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South Korea will oppose referral of North Korea to UNSC |
2005-04-21 |
SEOUL: South Korea said on Wednesday it would oppose referral of North Korea to the UN Security Council despite a sharp escalation in the standoff over Pyongyang's nuclear ambitions. North Korea has shut down its only functioning nuclear reactor at Yongbyon, north of Pyongyang, and told a visiting US specialist that it planned to unload spent nuclear fuel from the plant and reprocess it into weapons-grade plutonium. A reactor must be shut down before nuclear fuel can be unloaded and sent for reprocessing. A senior North Korean diplomat at the United Nations, Han Song-Ryol, repeated the threat in an interview on Monday with a US newspaper, saying reprocessing would allow North Korea to "increase our deterrent," against the United States. Experts said reprocessing a full load of spent nuclear fuel from the reactor could double North Korea's nuclear arsenal. |
Posted by:Fred |
#7 good timing SK! |
Posted by: Frank G 2005-04-21 8:07:45 PM |
#6 Just in time for BRAC. The list comes out 16 May and hopefully the Land of the Morning Calm will be heavily represented. Time for the 2nd ID to leave and 7th AF to come home. Itaewon has been overpriced since the Olympics anyway. |
Posted by: RWV 2005-04-21 7:53:59 PM |
#5 smn; wouldn't that be "Better Red than Fed"? This graphic gets me every time. I always think it's John R. Bolton. |
Posted by: Gleaper Cleregum9549 2005-04-21 6:34:36 PM |
#4 Let's check with the Japanese first, then evacuate. Leaving troops there is always better than an amphibious landing. |
Posted by: Mrs. Davis 2005-04-21 7:23:46 AM |
#3 Agreed. If the South Korean Government wants to coddle the dictator, its time we let them have a love fest without our people in the way. Pull the entire 2nd ID out, pull out the fighter eings, and take all out stuff and put it on Guam. Pull all US personnel out. Let the Norks have a free shot without the US propping up a government that has obviously lost its mind as it sees us as the bigger threat then Kim. See how well Seoul does under the artillery of Kim without the US there as a retaliatory guarantee. |
Posted by: OldSpook 2005-04-21 1:46:04 AM |
#2 As South Korea continues her trek toward "Better 'Red' than "Dead'" conclusions, Not one Red Blooded American should die in the future over them, Allow Unification without the US firing a shot! Ala the British, with Hong Kong! |
Posted by: smn 2005-04-21 12:40:19 AM |
#1 South Korea said on Wednesday it would oppose referral of North Korea to the UN Security Council despite a sharp escalation in the standoff over Pyongyang’s nuclear ambitions. Get. Our. Personnel. And. Equipment. Out. Of. There. NOW. |
Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2005-04-21 12:18:14 AM |