North Korea: On Ground Updates - May 27, 2009

North Korea
On Ground Updates
North Korea Returning To A State Of War
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
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> VOANews.com brings us the following troubling news early this Wednesday morning and it starts off like this… North Korea says even minor attempts by South Korea or the United States to interfere with its shipping will trigger what it calls a "return to a state of war." Pyongyang vows it will not be bound by the terms of a 56-year-old armistice, if South Korea or the United States searches its vessels under an American-led nonproliferation initiative… North Korean military representatives warned South Korea, Wednesday, its decision to join an American-led security arrangement is being seen as a "declaration of war."… The statement, delivered by North Korean military representatives in the demilitarized zone separating the two Koreas, was read on North Korean television…
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N. Korea Threatens Attack on South If Vessels are Inspected
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> FOXNews.com reports today’s news this way… North Korea is trying to return to a Korean War with the South, threatening a powerful military strike and claiming it will no longer honor the 1953 Armistice that ended the conflict that divided the peninsula. But U.S. military and Obama administration officials are calling much of the rhetoric "bluster."… "North Korea continues to isolate itself. Threats and bluster will not get North Korea the attention and respect it craves," one senior White House official told FOX News… One senior U.S. defense official said a lot of what is going on in terms of North Korean threats is bluffing and bravado. The official noted the U.S. military has not changed its offensive posture in the region. Neither has South Korea…
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U.S. Takes Skeptical Look at North Korean 'Bluster'
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> Haaretz.com reports… Russia is taking security measures as a precaution against the possibility tension over North Korea could escalate into nuclear war, news agencies quoted officials as saying on Wednesday… Interfax quoted an unnamed security source as saying a stand-off triggered by Pyongyang's nuclear test on Monday could affect the security of Russia's far eastern regions, which border North Korea… "The need has emerged for an appropriate package of precautionary measures," the source said…
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Russia fears North Korea conflict could turn nuclear
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> SkyNews.com reports…
North Korea Threatens Military Strike On South
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North Korea: Pyongyang threatens military strike on Seoul

About News Video: North Korea has threatened to respond with a 'powerful' military strike against its southern neighbor if Seoul takes part in a US-led initiative to intercept shipments suspected of being involved in the building of weapons of mass destruction.
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