Posted on 04/25/2017 11:28:52 AM PDT by Textide
Senior officials of South Korea, the United States and Japan agreed at a meeting in Tokyo on Tuesday to take unbearably strong punitive action against North Korea if the communist country launches a fresh military provocation, the South Korean participant said.
The three countries' chief negotiators on the North Korean nuclear issue held a meeting earlier in the day to coordinate their responses to advancing nuclear and missile threats by North Korea. Kim Hong-kyun, special representative for Korean Peninsula peace and security affairs at the foreign ministry, represented the South Korean side, vis-a-vis his U.S. and Japanese counterparts, Joseph Yun and Kenji Kanasugi.
The trilateral meeting comes amid unusually heightened tension after North Korea ratcheted up its ballistic missile tests and military threats to the U.S. and South Korea this year.
"(The three sides) agreed that we will strongly warn that North Korea should stop further strategic provocations, but we will take strong punitive action that the North could not bear if it pushes ahead with one despite the warning," Kim told reporters after the meeting.
"We had a discussion on the details (of what punitive action) but it is inappropriate to talk about the details," Kim said, only adding that the countries will consider stronger anti-North responses in the existing fields of U.N. Security Council resolution, country-level sanctions and international diplomatic pressure.
The diplomats denounced North Korea for posing a threat to the peace and stability of the international community, Kim said. "Since the North remains unchanged on its stance toward denuclearization, the efforts should be focused on keeping up and even further intensifying pressure on the North."
Also agreed in the trilateral meeting were trilateral efforts to secure China's "constructive role" in getting North Korea to give up its nuclear and missile programs, Kim also said.
He said the planned April 28 meeting of the U.N. Security Council will be a pivotal venue for the ultimate achievement of the complete, verifiable and irreversible dismantlement of the North Korean nuclear program.
South Korean Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se is expected to join the UNSC meeting to be chaired by U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson. The top diplomats would also hold a trilateral meeting on the issue with the Japanese foreign minister on the sidelines of the U.N. meeting.
Joseph Yun told reporters that China has a "very, very important role" to play in the denuclearization effort. Yun said the countries agreed to coordinate closely on the diplomatic, military and economic fronts.
With North Korea reportedly coming close to owning a nuclear-tipped ballistic missile, the U.S. Trump administration has been ramping up pressure on North Korea and persuading China to join efforts to curb North Korea's nuclear and missile programs.
During his visit to Seoul last month, U.S. Vice President Pence declared that "all options are on the table," including military action.
A day earlier, Trump pledged to work together with Japan and China to get North Korea to give up its weapons programs during his phone conversations with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and President Xi Jinping.
The U.S. has also deployed its aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson to the region, as tensions remain high here. (Yonhap)
And if all this blows over without a shot being fired, will Trump receive the Nobel Peace Prize like his worthless predecessor did?
“if the communist country launches a fresh military provocation”
Great. As it should be.
But what constitutes a “fresh military provocation?”
South Korea would look nice as an island.
I believe the Norwegian for ‘No’ is ‘Nei’.
Fatboy Kim is unbearable.
Kim < China, Russia, the U.S., South Korea, Japan...
Kim is holding the ace card. It’s about to be shoved up...
No, he hasn’t been in office long enough...
Bwa ha ha ha ha ha ha...
Also agreed in the trilateral meeting were trilateral efforts to secure China’s “constructive role” in getting North Korea to give up its nuclear and missile programs, Kim also said.
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The obvious goal. Trump needs to figure this one out. What is the pressure that could be applied to China that would force them put the hammer to Kim Krazy. Has to be trade policy. Has to be too much for the Chinese to bear. Has to be OK with Congress. Has to be sold to the public. Has to look like it will work and is worth the risk.
Tough task. Hope our guy is up to it.
Sounds good; we will just have to see where the chips fall.
‘Buy American’ from the Bully Pulpit is quite the arrow in the quiver, too, if he decides to ask.
I like the idea of bringing the coal to steel production back to western pa and ohio. Without a reliable steel industry our national security is greatly diminished.
I agree with those above, put the trade issue to the Chinese so they have to rain in the fat boi.
When the SK government starts to quietly move out of Seoul I think things will happen quickly. NK will try to pre-empt by hitting Seoul and any sign of that starting will draw the fires of hell down on the NK side of the western section of the DMZ and on the nuke sites. The Deal may be to invite China to enter NK and occupy it while the US and its buds wipe out the NK military installations and large formations. The end result of that will not be terribly wonderful but it will be much more predictable and thus manageable than leaving Kim in control. It might even be superior to turning the North over to SK as trying to rehab the North might well sink the SK economy and create instability in the South.
That is the word or some minor pronunciation variation of it in all the Germanic languages.
3 ½ MINUTE NORTH KOREA VIDEO SATIRE
How sad that Kim Junk Um had to grow up so early!
https://youtu.be/S3bYymXCZkI
Your thoughts are the same that I’ve been having. I would imagine that the three powers are on a hair trigger. At the first sign of crap from the NORKS, I think holy h3ii will rain down first thing on the area just north of the DMZ where all the pre-targeted artillery is located. Then/simultaneously the other major targets will be hit.
I don’t think Kim Jun Dung is long for this world.
I was talking to a Chinese citizen from hong kong,says china don’t care about SK.
Trump will be blamed for deaths & chaos that follows
Trump is going to “get blamed” for anything that happens, even made up stuff.
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