Is Korea About to Explode (Not a daily Mail Article)

hal9000

Looks like things are spiraling out of control pretty fast over there, Is war "inevitable" (in best team america Kim Jong-Il accent) at this stage or is the DPRK just postruring?

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE64O3YU20100525

The following are key points from the text of the report issued by the North's KCNA news agency.

"The Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of Korea, accordingly, formally declares that from now on it will put into force the resolute measures to totally freeze the inter-Korean relations, totally abrogate the agreement on non-aggression between the north and the south and completely halt the inter-Korean cooperation.

"In this connection, the following measures will be taken at the first phase:

"1. All relations with the puppet authorities will be severed.

"2. There will be neither dialogue nor contact between the authorities during (South Korean President) Lee Myung Bak's tenure of office.

"3. The work of the Panmunjom Red Cross liaison representatives will be completely suspended.

"4. All communication links between the north and the south will be cut off.

"5. The Consultative Office for North-South Economic Cooperation in the Kaesong Industrial Zone will be frozen and dismantled and all the personnel concerned of the south side will be expelled without delay.

"6. We will start all-out counterattack against the puppet group's 'psychological warfare against the north.'

"7. The passage of south Korean ships and airliners through the territorial waters and air of our side will be totally banned.

"8. All the issues arising in the inter-Korean relations will be handled under a wartime law.

"There is no need to show any mercy or patience for such confrontation maniacs, sycophants and traitors and wicked warmongers as the (South Korean President) Lee Myung Bak group."

itsallaboutheL

jesus.

I'm first in.


it's so ronery

/weeps

SadieSue

They really don't like puppets.

Local-womanizer

Nutters tbh.

China seem reluctant to say anything bad against the North aswell. I mean they said that the loss of 41 South Koreans was an unfortunate incident.

Biggins

The heads of North Korea are living in another era of thinking. The dark ages.
It might be trouble, it might not. It could (hopefully) be the usual sabre rattling - done once in a while to keep the proles (See "1984" & George Orwell) unified and distracted from the harshness of the nutty regime they live under.

Flaregon

Cool, nukes and lower sperm counts for all

Matt_Damon

Matt Damon

Local-womanizer

Matt_Damon wrote: »

Matt Damon

Yes,its all his fault the cnut!

jebuz

Did anyone ever notice that North Korea is completely blank on Google maps?

PK2008

Looks like a slippery slope alright




:pac:

Captain Chaos

Thats so they won't have to change it after the US backs up S.Korea and nukes it back to the stone age.

Run_to_da_hills

South Koreans eat dogs. :mad:

hal9000

Run_to_da_hills wrote: »

South Koreans eat dogs. :mad:

And the North Koreans eat nothing!

Biggins

jebuz wrote: »

Did anyone ever notice that North Korea is completely blank on Google maps?

A bit like their leaders brain. He's a nut job.

Orange69

jebuz wrote: »

Did anyone ever notice that North Korea is completely blank on Google maps?

No its not. You can zoom right into pyongyang and have a look around, I really like that hotel, they should finish it.

Flaregon

jebuz wrote: »

Did anyone ever notice that North Korea is completely blank on Google maps?

they can't get there info grabing google van in there.

Iwasfrozen

Flaregon wrote: »

they can't get there info grabing google van in there.

Why are all of the roofs in Pyongyang blue ?

Bucklesman

jebuz wrote: »

Did anyone ever notice that North Korea is completely blank on Google maps?

It's not blank, that's an accurate map of North Korea's infrastructure.

That is, none.

hal9000

The north is estimated to have the fifth largest army in the world :eek: 1.2 Million Men (20% of the male population) vs half a million in the south and about 30,000 US troops. Who knows what China has by the North
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_number_of_troops

Iwasfrozen

hal9000 wrote: »

The north is estimated to have the fifth largest army in the world :eek: 1.2 Million Men (20% of the male population) vs half a million in the south and about 30,000 US troops. Who knows what China has by the North

Yeah, and a fúck load of millitary equipment gained from the Soviets. I think people often get distracted by the comical, Team America version of N.Korea and forget that in a real open ended war the North would kick the Souths ass.

Run_to_da_hills

hal9000 wrote: »

And the North Koreans eat nothing!

They eat other North Koreans :eek:

Amhran Nua

It could get awfully messy, but I doubt anything will really happen. China has tacitly supported NK since the Korean war, when themselves, NK and Russia attacked South Korea. Kim also makes a handy little distraction to draw attention away from whatever China is up to.

However the North hasn't the military capacity to take the South in a one-to-one scrap (most of their equipment dates from the 1970s), even with Chinese support, unless the Chinese get openly involved in a war with the US, which would destroy their economy utterly as Sino-US trade and EU-China trade falls apart overnight.

So the Chinese won't give lil' Kim the nod (note the Dear Leader's recent and almost unprecedented visit to Beijing), South Korea will get its pound of flesh by confining NKs ships to their ports for a few years, and then it will slowly swing back to business as usual.

Of course, if all of the above is wrong, its pretty much every man for himself, as if China and the US get involved in a hot war, Taiwan, Burma, and other areas will explode as well, along with the high probability of Iran making moves via insurgents across its porous border with Iraq while the US has its hands very much full, which will probably cause Israel to do something we all might regret. Plus there's the whole massively interconnected global trade network thing as well, even if China does back off to stay afloat, a LOT of stuff comes from South Korea. In the worst case scenario there is no limit to how bad the damage could get.

mike65

Google earth has better imagary of North Korea than Ireland and they are based here! :mad:

Just having a peek at Pyongyang and it really looks like one giant goods shunting yard.

Stinicker

Iwasfrozen wrote: »

Yeah, and a fúck load of millitary equipment gained from the Soviets. I think people often get distracted by the comical, Team America version of N.Korea and forget that in a real open ended war the North would kick the Souths ass.

Not really with Blanket bombing from the US and a possible MAD if the North have the capability, however they have at least a threat of Nuclear which would stop the Americans and South Koreans from using a first launch capability incase of MAD, the North Koreans would make the war alot harder for the US and SK to win but they'd still do it but it would be messy.

hal9000

Some of the many delights and sights of the North include:
the worlds tallest Flag Pole
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kijong-dong

Pyramid Hotel thingy
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryugyong_Hotel

Mrmoe

Iwasfrozen wrote: »

Yeah, and a fúck load of millitary equipment gained from the Soviets. I think people often get distracted by the comical, Team America version of N.Korea and forget that in a real open ended war the North would kick the Souths ass.

I disagree, they only way the North could win would be with a significant influence from China and that would lead to the intervention of the US.

http://www.globalfirepower.com/

South Korea is ranked 12th while the North is 20th.

This ball grabbing posturing happens every few years, nothing to worry about.

Iwasfrozen

Stinicker wrote: »

Not really with Blanket bombing from the US and a possible MAD if the North have the capability, however they have at least a threat of Nuclear which would stop the Americans and South Koreans from using a first launch capability incase of MAD, the North Koreans would make the war alot harder for the US and SK to win but they'd still do it but it would be messy.

If the U.S got involved it could mean China or even Russia joining the war on the Norths side. The North have one million troops stationed across the border.

If war was declared Seoul would be captured within a month. No doubt in my mind.

Iwasfrozen

Mrmoe wrote: »

I disagree, they only way the North could win would be with a significant influence from China and that would lead to the intervention of the US.

http://www.globalfirepower.com/

South Korea is ranked 12th while the North is 20th.

I doubt the credibility of that list. Hell, I doubt the credibility of any list that puts Chinas military before that of Russia.

Indubitable

Let them fight.

PK2008

Yeh its Kim Kong just asserting his power, they reckon he is making way for his son to take over. Plus the south Koreans have been getting a lot more international credibility lately with the G20 summit and all

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/06684638-6752-11df-a932-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=rss

Theres no way China would go to war with America over NK, they're embarrassed by them if anything

mikom

hal9000 wrote: »

Looks like things are spiraling out of control pretty fast over there, Is war "inevitable" (in best team america Kim Jong-Il accent) at this stage or is the DPRK just postruring?

Kim Jong Il has made a Korea out of this sort of sabre rattling.

Indubitable

Iwasfrozen wrote: »

I doubt the credibility of that list. Hell, I doubt the credibility of any list that puts Chinas military before that of Russia.

I wouldn't doubt it. Of course that list does not include nuclear weapons.

Kasabian

mikom wrote: »

Kim Jong Il has made a Korea out of this sort of sabre rattling.

Funny and informative:) . Political posturing IMO. If they go at it can we have their place at the World Cup.:pac:


I fcuking hate Thierry Henry and Kevin Kilbane

saywhatyousee

this debate is awful one sided.GO NORTH KOREA IRELAND SUPPORTS YOUR WAR OF TERROR:D:D:D

PK2008

saywhatyousee wrote: »

this debate is awful one sided.GO NORTH KOREA IRELAND SUPPORTS YOUR WAR OF TERROR:D:D:D

They really are fcuked so.....

bonerm

It'll all calm down in North Korea once they hear they won the World Cup this July.

Iwasfrozen

bonerm wrote: »

It'll all calm down in North Korea once they hear they won the World Cup this July.

They've never claimed to win it before, why would they try now?

naughto

at least there will be some thing good on sky news cos they love a good war them in shy news do.they would have a camera in the 1st tank to cross the border if they could

ScumLord

Korea won't do anything, they must know they don't stand a chance. China don't want to lose American dollars not to mention the rest of the worlds money.

I'd say this bit of propaganda is solely for the poor people of North Korea.

Mister men

You can bet the like of sky news/fox news will be wetting themselves at the prospect of another war since the Iraq conflict as well as Afganistan are so last decede.

Hazys

Would North Korea ever chill the fcuk out?

Seriously North Korea, the world cup is on in a couple of days, go to a pub, have a few pints, support you team and forget about blowing sh1t up for awhile.

PeterIanStaker

Iwasfrozen wrote: »

They've never claimed to win it before, why would they try now?

they'll be told they won it.

Iwasfrozen

PeterIanStaker wrote: »

they'll be told they won it.

They've never claimed to win it before, why would they try now?

PeterIanStaker

Iwasfrozen wrote: »

They've never claimed to win it before, why would they try now?

It might not be shown on TV over there?

But the war will.

jackal

Read the DPRK news on any given day and its full of the same ****e. http://www.kcna.co.jp/index-e.htm

Iwasfrozen

PeterIanStaker wrote: »

It might not be shown on TV over there?

But the war will.

What has that got to do with the North Korean government telling their populace they won the war. You still haven't backed this statement up:

"they'll be told they won it."

PK2008

Iwasfrozen wrote: »

What has that got to do with the North Korean government telling their populace they won the war. You still haven't backed this statement up:

"they'll be told they won it."

Chill, its a joke, like "In Soviet Russia toilet pee on you" and so forth

D-Generate

Iwasfrozen wrote: »

What has that got to do with the North Korean government telling their populace they won the war. You still haven't backed this statement up:

"they'll be told they won it."

To be fair I wouldn't doubt these things. They did claim that Kim Il-Jong had 11 holes in one during his first ever round of golf.

Iwasfrozen

D-Generate wrote: »

To be fair I wouldn't doubt these things. They did claim that Kim Il-Jong had 11 holes in one during his first ever round of golf.

http://www.kcna.co.jp/index-e.htm. Enjoy.

Iwasfrozen

PK2008 wrote: »

Chill, its a joke, like "In Soviet Russia toilet pee on you" and so forth

The Internet is serious business.
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2393/2511644714_7241aab384.jpg

Biggins

Iwasfrozen wrote: »

http://www.kcna.co.jp/index-e.htm. Enjoy.

Mad, off the wall stuff. Talk about spin and sheer national propaganda!!!

S. Korean Puppets' Moves for Confrontation and War Flailed

Pyongyang, May 23 (KCNA) -- The south Korean puppet authorities finally issued the "results of investigation" in which they groundlessly linked the case of the sinking of a warship with the DPRK despite the accusations and protest at home and abroad. This is an intolerable provocation against the DPRK and an undisguised declaration of a war against it. Rodong Sinmun Sunday says this in a signed commentary.
The commentary goes on: It is also an intentional and premeditated plot to push the inter-Korean relations to total collapse and ignite a war of aggression against the DPRK in collusion with their U.S. and Japanese masters under the pretext of the ship case.

The ship case was an unprecedented charade crafted by the group of traitors keen on escalating confrontation.

The "investigation into the case" was nothing but a red herring as it was aimed to zealously spread a rumor about the "north's involvement in the case" and thus fan up atmosphere for extreme animosity toward fellow countrymen and confrontation with them among south Koreans of different circles and, at the same time, openly unleash a war of aggression against the DPRK in collusion with foreign forces under the pretext of what it called "security crisis".

A saying goes a club is fit for a mad dog. The army and people of the DPRK will never pardon the group of traitors getting hell-bent on confrontation and war, dare taking issue with fellow countrymen.

We do not know empty talk.

The reckless racket of the puppet forces will lead to a dirge of the traitorous clique.

http://www.kcna.co.jp/index-e.htm

I mean bloody hell! the title alone of the article is laughable and sad at the same time.
Someone tell them to speak without the double-dutch.