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North Korea Fires Rockets at SK island
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Poker



Joined: 16 Jan 2010

PostPosted: Mon Nov 22, 2010 10:54 pm    Post subject: North Korea Fires Rockets at SK island Reply with quote

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North Korea has fired artillery shells across its western maritime border, prompting return fire from South Korea, reports say.

Some of the shells landed on a South Korean island, witnesses say.

A television station said some houses on the island were on fire, and Yonhap news agency said that four South Korean soldiers had been hurt.

South Korea has issued its highest non-wartime alert in response to the incident, the defence ministry said.



http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-11818005

Shocked
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nstick13



Joined: 02 Aug 2009

PostPosted: Mon Nov 22, 2010 11:06 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yikes.

Maybe throw some clothes in a "get-the-hell-off-the-peninsula-as-fast-as-possible" bag tonight? Sinking a warship is one thing, but attacks on civilians is another.
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dory



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PostPosted: Mon Nov 22, 2010 11:38 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

this is all over the tv right now.
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kissing-a-badger-on-crack



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PostPosted: Tue Nov 23, 2010 12:15 am    Post subject: hummm Reply with quote

lol..talk about bad timing. And here i am trying to get my docs together to go over there to teach.
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Epik_Teacher



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PostPosted: Tue Nov 23, 2010 12:16 am    Post subject: Re: hummm Reply with quote

kissing-a-badger-on-crack wrote:
lol..talk about bad timing. And here i am trying to get my docs together to go over there to teach.


Shoot yourself now and save the NK's some time!
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kissing-a-badger-on-crack



Joined: 30 Aug 2010
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PostPosted: Tue Nov 23, 2010 12:18 am    Post subject: Re: hummm Reply with quote

Epik_Teacher wrote:
kissing-a-badger-on-crack wrote:
lol..talk about bad timing. And here i am trying to get my docs together to go over there to teach.


Shoot yourself now and save the NK's some time!


nah...i'll make them work for it.
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Skipperoo



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PostPosted: Tue Nov 23, 2010 1:17 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Haha great, on the morning I finally get a job offer the war reignites Laughing

Anyone think this has a chance of escalating at all? I'm guessing it's just more sabre-rattling from NK, but it'd be a poor show if SK didn't retaliate at all. Just hope it doesn't become tit-for-tat.
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mdsb87



Joined: 16 Aug 2010
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PostPosted: Tue Nov 23, 2010 1:52 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Anyone actually worried enough to leave Korea soon or not proceed with a job offered ? I have a job offer on the south coast and I am not all that worried myself but what do others think?
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AsiaESLbound



Joined: 07 Jan 2010
Location: Truck Stop Missouri

PostPosted: Tue Nov 23, 2010 1:54 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Don't tell or remind your mom missiles hit about 30 miles due West of your location. She worries about you being in a war zone even though you believe it's highly probable you are much safer than at home. Shocked
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Panda



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PostPosted: Tue Nov 23, 2010 3:34 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I found it out when I checked the currency exchange today.

The won went strangely low and I wondered what was wrong.

North Korea is such a wanker.
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On the other hand



Joined: 19 Apr 2003
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PostPosted: Tue Nov 23, 2010 5:17 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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Anyone actually worried enough to leave Korea soon or not proceed with a job offered ? I have a job offer on the south coast and I am not all that worried myself but what do others think?


I suppose it's possible that this could be THE BIG ONE, but then, so could any of the other skirmishes that have taken place since the end of the Korean War, none of which resulted in an existential threat to the mass of everyday South Koreeans. I'm not exactly sure why this one would be any different.

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Sinking a warship is one thing, but attacks on civilians is another.


Well, a year or so ago, North Korean soldiers in North Korea gunned down a South Korean civilian who had strayed too far in the wrong direction on the beach at one of those joint tourist ventures they got up there. As I recall, so-called hardliner Lee Myung-bak replied with something like "Hey, that really ticks me off!! You Norks had better conduct a thorough investigation!!" The thorough investigation is still pending.

My layman's advice for anyone worried about coming over: Pay attention to this story for the next couple of weeks. If things continue to escalate, it might be an omen of undesirable things to come. If not, I'd just chalk this up to another North Korean temper trantum gone bad.
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Junior



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PostPosted: Tue Nov 23, 2010 6:23 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

The appeasement of North Korea continues with the ROK firing a few missiles into the sea in response.

They should have hammered the NK navy after the warship sinking. Instead.. the weak response has just invited greater provocation.
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ontheway



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PostPosted: Tue Nov 23, 2010 7:31 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Junior wrote:
The appeasement of North Korea continues with the ROK firing a few missiles into the sea in response.

They should have hammered the NK navy after the warship sinking. Instead.. the weak response has just invited greater provocation.



this ^

Self defense is called for in this situation ... strong, massive retaliation should have followed the sinking and this attack as well.

And ... given the increasing frequency of these small but painful attacks, it makes me wonder if Jongil Kim is clever enough to be playing the currency markets. He could be making bets against the won through a third party, and then when his attacks precipitate a nice decline in the won, he could earn a decent profit from his military tantrums.
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young_clinton



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PostPosted: Tue Nov 23, 2010 7:50 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Any serious response from South Korea could result in Seoul being shelled. The North Koreans are crazies. What's going to happen is South Korea and the US are going to watch the North Korean provocations and bide thier time. Which is what they should do. North Korean's are crazies, they don't respond to pressure the way other countries respond.
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Summer Wine



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PostPosted: Tue Nov 23, 2010 9:27 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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Any serious response from South Korea could result in Seoul being shelled. The North Koreans are crazies. What's going to happen is South Korea and the US are going to watch the North Korean provocations and bide thier time. Which is what they should do. North Korean's are crazies, they don't respond to pressure the way other countries respond.


Yeah, if I was NK, this is what I would be worried about.

Personally, if I was SK, I would bribe, assasinate or mind control all the military officers who control all the troops on the borders or who are near enough to have the power to attack Seoul.

Then in the next 6 months I would eradicate Pyeongyang or where ever the leadership was. Buy off the rest off the surviving leadership and over the next 10-20 years slowly take control.

China would be the biggest problem as currently they benefit from NK, but if it all goes bad, they will just take over. Thier paid for generals already are there to take over if it goes sideways.

If the Chinese dont already control 25% - 50% of the military officers then they should. Insanity can flow both ways of the border. I find it hard to believe that the Chinese are easy going about NK having nukes on thier borders, unless they had some serious control.

If I was a real *beep*, I would bribe the guys who control the NK nukes. Use them against China with some subsequent propaganda and threats and watch China wipe out NK. (Though I am not SK, so the pipe dream of unification in't as important to me).
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