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cwemory
Joined: 14 Jan 2006
Location: Gunpo, Korea
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 Posted: Thu Jul 20, 2006 6:40 pm Post subject: North halts inter-Korean reunions |
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North Korea says it will halt cross-border family reunions with the South, in retaliation for Seoul's decision to suspend food aid shipments.
The North accused the South of "sacrificing" humanitarian co-operation under pressure from Japan and the US.
Seoul announced the suspension of rice and fertiliser deliveries after inter-Korea talks collapsed last week.
The talks followed North Korea's missile tests on 5 July, which have raised international concern.
Pyongyang test-fired seven missiles, including a long-range Taepodong-2 believed capable of reaching Alaska.
South Korea says it will not discuss further humanitarian aid with its neighbour until progress is made on resolving issues relating to the missile tests and the North's nuclear ambitions.
After the high-level talks in Busan fell apart last week, the delegation from Pyongyang issued a statement warning of consequences for inter-Korean ties.
'Impossible'
In the latest statement, North Korea's Red Cross head Jang Jae-on accused the South of "abusing the humanitarian issue for meeting its sinister purpose to serve the outsiders".
"Our side is, therefore, of the view that it has become impossible to hold any discussion related to humanitarian issues, to say nothing of arranging any reunion between separated families and relatives between the two sides," he said.
A video reunion meeting scheduled for 15 August would not take place and the planned construction of a reunion centre in the North's Mt Kumgang was "impossible", he said.
The reunions bring together families divided by the partitioning of the Korean Peninsula in 1953. The policy has been a key part of reconciliation efforts between the two Koreas.
Sanctions
Earlier, South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun told a meeting of security advisers that Pyongyang's missile tests were "wrong behaviour" that increased regional tensions.
But he warned against overreacting, saying: "An excessive response to North Korea's missile tests creates unnecessary tensions and confrontation."
On Tuesday, the Japanese government said it had begun work on its own set of sanctions for North Korea, in addition to those agreed by the UN Security Council.
The council unanimously passed a resolution on Saturday which condemned the missile launches, but it was softer than the draft initially proposed by Japan.
Japan would look into banning cash remittances to the North from Korean residents, Chief Cabinet Secretary Shinzo Abe told reporters.
But on Wednesday, Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi said he would not rush to impose more sanctions.
"We should wait and see for a while whether North Korea will seriously respond to the (UN) resolution," he said. |
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/5194146.stm |
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jinju
Joined: 22 Jan 2006
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| Posted: Thu Jul 20, 2006 6:49 pm Post subject: |
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Its time for the Sk to grow some balls and say something like this at a meeting witht hem
"Until you grow up and stop acting like spoiled little brats we will not send you a single grain of rice, a single bag of fertilizer. We will stop all activities at kaesong and make money transfers to the North totally illegal. No more free stuff for you. You have your Juche, start actually living up to it. Where is the self reliance in begging us for food and fertilizer like little dogs? You are a failed, spoiled little state. And now, get the hell out of our country and back to that hell hole up north. When you have grown up and start behaving like a real country, we are happy to talk, and aid your survival. Until then, get the hell out" |
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