Breaking: N Koreans Ordered To Raise Their Flag At 2PM (1 AM EDT), and Listen to Broadcast

Yonhap News (via Naver.com) ^ | 06/18/06 | Shin Ji-hong

[TigerLikesRooster]

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N. Koreans Ordered To Raise Their Flag At 2PM, and Listen to Broadcast

N. Korean leadership ordered its citizen to raise their flag and listen to their (government) communique from TV in the evening, according to Sankei Shimbun (of Japan), quoting Japanese government sources.

The paper said it is paying attention this development because it could be related to the launch of Taepodong-2.

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[TigerLikesRooster]

Another strong indication that the launch is imminent. Flag-raising is not among the NK's menu of usual bombastic statements.

It also confirms that Kim Jong-il use this event to regain his grip on people, by racheting up the tension.

[TigerLikesRooster]

Ping!

[TigerLikesRooster]

It is 10:16am in S. Korea now. Less than 4 hours to go.

[The Mayor]

Could get very interesting around here....

[Jet Jaguar]

Thanks for the ping! I'll try to stay tuned.

[taliesin52]

Time to put deploy one of the anti-missile testbed ships and see how it odes on a live test.

[muawiyah]

Guys gonna' throw a leftover WWII Japanese "nuke" at us ~ hit San Francisco Bay smack dab in the center just like that TV show he watches over and over and over.

Hmmmm.

I am torn, of course!

[RandallFlagg]

Ruh-roh!

FReepers at the ready!

[Miss Marple]

Thanks for this thread, Tiger.

Dog, I am pinging you to what may prove to be an interesting development.

[The Duke]

I look at Kim Jong il and I see a coward. I'd call his bluff any day. :)

[dakine]

marked...

[Jet Jaguar]

Japan warns N.Korea over any missile launch

http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=topNews&storyID=2006-06-18T004207Z_01_L17747729_RTRUKOC_0_UK-KOREA-NORTH-MISSILE.xml

[xzins]

I hope our people assume that if the trajectory is in any way threatening, that this is an act of war.

[TigerLikesRooster]

Re #5

From Jet Jaguar:

NORTH KOREAN RADIO IS BROADCASTING A COMMAND TO ALL NORTH KOREANS TO PLACE NORTH KOREAN FLAGS OUTSIDE THEIR HOMES AND TUNE IN TO RADIO/TV FOR AN 'IMPORTANT' ANNOUNCEMENT AT 2:00 P.M. LOCAL TIME, SUNDAY 18 JUNE (1:00 A.M. Eastern Sunday / 11:00 p.m. Eastern Tonight (17 June)

[kittymyrib]

LOL...I hope our military is getting our interceptor ready. How deliciously ironic if the Leftist coast would be saved by Ronald Reagan's "star wars" program!

[xjcsa]

reference bump

[toddlintown]

A real world opportunity.

[Wiggins]

Time to put deploy one of the anti-missile testbed ships and see how it odes on a live test.

Time to deploy a Trident Attack Submarine off the coast instead.

[onyx]

Is this the test of their long range missle?

[NinoFan]

I'm hoping this is just another moment of rambling by the madman, but this does sound ominous.