UPDATE: SKorea cancels new artillery drill on tense island!

[Freeski]

N. Korea moves missiles to front-line
By KIM DO-GYUN | REUTERS

Published: Nov 28, 2010 21:24 Updated: Nov 28, 2010 21:24

YEONPYEONG: North Korea has placed surface-to-surface missiles on launch pads in the Yellow Sea, Yonhap news agency said, as the United States and South Korea began military drills and China called for emergency talks.

http://arabnews.com/world/article202633.ece

[citizenx]

North Korea opens fire as war games begin        

Rick Wallace
The Australian
Nov 28, 2010

JOINT US-South Korea military exercises in the Yellow Sea got off to a tense start yesterday.

North Korea fired off more artillery shells in an apparent training exercise while it moved missiles into position near the sea border.

Last night defence authorities ordered journalists to leave Yeonpyeong in case of a fresh attack, while South Korean forces accidentally discharged an artillery shell that fell on their own side of the demilitarised zone.

The North, which had warned that the US-led naval exercises would bring the region to the brink of war, yesterday vowed a “merciless military counter-attack” against any intrusion into its waters.

http://www.prisonplanet.com/north-korea-opens-fire-as-war-games-begin.html

original article:

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/north-korea-opens-fire-as-war-games-begin/story-e6frg6so-1225962359248

[citizenx]

S. Korean artillery mistakenly fired on DMZ

 PAJU, South Korea, Nov. 28 (Yonhap) -- An artillery shot accidentally fired by a South Korean army unit fell on the South Korean side of the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) on Sunday afternoon, military officials said.

   No casualties were reported from the accidental discharge that occurred at around 3 p.m., the officials said. An artillery unit stationed in the border town of Paju, Gyeonggi Province, mistakenly fired a shell that landed near Daeseong-dong, a civilian village on the southern side the DMZ dividing the two Koreas, they said.

   Nicknamed "Freedom Village," the Daeseong-dong village is inhabited by some 200 residents.

continued:

http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/national/2010/11/28/63/0301000000AEN20101128005100315F.HTML

[citizenx]

SKorea cancels new artillery drill on tense island
       
Hyung-jin Kim And Foster Klug, Associated Press – 22 mins ago



SEOUL, South Korea – South Korea's military has canceled a live-fire artillery exercise planned for Tuesday on the front-line island targeted last week by a deadly North Korean bombardment.

Officials from the South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff told reporters Monday that the plans to fire artillery rounds into waters southwest of Yeonpyeong Island have been canceled.

The military did not give a reason for the cancellation.

continued:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101129/ap_on_re_as/as_koreas_clash
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Finally, a bit of good news IMO.  However, SK is also deploying more long-range artillery to Yeonpyeong.

Six of one, half dozen the other.

[citizenx]

And then again:

US-South Korea Drill Off Due To Bad Weather, Journalists Prevented From Filming

November 29, 2010 by Alex   
Filed under Korea, War/Economy
1 Comment
Editors Note: Why were journalists prevented from filming if the drill was simply called off due to bad weather? This looks like a clear attempt by certain people within our government to start a possible world war.

Associated Press

Joint South Korean and US landing exercises on Mallipo beach were cancelled on Monday with military officials blaming bad weather for the cancellation.

In some cases, journalists were prevented from filming, and the full details behind the cancellation were unclear.

North Korea expressed renewed outrage over the Yellow Sea drills.

http://theintelhub.com/2010/11/29/us-south-korea-drill-off-due-to-bad-weather-journalists-prevented-from-filming/


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A point well-taken.

[Kilika]

Just a guess on my part, based on the move by the globalists to set up a world government, that these type situations are all geared toward reeling in the rogue nations to conform to the NWO. North Korea is just one of several countries that I suspect will be pressured to change their ways politically. I'd venture to say that now they have "Kim the Younger" in charge, NK will be opening up politically to the world in a rather short time after "Kim the Elder" dies. Same with Cuba. Once the Castros are out of power, I think Cuba will open up within months and the US will drop the embargo almost as fast.

[citizenx]

IF THE USS GEORGE WASHINGTON IS JUST ON A TRAINING EXERCISE, WHY DOES CNN HAVE A REPORTER ALREADY ON BOARD THE SHIP?
Tags: CORPORATE MEDIA COVER-UP/DECEPTIONS/PROPAGANDA KOREA
Webmaster's Commentary:
Note that Americans are blocked from seeing the actual report!

http://whatreallyhappened.com
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http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xfuy68_onboard-the-uss-george-washington_news

Note:  I watched it myself.  Almost seemed like propaganda aimed toward a S.Korean audience.

Don't know if it really can't be watched in America, as Rivero says.  (Maybe they have released it to the U.S. by now, also.)

[ryanwv]

It looks like everyone is waiting for the other side to make the first move. Currently leadership in the North is really not stable. The got a power struggle on their hands which may explain why they are acting like warhounds all of a sudden.

[citizenx]

http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/11/30/pictures-of-the-day-south-korea-and-elsewhere-3/?hp

Heavy fog has the planes on the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, the USS George Washington "grounded" on the flight deck.

Amazing how Mother Nature can make some of our most impressive technology ineffective at times.

The fog of war, indeed.

[Tsul777]

A US Navy crew member stands on deck as a F-18 Super Hornet strike fighter plane takes off from the USS George Washington during a joint US and South Korea military exercise on the Korean Peninsula's west sea on November 30, 2010 South Korea. South Korean and American military forces began war games exercises on Sunday. Tensions between the two Koreas remain high following an artillery exchange on the disputed island of Yeonpyeong on November 24.


US Navy crew members watch as a F-18 Super Hornet strike fighter plane lands on the deck of USS George Washington during a joint US and South Korea military exercise on the Korean Peninsula's west sea on November 30, 2010 South Korea. South Korean and American military forces began war games exercises on Sunday. Tensions between the two Koreas remain high following an artillery exchange on the disputed island of Yeonpyeong on November 24.

Looks pretty damn operational to me!

http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/showthread.php?190201-Todays-Photos-Tuesday-30th-November-2010

[citizenx]

That photo is from yesteraday Korea time.  Planes are on the flight deck now.  Socked in with fog.

Can't post the pictures from work, but you can go to the New York Times lin above.

It's pretty foggy where I'm at, too (inland).

[citizenx]

Allies conduct WMD-interception drills

2010-11-30 19:07


South Korea and the U.S. staged a naval exercise to enhance their abilities to stop the trafficking of weapons of mass destruction on Tuesday, the third day of their four-day exercise in the West Sea.

“Under the scenario in which a ship suspected of carrying WMDs is caught passing at high seas, the allied militaries will practice sharing intelligence on the ship and sending warships to interdict the vessel,” said an official at the Joint Chiefs of Staff in a press briefing.

“It is a high-level tactical drill. We are to mobilize Lynx helicopters to check the maritime situation and keep vigilance while deploying high-speed naval ships and maritime special troops to seize and search the suspicious vessel.”

continued:

http://www.koreaherald.com/national/Detail.jsp?newsMLId=20101130001102
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As Mike Rivero points out, this may be preparation for a blockade -- whether they call it that or not.

[citizenx]

Report: S. Korea discusses more joint military drills with U.S.


By the CNN Wire Staff
December 1, 2010 -- Updated 1218 GMT (2018 HKT)

Nov. 30, 2010.

STORY HIGHLIGHTS
Report: S. Korea is in talks with the U.S. for more drills to deal with "provocation by the enemy"
Government ministers from South Korea and Japan will attend a December meeting
North Korea warns U.S.-South Korea drills could lead to "all-out war any time"
China proposes talks with six powers to discuss issues on the Korean peninsula


Seoul, South Korea (CNN) -- As South Korea and the United States wrapped up joint military exercises on the Yellow Sea on Wednesday, South Korea is continuing plans for artillery firing drills next week amid brewing tensions with North Korea.

The live fire drills are a routine monthly exercise aimed at securing the safety of ships in the area, the Joint Chief of Staffs told CNN. They are scheduled to begin Monday.

Officials said the planned firing drills are expected to take place in waters around the Korean peninsula, including close to the Yellow Sea border, the Yonhap News Agency reported.

continued:

http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/12/01/koreas.crisis/index.html?hpt=T2

[shipgeek]

I enjoy seeing the F-18 SuperHornets doing flying demos at air shows but I hate seeing them in war context.

Weapons of Mass Destruction? We have haard it all before.
Iraq WMDs
Iran WMDs

now it's the Kim's WMDs

 

The US always needs to find some excuse for their interventions outside of their own territory.

[citizenx]

South Korea to hold artillery drills near border with North
China calls for restraint a week after North Korean attack on Yeonpyeong island killed four
 
Tania Branigan in Beijing
 guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 1 December 2010
 
South Korea plans to hold major artillery training exercises next week – including some in an area close to its disputed maritime border with the North, media in Seoul reported today.

Analysts warned the move, which emerged as the South's military completed joint drills with a US aircraft carrier group, could increase tensions already running high in the wake of last week's attack by the North.

China's foreign minister called for restraint, and said all parties should avoid any actions that could "inflame the situation".

continued:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/dec/01/south-korea-artillery-border-north

[citizenx]

North Korea 'highly likely to attack South Korea again'
North Korea is “highly likely” to attack South Korea again as its ailing leader Kim Jong-il seeks to bolster the standing of his regime ahead of a planned handover of power, South Korea’s intelligence chief has warned.
 
 By Peter Foster, Beijing 10:19AM GMT 01 Dec 2010

 
“There is a high possiblity that the North will make another attack,” said Won Sei-hoon, director of South Korea’s National Intelligence Service told a parliamentary committee meeting in Seoul.

He added that phone-tap intelligence last August had hinted at the likelihood of an attack off South Korea’s west coast, months before last week’s shelling by North Korea of a South Korean island, killing four.

The attack had come against a backdrop of economic and political instability in the North, which is reeling under UN sanctions imposed last year after its second illegal nuclear weapons test.

continued:

 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/southkorea/8173030/North-Korea-highly-likely-to-attack-South-Korea-again.html

[Brocke]

South Korea starts live-fire artillery drill

    * From correspondents on Yeonpyeong Island, South Korea
    * From: news.com.au
    * December 20, 2010 5:06PM

SOUTH Korean troops have started a live-fire artillery exercise on a border island, the defence ministry has said, despite threats by North Korea to hit back.

The exercise is taking place on Yeonpyeong island, the same place North Korea shelled last month during a similar artillery test.  Four South Koreans were killed.

South Korea has said the drill will last less than two hours.  Its start had been delayed by fog.

North Korea has threated "catastrophic" retaliation in response to the drill.  It has said the exercise "will make it impossible to prevent the situation on the Korean peninsula from exploding and escape its ensuing disaster".  Its military has threatened "decisive and merciless punishment".

Seoul has put its air force on high alert and ordered fighter planes to fly missions over South Korean territory.  It has promised to deal "immediately and sternly" with any provocation from the North.

read more: http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/breaking-news/south-korea-starts-live-fire-artillery-drill/story-e6freuyi-1225974029233



Yeonpyeong Island Residents Ordered To Move Into Air Raid Bunkers As North Korea Places Rocket Launchers Along Western Coast

Submitted by Tyler Durden on 12/19/2010 19:21 -0500

The din out of North Korea was a little too quiet recently. Not so much anymore. Yonhap has just reported that the residents of the infamous Yeonpyeong island, which was recently shelled by North Korea in response to a South Korea drill, and other bordering islands. have been ordered to move into air raid bunkers. This is a very rapid escalation following the earlier announcement by The Chosunilbo that North Korea has deployed rocket launchers along its west coast, in response to a live fire artillery drill which South Korea announced earlier would proceed as planned. "The North also reportedly made coastal artillery ready to fire and put some fighter jets on the west coast on standby."

http://www.zerohedge.com/article/yeonpyeong-island-residents-ordered-move-air-raid-bunkers-north-korea-places-rocket-launcher

[Brocke]

North Korea refrains from retaliation after South Korea artillery drill

North Korea had threatened a harsh response if South Korea went ahead with military exercises in disputed waters Monday. But it could still take action, experts say.

Seoul, South Korea; and Beijing

North Korea refrained Monday from retaliating against South Korean military exercises in disputed waters, assuaging fears that hostilities between the two neighbors were on the point of spiraling out of control.

That threat has not disappeared however, cautions one expert. Pyongyang had threatened an “unpredictable self-defense blow” if South Korea’s drills went ahead, points out Brian Myers, who teaches international relations at Dongseo University in Busan, South Korea. “So theoretically … the door is still open for them to retaliate further down the road,” he warns.

South Korean soldiers stationed on Yeonpyeong Island staged a 90-minute artillery drill on Monday afternoon, firing shells away from the North Korean mainland and into the sea, as island residents took shelter in bombproof bunkers and South Korean fighter jets flew overhead.

read more: http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-Pacific/2010/1220/North-Korea-refrains-from-retaliation-after-South-Korea-artillery-drill

[Brocke]

South Koreans see North Korea's restraint as calculated

On Yeonpyeong Island and on the streets of Seoul, South Koreans say that North Korea is hoping to portray itself as a voice of reason by not responding to South Korea's artillery drills Monday.

By Bryan Kay, Contributor / December 20, 2010
Seoul, South Korea

North Korea Monday failed to follow through on its pointed threats to deliver a double dose of retaliation after the South carried out a live-fire artillery drill near the disputed sea border between the two states.

But for many relieved South Koreans, the decision not to respond was merely a bluff intended to extract concessions – and appease an unimpressed international community.

read more: http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-Pacific/2010/1220/South-Koreans-see-North-Korea-s-restraint-as-calculated

[ryanwv]

There was a point in which I thought that North and South were actually going to go to war. I had not seen China that pissed off in a long while and the US Feds were not saying so much when things got really hot. In reality everyone knows China does not want a full scale war in East Asia. If South Korea goes to war with the North such action will drag Japan into the conflict. Truth be known, Japan has a massive military which it keeps pretty much in the dark as far as the world eye goes. All it would take is one rocket to hit Japan. According to Japanese law the central government cannot declare war unless Japan is directly attacked. If Japan attacks anyone China will have to fight. The South Koreans hate the North but Japan and China hate each other even more. All of that would also drag America into the conflict. East Asia would turn into a shit hole of madness not seen since WW2. North Korea really needs to learn how to get along with its neighbors. The North could shine as a nation if they would work with their neighbors a little more. That hardcore brand of Communism the North is hell bent on sticking to is just not working for them. 

[citizenx]

Another drill tomorrow here supposedly -- the "biggest live fire drill ever", or so they say.

In an area adjacent to NK (the "DMZ"/"NLL").

It's pretty hard to make the North Koreans look like a responisble nation, nevertheless...

(I think you guys will understand if I don't complete that statement under the circumstances.)

 

[Kilika]

There was a point in which I thought that North and South were actually going to go to war. I had not seen China that pissed off in a long while and the US Feds were not saying so much when things got really hot. In reality everyone knows China does not want a full scale war in East Asia. If South Korea goes to war with the North such action will drag Japan into the conflict. Truth be known, Japan has a massive military which it keeps pretty much in the dark as far as the world eye goes. All it would take is one rocket to hit Japan. According to Japanese law the central government cannot declare war unless Japan is directly attacked. If Japan attacks anyone China will have to fight. The South Koreans hate the North but Japan and China hate each other even more. All of that would also drag America into the conflict. East Asia would turn into a shit hole of madness not seen since WW2. North Korea really needs to learn how to get along with its neighbors. The North could shine as a nation if they would work with their neighbors a little more. That hardcore brand of Communism the North is hell bent on sticking to is just not working for them. 

And that is exactly what the NWO wants for all nations. Your correct I think, that extreme governments will be brought into the globalist fold, just like communist Russian had to end. Change is coming to Cuba too. And I have no doubt that the NWO will give that nutcase Chavez in Venezuela a clue too. All governments will be forced to bow to the image of the beast.

[Joseon]

And that is exactly what the NWO wants for all nations. Your correct I think, that extreme governments will be brought into the globalist fold, just like communist Russian had to end. Change is coming to Cuba too. And I have no doubt that the NWO will give that nutcase Chavez in Venezuela a clue too. All governments will be forced to bow to the image of the beast.

Well, I think that the NWO have different plans of government for specific nations. Like in Asia, psychopathic asians like Kim Sung Il and Mao Tse Dong took Communism into another level of depravity, under the guidance of Stalin and Rockefeller/Rothschild. Because Eugenics is behind Communism. The sheep must be worked like slaves since they are garbage genes. But the good ones like Models and scientists must be properly rewarded, since they are the prized genes.

Western Oligarchs, in my opinion, have a different approach,  than the Asian communists, to ruling the lessers. Some of the techniques Westerners in-inbreds use to rule the weak are similar to the Communist Asians style also.

1. Pretend life is wonderful and the government really is a supporting and moralistically looking our for the peasants best interests.
Just that the Western lifestyle is a little bit more satisfying with TV, 4 bangers,and Commercial airplanes and Chinese made junk, Electricity.
Propaganda is important in every country around the world

2. Fabian socialism will gradually erode the prosperity of the middle classes of Europe and North America, not to North Korean levels, but maybe to the extent of Argentinians or Russians. I expect the net GDP per person to decline. But westerners will not be living like NOrth Koreans. North Koreans and Chinese don't rely on wolf' in sheep clothing. Rather they just go hard core like Communist China with one-Child policy, under the supervision and direction of the NWO like Kissinger and I think Maurice Strong.

3.Western rulers Mindlessly entertain the masses with Movies, Books, Videogames, sports, soap operas, plays, musicals. North Koreans, most CHinese, and former communist Russians don't, and didn't quite have the leisure or even the right to do entertain themselves.

4. Westerners still have religious freedom to a much larger scale and free-speech to even greater scale than Communist China or North Korea. That difference in permission of speech by the betters is pretty stark. WHere worshipping Kim Jong Il and Mao Tse Dong is a prerequisite to stay alive in that nation. 

Well there are more differences, but I'm busy.

[citizenx]

I just want to  mention that four North Korean soldiers were on the TV bragging about the shelling of Yeonpyeong-do the other day.

The saber-rattling continues on both sides.

it didn't take N. Korea long to start looking crazy and irresponsible again.  But, I hadn't though it would.

In fairness, here the rhetoric seems to be toned down as of late.

Naval drills (23) continue apace around the peninsula.  And supposedly another aircraft carrier has been dispatched as of the 27th.

[Kilika]

How much do you think Kim the Younger is dictating? I think once the Elder dies, everything will change there. Just a hunch. Look at the changes China has made. NK has got to open up.

[Joseon]

I think
 Kim Jong un will continue the 'continuity of the North Korean agenda' for sure. He, like his father, will listen close the communist Chinese and maybe even the Western Anglo Saxon Bankers that control much of what his country can and can not do.

North Korea seems to be one of the best eugenics experiments due to the ruthless and stubborn philosophies of Kim Il Sung and his protege and his son Kim Jong un. I do think that these Asian kings are under the influence of the CHinese and Western oligarchs. But the forceful rule of the Kim Dynasty has probably gotten the western bankers pretty satisfied in observing their most interesting, extreme experiment on an Asian specie. The question is, will North Koreans evolve, based on the premises and goal of the Communist manifesto. WIll Darwin's 'Theory' actually pan out in NOrth Korea? who really knows at this point. But I think North Korea will NOT open up until their population decreases to half of what they are today.

[citizenx]

That's a lot of dead.