Monday, December 20, 2010

South Korea Drills

Currently, South Korean military fired missiles into the ignite disputed waters in the Yellow Sea in a live-fire exercise, the tensions with North Korea that led to two fatal accidents this year risked.
Before the action, South Korea scrambled fighter jets F-15K, the Aegis warships on high alert and evacuated residents of the island near Yeonpyeong shelters amid warnings North Korea a "catastrophe" if the exercise went ahead.
There was no immediate response from Pyongyang, so the impact of delayed or worn as a last-minute diplomatic moderation fruit has suggested.
Two civilians and two Marines were killed Yeonpyeong island last month, when North Korea has reacted a similar exercise with a military attack. Pyongyang views the island seven miles off the west coast, will become a part of its territory.
The live-fire exercise lasted 94 minutes, said officials from the South Korean government. It was K-9 self-guns and other weapons almost 2,000 missiles off the coast of North Korea, South Defense Ministry spokesman, Kim Min-Seok told reporters driven.
After training, the South Korean President Lee Myung-bak ordered troops to remain vigilant, underscores concerns that the North could wait his time.
The tensions on the peninsula are at a level rarely seen since the end of the Korean War in 1953, but remains the international community to respond as they divided.
China, North Korea's most important ally, said it was "clearly against" actions that would aggravate tensions.
Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi and his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov called for restraint on all parties to avoid escalation
The United Nations Security Council met yesterday to discuss the situation, but could not agree on a statement.
The Ambassador of the United States, said Susan Rice, the United States and other members of the Council requested that the Council condemned North Korea two deadly attacks this year, but diplomats said that China strongly opposed.
After eight hours of consultations, the Russian ambassador to the UN, Vitaly Churkin - who called the emergency meeting of the Board - told reporters. "They have not succeeded in reducing all the bridges
However, the hopes of reports that North Korea has agreed to let UN inspectors back into the country increased.
The measure of reconciliation was the governor of New Mexico, Bill Richardson, a frequent envoy of the North Korean official and former U.S. Ambassador to the UN, which promised Pyongyang back today after a series of state of emergency talks with senior officials. Richardson described the situation as a "powder keg"
South Korea remains skeptical about the motives of his neighbors. The government said the offer to readmit inspectors could be a tactical move because North Korea has often failed to fulfill its promises in the past.
Workers Party of North Korea urged its people in a campaign against war and peace unite to oppose. "Rodong Sinmun, the, the role of the party, warned that the situation on the peninsula was" rushing to the brink of war. "

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