24 June 2009
The Increasing Threat from North Korea
Posted by Joy Bischoff under: World Affairs .
As North Korea has been saber rattling the last few weeks, I haven’t felt too concerned for the near future because they seem to lack the ability to back up their words. However, I do want to make clear that the time could come when North Korea becomes a serious threat. I have read some writings of Kim Jong Il, the president, and was amazed at his obviously extreme mental illness. We do seem to have the capability of knocking down anything they send up right now so hopefully there is no reason to panic. My biggest concern would be the day they could send a nuclear warhead up high enough to create an EMP blast that would shut down everything electronic. That would bring chaos. So, without panicking, we do need to keep our eye on this lunatic.
N Korea threatens US; world anticipates missile
SEOUL, South Korea – North Korea threatened Wednesday to wipe the United States off the map as Washington and its allies watched for signs the regime will launch a series of missiles in the coming days.
Off China’s coast, a U.S. destroyer was tailing a North Korean ship suspected of transporting illicit weapons to Myanmar in what could be the first test of U.N. sanctions passed to punish the nation for an underground nuclear test last month.
The Kang Nam left the North Korean port of Nampo a week ago with the USS John S. McCain close behind. The ship, accused of transporting banned goods in the past, is believed bound for Myanmar, according to South Korean and U.S. officials.
The new U.N. Security Council resolution requires member states to seek permission to inspect suspicious cargo. North Korea has said it would consider interception a declaration of war and on Wednesday accused the U.S. of seeking to provoke another Korean War.
“If the U.S. imperialists start another war, the army and people of Korea will … wipe out the aggressors on the globe once and for all,” the official Korean Central News Agency said.
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