N. Korea: South’s reaction to Kim death intolerable

[beijingwalker]

N. Korea: South’s reaction to Kim death intolerable
December 24, 2011 01:50 AM
By Jung Ha-Won

Seoul: North Korea has accused South Korea of an “intolerable” response to Kim Jong Il’s death, a blast that came as diplomats at the United Nations held a mass boycott of a tribute to the late leader.

Pyongyang’s official media says millions are braving bitter cold to mourn the “Dear Leader” after his sudden death on Dec. 17 – and South Koreans are welcome to join the condolences.

Its Uriminzokkiri website said any mourning delegations from the South would be accepted, and lashed out at the Seoul government’s “inhuman” decision to allow only two such visits.

The world is closely watching Kim’s chosen successor – his untested youngest son Kim Jong Un – for clues about the future direction of the impoverished but nuclear-armed state.

Uriminzokkiri’s comments, dated Thursday and seen Friday, seemed to suggest no immediate change in frosty cross-border ties.

The South blames its neighbor for two deadly border attacks last year but has taken a conciliatory stance since the announcement of Kim’s death.

The government sent its sympathies to the North’s people, scrapped a controversial plan to display Christmas lights near the border and said South Koreans could send pre-approved condolence messages northward.

It said there would be no Seoul government delegation to offer condolences but authorized two groups to pay respects in Pyongyang.

By law, Seoul’s Unification Ministry must authorize all contacts between South and North Koreans. The two sides have stayed technically at war since their 1950-53 conflict.

Uriminzokkiri said all South Korean delegations wishing to visit Pyongyang to mourn Kim “with a warm heart” would be accepted. It was unclear whether they would be allowed to stay on for the actual funeral next Wednesday.

But it said the South was blocking such visits and trying to escalate confrontation by strengthening security. “These are intolerable actions of mockery and insult against our dignity.”

The website described Seoul’s ban on most delegations as an “unacceptable, uncivilized and inhuman action” which could have a “significant impact” on relations.

In an apparent reference to the South’s failure to send an official delegation, it also accused Seoul of disrespect to the late leader.

“We will keep in mind those who do not understand even the most basic actions of respect and humanity and who insult our dignity, and we will make them pay a very expensive price for that for years to come,” it said.

Seoul’s Unification Ministry said its decision was unchanged. Only the families of former President Kim Dae Jung and former Hyundai Group chairman Chung Mong Hun would be allowed to visit.

Kim Dae Jung and Kim Jong Il held the first ever North-South summit in 2000 and the Hyundai Group pioneered cross-border business exchanges.

Jeung Young Tae of the South’s Korea Institute for National Unification, told AFP the North was “trying to foster division” with its offer and would exploit any such mourners for propaganda purposes.

At the United Nations, the North’s ambassador called for a minute of silence Thursday in a tribute to Kim – but the United States, most European nations, Japan, South Korea and others boycotted it.

“This is a man who is responsible for probably tens of thousands of deaths. He is not a model for the U.N.,” said one European diplomat.

During his 17-year rule as absolute leader, Kim presided over a 1990s famine that killed hundreds of thousands. Severe food shortages continue and rights groups say tens of thousands are held in political prison camps.

Barely a third of the U.N. General Assembly’s 193 members were present for the tribute – a “protocol” move following the North’s request, according to assembly president Nassir Abdul-Aziz al-Nasser.

The North has been burnishing the image of both its past and present leaders with tributes and claims that even Mother Nature is mourning Kim Jong Il, who died of a heart attack at age 69.

His body lies in state in a glass coffin at a Pyongyang memorial palace, where hundreds of mourners, including his son and heir, have shed tears.

The official state news agency said a total of 43,929,000 mourning visits had been made to various commemorative sites nationwide between noon Monday and Wednesday evening. The country’s population is around 24 million.

 

[Korean]

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[beijingwalker]

they did shelled some S.Korean island,didnt they?

 

[Chinese-Dragon]

they did shelled some S.Korean island,didnt they?

That's right, they also sunk a South Korean warship, the Cheonan.

And North Korea also developed nuclear weapons too.

 

[beijingwalker]

S.Korea's very existence is actually at mercy of N.Korea.

 

[Chinese-Dragon]

S.Korea's very existence is actually at mercy of N.Korea.

That's true, 50% of South Korea's population lives in the Seoul Capital Area.

Which is right next to the North Korean border.

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Anyway, I really want to see what 金正恩 will be like as a leader.

 

[below_freezing]

That's true, 50% of South Korea's population lives in the Seoul Capital Area.

Which is right next to the North Korean border.

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Anyway, I really want to see what 金正恩 will be like as a leader.

I heard that 金总 is a very tough leader who will use military provocation that the South can't lift a finger against as a common tool of diplomacy.

 

[beijingwalker]

they tested a short range missile the very same day they declared Kim Jong Il’s death,and shortly after that,they issued this stern warning agaisnt S.Korea,S.Koreans are so scared and their president wasted no time to hurry to Beijing to seek security.

 

[Rusty]

As someone living in South Korea, I think the South Koreans needs top being such wimps, they need to launch a missile or two in the direction of North Korea in response for the shelling and the sinking.

 

[below_freezing]

As someone living in South Korea, I think the South Koreans needs top being such wimps, they need to launch a missile or two in the direction of North Korea in response for the shelling and the sinking.

they can't. they cannot even protect their elderly and their women from being brutally assaulted by blacks on their bus, when they surround the black.

 

[ChineseTiger1986]

That's true, 50% of South Korea's population lives in the Seoul Capital Area.

Which is right next to the North Korean border.

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Anyway, I really want to see what 金正恩 will be like as a leader.

金正男 is more pro-China, so he should be a better leader for China.

 

[beijingwalker]

As someone living in South Korea, I think the South Koreans needs top being such wimps, they need to launch a missile or two in the direction of North Korea in response for the shelling and the sinking.

no,they dare not

North Korea Flatten Seoul - North Korea’s Weapons Capabilties

When North and South Korea trade artillery rounds, as they did this past Tuesday, killing four and injuring at least 16, some panicked hyperbole is understandable. First, there's the unfortunate geography—the opponents' capitals are just 120 miles apart, with Seoul within 35 miles of the border. The numbers only get worse, with estimates of as many as 13,000 artillery pieces positioned along that border, many of them within range and presumably aimed directly at Seoul, one of the world's most densely-populated cities. Factor in the rate of fire of all those suspected artillery batteries, and throw in the potential launch of hundreds of missiles, and it's easy to conclude that if North Korea is pushed hard enough, the result could be, as the New York Times put it yesterday, "the destruction of Seoul."

The more common term for the potential fate of the South Korean capital, casually dropped on recent radio and television news reports, as well as in two separate AOL news op-eds from earlier this year, is that it would be "flattened." Analysis from Time magazine in 2003 went so far as to gauge how long this would take: "Its conventional artillery capability would allow North Korea to flatten Seoul in the first half-hour of any confrontation."

North Korea Has 70,000 Cannons Targeted at Seoul
Nov 28, 2010 10:17 GMT; Last Modified: Nov 28, 2010 10:31 GMT

As the US South Korean naval exercise begins, North Korea deployed surface to surface missiles in the Yellow Sea, and also moved other missiles further south. The North Koreans have vowed that any trespassing of their borders, through land, air or sea, will meet a strong response.

And even without these latest movements, North Korea has a massive artillery array of 70,000 cannons pointed to Seoul – South Korea’s capital, which is very close to the border. A full utilization of this artillery could destroy Seoul withing hours.

 

[Rusty]

they can't. they cannot even protect their elderly and their women from being brutally assaulted by blacks on their bus, when they surround the black.

ahah you saw that?

apparently the Korean guy was saying something like "nuga" which means "here" or something
and the black guy thought he was calling him a "nigger"

good times

 

[below_freezing]

ahah you saw that?

apparently the Korean guy was saying something like "nuga" which means "here" or something
and the black guy thought he was calling him a "nigger"

good times

yeah i think it was an excuse, the foreigner must have had a bad day at work and knew he could take it out on some Koreans with no negative consequences. he was right.

 

[Rusty]

Koreans already hate everything that is not Kimchi or soju
just more reasons for them to hate foreigners.