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WHAT REALLY HAPPENED - KOREA http://whatreallyhappened.com/taxonomy/term/86/0 en U.S. nuclear arms in Japan: a firsthand account http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/fl20091117hn.html <p>Dear Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama,</p> <p>In the fall of 1980 I was assigned as a civilian university professor to provide Japanese language instruction to the officers and men of the USS Knox (FF-1052), a destroyer home-ported in Yokosuka. Sharing quarters with the ship's nuclear weapons officer, I soon became aware that the Knox was outfitted with an ASROC antisubmarine missile system including nuclear depth bombs.</p> <p><a href="http://whatreallyhappened.com/content/us-nuclear-arms-japan-firsthand-account" target="_blank" title="with WRH comments">WRH permalink</a></p><hr><br> http://whatreallyhappened.com/content/us-nuclear-arms-japan-firsthand-account#comments ASIA KOREA WAR/DRAFT/VETERAN AFFAIRS Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:09:50 +0000 poorrichard 46741 at http://whatreallyhappened.com N.Korea unlikely to give up nuclear weapons: US expert http://rawstory.com/news/afp/N_Korea_unlikely_to_give_up_nuclear_11162009.html <p>North Korea is unlikely to give up its nuclear weapons in the foreseeable future despite the upcoming talks with Washington, a former senior US diplomat who recently visited Pyongyang said Monday.</p> <p>David Straub, once head of the State Department's Korea desk, gave his views as Washington prepares to send an envoy to the North for discussions on reviving the stalled six-nation nuclear disarmament talks.</p> <p>"I see no indication that North Korea, in the foreseeable future, is prepared to give up its nuclear weapons programmes on terms that the US will find politically acceptable," Straub told a Seoul seminar, according to Yonhap news agency.</p> <p><a href="http://whatreallyhappened.com/content/nkorea-unlikely-give-nuclear-weapons-us-expert" target="_blank" title="with WRH comments">WRH permalink</a></p><hr><br> http://whatreallyhappened.com/content/nkorea-unlikely-give-nuclear-weapons-us-expert#comments KOREA Tue, 17 Nov 2009 01:14:54 +0000 ladylove 46321 at http://whatreallyhappened.com North and South Korea warships exchange fire http://refreshingnews9.blogspot.com/2009/11/north-and-south-korea-warships-exchange.html <p>The skirmish in the Yellow Sea – the first for seven years – left a North Korean patrol vessel "engulfed in flames" as it retreated back across the border under fire, according to the South Korean prime minister, Chung Un-Chan.</p> <p>The clash came at a time when relations between the divided nations appeared to be thawing following increased tensions earlier this year caused by North Korea's decision to test a second nuclear device in defiance of UN sanctions.</p> <p><a href="http://whatreallyhappened.com/content/north-and-south-korea-warships-exchange-fire" target="_blank" title="with WRH comments">WRH permalink</a></p><hr><br> http://whatreallyhappened.com/content/north-and-south-korea-warships-exchange-fire#comments KOREA Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:41:07 +0000 suman 45743 at http://whatreallyhappened.com The Kim Jong-il that Clinton met was a fake, says academic http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/the-kim-jongil-that-clinton-met-was-a-fake-says-academic-1812286.html <p>Was it Kim Jong-il? Or was it a fake North Korean leader that entertained Bill Clinton on that mission to Pyongyang to retrieve the two imprisoned American journalists?</p> <p><a href="http://whatreallyhappened.com/content/kim-jong-il-clinton-met-was-fake-says-academic" target="_blank" title="with WRH comments">WRH permalink</a></p><hr><br> http://whatreallyhappened.com/content/kim-jong-il-clinton-met-was-fake-says-academic#comments KOREA Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:29:47 +0000 Prezbyter 44925 at http://whatreallyhappened.com "They're out to get us!" On trust, distrust, and organizing for change http://www.opednews.com/articles/-They-re-out-to-get-us---by-Don-Smith-091014-560.html <p>People no longer trust Congress, the President, the courts, the media, corporations, political parties, and other institutions of society. People even doubt science and medicine.</p> <p><a href="http://whatreallyhappened.com/content/theyre-out-get-us-trust-distrust-and-organizing-change" target="_blank" title="with WRH comments">WRH permalink</a></p><hr><br> http://whatreallyhappened.com/content/theyre-out-get-us-trust-distrust-and-organizing-change#comments CURRENT EVENTS DICTATORSHIP ECONOMY EDUCATION ENTERTAINMENT EUROPE FRANCE GREAT BRITAIN HAWAII HIDDEN HISTORY HUMOR AND SATIRE IMMIGRATION/NORTH AMERICAN UNION IMPEACHMENT IRAN IRAQ ISRAEL KOREA LEBANON MIDDLE EAST PAKISTAN / INDIA PALESTINE POLITICS/ELECTIONS/CORRUPTION PROTESTS/REVOLUTION RELIGION/ATHEISM RIGHT TO BEAR ARMS RUSSIA SAUDI ARABIA SCIENCE/HEALTH/CLIMATE/NATURE SOUTH AMERICA SUDAN SYRIA TAXES TORTURE/WAR CRIMES TURKEY VIDEO VOTE FRAUD WAR/DRAFT/VETERAN AFFAIRS Wed, 14 Oct 2009 14:39:19 +0000 Mike Rivero 42841 at http://whatreallyhappened.com US brushes off North Korea's overtures http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20090909/wl_csm/orespond <p>In a letter to the head of the UN Security Council, North Korea said it was "prepared for both dialogue and sanctions," but warned that if sanctions stayed in place, it would "respond with bolstering our nuclear deterrence."</p> <p><a href="http://whatreallyhappened.com/content/us-brushes-north-koreas-overtures" target="_blank" title="with WRH comments">WRH permalink</a></p><hr><br> http://whatreallyhappened.com/content/us-brushes-north-koreas-overtures#comments KOREA Thu, 10 Sep 2009 16:38:27 +0000 ladylove 39222 at http://whatreallyhappened.com SKorea to develop space food for Russia's Mars mission http://refreshingnews9.blogspot.com/2009/09/skorea-to-develop-space-food-for.html <p>South Korea will develop six types of space food and beverages for Russia's Mars exploration experiment.</p> <p>The Korean Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI) and the Institute of Biomedical Problems of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IBMP)<br /> signed a joint research agreement.</p> <p><a href="http://whatreallyhappened.com/content/skorea-develop-space-food-russias-mars-mission-0" target="_blank" title="with WRH comments">WRH permalink</a></p><hr><br> http://whatreallyhappened.com/content/skorea-develop-space-food-russias-mars-mission-0#comments KOREA Wed, 09 Sep 2009 13:40:19 +0000 suman 39060 at http://whatreallyhappened.com US, SKorea in top-level talks on NKorea http://rawstory.com/news/afp/US_SKorea_in_top_level_talks_on_NKo_09052009.html <p>The United States and South Korea on Saturday held top-level talks to discuss ways to press North Korea to return to disarmament talks, a day after the communist state's renewed nuclear sabre-rattling.</p> <p>In a defiant response to tougher UN sanctions imposed after the nuclear test, North Korea said Friday it was building more plutonium-based atomic weapons and had made progress on enriching uranium.</p> <p><a href="http://whatreallyhappened.com/content/us-skorea-top-level-talks-nkorea" target="_blank" title="with WRH comments">WRH permalink</a></p><hr><br> http://whatreallyhappened.com/content/us-skorea-top-level-talks-nkorea#comments KOREA Sat, 05 Sep 2009 15:30:37 +0000 ladylove 38741 at http://whatreallyhappened.com US vows strong implementation of NKorea sanctions http://rawstory.com/news/afp/US_vows_strong_implementation_of_NK_09042009.html <p>The United States on Friday vowed to keep up its tough sanctions regime on North Korea after Pyongyang said it had reached the final stage of enriching uranium.</p> <p>"We continue to be committed to ensuring that North Korea upholds its international obligations and we continue to strongly implement the sanctions that were approved," White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said.</p> <p><a href="http://whatreallyhappened.com/content/us-vows-strong-implementation-nkorea-sanctions" target="_blank" title="with WRH comments">WRH permalink</a></p><hr><br> http://whatreallyhappened.com/content/us-vows-strong-implementation-nkorea-sanctions#comments KOREA Sat, 05 Sep 2009 00:26:55 +0000 ladylove 38697 at http://whatreallyhappened.com NKorea says in final phase of uranium enrichment http://rawstory.com/news/afp/NKorea_says_in_final_phase_of_urani_09032009.html <p>North Korea said Friday it has entered the final phase of uranium enrichment for nuclear weapons and is also building more bombs with spent reactor fuel rods.</p> <p>After the United Nations imposed tougher sanctions in June following its May 25 nuclear test, the North vowed to start such a programme and to extract plutonium from fuel rods.</p> <p><a href="http://whatreallyhappened.com/content/nkorea-says-final-phase-uranium-enrichment" target="_blank" title="with WRH comments">WRH permalink</a></p><hr><br> http://whatreallyhappened.com/content/nkorea-says-final-phase-uranium-enrichment#comments KOREA Fri, 04 Sep 2009 00:08:19 +0000 ladylove 38584 at http://whatreallyhappened.com UAE 'seizes N Korea arms cargo' http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8227991.stm <p>The United Arab Emirates has seized a ship illegally carrying embargoed North Korean weapons bound for Iran, diplomatic sources at the UN have said.</p> <p>The UK-based Financial Times reported earlier on Friday that the ship was seized "some weeks ago".</p> <p><a href="http://whatreallyhappened.com/content/uae-seizes-n-korea-arms-cargo" target="_blank" title="with WRH comments">WRH permalink</a></p><hr><br> http://whatreallyhappened.com/content/uae-seizes-n-korea-arms-cargo#comments KOREA Sat, 29 Aug 2009 15:00:55 +0000 ladylove 38076 at http://whatreallyhappened.com North Korea calls for direct talks with US over nuclear programme http://refreshingnews9.blogspot.com/2009/08/north-korea-calls-for-direct-talks-with.html <p>North Korea has said it is ready to restart negotiations over its nuclear programme, but that it will only deal directly with the United States, according to Bill Richardson, the governor of New Mexico.</p> <p>Mr Richardson said the release of two American journalists imprisoned by North Korea was a signal that the rogue state is ready to return to the negotiating table.</p> <p><a href="http://whatreallyhappened.com/content/north-korea-calls-direct-talks-us-over-nuclear-programme" target="_blank" title="with WRH comments">WRH permalink</a></p><hr><br> http://whatreallyhappened.com/content/north-korea-calls-direct-talks-us-over-nuclear-programme#comments KOREA Thu, 20 Aug 2009 16:37:51 +0000 suman 37236 at http://whatreallyhappened.com North Korea threatens nuclear strike over joint military exercises http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article6799617.ece <p>After months of threats and military provocations, North Korea announced this morning the reopening of joint economic projects with South Korea. But any expectations of an improvement in relations with the isolated dictatorship were lowered when it threatened nuclear attack against South Korean and US forces undertaking a military exercise.</p> <p><a href="http://whatreallyhappened.com/content/north-korea-threatens-nuclear-strike-over-joint-military-exercises" target="_blank" title="with WRH comments">WRH permalink</a></p><hr><br> http://whatreallyhappened.com/content/north-korea-threatens-nuclear-strike-over-joint-military-exercises#comments KOREA Tue, 18 Aug 2009 01:44:54 +0000 malterwitty 36973 at http://whatreallyhappened.com Behind The Clinton 'Rescue' In North Korea http://rense.com/general87/behin.htm <p>One thing is for sure: The US gave NK some significant concession in return for the release of the reporters. My best guess would be that it involved loosening the financial and banking sanctions imposed on NK because these could be undone without the rest of the world knowing.</p> <p>The reason for all the denials and secrecy is that Obama has made a big issue of the fact that the former US secret policy of rewarding NK for its continual violation of agreements would stop with his administration--though it clearly hasn't. So the administration has to go to extensive lengths to avoid the appearance of being permissive with NK.</p> <p><a href="http://whatreallyhappened.com/content/behind-clinton-rescue-north-korea-0" target="_blank" title="with WRH comments">WRH permalink</a></p><hr><br> http://whatreallyhappened.com/content/behind-clinton-rescue-north-korea-0#comments KOREA Sat, 08 Aug 2009 15:55:06 +0000 ladylove 36105 at http://whatreallyhappened.com Bush urges unified warning against North Korea http://rawstory.com/news/afp/Bush_urges_unified_warning_against__08012009.html <p>Former US president George W. Bush said Saturday the five nations involved in nuclear disarmament talks with North Korea must send a unified warning against Pyongyang's continued defiance.</p> <p><a href="http://whatreallyhappened.com/content/bush-urges-unified-warning-against-north-korea" target="_blank" title="with WRH comments">WRH permalink</a></p><hr><br> http://whatreallyhappened.com/content/bush-urges-unified-warning-against-north-korea#comments KOREA Tue, 04 Aug 2009 15:25:30 +0000 ladylove 35655 at http://whatreallyhappened.com Bill Clinton in N.Korea mission to free reporters http://rawstory.com/08/news/2009/08/04/bill-clinton-in-nkorea-mission-to-free-reporters/ <p>Former US president Bill Clinton arrived in North Korea on Tuesday on a surprise mission to free two jailed US journalists, in what was the highest-profile visit by an American to Pyongyang for nearly a decade.</p> <p>“Our interest is the successful completion of this issue and to confirm the safe return of the two journalists,” a US official travelling separately with the ex-president’s wife, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, told reporters.</p> <p><a href="http://whatreallyhappened.com/content/bill-clinton-nkorea-mission-free-reporters" target="_blank" title="with WRH comments">WRH permalink</a></p><hr><br> http://whatreallyhappened.com/content/bill-clinton-nkorea-mission-free-reporters#comments KOREA Tue, 04 Aug 2009 15:19:28 +0000 ladylove 35652 at http://whatreallyhappened.com Pictured: U.S. missile defence test hailed a success as North Korea tensions rise http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1203370/Pictured-U-S-missile-defence-test-hailed-success-North-Korea-tensions-rise.html <p>The latest US missile defence test, conducted last night in Hawaii waters, was deemed a success as tensions continue with North Korea over that country's missile programme.</p> <p>There had been speculation North Korea would launch a missile toward Hawaii - about 4,500 miles away - to coincide with the July 4 Independence Day holiday in the US.</p> <p><a href="http://whatreallyhappened.com/content/pictured-us-missile-defence-test-hailed-success-north-korea-tensions-rise" target="_blank" title="with WRH comments">WRH permalink</a></p><hr><br> http://whatreallyhappened.com/content/pictured-us-missile-defence-test-hailed-success-north-korea-tensions-rise#comments KOREA Fri, 31 Jul 2009 16:01:24 +0000 ladylove 35268 at http://whatreallyhappened.com Clinton trades jibes with 'no friends' North Korea http://rawstory.com/news/afp/Clinton_trades_jibes_with_no_friend_07232009.html <p>US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Thursday that North Korea had "no friends left" to defend it from nuclear sanctions, triggering vitriolic defiance from the Stalinist regime.</p> <p>Pyongyang hurled invective at "schoolgirl" Clinton and declared disarmament talks dead, as she told Asia's largest security forum that international efforts to squeeze the North over its atomic programme were paying off.</p> <p><a href="http://whatreallyhappened.com/content/clinton-trades-jibes-no-friends-north-korea" target="_blank" title="with WRH comments">WRH permalink</a></p><hr><br> http://whatreallyhappened.com/content/clinton-trades-jibes-no-friends-north-korea#comments KOREA Thu, 23 Jul 2009 15:23:50 +0000 ladylove 34324 at http://whatreallyhappened.com Clinton concerned by NKorea-Myanmar military links http://rawstory.com/news/afp/Clinton_concerned_by_NKorea_Myanmar_07212009.html <p>Fears about military cooperation between the two isolated states escalated after a US Navy destroyer last month began tracking a suspect North Korean ship that was reportedly heading for Myanmar</p> <p>US officials said a key thrust of Clinton's debut at the forum would be to crank up pressure on North Korea to return to multilateral nuclear disarmament talks after its recent missile and nuclear weapons tests.</p> <p><a href="http://whatreallyhappened.com/content/clinton-concerned-nkorea-myanmar-military-links" target="_blank" title="with WRH comments">WRH permalink</a></p><hr><br> http://whatreallyhappened.com/content/clinton-concerned-nkorea-myanmar-military-links#comments KOREA Tue, 21 Jul 2009 15:35:49 +0000 ladylove 34156 at http://whatreallyhappened.com Experts: Cyberstrikes originated from Britain, not North Korea http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/jul/15/hacking-usa <p><a href="http://whatreallyhappened.com/content/experts-cyberstrikes-originated-britain-not-north-korea" target="_blank" title="with WRH comments">WRH permalink</a></p><hr><br> http://whatreallyhappened.com/content/experts-cyberstrikes-originated-britain-not-north-korea#comments COMPUTERS/INTERNET/SECURITY COVER-UP/DECEPTIONS/PROPAGANDA GREAT BRITAIN KOREA Thu, 16 Jul 2009 02:04:13 +0000 Mike Rivero 33645 at http://whatreallyhappened.com US general says US ready for NKorean attack http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/07/14/national/w104529D94.DTL <p><a href="http://whatreallyhappened.com/content/us-general-says-us-ready-nkorean-attack" target="_blank" title="with WRH comments">WRH permalink</a></p><hr><br> http://whatreallyhappened.com/content/us-general-says-us-ready-nkorean-attack#comments KOREA Wed, 15 Jul 2009 18:31:03 +0000 Mike Rivero 33610 at http://whatreallyhappened.com Computer attack may not have originated in North Korea after all http://blogs.usatoday.com/technologylive/2009/07/evidence-has-surfaced-that-the-denial-of-service-attacks-that-crippled-dozens-of-us-and-south-korean-web-sites-last-week-ma.html <p>Bkis Security has just disclosed analysis showing that 166,908 botted PCs from 74 countries were used in the attacks. Commands were routed through eight control servers, tied into a master server located in the United Kingdom and running the Windows Server 2003 operating system, says Bkis research director Nguyen Minh Duc.</p> <p><a href="http://whatreallyhappened.com/content/computer-attack-may-not-have-originated-north-korea-after-all" target="_blank" title="with WRH comments">WRH permalink</a></p><hr><br> http://whatreallyhappened.com/content/computer-attack-may-not-have-originated-north-korea-after-all#comments COMPUTERS/INTERNET/SECURITY KOREA Tue, 14 Jul 2009 20:42:17 +0000 Mike Rivero 33508 at http://whatreallyhappened.com Computers in U.S. Linked to Cyber Attack http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/07/10/world/main5148748.shtml <p>The countries include South Korea, the United States, Japan and Guatemala, Chung Chin-sup, a member of the parliamentary intelligence committee, told reporters.</p> <p>But the spy agency cautioned it was too early to conclude that North Korea was responsible as the investigations were still under way, according to Park Young-sun, another member of the intelligence committee.</p> <p><a href="http://whatreallyhappened.com/content/computers-us-linked-cyber-attack" target="_blank" title="with WRH comments">WRH permalink</a></p><hr><br> http://whatreallyhappened.com/content/computers-us-linked-cyber-attack#comments COMPUTERS/INTERNET/SECURITY COVER-UP/DECEPTIONS/PROPAGANDA KOREA Sun, 12 Jul 2009 16:24:12 +0000 Mike Rivero 33266 at http://whatreallyhappened.com S. Korea: N. Korea missiles can hit key targets http://refreshingnews9.blogspot.com/2009/07/s-korea-n-korea-missiles-can-hit-key.html <p>The ballistic missiles that North Korea test-fired this weekend were likely capable of striking key government and military facilities in South Korea, a defense official said Sunday, amid growing concerns over Pyongyang's firepower. </p> <p>North Korean state media did not mention the launches but boasted that the country's military could impose "merciless punishment" on those who provoke it.</p> <p><a href="http://whatreallyhappened.com/content/s-korea-n-korea-missiles-can-hit-key-targets" target="_blank" title="with WRH comments">WRH permalink</a></p><hr><br> http://whatreallyhappened.com/content/s-korea-n-korea-missiles-can-hit-key-targets#comments KOREA Sun, 05 Jul 2009 17:40:44 +0000 suman 32601 at http://whatreallyhappened.com N. Korea marks July 4 with missile barrage http://refreshingnews9.blogspot.com/2009/07/n-korea-marks-july-4-with-missile.html <p>uly 4: South Korean officials are reporting that North Korea has launched seven ballistic missiles while defying the international community and sending an apparent message to the U.S. on Independence Day.</p> <p><a href="http://whatreallyhappened.com/content/n-korea-marks-july-4-missile-barrage" target="_blank" title="with WRH comments">WRH permalink</a></p><hr><br> http://whatreallyhappened.com/content/n-korea-marks-july-4-missile-barrage#comments KOREA Sat, 04 Jul 2009 17:03:24 +0000 suman 32533 at http://whatreallyhappened.com Obama, Medvedev and the Demise of Nuclear Deterrence http://www.truthout.org/070309T <p>It is not entirely clear to us why the international community considers it wholly legitimate for the United States to say, "if North Korea engages in aggression against South Korea or the United States, we will retaliate with nuclear weapons," while it universally condemns North Korea when it says, "if the United States engages in aggression against us, we will retaliate with nuclear weapons." Perhaps, in light of all this radioactive rhetoric, it is worth pausing to consider just what "nuclear deterrence" might mean in today's world ... or whether it means anything at all.</p> <p><a href="http://whatreallyhappened.com/content/obama-medvedev-and-demise-nuclear-deterrence" target="_blank" title="with WRH comments">WRH permalink</a></p><hr><br> http://whatreallyhappened.com/content/obama-medvedev-and-demise-nuclear-deterrence#comments CHINA IRAN KOREA Sat, 04 Jul 2009 12:49:29 +0000 Old_Logan 32500 at http://whatreallyhappened.com North Korea Launches Series of Missiles Off Its Eastern Coast http://www.voanews.com/english/2009-07-04-voa10.cfm <p><em>Defying</em> the United States on Independence Day, North Korea fired seven missiles on Saturday into the sea off its eastern coast .</p> <p><a href="http://whatreallyhappened.com/content/north-korea-launches-series-missiles-its-eastern-coast" target="_blank" title="with WRH comments">WRH permalink</a></p><hr><br> http://whatreallyhappened.com/content/north-korea-launches-series-missiles-its-eastern-coast#comments KOREA Sat, 04 Jul 2009 12:13:40 +0000 Old_Logan 32498 at http://whatreallyhappened.com S. Korea boosts defense spending, warns of first-strike capability http://rawstory.com/08/news/2009/06/27/s-korea-warns-of-first-strike-capability/ <p>In a reversal of the usual pattern, South Korea is now warning North Korea that it is developing a first-strike capacity against the communist country.</p> <p>A South Korean defense reform plan, reported on by the Korea Times, describes the country’s plans for a defense network that would link surveillance satellites, high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft and early-warning radar in an effort “to remove North Korea’s asymmetrical military threat of nuclear and missile programs.”</p> <p><a href="http://whatreallyhappened.com/content/s-korea-boosts-defense-spending-warns-first-strike-capability" target="_blank" title="with WRH comments">WRH permalink</a></p><hr><br> http://whatreallyhappened.com/content/s-korea-boosts-defense-spending-warns-first-strike-capability#comments KOREA Sun, 28 Jun 2009 01:34:28 +0000 ladylove 31870 at http://whatreallyhappened.com Official: US Won’t Forcibly Board North Korean Ship http://news.antiwar.com/2009/06/26/official-us-wont-forcibly-board-north-korean-ship/ <p>At the time of the resolution, which the White House touted as a “strong and united international response,” many analysts had noted that the provisions were ultimately unenforceable. It seems that in its pursuit of the ship based on its suspicions, the US has ultimately proved that analysis accurate.</p> <p><a href="http://whatreallyhappened.com/content/official-us-won%E2%80%99t-forcibly-board-north-korean-ship" target="_blank" title="with WRH comments">WRH permalink</a></p><hr><br> http://whatreallyhappened.com/content/official-us-won%E2%80%99t-forcibly-board-north-korean-ship#comments KOREA Sat, 27 Jun 2009 17:26:07 +0000 ladylove 31854 at http://whatreallyhappened.com South to Boost Surgical Strike Capability Against North http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2009/06/113_47542.html <p>The South Korean military plans to speed up efforts to deploy ground, air and naval weapons systems for use in strikes against key facilities in North Korea in the event of war, the Ministry of National Defense said Friday. </p> <p>The updated plan is focused on securing independent capabilities to remove North Korea's asymmetrical military threat of nuclear and missile programs by deploying sophisticated surveillance, reconnaissance and striking assets. </p> <p>In the case of an emergency, the military could conduct pre-emptive strikes against nuclear and missile facilities, an official at the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said</p> <p><a href="http://whatreallyhappened.com/content/south-boost-surgical-strike-capability-against-north" target="_blank" title="with WRH comments">WRH permalink</a></p><hr><br> http://whatreallyhappened.com/content/south-boost-surgical-strike-capability-against-north#comments KOREA Sat, 27 Jun 2009 00:43:11 +0000 ladylove 31787 at http://whatreallyhappened.com