Is Korea going to war against Japan?!?
This is scary.... I just read this @ MSNBC.com
(article posted below)
BREAKING NEWS
msnbc.com news services
updated 2 hours, 25 minutes ago
SEOUL, South Korea - North Korea launched a rocket that passed over Japan on Sunday, defying calls from world leaders to scrap a plan that has caused international alarm.
The Japanese government asked for an emergency session of the U.N. Security Council after the rocket flew over its territory.
State Department spokesman Fred Lash confirmed the launch, saying it occurred at 10:30 p.m. EDT Saturday.
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"We look on this as a provocative act," said Lash.
The rocket's second booster stage splashed down in the Pacific Ocean, Japan said, indicating the launch had been successful.
The Defense Ministry detected a "flying object" believed to be a rocket that was launched from North Korea, flew eastward and passed over northern Japan about seven minutes later, heading toward the Pacific Ocean.
Japan did not make any attempt to intercept it, as no debris fell onto the country, a ministry spokeswoman said, speaking on condition of anonymity, citing department rules.
Japan had threatened to shoot down any debris from the rocket if the launch went wrong. It had positioned batteries of interceptor missiles on its coast and radar-equipped ships off its northern seas.
North Korea had informed international authorities that it planned to launch a rocket sometime between Saturday and Wednesday in order to put a satellite into orbit.
But the U.S., South Korea, Japan and others suspect it is a cover for testing a long-range Taepodong-2 missile for the North, which has nuclear weapons. Leaders from those countries had warned Pyongyang not to proceed with the planned rocket launch.
They fear such a test could be a first step toward putting a nuclear warhead on a missile capable of reaching Alaska and beyond.
U.S. President Barack Obama said on Friday the international community would take action if North Korea went ahead with the launch to show Pyongyang it could not act with impunity.
Impoverished North Korea, which for years has used military threats to wring concessions from regional powers, has said it is putting a satellite into orbit as part of a peaceful space program and threatened war if the rocket was intercepted.
Sunday is the second day in the April 4-8 timeframe the secretive North, which tested a nuclear device in 2006, had set for the launch. In its only previous test flight, in July 2006, the Taepodong-2 blew apart about 40 seconds after launch.
Poor weather and planning may have forced North Korea to delay the launch on Saturday, officials in Seoul said, after Pyongyang had reported preparations were complete and lift-off would take place soon.
Experts have said clear visibility would help North Korea, with limited radar capabilities, monitor the flight.
A boost for Kim
Analysts said the launch may help North Korean leader Kim Jong-il shore up support after a suspected stroke in August raised questions of his grip on power and bolster his hand in using military threats to win concessions from global powers.
The United States, Japan and South Korea will view the launch as a violation of a U.N. Security Council resolution passed in 2006 after Pyongyang carried out the nuclear test and other missile tests.
That resolution, number 1718, demands North Korea "suspend all activities related to its ballistic missile program."
U.N. Security Council diplomats have told Reuters on condition of anonymity that no country was considering imposing new sanctions but the starting point could be discussing a resolution for the stricter enforcement of earlier sanctions.
Both Russia and China, the latter the nearest the reclusive North has to a major ally, have made clear they would block new sanctions by the Council, where they have veto power.
As South Korea's president huddled with his Cabinet, his government urged citizens working at joint economic zones in North Korea and in Pyongyang to return home because of the "grave" tensions on the peninsula. More than 600 South Koreans left the North on Saturday, the Unification Ministry said.
A South Korean who works at a factory in the northern border town of Kaesong remained in North Korean custody after being detained Monday for allegedly denouncing the North's political system and inciting female North Korean employees to flee the communist country.
North Korea is also holding two American journalists accused of crossing into the country illegally from China and engaging in "hostile acts." Euna Lee and Laura Ling, reporters for former Vice President Al Gore's Current TV media venture, will be indicted and put on trial, Pyongyang has said.
This report contains reports from United Press International and The Associated Press.
(article posted below)
BREAKING NEWS
msnbc.com news services
updated 2 hours, 25 minutes ago
SEOUL, South Korea - North Korea launched a rocket that passed over Japan on Sunday, defying calls from world leaders to scrap a plan that has caused international alarm.
The Japanese government asked for an emergency session of the U.N. Security Council after the rocket flew over its territory.
State Department spokesman Fred Lash confirmed the launch, saying it occurred at 10:30 p.m. EDT Saturday.
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"We look on this as a provocative act," said Lash.
The rocket's second booster stage splashed down in the Pacific Ocean, Japan said, indicating the launch had been successful.
The Defense Ministry detected a "flying object" believed to be a rocket that was launched from North Korea, flew eastward and passed over northern Japan about seven minutes later, heading toward the Pacific Ocean.
Japan did not make any attempt to intercept it, as no debris fell onto the country, a ministry spokeswoman said, speaking on condition of anonymity, citing department rules.
Japan had threatened to shoot down any debris from the rocket if the launch went wrong. It had positioned batteries of interceptor missiles on its coast and radar-equipped ships off its northern seas.
North Korea had informed international authorities that it planned to launch a rocket sometime between Saturday and Wednesday in order to put a satellite into orbit.
But the U.S., South Korea, Japan and others suspect it is a cover for testing a long-range Taepodong-2 missile for the North, which has nuclear weapons. Leaders from those countries had warned Pyongyang not to proceed with the planned rocket launch.
They fear such a test could be a first step toward putting a nuclear warhead on a missile capable of reaching Alaska and beyond.
U.S. President Barack Obama said on Friday the international community would take action if North Korea went ahead with the launch to show Pyongyang it could not act with impunity.
Impoverished North Korea, which for years has used military threats to wring concessions from regional powers, has said it is putting a satellite into orbit as part of a peaceful space program and threatened war if the rocket was intercepted.
Sunday is the second day in the April 4-8 timeframe the secretive North, which tested a nuclear device in 2006, had set for the launch. In its only previous test flight, in July 2006, the Taepodong-2 blew apart about 40 seconds after launch.
Poor weather and planning may have forced North Korea to delay the launch on Saturday, officials in Seoul said, after Pyongyang had reported preparations were complete and lift-off would take place soon.
Experts have said clear visibility would help North Korea, with limited radar capabilities, monitor the flight.
A boost for Kim
Analysts said the launch may help North Korean leader Kim Jong-il shore up support after a suspected stroke in August raised questions of his grip on power and bolster his hand in using military threats to win concessions from global powers.
The United States, Japan and South Korea will view the launch as a violation of a U.N. Security Council resolution passed in 2006 after Pyongyang carried out the nuclear test and other missile tests.
That resolution, number 1718, demands North Korea "suspend all activities related to its ballistic missile program."
U.N. Security Council diplomats have told Reuters on condition of anonymity that no country was considering imposing new sanctions but the starting point could be discussing a resolution for the stricter enforcement of earlier sanctions.
Both Russia and China, the latter the nearest the reclusive North has to a major ally, have made clear they would block new sanctions by the Council, where they have veto power.
As South Korea's president huddled with his Cabinet, his government urged citizens working at joint economic zones in North Korea and in Pyongyang to return home because of the "grave" tensions on the peninsula. More than 600 South Koreans left the North on Saturday, the Unification Ministry said.
A South Korean who works at a factory in the northern border town of Kaesong remained in North Korean custody after being detained Monday for allegedly denouncing the North's political system and inciting female North Korean employees to flee the communist country.
North Korea is also holding two American journalists accused of crossing into the country illegally from China and engaging in "hostile acts." Euna Lee and Laura Ling, reporters for former Vice President Al Gore's Current TV media venture, will be indicted and put on trial, Pyongyang has said.
This report contains reports from United Press International and The Associated Press.
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I doubt itPosted 04-05-2009 at 06:17 AM by DarkUmagon
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I hope you're right... I hate reading about stuff like thisPosted 04-05-2009 at 06:23 AM by Luminos -
Its probably just power play. NK is just trying to gain leverage. This is not the worst the worlds been in my friend.Posted 04-05-2009 at 06:30 AM by GeneralArrow -
It's the End of the world as we know it, and i feel fine :/Posted 04-05-2009 at 06:43 AM by Tyeboi777 -
F* NK... thats all just F* emm
If I had a deathnote they'd be taken care of pretty fast...Posted 04-05-2009 at 06:49 AM by andrew.wa -
Oddly enough, most south korean citizens aren't giving this much thought. They're aware of North Korea's actions and it's all over the news, but this stalemate has been going on for a long time. An actual hit will be the only thing to make their hearts skip a beat over this issue. As a foreigner living in Korea, it's something to gawk over, but definately nothing new from N.K.
For the Japanese, it's a different story. There's been animosity between Koreans and Japanese for two to three generations, for good reasons.
Err..sorry to be a stranger and post on your blog ^^;; it caught my eye on the forum's listing!
-LBPosted 04-05-2009 at 09:36 AM by LaBelle - I'm curious about who'll take Japan's side and who'll take NK's side ....
But why would NK refuse to listen to the world, I mean... you know your going to get problems with it.Posted 04-05-2009 at 09:37 AM by Vongolas10th -
nah I don't think soPosted 04-05-2009 at 11:59 AM by fdein -
All otaku would side with japan. immediate win.Posted 04-05-2009 at 12:37 PM by BlazeCommanderASCE -
Interesting, most majors world leaders and NATO will definitely avoid the war so i doubt there will be one
But why can US, Europe and Israel test missiles and NK not?
I mean who decide all these shits? US? Europe?Posted 04-05-2009 at 12:53 PM by 1911Raze -
they can blow each other up for all i carePosted 04-05-2009 at 01:17 PM by SilverShadow -
even if north korea went to war with japan, theres no way they could possible win
everyone in north korea is so much shorter than even those in south korea even though they are the same race from kinda the same country and there all malnourished and have poor health and bad technology, so japan could probably win within one or two days tops lolPosted 04-05-2009 at 03:40 PM by giganoBrago -
naaaah, greeks and turks do stupid things like that for like 50 years now and there's no war, just men swinging their dicks aroundPosted 04-05-2009 at 06:14 PM by ProDeathblow -
no i dont think that would happen.Posted 04-05-2009 at 08:02 PM by _SEGA_ - *hands andrew a deathnote - wi list of world dictators*Quote:Originally Posted by andrew.wa
F* NK... thats all just F* emm
If I had a deathnote they'd be taken care of pretty fast...
Just return it when you're done... My shinigami gets cranky when I loan him out
Don't apologize, this is a public blog for a reason. And thanks for posting. Because you're in Korea you have a better idea of what's going on than I do.Quote:Originally Posted by LaBelle Oddly enough, most south korean citizens aren't giving this much thought. They're aware of North Korea's actions and it's all over the news, but this stalemate has been going on for a long time. An actual hit will be the only thing to make their hearts skip a beat over this issue. As a foreigner living in Korea, it's something to gawk over, but definately nothing new from N.K.
For the Japanese, it's a different story. There's been animosity between Koreans and Japanese for two to three generations, for good reasons.
Err..sorry to be a stranger and post on your blog ^^;; it caught my eye on the forum's listing!
-LB
LMFAO!!Quote:Originally Posted by ProDeathblow naaaah, greeks and turks do stupid things like that for like 50 years now and there's no war, just men swinging their dicks around
ProDeath... you just won the "most intelligent post" of the year award!
Posted 04-05-2009 at 09:48 PM by Luminos -
its because they all got the bomb before it was made illegal. also theyre more afraid of an unstable or agrassive nation getting the bomb and using it.Quote:Originally Posted by 1911Raze Interesting, most majors world leaders and NATO will definitely avoid the war so i doubt there will be one
But why can US, Europe and Israel test missiles and NK not?
I mean who decide all these shits? US? Europe?Posted 04-05-2009 at 10:04 PM by tatsu361 - one thing i want to know. if their nation is impoverished then how the heck can they afford to send a satilite into orbit?Posted 04-05-2009 at 10:05 PM by tatsu361
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Because Il steals money from his people, deprives them of food, medical care and spends it on what he wants. Plus he probably has a few unknown lenders I'm sure. But ProDeath is right, I'm a Turk and the same craps been happening for ages, it's just compensation. Although I really don't know too much about Il, he might feel like he's got nothing to lose.Posted 04-05-2009 at 10:25 PM by spidii -
Hm Im doubting war, but to start another war would be terrible...Japan does even have an offensive army.... If one would occur, we would be running to Japan's aid...Posted 04-05-2009 at 11:51 PM by DarkFlareKnight - Most nations are aggressive to an extent. In fact, the countries that currently have/bad the most # of missiles and bioN weapons have always shown actions of aggression or have exteme amounts of influence through the mere thought of them becoming aggressive. Yet, they're not directly considered threats except for a couple of groups who had been influenced by them in the past.Quote:Originally Posted by tatsu361 its because they all got the bomb before it was made illegal. also theyre more afraid of an unstable or agrassive nation getting the bomb and using it.
...*begins rambling*
'Elite' countries have almost nothing to gain by starting a war (besides valuable resources). It's economically insane to maintain a war and then to reconstruct the country if there is an occupation.
N.K.'s military is more strict/rigorous than contemporary ones (except maybe the israelians), they're brainwashed as well and it practially can't get any worse than it is now so they're more likely play some tactics 'westernized' countries wouldn't dream of doing anymore.
But, kim jung il is infamous for using threats to get leverage, from receiving food to kidnapping movie makers and actors from S.K. to produce his own movies. Thus, S.K. just shrugs and kisses N.K.'s butt a bit and gives them an extra ship of rice to feed their military.
But anyway, Money/Resources and Political webs are reasons why we're now not all half one nation and half another. Thank Goodness.
/ends ramblingPosted 04-06-2009 at 03:45 AM by LaBelle
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