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Manner of Speaking
Joined: 09 Jan 2003
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 Posted: Sat Oct 07, 2006 6:54 am Post subject: AP Report Suggests NK Nuke Test Could Come Sunday Oct. 8 |
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Shots fired along tense Korean border
By KWANG-TAE KIM, Associated Press Writer
SEOUL, South Korea - Gunfire rang out Saturday along the heavily armed no man's land separating the divided Koreas, as regional tensions mounted in anticipation of communist North Korea's plan to test its first atomic bomb.
South Korean soldiers fired about 40 shots as a warning after five North Korean soldiers crossed a boundary in the Demilitarized Zone separating the two country's forces, South Korean military officials said. It was unclear whether the North Korean advance was intended as a provocation, or was rather an attempt to go fishing at a nearby stream, an official at South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said on condition of anonymity, citing official policy. Four of the North Koreans were unarmed and the fifth carried a rifle, the official said. No one was hurt, and the North Koreans retreated.
While such border skirmishes are not unheard of, they are relatively rare. Saturday's incursion was only the second this year, the official said. The North sometimes orchestrates border skirmishes to jack up tensions at sensitive moments in international standoffs.
Earlier in the day, North Korea's neighbors applauded a U.N. Security Council statement warning the country not to follow through on its threats to test its first nuclear weapon, perhaps as early as Sunday. Japan said it will push for punitive measures if Pyongyang doesn't heed international opinion.
Separately, Japan's Foreign Ministry said it sees a nuclear test by North Korea as "a grave threat to the peace and security of northeast Asia and the world" and welcomed the Security Council statement. "If North Korea conducts a nuclear weapons test despite the concerns expressed by international society, the Security Council must adopt a resolution outlining severely punitive measures," the ministry said in a statement.
The statement adopted unanimously on Friday expresses "deep concern" over North Korea's announcement Tuesday that it planned a test, a move that would confirm strong suspicions it is a nuclear power. The warning was read at a formal meeting by the council president, Ambassador Kenzo Oshima of Japan, who indicated that the North could face sanctions or possible military action if it detonates a nuclear device.
The council acted amid speculation that a nuclear test could come on Sunday, the anniversary of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il's appointment as head of the Korean Workers' Party in 1997. Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Shotaro Yachi, currently in Washington, told Japan's TV Asahi, "Based on the development so far, it would be best to view that a test is possible this weekend."
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061007/ap_on_re_as/koreas_nuclear |
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Alias
Joined: 24 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Sat Oct 07, 2006 8:18 am Post subject: |
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| I wonder how many SK students will celebrate? |
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Ya-ta Boy
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: Established in 1994
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| Posted: Sat Oct 07, 2006 12:17 pm Post subject: |
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With the US midterm election just a month away, I can just hear the prez now:
GB: C'mon, Jong-Il baby! Do it! Do it! Give me a chance to strut and posture. |
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Manner of Speaking
Joined: 09 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Sat Oct 07, 2006 4:49 pm Post subject: |
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It might be an interesting day.  And I REALLY hope this will be an underground test. One Chernobyl is enough. |
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EFLtrainer
Joined: 04 May 2005
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| Posted: Sat Oct 07, 2006 11:42 pm Post subject: |
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| Saw a report within the last hour or so that they will delay till end of the year hoping for concessions. |
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