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  • PH Ready to Evacuate All OFWs from (South) Korea

    11/25/2010 10:09:54 PM PST · by AmericanInTokyo · 18 replies
    Inquirer.net (Manila, Philippines) ^ | 26 November 2010 | Veronica Uy
    MANILA, Philippines – The government is prepared to “evacuate all” 60,000 Filipinos in South Korea “if and when needed,” Foreign Affairs Undersecretary for Migrant Workers’ Affairs Esteban Conejos said Wednesday. “Everything is in place. We have an updated plan that addresses the security contingent arising in Korea. We will evacuate all if and when needed,” he said in a phone interview with INQUIRER.net. The constant tension in the Korean Peninsula starting with the North Korea’s nuclear testing about two years ago prompted the Philippine government to draw up a plan that includes mobilizing its “extensive network” of Filipino community leaders...
  • Korean peninsula on brink of war due to drills - North Korea

    11/25/2010 7:26:01 PM PST · by markomalley · 29 replies
    al Reuters ^ | 11/26/2010
    Reuters) - North Korea said on Friday the South and the United States were pushing the peninsula to "the brink of war" with their plan to conduct large-scale military drills, days after the rival Koreas exchanged artillery fire. "The situation on the Korean Peninsula is inching closer to the brink of war due to the reckless plan of those trigger-happy elements to stage again war exercises targeted against the (North)," the North's official KCNA news agency