6 February 2013, 21:53
Something to keep a weather eye on...
http://www.pakalertpress.com/2013/02/06/...ar-threat/
South Korea  New U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and his South Korean counterpart have agreed to make sure North Korea is punished if it carries out its threat to conduct a nuclear test. Amid signs that such a test is coming, South Korea’s president also speculated that Pyongyang may detonate multiple atomic devices simultaneously.
A North Korean nuclear test “seems to be imminent,†South Korea’s U.N. Ambassador Kim Sook said Monday at a news conference at U.N. headquarters in New York.
He said there are “very busy activities†taking place at North Korea’s nuclear test site “and everybody’s watching.†The ambassador said he expects the Security Council to respond with “firm and strong measures†in the event of a nuclear test.
Pyongyang’s state media said the drills showed that the U.S. and South Korea have been plotting to attack North Korea and increased the danger of a war on the divided peninsula. “The dark cloud of war is approaching to the Korean Peninsula,†North Korea’s official Uriminzokkiri website said in a commentary.
North Korea has said similar things about previous drills; the allies have repeatedly said they have no intention of attacking the North.
North Korea says U.S. hostility and the threat of American troops in South Korea are important reasons behind its nuclear drive. The U.S. stations about 28,500 troops in South Korea, a legacy of the 1950-53 Korean War, which ended with an armistice, not a peace treaty.
http://www.pakalertpress.com/2013/02/06/...ar-threat/
South Korea  New U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and his South Korean counterpart have agreed to make sure North Korea is punished if it carries out its threat to conduct a nuclear test. Amid signs that such a test is coming, South Korea’s president also speculated that Pyongyang may detonate multiple atomic devices simultaneously.
A North Korean nuclear test “seems to be imminent,†South Korea’s U.N. Ambassador Kim Sook said Monday at a news conference at U.N. headquarters in New York.
He said there are “very busy activities†taking place at North Korea’s nuclear test site “and everybody’s watching.†The ambassador said he expects the Security Council to respond with “firm and strong measures†in the event of a nuclear test.
Pyongyang’s state media said the drills showed that the U.S. and South Korea have been plotting to attack North Korea and increased the danger of a war on the divided peninsula. “The dark cloud of war is approaching to the Korean Peninsula,†North Korea’s official Uriminzokkiri website said in a commentary.
North Korea has said similar things about previous drills; the allies have repeatedly said they have no intention of attacking the North.
North Korea says U.S. hostility and the threat of American troops in South Korea are important reasons behind its nuclear drive. The U.S. stations about 28,500 troops in South Korea, a legacy of the 1950-53 Korean War, which ended with an armistice, not a peace treaty.