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There's so much news about North Korea right now and what Un is doing, I got a suggestion for a NK megathread, so here it is. Post the world's greatest nation's antics here. I'm merging a few of the more recent threads to continue discussion.



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https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/south-korea-planning-war-decapitation-132232777.html

South Korean President Moon Jae-in has pushed for a new plan for a rapid war with North Korea and an overhaul of the country's defense industry to overwhelm and crush the North's government, the South Korean newspaper The Chosun Ilbo reported Tuesday.

Moon took office in May promising to attempt to engage diplomatically with North Korea and seek peace, but in the months since, the North has provoked the international community with missile tests at a blistering pace.

For some time, South Korea has been training a "decapitation force," reportedly with the help of the US Navy's SEAL Team 6, but now an increasingly bold North Korea may demand quicker action.

South Korea's new plan identifies more than 1,000 targets for precision missile fires and sites for marines to drop in and quickly kill North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, the paper reported.

The plan represents a more independent version of South Korea's current plan, which relies on support from US aircraft carriers. As it stands, no major military commander recommends military action against North Korea, which has a staggering array of conventional — and potentially nuclear — weapons pointed at Seoul, where 26 million call home.

But South Korea's new plan to quickly and decisively dominate the North relies on reforming the defense-acquisition process and cutting out wasteful spending to wield the full might of its economic dominance against Pyongyang, according to the report. For that reason, don't expect the plan to take effect anytime soon.
 
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China's Military Trains for 'Surprise Attack' Days After North Korea's Most Powerful Nuclear Test

China has conducted military drills in preparation for an attack just days after North Korea tested its most powerful nuclear weapon to date and the U.S. answered with its own live-fire exercises in the tense region.

Soldiers were sent Tuesday from central China to the northeastern coast of the Bohai Sea, close to the Yellow Sea and Korea Bay, to fend off a simulated "surprise attack," according to China Military Online.

As Beijing pushes for a peaceful resolution to the nearby mounting nuclear standoff between North Korea's Kim Jong Un and President Donald Trump, Chinese soldiers rushed to fire off missiles and machine guns to keep the world's largest standing army on its feet.

A Chinese air defense battalion shot missiles from a truck-mounted HQ-6 surface-to-air missile system and over-the-shoulder FN-6 air defense systems, while other soldiers manned an LD-2000 Gatling gun designed to shoot targets out of the sky.

The display of force came only a day after other Chinese cadets conducted another live-fire drill in China's central Hubei province.

Like other leading U.N. powers, China has been frustrated with North Korea's nuclear weapons program. Despite the traditional alliance between the two neighbors, China has censured North Korea over its nuclear ambitions in the past and has even supported U.S.-led sanctions against Kim's government.

But Chinese President Xi Jinping has been silent since North Korea tested what was believed to be its first ever hydrogen bomb on Sunday. The massive explosion was more powerful than all five of North Korea's prior tests combined and came about two months after North Korea tested its first intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM).

Trump, on the other hand, responded by pledging to increase military support to friendly regional nations, such as Japan and South Korea, which immediately conducted ballistic missile drills. The White House's prior military responses to North Korea's ICBM tests have China concerned that the feud could erupt into an all-out war.

"I would like to say that the current situation on the Korean Peninsula remains highly complex and sensitive, and we hope the relevant parties can make efforts to prevent the escalation of the situation," Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Geng Shuang told reporters Tuesday after being asked about Trump's decision to allow South Korea to buy more U.S. warheads.

The U.S. military presence in the Asia-Pacific has also been a sensitive issue for China because Washington is challenging Beijing's vast territorial claims in the South China and East China seas.

Fan Changlong, a vice chairman of the Chinese Central Military Commission, said that "mutual trust" between the US. and China had been damaged because of the U.S.'s installation of anti-missile defenses in South Korea, espionage regarding China's armed forces, constant activity in China's waterways and Washington's backing of Beijing's rival government in Taiwan.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has also criticized Trump's approach to North Korea and has reached out to China to work together to open a dialogue with their reclusive, militarized neighbor.

While Xi did not address the North Korea issue during his remarks at the Tuesday meeting of the BRICS nations (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) in Xiamen, China, Putin said he and Xi could provide a plan that "offers a genuine way to defuse the tensions and a step-by-step settlement," according to the Associated Press.
 
Not surprised China would do it both ways, honestly. With the Norks becoming more a threat every passing day, it's comforting China's at least preping their military for the worst.

Still though, I doubt talks will have that great an effect on Un if past attempts of Xi trying to get through to him are of any indication.
 
ComeoutandJULAY said:
It looks like Dennis Rodman might save us all.

http://www.oregonlive.com/sports/index.ssf/2017/09/dennis_rodman_wants_to_try_to.html

Dennis Rodman wants to 'try to straighten things out' between U.S. and North Korea

By Molly Blue

mblue@oregonian.com

The Oregonian/OregonLive



As tensions between the United States and North Korea ratchet higher and higher, who could become the voice of reason?

Maybe Dennis Rodman.

Rodman, the former NBA star, has formed a friendship with North Korea leader Kim Jong Un, a major basketball fan, that dates back to 2013 when "The Worm" went to the hermit nation as part of a basketball exhibition.

"I just want to try to straighten things out for everyone to get along together," he said in an interview on British television on Wednesday.

The basketball legend, 56, also is an ardent supporter of U.S. President Donald Trump and presented the North Korean leader with a copy of Trump's book, "The Art of the Deal" a few months ago.

Rodman has made several visits to see his little buddy -- the five-time NBA champ is 6-foot-7 and Kim Jong Un is a foot shorter -- whom he's called "a friend for life."


"I basically hang out with him all the time. We laugh, we sing karaoke, we do a lot of things together," Rodman said. "We ride horses, we go out, we go skiing," he said in an interview with "Good Morning Britain."

"I just want to try to straighten things out for everyone to get along together," he added.

That bromance flourishes against a backdrop of increasing international stress.

North Korea recently conducted another nuclear test, and Trump has issued warnings of a "massive" military response.

Rodman seems to want to be part of a solution and might even be the best remedy for the increasingly fractured relationship between the two countries.
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Make sense, Trump has his nuclear football, Jong Un has his nuclear basketball.
 
If Rodman stops this from spiraling further out of control...

Actually I can't wrap my brain around Rodman being our best diplomatic lifeline
 
Jan_Hus said:
If Rodman stops this from spiraling further out of control...

Actually I can't wrap my brain around Rodman being our best diplomatic lifeline
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tfw a crackhead basketball player is more capable of creating peaceful solutions with the Norks than the UN.
 
>tfw the fate of your motherland lies in the hands of Dennis Rodman


First the Goddess Cult taking over our country. And now him. This is truly the best timeline.
 
Bob's Fries said:
>tfw the fate of your motherland lies in the hands of Dennis Rodman


First the Goddess Cult taking over our country. And now him. This is truly the best timeline.
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Which makes me all the more curious about what Rodman would have done had Hillary been elected, given that he's supposedly a Trump supporter.

He would have asked his tubby best buddy to nuke us all to the ground, full stop. But that's just me.
 
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How to survive a nuclear blast: Seoul expats told what to do in case war breaks out with North Korea

Residents of South Korea - including the sizeable British community - have been advised to take precautions against the possibility of a conflict breaking out on the Korean Peninsula and are being instructed how to protect themselves from massed artillery fire, a chemical weapons attack and even how to survive a nuclear blast.

British residents of Seoul, however, have played down the severity of the situation. "Every so often, the tensions rise, there are talks, North Korea walks out, they talk some more and things calm down again", said Mike Breen, author of "The New Koreans" and a resident of South Korea since 1982.

"I walked to work this morning and I noticed nothing different", he told The Telegraph. "At the moment, there is no panic or even an atmosphere of concern. We have been here before."

Andrew Salmon, a journalist and author who lives in Seoul, echoed those beliefs, adding that "life continues as normal".

"I don't think there is any chance of war breaking out unless the US decides to carry out a pre-emptive attack and I just don't get the sense that is something that is likely to happen", he said.

Nevertheless, citing guidelines drawn up by the Ministry of Public Administration and Security, The Korea Herald on Tuesday printed a list of measures for residents to take in the event of "the worst-case scenario".

Members of the public are being advised to prepare an emergency supply kit "designed to keep you alive while staying in a shelter for as long as it takes". The kit needs to include medicines, food and water, a battery-powered radio, a torch, spare batteries and gas masks.

Foreign residents are also advised to check with their companies or organisations on evacuation procedures, as well as to follow instructions provided by embassies.

In the event of artillery attacks, civilians are advised to seek shelter in one of the 24,000 reinforced buildings, underground stations and subterranean parking spaces that have been designated as shelters.

Residents are being told to put on gas masks or hold a cloth over their noses and mouths at the first sign of a chemical weapons attack. Anyone indoors is advised to close the windows and seal ventilators or cracks around doors and windows.

Those caught outdoors should go to the top of tall buildings as chemical agents such as sarin are heavier than air and will build up at lower elevations.

A nuclear explosion will knock out communications as well as destroying a large part of major cities. Anyone who survives the initial blast is advised to take shelter inside a concrete structure and minimise contact with anything that may be radioactive.

There are an estimated 8,000 British citizens living in South Korea and, should the worst-case scenario happen, British nationals would be told to meet at designated locations in major cities to be evacuated by the US military.

The British embassy in Seoul declined to provide further details of its evacuation plans but emphasised that plans for a wide range of emergency scenarios are in place and exercises are conducted regularly to ensure that they are effective.

"We are obviously being absolutely vigilant and we do not take any situation for granted", an embassy official said. "We are closely watching developments and are updating our advice as and when is necessary".
 
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"I don't think there is any chance of war breaking out unless the US decides to carry out a pre-emptive attack and I just don't get the sense that is something that is likely to happen", he said.
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My feeling is we're unlikely to carry out a preemptive attack unless we're literally preempting something specific.
 
China bitchslaps it's retarded younger brother

CHINA has shot down missiles near the North Korean border in a provocative show of force against Kim Jong-un’s hermit kingdom.

North Korea was sent a direct message from Beijing today in an explosive military drill near the border between the two states.

China's air force carried out exercises near the peninsula, practising to defend against a "surprise attack” - presumably from their erratic neighbours.

Chinese state-run media, which effectively acts as ay propaganda wing for leader Xi Jingping’s government, said the drills took place early yesterday.

They said the provocative drills took place near the Bohai Sea, the innermost gulf of the Yellow Sea which separates China from the Korean peninsula.

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North Korea's intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), Hwasong-14 being lauched at an undisclosed place in North Korea
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North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un said on August 15 he would hold off on a planned missile strike near Guam, but warned the highly provocative move would go ahead in the event of further
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People watch a television news showing file footage of a North Korean missile launch, at a railway station in Seoul

Troops travelled to the site from central China before immediately beginning drills to fend off the "surprise attack" simulating real battle.

Chinese press boasted: “The troops rapid response capabilities and actual combat levels have effectively been tested.”

They also said new weapons, used to shoot down airborne missiles, were successfully tested for the first time.

The exercise came days after North Korea carried out its sixth and largest nuclear test of an advanced hydrogen bomb.

Today US president Donald Trump warned military action is “not a first choice” but added ominously “we’ll see what happens”.

There is now mounting international concern the country plans even more weapons tests, possibly of a long-range missile.

After weeks of rising tension, South Korea and the United States have been discussing the deployment of aircraft carriers and strategic bombers to the Korean peninsula.

China is deeply suspicious of any US backed military build up in the region and has repeatedly expressed anger at the deployment of a US anti-missile defence system in South Korea.



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North Korea news: Chinese soldiers pictured during an earlier military drill

However, Beijing is also becoming increasingly concerned with North Korea, who have historically been allies.

In recent months Beijing has repeatedly rapped despot Kim on the knuckles as the international community places more responsibility on China to solve the crisis.

Earlier this year China suspended imports of North Korean coal, which acts as a major source of income for the hermit state.

China, along with Russia, have now also advocated a "freeze for freeze" plan, where the United States and South Korea stop major military exercises in exchange for North Korea halting its weapons programmes.

North Korea says it needs to develop its weapons to defend itself against what it sees as US aggression.



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North Korea has launched several provocative missile launches this year
However, China today urged Donald Trump to push for a peaceful resolution to the ongoing crisis.

President Xi today told the US leader in a telephone conversation to move towards talks, rather than conflict.

Mr Xi also told Mr Trump that China attaches importance to his proposed visit to China later this year.

Mr Trump revealed after the phone call: “President Xi would like to do something. We'll see whether or not he can do it. But we will not be putting up with what's happening in North Kore.

“I believe that President Xi agrees with me 100 percent... We had a very, very frank and very strong phone call."
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ComeoutandJULAY said:
Which makes me all the more curious about what Rodman would have done had Hillary been elected, given that he's supposedly a Trump supporter.

He would have asked his tubby best buddy to nuke us all to the ground, full stop. But that's just me.
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Coincidentally, they both have the same last name, going by Cankles's maiden name.

TFW a basketball player has proven to be a better diplomat who doesn't leave trails of blood everywhere.
 
CWCchange said:
Coincidentally, they both have the same last name, going by Cankles's maiden name.

TFW a basketball player has proven to be a better diplomat who doesn't leave trails of blood everywhere.
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>tfw you're supporting a traitor
 
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