Conflict could break out ‘at any moment’ over North Korea, Chinese foreign minister warns

SCMP ^ | 14 April, 2017

[TigerLikesRooster]

Conflict could break out ‘at any moment’ over North Korea, Chinese foreign minister warns

A conflict over North Korea could break out “at any moment”, China’s foreign minister Wang Yi said on Friday, warning there would be “no winner” in any war as tensions soar with the US.

The sharp language came after US President Donald Trump said the North Korea problem “will be taken care of”, as speculation mounts that the reclusive state could be preparing another nuclear or missile test.

“Lately, tensions have risen ... and one has the feeling that a conflict could break out at any moment,” Wang said. “If a war occurs, the result is a situation in which everybody loses and there can be no winner.”

Whichever side provoked a conflict “must assume the historic responsibility and pay the corresponding price,” he said in a joint press conference with his French counterpart Jean-Marc Ayrault. Trump has sent a aircraft carrier-led strike group to the Korean peninsula to press his point, one of a series of signals that indicate his willingness to shake up foreign policy strategy.

[TigerLikesRooster]

P!

[allendale]

If Kim’s inner circle come to realize that they will personally lose everything in the event of shooting, they themselves will take Kim out.

[yldstrk]

China, it’s your blooming job to deal with this freak. I suggest you get to it.

[BunnySlippers]

China has not been much help, eh?

[ought-six]

China created this monster, so China needs to rein it in.

[TigerLikesRooster]

Trump has to keep at it until Wang Yi cries and pleads.

Kim Jong-un’s moment

Apr 14,2017

As signs of North Korea preparing for another nuclear test are increasingly clear, the tension on the Korean Peninsula is steadily rising. The North has often made military provocations around April 15, the anniversary of the birth of its founder Kim Il Sung. A U.S. satellite captured activities that appeared to be preparation for a nuclear test in Punggyeri, North Hamkyong. The U.S. sent a WC-135 reconnaissance aircraft specializing in radiation detection to their airbase in Okinawa. All these signs suggest the strong likelihood of a sixth nuclear test in the North.

But it is up to North Korean leader Kim Jong-un to order the test. If he makes the wrong decision, he may pay a price he has never foreseen. U.S. President Donald Trump already ordered the USS Carl Vinson, a U.S. Navy Nimitz-class aircraft carrier, to head toward the Korean Peninsula. The supercarrier is expected to arrive in the East Sea this weekend, along with a nuclear submarine. In an interview with the Wall Street Journal, Trump said the deployment of the Carl Vinson Strike Group was aimed at thwarting North Korea from making additional provocations.

China also appears to be taking a new path. A number of state mouthpieces are vehemently criticizing its ally’s nuclear test as if to reflect Chinese President Xi Jinping’s deepening concerns.

If the rift between Beijing and Pyongyang deepens, China may levy its harshest ever economic sanctions on North Korea, including cutting off oil supplies. In Wednesday’s editorial, the Global Times, China’s most belligerent state-run newspaper, wrote that if North Korea conducts a nuclear test again, China would support UN sanctions, including cutting off oil supplies.

Trump is trying to cajole China into putting more pressure on the North than ever before. In a telephone conversation with Xi, Trump offered him a carrot: if Beijing helps with the North Korean problem, Uncle Sam will not complain too much about the trade deficit. This is another reason for China to put unprecedented pressure on the North.

If North Korea conducts another nuclear test, it has crossed the point of no return. Once it is equipped with the ability to attack the U.S. mainland with ICBMs with miniaturized warheads, it has crossed a red line. When that happens, North Korea must prepare itself for a military attack from the U.S.

If not a missile attack, there are many ways to destroy the North Korean regime. If China stops oil going to the North, it will perish. Kim Jong-un must think again.

[COBOL2Java]

China, it’s your blooming job to deal with this freak. I suggest you get to it.

I think the ChiComms liked the man-child Ohaha. He didn't really "do" anything constructive on the world stage, particularly the Far East. They liked the Kenyan's ineptness. With Trump, however, they see decisiveness, and a resolve. Now, they're going to have to do something about Fat Boy.

[Navy Patriot]

Conflict could break out ‘at any moment’ over North Korea, Chinese foreign minister warns

Then I guess it's not wise to be near North Korea, is it Wang?

[yldstrk]

yep

[TigerLikesRooster]

North Korea will conduct next nuclear test, says vice foreign minister Han Song Ryol

According to AP report, Han Song Ryol said, " The situation on the Korean Peninsula is now in a "vicious cycle."

[Old Teufel Hunden]

This guy had one of his own people killed by having him mortared to death. I mean, who does this? Most of his inner circle must despise him. Can’t someone from this group have some cajones and take him out? Do us all a favor?

[wastoute]

I have often wondered why, when these turd world dictators decide they want a nuke, why don’t we just GIVE THEM A FEW! Kim Jung dung may just be about to find out. “Hey, you want these so badly, get some!” A good demonstration should dampen the enthusiasm of the wannabes.

[wastoute]

In all seriousness, technically a “State of War” has existed between us and the Norks for over 60 years. Time to end it.

[alloysteel]

The conflict has been there for years, starting back on June 25, 1950. Strictly speaking, it was not a “new” war, but simply an extension of the Second World War, in which Stalin was determined to close the circle with Japan, with which the Soviet Union had never concluded a peace treaty. In fact, the Soviet Union only joined in the war against Japan in the closing days, and was not included in the signing of the surrender of the Japanese Emperor to General MacArthur. In the fall of the dominoes with China and much of southeast Asia, and a good possibility that Japan would be next, the North Koreans told Stalin they could take all of the South Korean peninsula. And they almost succeeded. Only a small beachhead around Pusan was still in the hands of the US and its allies, when the landing at Inchon virtually cut the North Korean army in two, and the push came on to drive the North Koreans back, with US Marines arriving at the Chosen Reservoir by November 1950.

But they had outrun their supply lines, and one of the bitterest winters in years hit, leaving the Marines with inadequate clothing and diminishing ammo. No evacuation route was available, and many simply froze to death. Not only that, but the swarm of Chicom soldiers over the Yalu River pretty much rescued the remnant of the North Korean army and government, with the resulting tug-of-war at what became the Line of Demarcation and agreed-upon DMZ.

Also recall, that Truman fired MacArthur, and that alone probably made any US and allied forces victory impossible.

[oldasrocks]

china is just playing Trump. First china creates NK and then says they will rectify the problem if Trump backs off on trade problem.

Like the movie where the guy has a pet dragon and uses him to flame a village, then takes payment from the villagers to kill the dragon which he fakes.

china needs NK as a buffer zone between them and South Korea. We can help with that-it’s called a radioactive no go zone.

[Pearls Before Swine]

If Kim’s inner circle come to realize that they will personally lose everything in the event of shooting, they themselves will take Kim out.

There's a lot of fear there. They can't communicate--if you plot and guess wrong, death by anti-aircraft fire, if you are lucky.

It's interesting, in an abstract way, to contemplate how that much fear can hold a societal order together.

[wastoute]

For decades China has used NK to blackmail the US. Now NK is a liability, though. If fighting resumes on the Korean Peninsula there will be 10 million refugees flooding into China that China really does to want. The Chinese hate the Koreans. So after all these years the paradigm has shifted. Trump is just taking advantage of this to pressure the Chinese. Fair enough, they used the Norks to pressure us for a long time.

“The world still turns our way”. Sevareid.

[central_va]

Stalin actually created and weaponized the DPRK, China just took over ownership in 1951.

[wastoute]

Read “The Marines of Autumn.” Fantastic. Americans should have a daily moment of silence for those men.