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S. Korea, U.S. in sync over ways to handle ship sinking ramifications: official
Yonhap News ^ | 5/14/2010 | Hwang Doo-hyong

Posted on 05/15/2010 12:11:14 AM PDT by ErnstStavroBlofeld

Korea and the United States are in sync over ways to deal with the sinking of a South Korean warship, which left 46 sailors dead on the sea border with North Korea in March, a senior South Korean official said Friday.

Lee Yong-joon, deputy foreign minister, did not elaborate, just saying, "Details will be released after the outcome of the probe (of the sinking) is announced."

North Korea is suspected to be behind the sinking of the 1,200-ton Cheonan, although an international team of South Korean, U.S. and Australian specialists has not yet determined the cause.

The investigation is being focused on metal shards and traces of high explosives found at the scene and in the wreckage.

South Korea said it will bring the case to the U.N. Security Council for further sanctions if North Korea is confirmed to be at fault.

"There were no different opinions on the issue of the Cheonan, and we've agreed on all issues," Lee told reporters while emerging from a meeting with Kurt Campbell, assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs, and Wallace Gregson, assistant secretary of defense for Asian and Pacific security affairs.

(Excerpt) Read more at english.yonhapnews.co.kr ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 6party; cheonan; northkorea; pcc772; rok; rokn; skorea; southkorea

1 posted on 05/15/2010 12:11:14 AM PDT by ErnstStavroBlofeld
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To: sonofstrangelove

And now we can move on and pretend it never happened.


2 posted on 05/15/2010 2:32:44 AM PDT by Carley (WE CAN SEE NOVEMBER FROM OUR HOUSE)
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To: Carley

“And now we can move on and pretend it never happened.”

Hey, better than that—obama will give NK MORE money so they can continue their nuclear nightmare if they “promise”(wink, wink) to be good from now on.


3 posted on 05/15/2010 3:30:43 AM PDT by freeangel ( (free speech is only good until someone else doesn't like what you say))
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To: sonofstrangelove

South Korea and the Obama administration are in sync about the sinking of this ship. Both are scared spitless to do anything and they have decided to accept any term the North Koreans decide to give them as a way out.


4 posted on 05/15/2010 5:09:08 AM PDT by Venturer
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