Russia Condemns N. Korea for Attack on S. Korea

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Russia has condemned North Korea's artillery attack on a South Korean island late last month and is deeply concerned over Pyeongyang's uranium enrichment efforts which could be used to make nuclear weapons.
Russia's Foreign Minister made these comments during a meeting with his North Korean counterpart Pak Ui-Chun in Moscow on Monday.
Moscow's foreign ministry announced that its foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov also called on North Korea to comply with UN Security Council resolutions 1718 and 1874.
Lavrov also, reportedly called for a resumption of six-party talks saying it was indispensable to relaunch the process on the North Korean issue.
Pyeongyang's top diplomat is in Moscow until Wednesday.
Meanwhile, Seoul's chief nuclear envoy, Wi Sung-lac heads for Russia on this Tuesday for discussions with his counterpart.

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North Korea is threatening S.Korea.
Actions like this not only threatens the peace of the Korean peninsula but also the peace of the entire world.

UN Security Council and the interantional community including China must condemn North Korea and make North Korea take responsibility for its actions so that North Korea can never commit violent provocations again.

 

[(R)IGHTeous 1]

Maybe this is the beginning , but now it is the S.K. that is more aggressive...

As they should and need be.

 

[waltky]

The Donald givin' Fatboy fair warning...

Mattis warns NKorea against any attack on US or its allies
February 3, 2017 — In an explicit warning to North Korea, U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis on Friday said any use of nuclear weapons by the North on the United States or its allies would be met with what he called an "effective and overwhelming" response.

U.S. defense secretaries have long offered assurances to South Korea and Japan that the American nuclear "umbrella" will protect them, but Mattis's statement was perhaps more pointed than most. He made the remarks during an appearance with his South Korean counterpart, Defense Minister Han Min Koo. "North Korea continues to launch missiles, develop its nuclear weapons program, and engage in threatening rhetoric and behavior," Mattis said with Han standing at his side and U.S. and South Korean flags at their backs. "We stand with our peace-loving Republic of Korea ally to maintain stability on the peninsula and in the region," he added. "America's commitments to defending our allies and to upholding our extended deterrence guarantees remain ironclad: Any attack on the United States, or our allies, will be defeated, and any use of nuclear weapons would be met with a response that would be effective and overwhelming."

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Mattis's statement showed by he chose South Korea for his first visit overseas since becoming defense secretary Jan. 20. He sought to reassure South Koreans of the longstanding U.S. commitment to a defense treaty that President Donald Trump suggested during the campaign is a bad deal for America. Mattis also was discussing with the South Koreans a timetable for deploying an advanced U.S. missile defense system, the Theater High-Altitude Area Defense, or THAAD, that is meant to improve protection of South Korea and Japan — as well as U.S. troops stationed in both countries — against a North Korean missile attack. He suggested that the deployment will go forward, despite its political sensitivity in Seoul. He called it an example of "defensive steps" the United States is taking in response to Pyongyang's "threatening rhetoric and destabilizing behavior."

The current caretaker South Korean government has said it supports THAAD deployment, but the decision is in doubt because of approaching national elections. In his remarks Friday, Han echoed Mattis's concern about North Korea's nuclear and missile programs. He said they "blatantly threaten" the international community and have created a "severe security situation" on the Korean peninsula. He described Mattis's visit so early in his tenure as a warning to North Korea. After a series of meetings in Seoul, Mattis flew to Tokyo for further consultations, including a meeting with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. The U.S. has 28,500 troops permanently based in South Korea and about 50,000 in Japan.

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[waltky]

Granny says, "Dat's right - mebbe China an' No. Korea not so close after all...

China may view North Korea as 'feudalistic,' analyst says
March 2, 2017 - Beijing may favor a unified Korea that boosts flourishing trade ties.

The United States has often blamed China for bad North Korea behavior, and U.S. President Donald Trump recently suggested Beijing has the upper hand in addressing North Korea's nuclear weapons development. But the view from China is different, says Chu Shulong, an analyst with the Institute of International Strategic and Development Studies at Tsinghua University. Speaking at a panel on Korean unification at the annual Global Peace Convention in Manila on Wednesday, Chu described a more contentious aspect to China-North Korea relations often overlooked in Washington because of pressing U.S. concerns about Pyongyang's ever-growing nuclear weapons program.

Chu said China shares those concerns, and is further aggravated by geographical proximity and a shared 880-mile border with a belligerent North Korea. "We have a very negative perception of the North Korean regime," Chu said, adding the continued tests of nuclear bombs draw anxiety about radiation damage "less than 100 miles from China." Beijing may also be scornful of North Korea's false communism, one that maintains central power in one family that purges or executes its dissidents. "Chinese would disagree North Korea is a socialist country," Chu said, adding the regime is "nothing but a feudalistic state." That sense of distance between the two countries, however, has been eclipsed by China's pragmatism, marked by a strong desire to avoid turning a traditional partner into a hostile adversary.

The notion China and North Korea enjoy intimate ties is an outdated one, an analyst from Tsinghua University said in Manila​

An exceptional relationship between "communist comrades" may also be something of an urban legend, Chu said. The China-North Korea relationship "is not something special, it is the same feelings and attitude that the Chinese have toward their other neighbors such as Pakistan, Nepal, Myanmar, Cambodia and Laos," the analyst said, dispelling a long-held assumption the two countries have been as close as "lips and teeth" since the 1950-53 Korean War. Changes in China's views of its troubling neighbor have also evolved with improved South Korea relations. North Korea provocations targeting the South, such as the bombardment of South Korea's Yeongpyeong Island have only turned Chinese public opinion against the North.

Incidents like the Kim Jong Nam assassination have also been partly censored because the Chinese government is wary of anti-North Korea sentiment in the country. But the most significant driver of views of North Korea may be coming from within China, and the country's ongoing focus on economic development and "modernization," Chu said. The country's top policy goal is to build economic prosperity, making a unified Korea desirable if it means a new state on the peninsula that supports flourishing trade. In 2014, South Korea was China's third-largest trading partner, surpassing Taiwan and Australia, and a similar expanded state without nuclear weapons is a prospect China looks forward to, according to Chu. "Bigger countries do not fear smaller countries," Chu said referring to a future unified Korea. "And we're the bigger country."

China may view North Korea as 'feudalistic,' analyst says

 

[yiostheoy]

The Donald givin' Fatboy fair warning...

Mattis warns NKorea against any attack on US or its allies
February 3, 2017 — In an explicit warning to North Korea, U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis on Friday said any use of nuclear weapons by the North on the United States or its allies would be met with what he called an "effective and overwhelming" response.

U.S. defense secretaries have long offered assurances to South Korea and Japan that the American nuclear "umbrella" will protect them, but Mattis's statement was perhaps more pointed than most. He made the remarks during an appearance with his South Korean counterpart, Defense Minister Han Min Koo. "North Korea continues to launch missiles, develop its nuclear weapons program, and engage in threatening rhetoric and behavior," Mattis said with Han standing at his side and U.S. and South Korean flags at their backs. "We stand with our peace-loving Republic of Korea ally to maintain stability on the peninsula and in the region," he added. "America's commitments to defending our allies and to upholding our extended deterrence guarantees remain ironclad: Any attack on the United States, or our allies, will be defeated, and any use of nuclear weapons would be met with a response that would be effective and overwhelming."

https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/9...webfeeds/0c85504e839c48628e4d22656b25ab94.jpg​

Mattis's statement showed by he chose South Korea for his first visit overseas since becoming defense secretary Jan. 20. He sought to reassure South Koreans of the longstanding U.S. commitment to a defense treaty that President Donald Trump suggested during the campaign is a bad deal for America. Mattis also was discussing with the South Koreans a timetable for deploying an advanced U.S. missile defense system, the Theater High-Altitude Area Defense, or THAAD, that is meant to improve protection of South Korea and Japan — as well as U.S. troops stationed in both countries — against a North Korean missile attack. He suggested that the deployment will go forward, despite its political sensitivity in Seoul. He called it an example of "defensive steps" the United States is taking in response to Pyongyang's "threatening rhetoric and destabilizing behavior."

The current caretaker South Korean government has said it supports THAAD deployment, but the decision is in doubt because of approaching national elections. In his remarks Friday, Han echoed Mattis's concern about North Korea's nuclear and missile programs. He said they "blatantly threaten" the international community and have created a "severe security situation" on the Korean peninsula. He described Mattis's visit so early in his tenure as a warning to North Korea. After a series of meetings in Seoul, Mattis flew to Tokyo for further consultations, including a meeting with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. The U.S. has 28,500 troops permanently based in South Korea and about 50,000 in Japan.

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This was one of those public statements that was just intended to make N.Korea look bad.

We all know N.Korea does not have a deliverable nuke yet.

It is probably intended as an embarrassment to N.Korea for its recent missile launches in the direction of Japan.

 

[waltky]

Fatboy refuses to lissen to Beijing's advice...

China has drifted from North Korea, analyst says
Nov. 15, 2017 -- China comes under criticism for not doing more to exert pressure on North Korea, but the view from Beijing is different, an expert on China's international relations said Tuesday.

Quansheng Zhao, a professor of international relations at American University, said China sees North Korea's "domestic internal factors" as driving Pyongyang's policies, and Beijing may not agree it has significant influence over Kim Jong Un. The question of Korean unification is also a matter to be resolved internally, between North and South Korea, from China's perspective, the analyst said. China takes a principled approach to Korea issues, Zhao added. "China's position on Korean unification, and on the North Korea nuclear issue, is pretty clear," he said at the forum organized by the Global Peace Foundation.

According to the analyst, China has stated it seeks a nuclear-free Korean peninsula, peace and stability, as well as the pursuit of diplomacy, or dialogue. China has prioritized diplomacy over military confrontation, Zhao said. The domestic aspect of Korean division is the more decisive factor that will determine any move toward unification, he added. "It's a question of whether the two societies, the two Koreas, have the mature conditions," that indicate they are ready to move forward with unification, he said. Zhao did not rule out influence from "external" powers or coalitions, including the previously held six-party talks that were held to work toward a goal of North Korea denuclearization.

China's traditionally close ties to North Korea has changed over the years, owing to Pyongyang's lack of willingness to heed warnings from Beijing.​

North Korea's lack of willingness to heed Beijing's warnings has also pushed China to change its North Korea approach. China's relations with North Korea, once described as close as "lips and teeth" since the 1950-53 Korean War, has cooled in more recent times. China subsequently began to take a "national interest" approach to relations, which was followed by a "co-management" approach that includes working with Washington, according to Zhao. China's co-management of North Korea, or working more closely with the United States on exerting pressure, took place as Beijing began to ease tensions with Seoul over the deployment of U.S. missile defense on the peninsula, or THAAD.

China had been retaliating on the deployment decision by penalizing South Korean companies or banning Chinese tourism to the South. Zhao told UPI unofficial sanctions ended because "mutual trust" was established between Korea and China. But South Korea may not be the only Korea China trusts to not destabilize the region. "There are no Chinese soldiers on the Korean peninsula," Zhao said, referring to the country's northeastern border. "China is not an imperial power."

China has drifted from North Korea, analyst says

 

[Bleipriester]

China does not provide military or economic aid to North Korea. What influence should they claim to have?

 

[haniran]

china don’t provide military and other ecnomic help to the north korea one of the expected reason behind that the relation betwwen them was not good.