N. Korea Crisis - Updated as News come to hand

Originally posted by Bluetwo
reply to post by Vitchilo

 

I totally agree with your assesment. This is not over in the short term or the long term. According to the latest tweets the drill is not over yet either.

Till the transition of power is not made or the regime collapses, this ain't over.

W7VOA Statement expected shortly from Chong Wa Dae (#ROK Presidential Blue House). #Koreas 3 minutes ago via TweetDeck

reply to post by Bluetwo


Aight we good to go !
Lets open another beer ! lol j\k

W7VOA #ROK Pres. spokesman says entire gov't, all public servants are to stay on emergency alert anticipating #DPRK counterstrike. #Koreas 4 minutes ago via TweetDeck

They know it ain't over.

Cnn just stated that SK lauched jets in case of retaliation

Originally posted by InS0MnI
Cnn just stated that SK lauched jets in case of retaliation

CNN is late to the game... as always.

Me thinks NKorea, if they plan to do a counterattack in the next few hours, they will use their subs... after all the South is expecting an artillery/air attack...

egalite_twitted Some reporters howl, "just hit back, you moron, and get it over with!" We are entering gnawing psych warfare @burn_dog @Galrahn @portlandsam 2 minutes ago via twtkr

Reporters are cracking...

W7VOA #ROK defense ministry won't confirm drill has ended. Artillery firing still heard on Yeonpyeong by AP reporter. #Koreas 1 minute ago via TweetDeck

Drill ain't over.

#ROK defense ministry won't confirm drill has ended. Artillery firing still heard on Yeonpyeong by AP reporter. #Koreas

For everyones sake lets hope this all calms down real soon here.....

N. Korea does not want to commit suicide....

reply to post by thecinic


So can you tell me what NK wants?
Its suicide anyway !

Originally posted by thecinic
For everyones sake lets hope this all calms down real soon here.....

N. Korea does not want to commit suicide....

They don't want to, but they might miscalculate. Lots of war have started that way... thinking it was no big deal... but it ended up in a war... see : WW1-WW2... ect...

Invading Poland? The Brits won't do a thing! They did nothing when I invaded Austria or I made them give me the Czech Republic!

Originally posted by thecinic
For everyones sake lets hope this all calms down real soon here.....

N. Korea does not want to commit suicide....

If they cross the line, Kill em all and G*D will sort us all out.

www.youtube.com...

Good job ATS we are ahead of the msm on all of this. I'm in the Midwest USA and we are about 10 minutes ahead of msm.

I wouldn't be surprised that the South is pushing this a bit. If the transition of power is smooth and Kim the Younger gets enthroned, they are looking at another possible forty years of stalemate barring economic collapse and all it would entail. Better to give it a bit of a shove now to see if it falls over. Brinksmanship at it's finest; high payoff but huge downside. Just another cheerful thought.

YonhapNews (URGENT) S. Korea concludes live-fire exercise near N. Korea: official 1 minute ago via web

Now it's over.

Or is it?

markmackinnon Dow Jones also now reporting that South Korea's live-fire drill near North Korea border is continuing. 1 minute ago via web

And do the SKorean government really wants reunification? It would probably cost 10+ trillion US$. In this economy?

Now really really really over.

# markmackinnon Now all newswires seem to agree South Korean military exercise is really, really over. 2 minutes ago via web

# Steve Herman W7VOA Reuters reporter on Yeonpyeong says sound of shelling ceases. #Koreas 2 minutes ago via TweetDeck

Originally posted by Bluetwo
I wouldn't be surprised that the South is pushing this a bit. If the transition of power is smooth and Kim the Younger gets enthroned, they are looking at another possible forty years of stalemate barring economic collapse and all it would entail. Better to give it a bit of a shove now to see if it falls over. Brinksmanship at it's finest; high payoff but huge downside. Just another cheerful thought.

Huge downside is correct on all sides. The west will not be intimidated, keep the peace
or suffer the consequences.

Defense Ministry confirms to VOA live-fire drill has ended & it lasted 94 minutes. (via @W7VOA) #Koreas #ROK

Well, what to do now? Just wait to see what happens next I guess?

reply to post by Vitchilo


Credit where it's due...
Thank you to Vitchilo for an outstanding job in keeping us updated since this all began.
Others have contributed a lot, but your updates have been superb.
Great work!

Hi, I'd just like to thank all the people who have contributed to this thread over the last few hours - been stopping work every five minutes to get updates. Productivity way down Thank you for making my afternoon fly by!


Posted Via ATS Mobile: m.abovetopsecret.com

I have to wonder if 94 minutes of live fire drill was worth the risk of war..

I know lil kim is not all there but I would of though common sense would have prevailed and maybe they could of at least moved the drill away from NK's border..

Just a thought...

reply to post by backinblack


It was never about ``drills`` it was about a political statement that the South wouldn't be bullied by the North anymore, also called ``saving face``.