N. Korea deploys more multiple-launch rockets capable of targeting Seoul, South Korea

SEOUL, Dec. 3 (Yonhap) -- North Korea has added more multiple-launch rockets capable of hitting the South Korean capital, a military source said Friday, amid heightened tensions over the North's fatal artillery attack on a South Korean island.

The North's rockets and long-range artillery, capable of raining down shells on Seoul, which lies about 50 kilometers from the heavily armed border, are the biggest defense concern for South Korea. "

...ever see those pictures of downtown Pyongyang? Beautiful western looking buildings - and female traffic cops with no traffic to control. Blank empty streets with maybe a few trucks here and there ....

Here's something a bit more tell. Bring up Google Earth and look at Seoul. By the shadows from the buildings it appears the satellite picture was taken in the afternoon. You'll see the normal urban traffic (three traffic jams if you look hard enough), but nothing out of the ordinary for a capital city. Now look at Pyongyang. The shadows are identical, yet there are extremely few cars on the road. This picture says a thousand word.

North Korea is a communist proxy. Whenever the Soviets want to divert US attention from Iran they crank up the Norks. It’s synchronised to prevent the US bringing its full force to bear at a single point. The commies have have loads of puppet states or insurrections or trouble spots generally they can stir up or calm down depending on their political needs of the moment.

I’ve been watching many videos of N.Korea. Leaves you breathless seeing the lack of life in the whole country. It is really beyond describing...they are not only in a severe time warp...but since all the food donated by other countries goes to the military and the elites in order to present a picture to the world that they are not starving there...when you see the throngs of people for their parades and such...know that they all walk to the ceremonies.

In the countryside people are like walking sombies...because they are starving...except for the minders and the people they position for the cameras. But if you look at the surroundings it is very evident the whole country’s infastructure is in dire straights. No electric, plumbing, and the buildings are old and primarily empty. You just cannot put into words the desolation that is there.

Kim II is up to no good now because he can no longer even feed the army and elites...further sanctions are working but at an awful cost to those in the countryside. We can only hope that the elites and the military will feel the empty bellies the people in the countryside do and maybe they themselves will turn on Kim and his administration. I do wonder if that isn’t what the International community is hoping will happen...and they are standing by to help when it reaches that tipping point. It seems to have gone about as far as it can without another mass starvation among the people.....already many are dying...it is far beyond sad.

If Kim did not have nukes and China wasn’t using N.Korea as a buffer zone...the International Community would have gone in years ago. I hate Kim and his administration for what they have done to their country and it’s people...and there are very few things in life I can say I hate.

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