North Korea...suicidal, or attention whore?

[Rev. Rye]

When the US establishes death camps, then it will be comparable to North Korea.

Well, that and when the economy is so shitty that it can't afford to feed a good number of its citizens.

[Darkstar]

Nothing too serious at the moment (I think).
http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/...snhp&pos=1

The U.S. Navy is shifting a guided-missile destroyer in the Pacific to waters off the Korean peninsula in the wake of ongoing rhetoric from North Korea, U.S. defense officials said.

The USS McCain is capable of intercepting and destroying a missile, should North Korea decide to fire one off, the officials said.

Still, U.S. defense officials insist that there is nothing to indicate that North Korea is on the verge of another launch.

The White House on Monday said the United States hasn’t seen large-scale movements from North Korean military forces in the aftermath of harsh rhetoric from the reclusive government.


As North Korean state TV shows constant images of the army bombarding South Korea, North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un is saying his missiles are at the ready and has cut off emergency communications. NBC's Richard Engel reports.

"I would note that despite the harsh rhetoric we are hearing from Pyongyang, we are not seeing changes to the North Korean military posture, such as large-scale mobilizations and positioning of forces," Carney said

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On Saturday, North Korea said it had entered a "state of war" against South Korea, according to a statement reported by the North's official news agency, KCNA

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In North Korea, meanwhile, KCNA reported on an Easter service at which it said "the participants renewed the firm resolution to put the warmongers [the US and South Korea] into the red hot iron-pot of hell as early as possible."

North Korea's stance, however, can be notoriously difficult to interpret.

In a later release Monday on KCNA, Pyongyang announced the adoption of a law "consolidating" its position as a nuclear power that would use its weapons only “to repel invasion or attack from a hostile nuclear weapons state and make retaliatory strikes.”

Among the law's pledges were that North Korea would store its weapons responsibly, that it would not use them against non-nuclear nations, and that it would participate in nonproliferation talks -- though the last clause came with the condition that there was “improvement of relations with hostile nuclear weapons states.”

[Darkstar]

http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/...st-us?lite

North Korea escalated its provocative rhetoric on Thursday, warning that its military is authorized to wage "cutting-edge smaller, lighter and diversified" nuclear strikes to protect against the United States.

"The moment of explosion is approaching fast. No one can say a war will break out in Korea or not and whether it will break out today or tomorrow," read the statement of an unnamed military spokesman.

The statement, which was carried by the state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), informs the White House and the Pentagon that "the merciless operation of its revolutionary armed forces in this regard has been finally examined and ratified."

They can only keep this up for so long before they have to back down or actually try something. Are they crazy enough? I guess we'll find out...

[popeyespappy]

They can't be suicidal and an attention whore?

[Meylis Delano Lawrence]

The young "Supreme Leader" knows it'll be a suicide. Plus, they don't have the delivery capabilities yet. So I'll say attention whore. They can, however, cause a major economic crisis which will shift the economic resources from investments such as in science, education, telecommunication ... . I would take be careful

[Darkstar]

"North Korea Moves Missile to Coast as Nuclear Crisis Escalates"

North Korea has moved a missile with "considerable range" to its east coast, South Korea said Thursday as Russia warned that Pyongyang's decision to pursue a nuclear program “radically complicates” the prospect of resuming international talks.

South Korean Defense Minister Kim Kwan-jin told lawmakers the moved missile has "considerable range" but not enough to hit the U.S. mainland, according to The Associated Press.

It came hours after North Korea's military warned that it has been authorized to attack the U.S. using "smaller, lighter and diversified" nuclear weapons -- the latest in a string of war cries against America in recent weeks.

"The moment of explosion is approaching fast,” the military statement said.

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Meanwhile, a former UN official who visited North Korea last year reported that officials there said they could restart the Yongbyon reactor in three months.

That is a lot shorter than many U.S. nuclear experts believe a restart would take.

U.S. officials told NBC News that no matter what the timeline is, they don't believe the operation would be a huge engineering challenge. A restart would, however, be significant, as it would give North Korea the capability to make weapons-grade plutonium again. The reactor was shut down in 2007.

"North Korea's assertion that it intends to bring Yongbyon back online can't be easily written off as an insurmountable hurdle," one U.S. official said.

As I said in the previous post; they can only escalate this so much before they have to back down or actually do something...

[Tonus]

"The moment of explosion is approaching fast,” the military statement said.

(Which is usually followed by Kim Jong Un violently ejaculating all over his "executive" desk.)

[Anomalocaris]

Kim has his back against the wall. But he is neither suicidal nor a true attention whore.

The attention he seeks is what he craves, but what he needs to secure longer term survival of his regime. He wants the US to recognize the legitamcy of his regime by engaging him one-on-one, on a state-to-state basis. The US refused to recognize the legitamcy of his state, so it refuse to deal with kim on a state to state basis directly. In any state occassion the US only tolerates the presence of North Korea if there are other states the US recognize, like China or South Korea, present.

China, of course, wants the US to deal with North Korea directly, because China both want North Korea to survive as a buffer state, and not become a perpetual burden on China.

South Korea doesn't really want the US to deal with North Korea, because South Korea doesn't want it's rival to gain international legitamacy.

[cratehorus]

wow! extermination?! really!?


can you prove that?!

yes....http://www.genocidewatch.org/brazil.html

22 August 2011 "Worldwide protests against Amazon mega-dam," by Survival International


17 May 2010 "Amazon mega-dams endanger uncontacted Indians," by Survival International


29 March 2010 "Ban Ki-moon urged to remove Brazilian ranchers from UN 'Global Compact'," by Survival International

22 December 2009 "Brazilian Guarani tortured and murdered," by Survival International


9 November 2009 "Uncontacted tribe's forest bulldozed for beef," by Survival International

19 October 2009 "Amazon tribe down to five as oldest member dies," by Survival International

You defend North Korea with the same methods as Alex Johnes is.


With idiotic conspiracy theories.

so everything but the highest paid media sources that are owned by the wealthiest citizens and take ADS from billion dollar conglomerates is a conspiracy? if you donn't think the news practices atleast some form of censorship and bias your a wasted fool, how many ratings would alqueada tv get in america? or north korea tv in europe?

you fucking child

WOW! the goverment is arresting it`s own citizens by instegating a fake drug war?

really?! can you prove that?!

seriously what news source do you watch?????..... that's the main argument used in any marihuana or drug legalization case are you dense or just being an ass?

The US is worse than North Korea?!

Does the US:

supress the freedom of expression?

supress the freedom of religion?

supress the right to own property?

threaten foreign countries with extermination?

supress the right to participate in politics?

supress the right to travel?

supress the freedom of self determination?

punish minor crimes with the death penalty?

has concentration camps?

a starving popualtaion?

indoctrination into a personality cult?

yes to all except the last one im not sure anyone has a personality cult in america anymore?

buuuuuuuut..........celebrity cults, money worship and fashion cults definetly

maybe they report on the abortion issue - because it is an actual issue!?

you completely miss the point in every topic.....at this point i'd prefer you just attempt to correct my spelling

and as far as I noticed, the yemen bombings were discused! and Bill O I scream like a dumb kid Reily mentioned the rising disinfringement of the balck comunity himself recently in an interview with Colin Powell.

so you do watch FOX how often? do you alternate between them and ron paul lectures?

WOW! geoncide against the black people!? can you prove that?!

are you retarded your questioning whether there is racism against black people in america now?......what a retarded asshole you are......... are you retarded i really want too know before this goes any further

58.9% of the US population voted during the last election.

So I assume that you will always lie when posting numbers?

ok well it's actully 53.6% and in 2010 only 37.8% dumbass

So I assume that you will always lie when posting numbers?

lol dumbass............

http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0781453.html

North Korea would role over protests with tanks.

when has this happened or this one of your "facts" that because fox news can't cover north korean events it "might as well be true" yyou seem to know alot about a country that has no freedom of press how does that work???????

There is nothing to be figured out!

Should the media really report on every single lost cause represented?
on every stupid animal rights protest?
every phelps family meeting at a graveyard?
every pro life event?
and bla and bla and bal?

no but when the prince of england gets a boner in public and kim kardashian gets a face lift it should...what a wonderful idea you have let's have no news at all and just watch celebrities play with their assholes and nipples all day

stupid fuckin' nazi

only significant movements deserve media attention, and significants is gained through numbers

200,000 isn't significant? what is significant? or are you just bullshitting because you know your wrong and your being a obstinent little brat?

I watch criticaly aclaimed unbiased media and also read such!

who is that exactly you still post no alternate views, use no news sources and have so far only admitted to watching foxnews so who exactly do you watch read blah blah since you think so highly of yourself?

[Darkstar]

North Korea: Foreign embassy staff may not be safe if there's war

The statement from the U.K. Foreign Office said its embassy in Pyongyang “received a communication from the North Korean government this morning saying that the North Korean government would be unable to guarantee the safety of embassies and international organizations in the country in the event of conflict from April 10th.”

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The significance of April 10 was unclear. However, the North told South Korean companies that operate factories in the Kaesong industrial zone to complete pulling out by April 10, Ok Sung-suk, vice president of an association that represents them, said on Thursday, according to Reuters.

Five more days before...?
This is getting suspenseful...well, sort of. I mean nothing is probably going to happen, but...