| Submit your comments on this article |
| China-Japan-Koreas |
| UN Command-N. Korea military talks break down |
| 2010-10-30 |
| (KUNA) -- Talks to arrange a high-level meeting between the American-led United Nations, aka the Oyster Bay Chowder and Marching Society Command (UNC) and North Korea on the sinking of a South Korean warship have broken down from the North's refusal, Seoul's Yonhap News Agency reported Friday, citing a UNC official. Colonel-level officers from the two sides had met earlier this week for the seventh time since mid-July to set up a general-grade officers' meeting to discuss the March sinking of the Cheonan but failed to make any progress. "Colonel-level talks with North Korea eventually broke down as the North's side refused to hold the general-level talks at the seventh round of meetings on Wednesday," Yonhap quoted the UNC official as saying. "No other meetings have been scheduled," he added. The UNC, which supervises an armistice that ended the 1950-53 Korean War, confirmed that the North's military "declined to hold General Officer Talks and continued to refuse to accept the procedure laid out in the Armistice Agreement for conducting a joint investigation." A South Korea-led multinational investigation team concluded in May that the Cheonan corvette was torpedoed by a North Korean submarine, killing 46 sailors. The North denies any involvement and insists Seoul allow Pyongyang's investigators to come and verify the results of the probe. South Korea has rejected the North's demand, saying the sinking should be handled under the framework of the armistice. The UNC is led by the top US commander in the South. The US has some 28,500 troops stationed in South Korea, a legacy of the Korean War. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 Besides the DMZ land skirmish this AM, DAILY MAIL.UK is also repor a NAVAL SKIRMISH between the DPRK's + ROK's, the first in seven years. NEXT UP - DPRK-VS-ROK FLYBOYS??? Although numerous Land-Sea borderincidnets had occurred throughout the Cold War, NORTH KOREA back then was NOT in the EXISTENTIAL NATIONAL DANGERS IT IS POST-9-11 + AFPAK. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2010-10-30 00:17 |