The fear of North Korea

[Coito ergo sum]

Those poor people are trapped in a living Hell.

What a shame.

[FBM]

^ This is true.

[cronus]

Number One in Korea?

[Coito ergo sum]

Talk of preemptive strike -- http://thehill.com/video/house/291579-r ... orth-korea

China continues to mass at DPRK border: http://freebeacon.com/risky-business/

North Korea shuts border completely -- http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/04/ ... 2620130403

[cronus]

Both sides gone preemptive so it is just a matter who fires one off first?

[klr]

Talk of preemptive strike -- http://thehill.com/video/house/291579-r ... orth-korea

China continues to mass at DPRK border: http://freebeacon.com/risky-business/

North Korea shuts border completely -- http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/04/ ... 2620130403

That last move is going to hurt the North a lot more than the South, seeing as most of NK's hard currency comes from that joint venture.

[cronus]

Talk of preemptive strike -- http://thehill.com/video/house/291579-r ... orth-korea

China continues to mass at DPRK border: http://freebeacon.com/risky-business/

North Korea shuts border completely -- http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/04/ ... 2620130403

That last move is going to hurt the North a lot more than the South, seeing as most of NK's hard currency comes from that joint venture.

Not if they are planning a invasion.

[klr]

Talk of preemptive strike -- http://thehill.com/video/house/291579-r ... orth-korea

China continues to mass at DPRK border: http://freebeacon.com/risky-business/

North Korea shuts border completely -- http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/04/ ... 2620130403

That last move is going to hurt the North a lot more than the South, seeing as most of NK's hard currency comes from that joint venture.

Not if they are planning a invasion.

That's so 1950 ...

[Coito ergo sum]

Kim Jong-nam will swoop in to save the day!

[pErvinalia]

Are we at war yet?

[klr]

Technically, we've never been at peace.

[SteveB]

They've got their missiles or would-be nukes aimed at Austin, Texas. It's officially time to start panicking.

[FBM]

Are we at war yet?

What do you mean "we," white man?

My current question is whether the Chinese troops massing at the NK border are there to join NK's aggression or simply to blockade a mass exodus.

In the 15 years that I've been in SK, my students never wanted to talk about the NK situation. This week, two students brought the topic up without any suggestion from me. One said she had a nightmare about it, the other said that SK women shouldn't be required to serve in combat in a war, but only to provide support services such as food preparation and nursing. There seems to be a lot more concern these days. Not saying a war is imminent; just reporting the local mindset.

[pErvinalia]

We are either with you or against you. I'm with youse!

What's this bizzo about China troops at the border? Something must be in the wind if they are putting people there. Someone is going to lob a missile soon, aren't they? Actually, it would be a logical progression. NK seems to be calling US's bluff. Lob a small non-nuke missile at some uninhabited SK island and see what happens.

[MiM]

It's getting quite nasty, yeas. Can only hope that everybody in charge keep their calm.

I cannot really see China as "joining NK's aggression", the way their relations have developed lately, but there is at least one third possible use of their troops - Go in and take as large a piece as possible, in the case of NK collapses internally or someone else starts an invasive war.