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China-Japan-Koreas
NorKs threaten to wipe out S Korean government
2014-05-14
North Korea threatened yesterday to wipe out the South’s government in a furious response a day after a Seoul official said Pyongyang must disappear soon, in an escalation of rhetoric between the rivals.

The North’s powerful National Defence Commission called Seoul’s comments an intolerable provocation that showed the South wants to take over the North. It said in a statement that Pyongyang would launch all-out, merciless strikes to wipe out every last person in South Korean President Park Geun-hye’s government.

South Korean Defence Ministry spokesman Kim Min-seok said on Monday that the North was not a real country and existed for the benefit of only one person — a reference to its leader, Mr Kim Jong-un. He added that the North has no human rights or public freedoms.

The spokesman’s comments followed a series of slurs by Pyongyang against South Korean and United States leaders. North Korea’s media likened Ms Park to an “old prostitute” and US President Barack Obama to a “monkey” in recent dispatches. South Korea called the North’s verbal insults against Ms Park immoraland unacceptable, while the US described Pyongyang’s racist slurs against Mr Obama as “disgusting”.

The South Korean Defence Ministry said the North’s military had not undertaken any suspicious activities. A ministry official said Seoul is always ready to repel any provocation by Pyongyang.

South Korea tries to avoid publicly talking about anything that can be interpreted as a collapse of Pyongyang’s government due to worries that the North would raise tensions.

Posted by:Pappy

#8  Its CHINA that's been talking lately about NOKOR collapse, not the South.

Probably why Pudgy has been strengthening ties with Putin's Russia.
Posted by: Squinty   2014-05-14 22:08  

#7  Its CHINA that's been talking lately about NOKOR collapse, not the South.
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2014-05-14 21:54  

#6   However, that may be how the Kim's ultimately plan to take down the south. :-)

It's been mentioned on these pages on occasion that should the North Korean army head south, they would be bogged down by the first dozen 7-11s on the road, and never make it beyond the first actual grocery store. I can't speak to this myself, not being in any way military, though I do know a few people who've put on a uniform and headed toward the sound of guns.
Posted by: trailing wife   2014-05-14 19:59  

#5  I appreciate the fix. However, that may be how the Kim's ultimately plan to take down the south. :-)
Posted by: Squinty   2014-05-14 19:22  

#4  "South Korea tries to avoid publicly talking about anything that can be interpreted as a collapse of Pyongyang's government due to worries that the North would raise tensions it will collapse and all those hungry NorKs will come pouring across the border looking for food."

FTFY, Squinty.
Posted by: Barbara   2014-05-14 18:19  

#3  Sorry, should have added the quote that I had in mind.

South Korea tries to avoid publicly talking about anything that can be interpreted as a collapse of Pyongyangâ€�™s government due to worries that the North would raise tensions.
Posted by: Squinty   2014-05-14 17:32  

#2  If you want something to happen, start a rumor that it is happening ....
Posted by: Squinty   2014-05-14 17:31  

#1  They're certainly noisy, aren't they.
Posted by: Redneck Jim   2014-05-14 10:14  

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