Will attack South Korea if drill goes ahead: North Korea

[mayankmatador]

India doesn't have any military pact with SK,also i doubt SK would seek help from Japan on this issue.

but we have gud trade ties.......
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The two-way trade relations between two countries gathered momentum in the recent years. Despite the hullabaloo around recession globally, the trade between the two nations have been growing from strength to strength. In the year 2008, bilateral trade grew by almost 39 percent. The same year, Korean imports clocked a growth of almost 42 percent, which were recorded at US$6.5 billion.

India's major Exports to Korea: Naphtha (US$3.88 billion worth), iron and steel, oil seeds residue and cattle feed. Even AC generators, photo-sensitive semi-conductors and chemical products etc have been gradually catching the fancy of the Koreans.

India's major imports from Korea: Auto parts including engines, ships/tankers, iron and steel products, fertilizers, footwear, ships and chemicals.

Republic of Korea exports grew at 36% reaching a total amount of US$8.9 billion. In 2001, the total trade stood at US$2.52 billion, seven years later it has increased almost 6 times and as per ROK estimates stands at US$15.5 billion. However, it was during the last two years the trade graph has shown a steep upward curve i.e. over 100 percent.

 

[gambit]

Pictures of RoK forces (Republic of Korea)

This one looks pretty motivated to me

Those pix brings back some memories of Osan and Kunsan...Brrrrr...!!!

Anyway...Since some are making assumptions of force motivation, morale, and ability to fight simply based upon uniform cam pattern......Absurd as it is...Perhaps a superior metric would be the person himself...

The Korean Height Gap - The Numbers Guy - WSJ

One study of North Korean refugees compared to South Koreans of the same age found that South Korean young men were 2.3 inches taller than their North Korean counterparts, while the gap among young women was 2.6 inches. Meanwhile, among non-refugee boys and girls living in both countries between the ages of one and a half and six and a half, a separate study found that the height gap was around three inches (varying slightly by age and gender); between six and a half and seven and a half, the height gap was 4.9 inches for girls and five inches for boys.

donga.com[English donga]

As of 2005, the average height of residents aged between 20 and 39 in North Korea is 154.9cm for females and 165.6cm for males. These numbers are much lower than those of South Korea where the average height is 159.1cm for females and 172.5cm for males. Records of the 1930s, the Japanese colonial era, say that the height of male in Northern Joseon was 166cm, which was 3.5cm higher than that in Southern Joseon, 162.5cm. North Koreans have maintained the same height while South Koreans have grown by 10cm. How big would the gap grow 10-20 years from now? We really might become two “different races.”

South Koreans are taller, healthier, wealthier and most likely men and women are more handsome. I say these metrics are far better indicators than mere camo pattern.

 

[Thomas]

Those pix brings back some memories of Osan and Kunsan...Brrrrr...!!!

Anyway...Since some are making assumptions of force motivation, morale, and ability to fight simply based upon uniform cam pattern......Absurd as it is...Perhaps a superior metric would be the person himself...

The Korean Height Gap - The Numbers Guy - WSJ


donga.com[English donga]

South Koreans are taller, healthier, wealthier and most likely men and women are more handsome. I say these metrics are far better indicators than mere camo pattern.

I was not there in the winter time, it was hot and humid. Still it was one of the best deployments of my service.

He siezed on the camo colors simply becuase he was grasping at straws. Then he tried to divert attention away but comparing Rok forces with Russia, China, and the U.S. leaving out North Korea

 

[gambit]

He siezed on the camo colors simply becuase he was grasping at straws. Then he tried to divert attention away but comparing Rok forces with Russia, China, and the U.S. leaving out North Korea

These boys usually do.

 

[Jigs]

Figures NK wouldn't act. They know the limit of how far they can push. Turkey will always support SK in these matters just like we did in the Cheonan findings.

 

[IamINDIA]

lol north korea atm is acting like sissies ,not backing up all that hard talk of attaking the south if drill goes on

 

[Solomon2]

I am not comfortable with North Korea's current silence. Study the history of the Korean War, you'll find that just before and during the North's offensives they blacked out news and propaganda. This was most noticeable when the Chinese Communists joined in the war, an event that wasn't announced until several days after the U.N. encountered Chinese troops. I wonder if the N.K.s are preparing a military response to be sprung at just the right moment.

 

[Dalai Lama]

Strawman argument.

He was responding to two Indian posters, not directing the question at South/North Koreans.

He had nothing to respond to. He was just posing a rhetoric question in hopes of starting a flame war.