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catman
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 Posted: Thu Aug 20, 2015 8:32 pm Post subject: North orders troops on war footing |
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I know some will dismiss this as the same old tired rhetoric from the North but we still don't know much about the grandson of the Kim dynasty. I'm not expecting war but I am not entirely dismissive either.
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North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has ordered his frontline troops to be on a war footing, state media says, after an exchange of fire with the South across their heavily fortified border.
The KCNA report said Mr Kim declared a "semi-state of war" at an emergency meeting late Thursday.
It threatened action unless Seoul ends its anti-Pyongyang border broadcasts.
The North often uses fierce rhetoric when tensions rise and it has made similar declarations before.
The BBC's South Korea correspondent Steve Evans says that although this ritual of aggression often sees such language escalate to the firing of ammunition, this time the rhetoric is fiercer and and artillery shells are now in use.
KCNA reported that Mr Kim had ordered that troops be "fully ready for any military operations at any time" from 17:00 Friday local time (08:30 GMT), at the emergency meeting of the central military commission.
Earlier, the North warned that it would take strong military action if the South does not end border propaganda broadcasts and dismantles the broadcast facilities "within 48 hours".
However, in a separate letter Pyongyang said it was willing to resolve the issue even though it considers the broadcasts a declaration of war, South Korea Unification Ministry said, according to Reuters.
The tensions were ratcheted up after North Korea on Thursday shelled across the border reportedly to protest the propaganda broadcasts which restarted after a hiatus of 11 years.
The South responded with artillery fire. There were no reported casualties.
South Korea ordered the evacuation of residents from an area of its western border.
The two Koreas remain technically at war, because the 1950-1953 war ended in an armistice, not a peace treaty.
South Korea and the US also began annual joint military exercises on Monday - they describe the drills as defensive, but North Korea calls them a rehearsal for invasion.
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Rteacher
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yodanole
Joined: 02 Mar 2003
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| Posted: Fri Aug 21, 2015 9:43 am Post subject: |
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| You should prepare for what the opposition is capable of doing, not what you think they might do ... |
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Rteacher
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Fallacy
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Location: ex-ROK
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| Posted: Mon Aug 24, 2015 2:55 pm Post subject: |
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| Yawn. Nothing new. Promises, promises. Wake me when actual bombs are falling, not when fictional threats are broadcasting. |
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Rteacher
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Fallacy
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| Posted: Fri Aug 28, 2015 4:12 pm Post subject: |
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| Yahoo News seems to be the source for much of the alarm and danger. Perhaps when that entity goes bankrupt, then anxiety levels can subside. |
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