanese Self-Defense Forces, left, and U.S. military personnel salute at the launching ceremony of a base defense exercise at the start of the annual joint military drills "Keen Sword" in Sasebo, southern Japan, Friday, Dec. 3, 2010. The U.S. and Japan began one of their biggest-ever military exercises on Friday with tens of thousands of troops, hundreds of aircraft and a U.S. supercarrier joining in drills that simulate an attack on Japanese territory.​

 

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In this undated photo released on Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2010, by Korean Central News Agency via Korea News Service, missiles are fired from a launchers during a military drill by soldiers of the Korean People's Army 851 Unit. (AP Photo/Korean Central News Agency via Korea News Service.)

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Dec 3, 2010
KOREA TENSIONS
North deploys more rocket launchers
SEOUL - NORTH Korea has deployed more multiple rocket-launchers capable of hitting Seoul amid high tensions over its deadly artillery attack on a South Korean border island, a report said on Friday.

'North Korea has recently increased the number of its multiple-launch rockets by 100 pieces to some 5,200,' Yonhap news agency quoted a military source as saying.

'They can mount a concentrated attack from their bases on Seoul and its neighbouring areas,' the source said, adding the rockets have an effective range of 60km. The defence ministry and Joint Chiefs of Staff declined comment on the report.

Seoul is some 40km from the border and its people have always lived under threat of attack from the North's rockets and long-range artillery.

The source did not say whether the newly-deployed rockets have been sited close to the heavily fortified border. Seoul and neighbouring satellite cities are home to nearly half the country's 50 million people.

The North's artillery and rocket attack on Yeonpyeong island on Nov 23 killed two civilians and two marines and wrecked almost 30 homes. It was the first attack on a civilian area since the 1950-53 war. -- AFP

 

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Chinese foreign ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu​

Dec 3, 2010
US-SOUTH KOREA-JAPAN TALKS
China issues warning

BEIJING - CHINA, after being snubbed in its call for six-way talks on North Korea, has warned the United States, Japan and South Korea not to 'intensify confrontation' at a meeting next week in Washington.
North Korea's nuclear-armed regime last week launched a deadly artillery attack on South Korea and boasted about a new uranium reprocessing plant, deepening international concern about its intentions.
China, under pressure to bring its ally to heel, proposed to hold multilateral talks in Beijing in early December. But that was rejected by the United States, South Korea and Japan, which will meet themselves in Washington on Monday.
'We'll keep a close watch on this meeting,' Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Jiang Yu said in a statement issued late Thursday.
'As the situation on the Korean peninsula is highly complicated and sensitive, we expect the meeting to ease tensions and promote dialogue, rather than heighten tensions and intensify confrontation,' Ms Jiang said.
'We expect the three countries to take into account regional peace and stability and Korean peninsula denuclearisation and give a positive consideration to China's proposal' for emergency six-way talks, she added. -- AFP

 

[no_faith]

china is keeping a 'time bomb'.
dey trying hard to calm everyone down esp nk.

 

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A ceremony is held at the U.S. naval base in Sasebo, southern Japan, to mark the beginning of Japan-U.S. defence exercises December 3, 2010.​

 

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South Korean Defence Minister Kim Kwan-jin answers a lawmaker's question during a hearing for him at the National Assembly in Seoul December 3, 2010. Kim was appointed as new defence minister on November 26, 2010, replacing Kim Tae-young who quit following criticism of a slow response to an artillery attack by North Korea.​

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S.Korea to use air power if attacked

SEOUL - SOUTH Korea will hit back with air strikes and 'punish the attacker thoroughly' should North Korea launch any further military assault, the defence minister-designate said on Friday.
'We would definitely use the air force to strike back,' Mr Kim Kwan Jin said, answering a question at his parliamentary confirmation hearing about what the South's response would be if attacked again.
The South's military counter-attacked with artillery fire after the North on Nov 23 shelled a border island, killing two civilians and two marines. It said at the time it did not use air power against the North's gun positions for fear of escalating the situation.
The response was widely seen as feeble and the previous defence minister resigned to take responsibility.
Mr Kim said the South would exercise its right to self-defence and 'punish the attacker thoroughly until the source of hostility is eliminated'.
But he dismissed the chance of full-scale war as slim, citing the military prowess of South Korean and allied US forces and the North's domestic problems. -- AFP

 

[cheowyonglee]

how can we solve the north problem?

it's unreasonable to demand something by bombing another country.
the north korea military regime is a time bomb in asia.

but, how come U.S, Japan, the South Korea plus the United Nations dare not topple the North regime???

Answer is very simple.The Communist China is backing the North!!!
Why must the Communist ruled China want to back the North???

Answer is more simple.The Communist China leaders want to rule Asia.She was afraid of U.S dominating Asia.She want a buffer zone.

Question is, if North Korea united under the South Korea, will the U.S invade China?The answer is NO!!! U.S will not want to rule China.Common Sense.

If the U.S really want to rule China, they can do so in the early stage by backing Chiang of R.OC Taiwan to fight back to Mainland.But did they???
Go goolge search why Chiang plan to drive out the Communist from China but Chiang plan was blocked by the U.S congress!!!

 

[Sideswipe]

Korea conflict today was the result of Yalta Tragedy 60 years ago. Soviet Union had ceased to exist for 20 years already but her evil creations PRC and NK still refuse to lie down in peace and co-operate with the rest of the world.

Yalta - As we have sewn so have we reaped [ Anthony Kubek ]

 

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south korea have a lot of hot air, but no appetite for war.
they just want the nk regime to collapse by itself, then they can march into north korea like saviour or hero.

north korea is desperate, their people are suffering starvation and unrest. They have nothing to lose.

 

[cheowyonglee]

Korea conflict today was the result of Yalta Tragedy 60 years ago. Soviet Union had ceased to exist for 20 years already but her evil creations PRC and NK still refuse to lie down in peace and co-operate with the rest of the world.

Yalta - As we have sewn so have we reaped [ Anthony Kubek ]

yup!!! the only way is to fully support the ROC as the rightful ruler of China.
Republic Of China was drive out by the Communist thinking Mao People's Republic Of China.
Now we need to drive out the Communist from China.

The current Communist China will only make the world hate Chinese by backing the North regime.

By toppling the Communist in China, the North can then be topple down.Then only a world peace can be seen!!! Anyone agree?

 

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South Korea's new defence minister Kim Kwan-jin (L) receives the defence ministry's flag at his inauguration ceremony in Seoul December 4, 2010.​

 

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South Korea's new defence minister Kim Kwan-jin (C) salutes at his inauguration ceremony in Seoul December 4, 2010. South Korea on Saturday repeated its warning it will hit back hard at North Korea in the event of another expected attack. Defence Minister Kim, who on Friday said the South would bomb the North if provoked again, was speaking 11 days after North Korea attacked the small southern island of Yeonpyeong, killing four people

South Korean military personnel salute to new defence minister Kim Kwan-jin (not pictured) during his inauguration ceremony in Seoul December 4, 2010.

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South Korean President Lee Myung-bak, center left, walks with newly appointed Defense Minister Kim Kwan-jin, center, right, after Lee gave an appointment letter to Kim at the presidential house in Seoul, Saturday, Dec. 4, 2010. Kim vowed Saturday to immediately retaliate against North Korea if the communist country attacks again, warning Pyongyang will plot a new kind of provocation.​

 

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Newly-appointed South Korean Defense Minister Kim Kwan-jin, left, inspects houses destroyed by North Korean shelling on the Yeonpyeong Island, South Korea, Saturday, Dec. 4, 2010​

 

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South Korean Marines check "Cheonma", self-propelled surface-to-air missile system, on Baengnyeong Island, South Korea, near the West Sea border with North Korea, Friday, Dec. 3, 2010.​

 

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Sonar Technician Senior Chief Keith Albro (2nd L) explains to an unidentified Japan Maritime Self Defense Force sailor (L) how the Combat Direction Center (CDC) operates at the USS George Washington in the Pacific Ocean December 3, 2010. U.S. and Japanese forces began military manoeuvres on Friday, heaping pressure on North Korea which U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said posed an "immediate threat" to the region and a long-term threat to the world.​

 

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South Korean Defence Minister Kim Kwan-jin (L) shakes hands with with soldiers during his visit to a military base near the demilitarised zone separating the two Koreas in Paju, north of Seoul, December 5, 2010. North Korea warned its tough-talking neighbor on Sunday against holding more firing drills near a disputed maritime border off the west coast of the peninsula, accusing the South of being "hell-bent to set off a war."​

 

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Bae Bok-soon, elder sister of Bae Bok-chul, 60, cries as she holds a coffin during the funeral for the two civilians who died when North Korea shelled Yeonpyeong Island on November 23, in Incheon, west of Seoul December 6, 2010.​

 

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South Korean marines ride on the back of a truck on Yeonpyeong Island, South Korea, Monday, Dec. 6, 2010. South Korea is conducting naval firing drills just a day after North Korea warned such exercises would aggravate already high tensions between the rivals.​