Posted on 10/08/2006 7:47:28 PM PDT by Lunatic Fringe
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) Yonhap news agency reports that a government official says there are "signs" of a North Korean nuclear test.
"...PETA just protested a cockroach eating contest at Great Flags here in Chicago."
PETA was probably frightened that, in a cockroach eating contest, Dennis Kucinich might be deep fried and served up.
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Breaking News >>South Korea: China to Drop Opposition to U.N. Sanctions on North Korea
FOX ^ | 12:45 AM | FOX
Posted on 10/09/2006 10:46:18 PM PDT by GarryOwen2006
just breaking on fox website now.. in the banner.
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Watching here for further updates:
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Report: China cancels soldiers' leave on NK border
cnn ^ | POSTED: 0558 GMT (1358 HKT), October 10, 2006
Posted on 10/09/2006 11:56:58 PM PDT by maquiladora
DANDONG, China (AP) -- China has canceled leave for its soldiers along the North Korean border and some units are conducting anti-chemical weapons drills after the North's nuclear test, a Hong Kong newspaper with close ties to Beijing reported Tuesday.
Leaves were canceled for Chinese troops in Jilin province, which accounts for about 80 percent of China's border with the North, the Wen Wei Po reported. Some units were "conducting anti-chemical drills," it said, without elaborating.
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N Korea warns of further tests, warhead deployment on missiles
XFN-ASIA ^
Posted on 10/10/2006 12:38:33 AM PDT by maquiladora
SEOUL (XFN-ASIA) - North Korea may move towards conducting further weapons tests and deploying nuclear warheads on missiles, South Korea's Yonhap News Agency reported, citing an unidentified North Korean official.
The official told Yonhap's Beijing correspondent that Pyongyang's next moves will largely depend on 'how the situation develops,' adding this will in turn depend on the actions of the United States.
Yep. I agree with you.
http://www.assistnews.net/Stories/s06100050.htm
Monday, October 9, 2006
"North Korea ‘nuclear test’ strongly condemned by the UN Security Council"
By Dan Wooding
Founder of ASSIST Ministries
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA (ANS) -- I was in Seoul on a reporting trip when the news came through that North Korea had tested a nuclear weapon underground, South Korean media said the test took place in Gilju in Hamgyong province at 1036 (0136 GMT) on Sunday, October 8."
This one?
http://home.kyodo.co.jp/modules/fstStory/index.php?storyid=276241
S. Korea military preparing for nuclear war contingency: Yonhap
SEOUL, Oct. 11 KYODO
South Korea's military has reported on its preparations for a nuclear war contingency on the Korean Peninsula in the wake of North Korea's claimed nuclear bomb test on Monday, Yonhap News Agency reported Wednesday.
The report said the military's joint chiefs of staff reported to the defense minister for the second time in a week on the country's military preparedness for nuclear war.
==Kyodo
(updated version)
http://home.kyodo.co.jp/modules/fstStory/index.php?storyid=276248
S. Korea checking military readiness for nuclear war
SEOUL, Oct. 11
KYODO
South Korea's armed forces are checking military readiness to deal with any nuclear war on the Korean Peninsula in the wake of North Korea's announcement Monday that it conducted a nuclear test, Yonhap News Agency reported Wednesday.
The Joint Chiefs of Staff has presented reports to Defense Minister Yoon Kwang Ung, citing the necessity of checking military readiness and securing defensive means, Yonhap said, quoting multiple military officials.
Thanks CallMeJoe and I'll update here, too tonight if I spot something of interest.
http://home.kyodo.co.jp/modules/fstStory/index.php?storyid=276252
N. Korea warns sanctions tantamount to declaration of war: Yonhap
SEOUL, Oct. 11
KYODO
A North Korean official warned Wednesday that if the U.N. Security Council decides on full-scale sanctions against the country over its nuclear test, that would be construed as a declaration of war, Yonhap News Agency reported.
''If full sanctions are imposed, we would consider it as a declaration of war,'' the report from Beijing quoted an unidentified North Korean official as saying in the Chinese capital.
Asked what he meant by full sanctions, the official, who stressed he was only giving his personal view, said that would include such measures as a maritime blockade.
''The harder the pressure will be, the higher will be the level of our response'' he warned.
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N Korea raises threat of new test
BBC News ^ | 10/11/2006
Posted on 10/11/2006 12:12:08 AM PDT by Republicain
North Korea's second most powerful leader has said that whether further nuclear tests are carried out depends on US policy, Japanese media report. Kim Yong-nam said the decision depended on how the US treated North Korea, Japan's Kyodo news agency said.
He said US policy was also the main factor in determining whether to return to stalled six-party talks.
The comments were the first from a senior North Korean official since the country's claimed nuclear test.
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North Korea says Japan is gearing up for war
DefenceTalk.com ^
Posted on 10/10/2006 11:56:42 PM PDT by DTAD
SEOUL: Communist North Korea accused Japan Wednesday of gearing up for war as Tokyo pressed the UN Security Council to punish Pyongyang for its nuclear test.
Japanese "reactionaries" are preparing to upgrade the Defence Agency into a ministry and set up a "strategic planning office" inside the agency, the government newspaper Minju Joson said in a commentary.
"This is nothing but moves to convert Japan into a military power and round off the preparations for a war of aggression overseas," said the commentary carried by the official Korean Central News Agency.
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"How Kim kindled his nuclear funeral pyre"
The Times ^ | October 11, 2006 | Rosemary Righter
Posted on 10/10/2006 11:55:14 PM PDT by MadIvan
"North Korea’s neighbours are willing to let the failed state creak on — but with less erratic pilots at the helm"
http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewForeignBureaus.asp?Page=/ForeignBureaus/archive/200610/INT20061010b.html
"Iran Watching How World Deals With North Korea"
By Julie Stahl
CNSNews.com Jerusalem Bureau Chief
October 10, 2006
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"NK Nuke Test Makes US Missile Defense a Priority, Expert Says"
By Monisha Bansal
CNSNews.com Staff Writer
October 10, 2006
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S. Korean Lawmaker, "Russia might have given N. Korea know-how of miniature nukes"
Chosun Ilbo ^ | 10/11/06
Posted on 10/11/2006 2:33:45 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
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S. Korean Lawmaker, "Russia might have given know-how of miniature nukes to N. Korea"
Kong Sung-jin, a S. Korean opposition lawmaker at Intelligence Committee of National Assembly, told on Oct. 11, "We have intelligence that the reason why Russia is the first nation N. Korea gave advance warning of its nuclear test is because Russia gave N. Korea technology for miniaturizing nukes. They are trying to verify the allegation."
Legislator Kong appeared on 'Open World Today with Chang Sung-min,' a news talk show of Pyong-hwa Radio, and commented, "Russia and China were the first to know N. Korea's nuclear test. Even though it is not verified, we heard that N. Korea notified Russia two hours before the test."
He maintained, "I am sure that N. Korea want to keep equal distance from both countries, but it may also reflect N. Korea's deep dissatisfaction with China, due to its recent pressure on N. Korea."
"China got notified 20 minutes before the test, and notified S. Korea, U.S., and Japan in this order. That is why S. Korea got informed at 10:50 am (Oct. 9.) Since neither of U.S., Japan, and China had not detected underground nuclear test (in advance,) it is not fair that our intelligence gathering ability is at fault."
Seoul = Yonhap News
2006.10.11
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S. Korean defense minister orders 'thorough military readiness'
SEOUL, Oct. 12
KYODO
Defense Minister Yoon Kwang Ung ordered South Korea's armed forces Wednesday to maintain a ''thorough military readiness'' in the wake of North Korea's claimed nuclear test Monday, Yoon's ministry said Thursday
''We should keep up a 24-hour thorough military readiness to strongly support the government's policies by force and to promptly cope with any threat or provocation from North Korea,'' Yoon said in his message, Yonhap News Agency reported.
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N. Korea: A Railroad Tunnel Collapsed near Suspected Nuclear Test Site(evidence of the blast?)
Chosun Ilbo ^ | 10/12/06
Posted on 10/11/2006 9:33:29 PM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
/begin my translation
N. Korea: A Railroad Tunnel Collapsed near Suspected Nuclear Test Site
(Japan's) Yomiuri Shimbun reported on Oct. 12 that a railroad tunnel near N. Korea's suspected nuclear test site collapsed on Oct. 9 possibly as a result of the blast.
According to the report, quoting sources in Seoul, Baek-am Tunnel, located near Baek-am Station, Baek-am County, Yanggang Province, collapsed after N. Korea announced its nuclear test. The tunnel is 50 km(31 miles) away from the suspected test site(according to S. Korean Intelligence) of Sang-pyong-ri, Kimchaek City, N. Hamkyong Province. Baek-am Station is located at a mid-point of the railway between Gilju, N. Hamkyong Province, and Haesan, Yanggang Province.
2006.10.12 09:15 26'
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10/12/2006 North Korea/Asian Daily Thread
VARIOUS SOURCES | 12 OCTOBER 2006 | NEWS
Posted on 10/11/2006 9:42:35 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist
Warrior Nurse, I completely missed your post to me back on 10/9/06! Proof that I get FAR too many pings (and am running too many ping lists). I'm really sorry I missed your post.
Take care of yourself over there. God bless you and all our brave troops...
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