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| Norks rule out nuke test for now |
| 2012-05-28 |
| SEOUL -- North Korea on Tuesday (May 21) ruled out an imminent nuclear weapon test, but vowed to expand and bolster its nuclear deterrence as well as its sovereign right to launch satellites, while slamming the Group of Eight nations' condemnation of its failed long-range rocket launch in April. In a remark given to Pyongyang's Korean Central News Agency, a spokesman for North Korea's Foreign Ministry said that the North didn't have a plan for a nuclear test from the beginning, because it sought to launch a scientific and technical satellite. "From the beginning, we did not envisage such a military measure as a nuclear test as we planned to launch a scientific and technical satellite for peaceful purposes," said the official. "Several weeks ago, we informed the U.S. side of the fact that we are restraining ourselves in real actions though we are no longer bound to the February 29 DPRK-U.S. agreement, taking the concerns voiced by the U.S. into consideration for the purpose of ensuring the peace and stability of the Korean Peninsula necessary for focusing every effort on the peaceful development." There has been speculation that the communist country may carry out a nuclear test to try to compensate for last month's botched rocket launch. The North has a track record of carrying out a nuclear test following a long-range missile test. In 2006, the North conducted its first nuclear test, three months after the test-firing of its long-range Taepodong-2 rocket. The second nuclear test in 2009 came just one month after a long-range rocket launch. The North Korean official went on to strongly hit back at a statement issued at a G8 summit in the U.S. last week. "Absolutely intolerable is G8's reckless political provocation to violate the sacred sovereignty of the DPRK (North Korea) steeped in the bad habit of supporting the U.S. hostile policy towards the DPRK in disregard of justice and truth. We will bravely frustrate all the obstructions of the hostile forces and continue legitimately exercising our sovereign right to launch satellites to meet the indispensable requirements for building an economic power," said the official. "We had access to nuclear deterrence for self-defense because of the hostile policy of the U.S. to stifle the DPRK by force and we will expand and bolster it nonstop as long as this hostile policy goes on. If the U.S. persists in its moves to ratchet up sanctions and pressure upon us despite our peace-loving efforts, we will be left with no option but to take counter-measures for self-defense." |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #3 TOPIX > CHINA CONFIRMS MORE SHIPS' DEPLOYED TO SHOAL. * SAME > CHINA BLAMES PHILIPPINES FOR MORE SHIPS IN SOUTH CHINA SEA. * SAME >PHILIPPINE GOVT: CHINESE SHIPS IN NAVAL STANDOFF OUTNUMBER US 100 TO 2. * SAME > REPORT: CHINESE [Military] AIRSTRIP NEAR DISPUTED ISLANDS NEARLY COMPLETE. PLAAF can allegedly reach both Taiwan + South China Sea. * REAL CLEAR POLITICS > CHINA'S EXPANDING "CORE" ["Core Interests"]. ARTIC = No longer just limited to TIBET + TAIWAN + XINJIANG only, but Beijing has now also expanded its definition to the Japanese Senkakus [ China = Daoyus/Daoyutai], + nearly all of South China Sea. versus * SAME > CHINA'S POWER RISES IN STANDOFF WID PHILIPPINES. * DEFENCE.PK/FORUMS > TAIWAN: DAOYUS ISLANDS BELONGS TO JAPAN | TAIWANESE PRESIDENT REAFFIRMS DAOYUS iSLANDS IS JAPANESE TERRITORY. * DEFENCE FORUM INDIA > VIETNAMESE INTELLECTUALS BACK PHILIPPINES' PANATAG CLAIM. * SAME > BUGTLAT: CLAIMS THAT US WILL AID PHILIPPINES [militarily intervene] AGZ CHINA JUST [Philippines'] FANTASY | RELIANCE ON PAST TREATY OBLIGATIONS WID US HAS NOT HELPED PHILIPPINES IMPROVE ITS MILITARY CAPABILITIES, + SHOULD BE EXPECTED TO HELP IN ENGAGING CHINA'S MILITARY. * TOPIX > CHINA HAILS UN REJECTION OF JAPAN SEA CLAIMS, as per Okinotori Reef-Atoll = "continental shelf", which would epxand Japan's geographical area by nearly twice,, + allow Japan to claim up to 740,000 kms of UW Seafloor around Okinotori. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2012-05-28 23:32 |
| #2 No $$$ is quite possible, but IMO the greater reason is Jong-un + Pyongyang Boyz want to see the outcome between China + PHIL ala Scarborough Shoal - at last check, in the aftermath of the Sino-PHIL mutual fishing ban China has begun flooding the Shoal wid Fishing Boats + more armed Fishery Cutters, which has caused/led the PHIL to protest anew. A US-CHINA-PHIL MIL CONFRONTATION IS STILL POSSIBLE - IMO Jong-un = NOKOR wants to see how China will act agz his country NOKOR in defense of its East Asia security. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2012-05-28 20:47 |
| #1 Hmmm, no cash. |
| Posted by: Recneck Jim 2012-05-28 10:47 |