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catman
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 Posted: Wed Feb 09, 2011 9:11 pm Post subject: North cancels military talks with South |
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SEOUL, South Korea - North Korea said Thursday that it would not hold further military talks with South Korea, accusing Seoul of lacking serious intent to improve relations.
The announcement by the North's military, made in a statement carried by state media, came one day after its first military talks with South Korea in months ended with no agreement.
The discussions were aimed at laying the groundwork for higher-level defence talks and were the first official dialogue between the Koreas since a North Korean artillery barrage killed four people on a front-line South Korean island in November.
The bombardment increased fears of war, coming just eight months after the sinking of a South Korean warship blamed on Pyongyang killed 46 sailors. The North flatly denies its involvement in the sinking, and says its artillery launch was prompted after South Korea fired shells into its waters during military drills.
On Thursday, the North's military accused the South of sticking to its "unreasonable" insistence that the high-level talks cannot be held unless the North takes "sincere, responsible measures" over the attacks. North Korea also accused the South of abruptly walking out of the meeting, after the North didn't accept its demand.
"Our military and people don't feel the need to meet the traitors' group as long as they don't want improved North-South Korean ties and deny dialogue," said North Korea's statement, carried by the official Korean Central News Agency.
A day earlier, South Korea accused the North of rupturing the talks, saying the North Korean delegates unilaterally walked out shortly after the Wednesday afternoon session began.
South Korea's Defence Ministry said the two countries differed over what to discuss in the next round of higher-level defence talks. South Korea demanded the high-level talks focus on the two attacks, while the North insisted other broader military issues also be included, a South Korean Defence Ministry statement said.
The two Koreas officially remain at war because their 1950-53 Korean War ended with an armistice, not a peace treaty. |
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AsiaESLbound
Joined: 07 Jan 2010
Location: Truck Stop Missouri
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| Posted: Thu Feb 10, 2011 5:01 pm Post subject: |
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| And the war games are coming due to start up again in this new year. |
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catman
Joined: 18 Jul 2004
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By HYUNG-JIN KIM, Associated Press Hyung-jin Kim, Associated Press � 2 hrs 30 mins ago
SEOUL, South Korea � North Korea threatened Sunday to enlarge its nuclear arsenal and mercilessly attack South Korea and the United States, as the allies prepared to start annual joint military drills which the North says are a rehearsal for an invasion.
North Korea routinely issues similar threats against South Korea and the U.S. over any joint military drills. The latest warning, however, could rekindle tensions on the Korean peninsula which sharply rose last year after two deadly incidents blamed on the North.
North Korea fired artillery at a front-line South Korean island in November, killing four people. The barrage came eight months after the sinking of a South Korean warship which killed 46 sailors. North Korea has denied firing a torpedo at the ship.
North Korea called the planned South Korea-U.S. drills a "dangerous military scheme."
"The army and people of (North Korea) will return bolstered nuclear deterrent of our own style for the continued nuclear threat by the aggressors," North Korea's military said in a statement carried by the official Korean Central News Agency.
It accused South Korea and the U.S. of plotting to topple the North's communist government. It said if provoked, North Korea would start a "full-scale" war, take "merciless counteraction" and turn Seoul into a "sea of flames."
North Korea also warned it will take "our own missile striking action" against what it called moves by the U.S. and South Korea to eliminate the North's missiles. The statement didn't elaborate.
Earlier Sunday, the North's military warned that it would destroy South Korean border towns if Seoul continues to allow activists to launch propaganda leaflets toward the communist country.
In a separate statement carried by KCNA, it accused South Korean activists and lawmakers of flying balloons carrying hundreds of thousands of leaflets and DVDs critical of North Korea's government on the North's most important national holiday, an apparent reference to leader Kim Jong Il's 69th birthday, which was Feb. 16.
It was unclear whether activists have launched more balloons since then.
A South Korean Defense Ministry official said his ministry was aware of the North's warning and was keeping a close watch on its military movements. The official spoke on condition of anonymity, citing ministry rules.
Defense Minister Kim Kwan-jin told parliament Friday that North Korea may launch new attacks this spring and that South Korea's military is ready to cope with any hostilities.
The joint South Korean-U.S. drills will rehearse responses to any potential emergency on the Korean peninsula.
About 12,800 U.S. troops and some 200,000 South Korean soldiers and reservists are to take part in the drills, which will last 11 days and involve computer war games, live-firing exercises and other field training, according to the U.S. and South Korean militaries.
North Korea has called the drills a preparation for an invasion, although South Korean and U.S. officials have repeatedly said they are purely defensive.
After weeks of high tension following its November bombardment of the island, North Korea pushed for dialogue with South Korea and expressed a desire to return to stalled international talks on its nuclear program.
Military officers from the two Koreas met earlier this month but failed to make progress, with both sides accusing the other of rupturing the dialogue. North Korea later threatened not to hold any more military talks with Seoul.
The two Koreas are still technically at war because the 1950-53 Korean War ended with an armistice, not a peace treaty. About 28,500 U.S. troops are stationed in South Korea to help deter potential aggression by the North.
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ZIFA
Joined: 23 Feb 2011
Location: Dici che il fiume..Trova la via al mare
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| Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2011 5:22 am Post subject: |
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| accusing Seoul of lacking serious intent to improve relations. |
Boo hoo.
The north-south korean relationship has totally done a 360 over the past year.
Norks are looking more like pathetic losers than ever before. |
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NohopeSeriously
Joined: 17 Jan 2011
Location: The Christian Right-Wing Educational Republic of Korea
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| Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2011 4:17 pm Post subject: |
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| Norks are looking more like pathetic losers than ever before. |
South Korea is the dysfunctional twin brother of North Korea. Japan is the dysfunctional second cousin of South Korea. America is the dysfunctional family counciler.
Seems that China is the only sane country regarding this North Korean nuclear crisis. |
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