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Because of Weak Soldiers, Limit Hard Physical Training
Infantry squads of 91 Military Training Camp based in Taesung-ri, Kangsuh County, South Pyongan Province, decided to decrease the intensity of the winter intensified drill that will begin from December 1 of this year due to malnourished soldiers. Although this military unit has provided soldiers with wheat for three meals a day, the amount of them was less than 300g. Because the meals do not include any side dishes and their amount cannot satisfy even children’s hunger, the increase in the number of malnourished soldiers is natural. A certain company of this camp has as many as 70 malnourished soldiers out of 100. Thus, they will be discharging soldiers who are suffering from critical malnutrition and cannot continue their duties, by the end of October. Ministry of the People’s Armed Forces ordered the unit to discharge the soldiers in secret in order not to spread any rumors.

On the other hand, when a staff of the military unit stated that there was a lecture for commanders of battalions of Pyongyang and 91 Military Training Camp and commanders of Support bureau last September 14, he also said, “As the food shortage has worsened, soldiers are getting weak. Although I want to put my men to work, I cannot do so because they are so weak. It is unlikely that anyone will be able to participate in and endure a winter intensified drill that will begin from December 1.” According to his statement, they decided to avoid any hard drills as much as they could and to practice basic tactics during this winter-intensified drill.

A Measure, “Provide Bean-curd Refuse During This Year’s Winter Drill”
During the winter military drill that will begin on December 1 of this year, the military has decided to provide soldiers with bean curd refuse for meals. On the designated days, each unit must give soldiers beans that they have conserved after harvesting and threshing for making tofu. However, some military units in Pyongyang have already consumed the reserved beans obtained from their extra farming because of the food shortage. For example, one unit boiled all their beans and even the pods together for the soldiers’ meals, so they do not have any beans in reserves. Because they ordered each platoon to prepare the beans as soon as they could, some officers are worried that they will have to resort to stealing beans from random farms to restore their reserves.

Evo i svezih vesti iz Severne Koreje, zbog gladi izgleda da se u velikom broju jedinica ogranicava obuka koja ukljucuje teske fizicke napore.

Kako je isao i sta je radio tamo? U Hamhung sam ja trebao da idem, kao i u Congdzin, ali izgleda od toga nista. U urbanim sredinama glad je "amortizovana" svercom iz Kine, ali u ruralnim delovima zemlje situacija je dosta strasna, mada ne kao devedesetih. Sto se poredjenja sa nama tice, nije na mestu, jer mi smo ipak imali neku materijalnu osnovu da prezivimo '93., nesto sto oni nemaju...

Officer Defects Because of Hopeless Situation in North Korea

 
By Bona Kim, Intern
[2008-10-21 15:29 ]     
 
“Not just the soldiers but the officers are also discontent… In the army, soldiers are advised not to have conversation in groups larger than two. If more than two start talking they always end up criticizing the state.”

The 4th issue of “NK In & Out” published by the Network for North Korean Democracy and Human Rights (NKnet) depicted that North Koreans are more and more discontent with the regime.

During an interview with NKnet, a former North Korean People’s Army officer who defected to China described the hopeless and desperate lives of North Koreans. “This year, there were some people who starved to death even in Pyongyang where I served, let alone countryside… There is no food distribution. The situation in [North] Korea is hopeless so I decided to defect.”

However, lives of the soldiers in the army were described to be better despite poor salary and lack of supplies. “For every soldier, 230g of corn was distributed per meal. Side dishes included three or four pieces of salted radish and cabbage soup. Officers receive half-rice half-corn meal but side dishes are same” he added.

“Although there were no deaths due to starvation, many died from diseases after suffering malnutrition in the army hospital… When I was in the army, 30 to 40 out of 120 soldiers of a company were diagnosed as malnourished. This year’s food distribution was again reduced because of last year’s flood and even more soldiers will suffer from malnourishment.”

Despite the destitute food situation, barracks had electricity 18 hours a day and every soldier had a bed and a locker, NK In & Out reported. There was even a DVD player in each soldiers barrack which was used for educational purposes. But despite education on morality soldiers continue to rob civilians due to lack of food distribution. “Because of the tenuous food situation, soldiers are always angry and desperate. So it is very hard to control them.”

“NK In & Out” further reported that despite education on morality, beatings and corruption still exist in the North Korean army.

Kim S. (31) who was interviewed by NKnet was enlisted in 1995 and commissioned after graduating from an officer candidate school. He had served as an officer for six years until this May. He defected to China in September and is now hiding in a safe place in China. When asked about his future plans, he answered, “I don’t know yet… but for sure, I won’t go back to [North] Korea.”

Shenyang, China -- A gunfight on October 22nd between train security agents and soldiers in Manpo, a border town across the Yalu River from Jian, China caused six deaths, it has emerged.

A source from Yangkang Province reported in a telephone conversation with the Daily NK that, “On the 22nd of last month, in Manpo Station a gunfight between the train security agents (who act as both conductor and law enforcement on the trains in North Korea) and soldiers broke out and six died. Meanwhile, it was pandemonium around the station while passengers waiting for trains and residents stampeded from the place and several other persons were hurt.”

According to the source, the train service between Hyesan and Manpo was cancelled due to a power cut, so enough passengers for two trains were crowded in the station on the day of the incident.

At the time, the wife of an officer with a baby on her back tried to get on a train and a conductor held her back. Although she explained that her husband had already boarded the train, taking their luggage and her train ticket, too. The conductor did not believe her, since it is a common excuse for a free ride.

While they were quarreling with each other, the train started leaving and the woman tried to hang on, but the conductor pushed her out. She finally swung around the end of the carriage, down onto the railroad, was hit by the train and was killed with her baby.

Her husband, an officer, eventually worked his way to the place of the incident and, knowing the whole story, beat the agent to death. He died while surrounded by the crowd.

Upon witnessing this, other agents apparently shot the officer in a rage. One of the officer’s friends, another military officer, shot the other agent with his rifle; another agent witnessed the scene and promptly fired at the second officer. In the blink of an eye, Manpo Station is said to have descended into carnage.

“In an instant, in the midst of fairly indiscriminate shooting, six persons were dead and frightened people were pushing each other to escape the area; as a result dozens of people were wounded,” according to the source.

The source added that, “Due to this incident, the train between Hyesan, Yangkang Province and Manpo, Jagang Province was stopped for a while.”

Since North Korea started treated the Army preferentially under the Military-first Policy, conflicts between the military and the People’s Security Agency (which includes the agents on the trains) are getting ever more violent.

Pre par godina su vratili neke od njih bilo na medijima, koreanci su pristali da ih puste da posete Japan pod uslovom da se ovi vrate posle u Severnu Koreju, naravno, ovi su otisli i nisu se vracali nakon cega su se u Severnoj Koreji naljutili. Neverovatna prica.
Evo ima je i na wikiprediji sad pronadjoh:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Korean_abductions_of_Japanese#Return_of_five_victims

Vezba se odrzava jednom godisnje, ali predstavnici Juzne Koreje smatraju da se amerikanci spremaju da ih napadnu.

Severna Koreja stavila vojsku u stanje pune borbene gotovosti povodom zdruzene vojne vezbe koju odrzavaju vojnici Juzne Koreje i SAD na poluostrvu. Vezba se odrzava jednom godisnje, ali predstavnici Severne Koreje smatraju da se amerikanci spremaju da ih napadnu.

Link: http://en.rian.ru/world/20090309/120481191.html

U medjuvremenu su odrzani opsti izbori u Severnoj Koreji, na kojima je, izmedju ostalog ponovo izabran Kim Jong-il za predsednika sa 100% glasova. Doduse on je bio jedini kandidat na izborima za predsednika. Isto tako su izabrani odbornici za lokalni i drzavni parlament, a za svako mesto je postojao samo jedan moguci kandidat kojeg predlaze komunisticka partija. Na prethodnim izborima izlaznost je bila 99,9% uz, naravno, 100% glasova za predlozene kandidate. Pretpostavljam da su i ovi izbori sa slicnim rezultatima :D

Link: http://en.rian.ru/world/20090309/120480059.html

Japan says 'ready to shoot down N. Korean long-range missile'

13/03/2009 12:55 TOKYO, March 13 (RIA Novosti) - Japan is ready to intercept a North Korean rocket if it appears to threaten the country's security, Japanese Foreign Minister Hirofumi Nakasone said on Friday.

Pyongyang has notified global agencies of its plans to launch a communications satellite on April 4-8, indicating that the first stage of the carrier rocket would fall into the Sea of Japan and the second stage would splash down in the Pacific Ocean.

"If the rocket launch threatens to harm our country in any way, we will take decisive countermeasures," Nakasone said, adding that Japan would certainly "take up the issue at the UN Security Council."

The communist state announced plans last month to launch a satellite using a three-stage rocket from the newly constructed Musudan-ri launch pad on the country's northeast coast.

Seoul and Washington believe the real purpose of a satellite launch would be to test a long-range Taepodong-2 missile, which is thought to have a range of 6,700 kilometers (4,100 miles) and could possibly reach the U.S. states of Alaska and Hawaii, as well as South Korea and Japan.

Pyongyang first tested a long-range missile in 1998, when it launched a Taepodong-1 over northern Japan and claimed that it carried a domestically-developed satellite.

In 2002, Pyongyang and Tokyo agreed to a moratorium on missile tests, but the secretive regime has continued research on ballistic missile technology.

In 2005 North Korea announced that it had nuclear weapons and in July 2006 test-launched a Taepodong-2 long-range missile and later staged an underground test of a nuclear device.

The UN Security Council passed Resolution 1718 on October 14, 2006, which forbids North Korea from conducting further nuclear tests or launches of ballistic missiles.

"Even if it is a satellite launch, as North Korea insists, it will be a violation of a UN Security Council resolution. The United States and Britain share our opinion [on this issue]," Nakasone said.

Some analysts believe, though, the impoverished country is not capable of developing a domestic space program, and that the planned rocket launch is simply an attempt to draw the attention of U.S. President Barack Obama's new administration to the issue of the stalled six-party talks on North Korea's controversial nuclear program.

The six-nation talks, involving North Korea, South Korea, Russia, Japan, China and the United States, were launched in 2003 after Pyongyang withdrew from the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty.

I ja sam tamo hteo na godinu dana, kuku lele...  :udri

S. Korean activists launch propaganda, cash at North on balloons

17/03/2009 14:44 MOSCOW, March 17 (RIA Novosti) - South Korean activists on Tuesday floated around 100,000 propaganda leaflets and 2.16 million North Korean won ($15,430) to their communist neighbors, angering Pyongyang, South Korean media reported.

According to the reports, 10 packages loaded with North Korean currency and leaflets criticizing the North's leader, Kim Jong-il, were launched from a bridge near the border using balloons made from polyethylene plastic used for covering hothouses.

Pyongyang considers the act a breach of inter-Korean agreements on halting all "attacks" on the government. Seoul ignores such acts as they are not organized by the government, but it has said the unsanctioned sending of foreign currency over the border is illegal.

The South Korean government stopped official propaganda against the North in 2004, in line with a bilateral agreement. However, while discouraging activists from launching leaflets across the border, the government has refused to take action against them, citing freedom of speech.

Relations between Seoul and the communist North have deteriorated since South Korean President Lee Myung-bak took office in February 2008, rolling back the so-called Sunshine Policy of the previous 10 years.

There are intense international concerns over North Korea's announced April launch of what it says is a satellite, but what is widely suspected in the West as a cover-up for testing of ballistic missiles capable of carrying nuclear warheads.

Tensions on the peninsula have also been raised by South Korean-U.S. military exercises due to end on Friday. North Korea earlier said it could not guarantee the safety of civilian aircraft near or over its airspace, because of the exercises.

North Korea said recently it would scrap all political and military agreements with South Korea, including a non-aggression pact, over its neighbor's "hostile intent." The two countries are still technically at war as their 1950-53 conflict ended in a truce rather than a peace treaty.

North Korea demands U.S. stop humanitarian aid supplies

17/03/2009 22:08 WASHINGTON, March 17 (RIA Novosti) - A U.S. State Department spokesman said Tuesday that the United States would stop humanitarian aid supplies to North Korea after the communist state requested Washington discontinue the program.

Robert Wood said the U.S. had received an official request from North Korea several days ago. The notification contained no reasons for the rejection of the aid.

"Clearly, this is food assistance that the North Korean people need. That's why we're concerned," he said.

He added that the State Department would continue to cooperate with NGOs working in North Korea to make sure that earlier delivered humanitarian aid had reached those in need of it.

Wood also said that in 2008 and 2009, the U.S. had supplied 169,000 metric tons of humanitarian aid to North Korea, with the last batch of 5,000 tons dispatched in late January.

The North Korean decision comes amid rising tensions on the Korean Peninsula. Pyongyang has called U.S.-South Korean military exercises preparation for war, and has also said that any attempt to shoot down what it calls a telecommunications satellite next month will also lead to armed conflict.

Seoul and Washington say the real purpose of the launch is to test a long-range Taepodong-2 missile, which is thought to have a range of 6,700 kilometers (4,100 miles) and could possibly reach Alaska.

Russia cautions N. Korea against rocket launch plans-2

27/03/2009 17:58 (adds Tsyganok comments in paras 5-6)

MOSCOW, March 27 (RIA Novosti) - A deputy Russian foreign minister has joined international criticism of North Korea's planned launch of a rocket, warning the reclusive communist country on Friday against increasing tensions in the region.

North Korea announced plans last month to launch what it says is a communications satellite from its Musudan-ri launch site in early April. However, the U.S., Japan and South Korea believe that the secretive state is planning to test its Taepodong-2 long-range missile.

"We understand that the situation in northeast Asia is currently very tense. It would therefore be better if our North Korean partners were to refrain from the launch," Alexei Borodavkin told reporters.

The deputy also said that Russia has constantly emphasized the need to avoid aggravating the issue. "[We] need to calmly evaluate the situation without any fuss or counter threats, and all of the issues surrounding the launch should be dealt with through dialogue and consultations between the countries concerned," he added.

Russia's early warning system will be put on high alert in connection with the launch, the head of a Russian think tank said on Friday.

"All of our missile attack early warning stations monitoring the eastern sector will be put on high alert ahead of the Korean satellite launch," said Anatoly Tsyganok, head of the Center for Military Forecasts at the Institute of Political and Military Studies.

The Japanese Jiji Press agency last week cited diplomats in Beijing as saying the launch would go ahead on April 4 barring adverse weather conditions or last-minute repairs.

Following the announcement Japan's Security Council on Friday gave approval to the defense ministry to destroy the North Korean rocket if Pyongyang goes ahead with the launch.

"It's important to deal with and eliminate the North Korean projectile should it threaten the people's security and safety by falling into our airspace, waters or soil," Kyodo news agency quoted Japanese Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada as saying on Friday.

According to North Korean experts, the first stage of the rocket is due to fall in the Sea of Japan, 130 kilometers (93 miles) off the coast of Japan near the Akita Prefecture, and the second stage is due to come down somewhere in the Pacific Ocean.

Japan has deployed two Aegis destroyer vessels equipped with standard missile-3 interceptors in the Sea of Japan.

Four Patriot guided-missile units will also be deployed on the ground in the prefectures of Akita and Iwate, as well as around the capital, including the Defense Ministry headquarters near the Imperial Palace.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has warned North Korea that the firing of a missile of any kind would be a "provocative act" that could harm the six-party negotiations on the country's denuclearization.

The talks, involving the two Koreas, the United States, Russia, China and Japan, came to a standstill last December, over North Korea's refusal to allow international inspections at nuclear sites.

Japan je dodatno pojačao PVO na mestima gde je predviđeno da raketa preleti. Japanci su rekli da ako primete bilo kakvo odvajanje delova od matične rakete da će odmah dejstvovati.

A inače ovdje kod mene u glavnoj pomorskoj bazi južnokorejske flote sve ide po starom, pa se i godišnji festival cvjetanja višnje održava kao i svake godine. Baza ima "dan otvorenih vrata", mogu se posjetiti brodovi u luci, pjeva se, pleše, paradira...Samo, ove godine ide malo ranije nego prije - mi se šalimo, "prije početka rata"...

A inače ovdje kod mene u glavnoj pomorskoj bazi južnokorejske flote sve ide po starom, pa se i godišnji festival cvjetanja višnje održava kao i svake godine. Baza ima "dan otvorenih vrata", mogu se posjetiti brodovi u luci, pjeva se, pleše, paradira...Samo, ove godine ide malo ranije nego prije - mi se šalimo, "prije početka rata"...

N. Korea calls Japan's threat to destroy rocket 'act of war'

01/04/2009 13:18 MOSCOW, April 1 (RIA Novosti) - Pyongyang has announced that any attempt by Japan to shoot down a rocket, which is scheduled to launch a communications satellite April 4-8, would be considered an act of war, a North Korean news agency said on Wednesday.

North Korea announced the launch plans in February, which is due to take place from its Musudan-ri launch site. The U.S., Japan and South Korea, who have condemned the launch, believe that the secretive state is planning to test its Taepodong-2 long-range missile.

"Should Japan dare recklessly to intercept the DPRK's satellite, its army will consider this as the start of Japan's war of reinvasion more than six decades after the Second World War, and will mercilessly destroy all its interceptor means and citadels with the most powerful military means" KCNA reported.

KCNA dismissed the long-range missile claims, saying that a Kwangmyongsong-2 experimental satellite was due to be launched for "peaceful purposes," and denied that it posed any threat to Japanese security.

Japan's Security Council gave approval last Friday for the military to destroy the North Korean rocket should it pose a threat to Japanese security.

Japan's Kyodo reported that two Aegis guided-missile destroyers had set sail from Nagasaki en route to the Sea of Japan on Saturday to intercept the rocket if required.

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon added to the criticism on Saturday, warning that the launch would complicate peace and stability in northeast Asia.

China has stated it has no plans for any special operations against the upcoming rocket launch.

"China has focused on how to defuse tensions and bring about reconciliation... China believes that peace is golden," China Daily quoted Lt. Gen. Liu Chengjun, president of the Beijing-based Academy of Military Science, as saying.

North Korea says satellite successfully launched into orbit

05/04/2009 11:50 PYONGYANG, April 5 (RIA Novosti) - North Korea said on Sunday that its multistage rocket had successfully delivered a communications satellite into orbit.

"Our scientists and technicians succeeded in delivering an artificial satellite, Kwangmyongsong-2, into orbit with the carrier rocket Unha-2 in accordance with the national space development plan," the official Korean Central News Agency (KSNA) reported.

North Korea launched a long-range rocket with a communications satellite at 11:30 a.m. (02:30 a.m. GMT) over Japan on Sunday, defying pressure from the United States, Japan and South Korea and other countries, which suspect the communist regime of testing its Taepodong-2 long-range missile.

According to KCNA, the satellite was now transmitting data and revolutionary songs to praise the communist regime's current and former leaders.

Russia calls for restraint after North Korea rocket launch

05/04/2009 12:33 MOSCOW, April 5 (RIA Novosti) - Russia called for restraint on Sunday after North Korea launched a long-range rocket.

North Korea launched a multistage rocket with a communications satellite at 11:30 a.m. (02:30 a.m. GMT) over Japan on Sunday, defying pressure from the United States, Japan and South Korea and other countries, which suspect the communist regime of testing its Taepodong-2 long-range missile.

"We are checking whether this [launch] is a violation of the corresponding resolutions of the UN Security Council and call on all parties to refrain from actions that could lead to the escalation of tensions on the Korean peninsula," the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

North Korea's launch of a long-range rocket was condemned by the United States and other countries. Meanwhile, the secretive communist regime insisted that the launch was meant to put a civilian satellite into orbit.

U.S. President Barack Obama said that North Korea's latest rocket launch was a clear violation of UN Security Council Resolution No. 1718, which prohibits North Korea from the launches of ballistic missiles.

Obama also said that North Korea could not be considered as a full-fledged member of the international community until it gave up attempts to create mass destruction weapons.

Vidim da je ker u stanju pripravnosti :)

Evo kako je to jučer izgledalo u Južnoj Koreji.
Taman se probudio (podne skoro, već bi red bio!), a kad ono vijest na BiBiSi-ju da eto, o'šla raketLa.
A vani lijep dan boli glava, a još "dan otvorenih vratiju" u lokalnoj vojnoj bazi, pa rek'o da vidim malo kakav je to osjećaj "neposredne ratne opasnosti"....

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Evo ih kako se brinu...

Ima li zainteresiranih, da stavim još sličica svakakvih? I gdje da ih stavim?

Zamislite samo taj prizor! Skloništa puna, polumračno, zagušljivo, svi se tiskaju oko radija i čekaju zvanični kominike o početku rata, vojska i sve moguće crvene, radničke i seljačke garde su u punoj borbenoj gotovosti, promrzli i neispavani čuče po položajima... ratna psihoza svuda! ...A braća na jugu... ništa, opušteno! ;D Tragikomično i groteskno! Nemaju 'ljeba da jedu ali je najbitnije da satelit (možda) pjeva sa orbite Kakvi su to razbojnici, kad god ostanu bez prebijene pare, a to je gotovo uvjek, prijete ratom i nekakvim raketama. I onda im ovi daju nešto humanitarne pomoći pa se primire na kratko. Cilj (ostanak na vlasti) opravdava sredstva!

Russia confirms N.Korea nuclear test, voices concern - 2
25/05/200911:59

(Recasts, adds details, U.S. and UN response in paras 3-4, 10-15)

MOSCOW, May 25 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's Defense Ministry confirmed on Monday that North Korea had conducted a nuclear test, and said it would closely monitor the situation.

North Korea announced earlier in the day it had conducted a successful underground nuclear test explosion "as part of the measures to bolster its nuclear deterrent for self-defense."

The ministry's spokesman Col. Alexander Drobyshevsky said: "The test was carried out 80 kilometers (50 miles) to the northwest of the town of Kilchu. The nuclear device had a yield of between 10 and 20 kilotons [of TNT equivalent]."

"We are currently monitoring the situation," he added.

The Russian Foreign Ministry earlier voiced concern over the reclusive communist state's announcement of its second nuclear test. Pyongyang withdrew from the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) in 2003 and conducted its first nuclear test explosion in October 2006.

"The information on North Korea's nuclear test is a cause of concern, but before we draw any final conclusions it should be thoroughly verified," the ministry's press service said in a statement.

Geological survey agencies around the world said they had detected a 4.7-magnitude tremor in the area where the blast is believed to have taken place.

South Korea's Yonhap news agency reported that after Monday's nuclear explosion, Pyongyang test-fired a ground-to-air missile with a range of 80 miles (130 kilometers) from its northeastern Musudan-ri launch site.

The Russian permanent mission to the UN said the Security Council would convene for emergency consultations at 16.00 EDT (20.00 GMT) on Monday and could decide to hold an emergency meeting on the issue.

U.S. President Barack Obama issued a statement saying North Korea's nuclear and missile tests were a "matter of grave concern to all nations" and called for an immediate response from the international community.

"North Korea's attempts to develop nuclear weapons, as well as its ballistic missile program, constitute a threat to international peace and security," the president said.

Obama said Washington would work through the U.N. Security Council and the six-party talks format on North Korea's denuclearization, involving North and South Korea, Russia, Japan, China and the United States, to address the issue.

The six-nation talks were launched in 2003 after Pyongyang withdrew from the NPT Treaty.

Under deals reached in 2007, the North began disabling a nuclear reactor and other facilities at Yongbyon under international supervision, in exchange for economic aid and political incentives.

However, in December last year, a round of six-nation talks ended in deadlock over a U.S. demand that nuclear inspectors be allowed to take samples out of the country from North Korean facilities for further analysis.

The reclusive communist regime had been threatening for several weeks to resume work at its Yongbyon nuclear facility, which produces weapons-grade plutonium, after withdrawing from six-nation talks. The move came in response to international condemnation of an April 5 rocket launch, which Pyongyang said was carrying a communications satellite.

North Korea had also said it would conduct further nuclear tests and rocket launches to ensure its security and defense capability.

Severna Koreja lansirala raketu kratkog dometa

Severna Koreja je sa svoje istočne obale lansirala raketu kratkog dometa, potvrdio je jedan vladin zvaničnik.
"Severna Koreja je ovog puta lansirala drugačiji tip rakete od prethodnih. Reč je o raketi zemlja-vazduh", rekao je on, prenela je agencija Rojters.
Raketa ima domet do 160 kilometara, a lansirana je u Istočno more.

19. jun 2009
SAD spremne da odgovore na eventualne raketne napade Severne Koreje i zaštite svoju teritoriju, tvrdi američki ministar odbrane Robert Gejts. Vašington pomno prati svaki potez Korejskih vlasti i ocenjuje da "postoje izvesni razlozi za zabrinutost".

Američki ministar odbrane Robert Gejts izjavio je da SAD mogu da zaštite svoju teritoriju od eventualnog raketnog napada Severne Koreje, istakavši da Vašington pažljivo prati situaciju. SAD su odobrile postavljanje projektila i radara koji će pružati podršku u slučaju napada.

U međuvermenu, američka vojska prati severnokorejski brod za koji se sumnja da ilegalno prenosi oružje i tehnologiju, kršeći time sankcije UN, rekao je američki funkciner.

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SAD ne znaju tačno šta brod prenosi, ali taj brod po imenu Kang Nam često krši sankcije i nosi materijal za proliferaciju, naveo je Ai-En-En, pozivajući se na privatni mejl jednog funkcionera ministarstva odbrane.

"Postoje izvesni razlozi za zabrinutost", rekao je Gejts povodom izveštaja u japanskim medijima da Severna Koreja razmišlja o raketnom napadu na Havaje, preneo je Bi-Bi-Si.

Japanski dnevnik "Jomiuri" objavio je da se Severna Koreja sprema da počektom jula lansira projektil dugog dometa prame Havajima.

Citirajući izvore japanskog ministarstva odbrane, dnevnik je naveo da su projektili tipa Taepdong-2 ili njihova savremenija verzija 30. maja prebačeni na poligon za lani***** na severozapadu zemlje.

Japanski funkcioneri ne veruju da bi taj projektil mogao da dosegne Havaje.

Međunarodna zajednica odavno sa zabrinutošću prati nuklearne ambicije Severne Koreje.

Posle perioda u kome je pokazivao spremnost da obustavi nuklerani program, Pjongjang je odnedavno ponovo počeo da "zvecka oružjem".

Severna Koreja je 25. maja izvršila nuklearnu probu, a zatim i niz nadzemnih testova.

Savet bezbednosti UN je na to odgovorio uvođenjem novih oštrijih sankcija, a Rusija i Kina, zemlje koje tradicionalno pokazuju više razumevanja za Severnu Koreju, pozvale su juče Pjongjang da se vrati za pregovarački sto.

Izvor: RTS

North Korea 'test-launches more short-range missiles'
02/07/200915:31

MOSCOW, July 2 (RIA Novosti) - North Korea has conducted two test launches of short-range missiles, a South Korean news agency reported on Thursday.

According to Yonhap, two anti-ship missiles were launched from a coastal site near the port of Wonsan in the east of the country.

North Korea earlier closed for shipping its coastal waters off Wonsan from June 25 until July 10 due to military exercises in the area.

Japanese and South Korean intelligence sources have said the North appears to be preparing to test-launch two intercontinental ballistic missiles, in defiance of new UN sanctions.

Japan's Yomiuri daily has suggested, citing Defense Ministry analysis and U.S. intelligence, that North Korea may even launch a long-range ballistic missile toward the U.S. state of Hawaii in early July.

However, South Korean media said on Thursday there were no signs of the North preparing to launch long-range missiles in the near future.

The reclusive communist regime is banned from conducting nuclear tests or launches of ballistic missiles under the UN Resolution 1718, which was adopted following North Korea's first nuclear test on October 9, 2006.

However, Pyongyang carried out a second nuclear test on May 25 this year followed by a series of short-range missile launches, and has threatened to build up its nuclear arsenal to counter what it calls hostile U.S. policies.

The move led to the UN imposing new sanctions on North Korea banning the import and export of nuclear material and all weapons except small arms.

... a da nadjemo na Google-Earth eventualno neke od ovih gradova i instalacije koje se ovde pominju ... cisto da upotpunimo sliku oko razvoja situacije ... mislim da bi bilo puno bolje ...  :komp :klap

"stranih plaćenika i domaćih izdajnika"

Defying the world costs N. Korea $700 mln so far in 2009 - paper
06/07/200916:27

MOSCOW, July 6 (RIA Novosti) - Poverty-stricken North Korea has spent an estimated $700 million on nuclear and missile tests since the beginning of 2009 in defiance of UN sanctions, a South Korean newspaper said on Monday.

Despite being in dire economic straits, the reclusive communist regime conducted an underground nuclear test on May 25, and has conducted a total of 18 missile launches since January 1, including a long-range rocket launched in April, nine ground-to-ship missiles, seven medium-range surface-to-surface ballistic missiles, and one surface-to-air missile, the Chosun Ilbo newspaper said.

According to South Korean estimates, the cost of the nuclear test alone could be anywhere between $300-400 million.

The paper quoted a South Korean government official as saying that $300 million "could have been spent to buy 1 million tons of rice in the international market at the exchange rate of last summer. This amount of rice could have solved the North's food shortage for about a year."

According to a UN report on North Korea last year, at least 9 million people, or about one third of the population, were in desperate need of food aid.

North Korea is banned from conducting nuclear tests or launching ballistic missiles under UN Resolution 1718, which was adopted following the country's first nuclear test on October 9, 2006. Pyongyang is also subject to a series of UN sanctions aimed at forcing it to terminate its controversial nuclear program.

Meanwhile, the North has withdrawn from six-nation nuclear talks, also involving the United States, Russia, China, Japan, and South Korea, that could have resulted in substantial economic and food aid to the impoverished nation.

The Russian Foreign Ministry expressed on Monday "regret" over a series of new missile launches conducted by North Korea and urged Pyongyang to return to the negotiation table.

"We urge Pyongyang not to carry out new steps that could deteriorate an already tense situation in the region, and return to the negotiation table," spokesman Andrei Nesterenko said.

N. Korea awaits international response to S. Korea rocket launch
10/08/200914:40

MOSCOW, August 10 (RIA Novosti) - North Korea said on Monday it will closely watch the international reaction on South Korea's planned launch of a carrier rocket with a satellite on board following criticism of a similar launch conducted by Pyongyang.

South Korea is planning to launch its first carrier rocket with a small research satellite from the Naro Space Center sometime between August 14 and August 18.

"We will closely watch how members of six-party nuclear talks would respond at the UN Security Council to South Korea's launch," the official Korean Central News Agency cited a Foreign Ministry's statement.

Following a nuclear test in October 2006, a Security Council resolution banned North Korea from any further nuclear tests or ballistic missile launches. South Korea is under no such injunction.

North Korea launched a multistage rocket on April 5 that it said was carrying a communications satellite, defying pressure from the United States, Japan, South Korea and other countries, which suspect the launch was a cover for the test of a Taepodong-2 long-range missile.

There is little difference between a carrier rocket and a ballistic missile, and the UN Security Council condemned the April launch and threatened the reclusive communist regime with new sanctions.

Pyongyang said the criticism of its satellite launch was "not fair" and contradicted the norms of democracy as the organization has not taken any measures against other countries that have launched hundreds of satellites.

North Korea later withdrew from six-party nuclear talks, which involve both Koreas, China, Japan, Russia and the United States, expelled IAEA and U.S. nuclear inspectors involved in monitoring the country's nuclear disablement progress, and conducted an underground nuclear test in May.

The response of the participants in the six-party nuclear talks on the launch of a South Korean rocket "will once again clearly prove whether the principle of equality exists or has collapsed," North Korea's Foreign Ministry said.

South Korea began its space program in 1996.

If the launch of the KSLV-1 (Korea Space Launch Vehicle), built in cooperation with Russia, is successful, South Korea will become a member of the so-called "space club," whose members have developed their own rockets and satellites and sent them into space from a launch facility on their own soil.

"Postoji mogućnost da u ovim vodama izbije pomorski sukob između dve Koreje, zbog bezobzirnih vojnih provokacija ratnih brodova južnokorejske mornarice", izjavio je jedan severnokorejski vojni zvaničnik, prenosi Rojters pozivajući se na severnokorejsku agenciju KCNA.

Severna i Južna Koreja Koreje su, tokom protekle decenije, vodile dve žestoke pomorske bitke u spornim vodama zapadno od obale Korejskog poluostrva.

Napisao je Zastavnik par postova iznad o čemu se radi, podbacio rod pirinča, biće gladna godina, pa sada idu da prose za hranu.

Paradoksalno je da njihovi najveći "neprijatelji" doniraju najveće količine hrane.

Normalno da je to najveći paradoks. Mislim da je narodu jasno sve, a kad Veliki vođa umre, ko zna šta će se desiti. A jednom mora, narod trpi i trpi, a kad više ne može, zna se...

The "Hero" of the 2002 West Sea Battle


Seo Ju Cheol was the man who got the plaudits for attacking the South Korean navy back in July, 2002, causing a great deal of damage during the Second West Sea Battle. He hailed from Yeonbong-dong in Hyesan City, which can be found in northerly Yangkang Province.

During the Korea-Japan World Cup in 2002, an SO-1 class patrol boat, “Deungsangot 684,” attacked the South Korean navy vessel, “Chamsuri 357.” In the clash, six South Korean soldiers died, while eighteen were wounded and the “Chamsuri 357” was sunk.

Defectors from Yangkang Province explained to The Daily NK today that, in September of that same year, Seo Ju Cheol received the honor, “Hero of the Republic,” for his efforts in sinking the South Korean vessel, and as a result he was permitted to visit his hometown and the high school from which he graduated. In his hometown, a great celebratory event was held.

Cho (43), a defector who crossed the border in 2006, confirmed to The Daily NK, “The chief gunner on the boat, the man who led the artillery fire, was Seo Ju Cheol, a graduate of Bongheung Middle School in Hyesan who joined the navy in 1997. After that West Sea battle, he received the ‘Hero of the Republic’ title and graduated from officers’ school. Now he is the captain in charge of a fleet around the Northern Limit Line.”

Kim (37), who escaped from Hyesan in 2005, explained more, “Seo’s house is located in Yeonbong 2-dong in Hyesan. His father was a worker in a factory producing household ironware, while his mother was a housewife, farmed their private terraced plot and sold liquor. They were a needy household.”

Defectors explained that Yeonbong 2-dong is at the edge of the city; a place where comparatively poor classes reside.

Following the upturn in Seo’s fortunes, Bongheung Middle School itself received “Hero School” status.

The North Korean authorities did elaborate work for their Hero of the Republic, remodeling his parents’ house, organizing several events and inviting him to return to his hometown, while Kim Jong Il himself bestowed instruments, athletic clothing and even five computers on the school in 2004.

Seo subsequently travelled the country, lecturing about his military achievements and the victorious battle, and was even invited to present a cadres’ lecture about Kim Jong Il’s great compassion.

However, the North Korean authorities did not release news of Seo’s achievements at all on domestic TV or in any publications, not even in the “Yangkang Ilbo,” the provincial newspaper.

Kim explained the obvious reason, “Right after the battle, the fact that the North had been disastrously defeated was already circulating in society. The authorities were better off not releasing anything about that embarrassing story in publications, which foreigners and South Korean could also read.”

In the Second West Sea Battle, of which Seo was nominally the hero, North Korea suffered approximately thirteen deaths, more than South Korea, while the patrol boat “Deungsangot 684” was practically destroyed.

Changchun, China -- The North Korean authorities continue to crack down on the private economy following the currency redenomination, as exchange rate instability and rising prices continue. Predictably, this has led to extremely high rates of inflation and forced the authorities to ramp up their reign of terror.

A Daily NK reporter met with two North Korean refugees in China on the 15th who described the social atmosphere, “Although the authorities are executing and arresting rule breakers, foreign currency dealing keeps happening. The stronger the regulation the authorities adopt, the more skillfully people avoid it.”

According to a source from Pyongyang, the authorities recently publicly executed two women from the Pyongcheon district of Pyongyang on suspicion of circulating foreign currency. The source said they were killed as an example to others during the crackdown on foreign currency usage.

On January 5th, in Soeho-ri, part of the Heungnam district of Hamheung, three women were also executed publicly on charges of receiving and circulating Yuan and dollars from fishermen and the crews of other ships returning from international voyages.

A source from South Hamkyung Province explained, “When fishermen land their catch, they sell it directly to Chinese fishermen for Yuan. This is because if they submit the catch to the North Korean Fisheries Department, they won’t see any benefit.”

The executed women were foreign currency dealers. They exchanged the Yuan and dollars which the fishermen got from the Chinese for won.

“Following this incident, inspections of all fishing boats belonging to the Seoho Fisheries Department were initiated and their captains placed under investigation,” the source claimed.

Despite official regulation, demand for foreign currencies is increasing everywhere, according to sources, and the country is suffering from serious inflation.

One from Yangkang Province said on the 14th, “The foreign exchange rate is skyrocketing. A few days ago, one Yuan was around 20 won, but now it is over 30 won and rice is more than 200 won per kilo now.”

In the case of Yangkang Province, on the 9th, one Yuan was worth 20 won and price of one kilogram of rice was 100 won, but by the 15th one Yuan had become more than 30 won and one kilogram of rice more than 200 won.

Defectors Executed in 50-Day Crackdown

 
By Lee Sung Jin
[2010-01-22 15:26 ]     
 
Changchun, China -- The North Korean authorities have executed three people, dispatched three other family members to a political prison camp and exiled an entire other family to rural Yangkang Province for their role in a failed defection attempt, according to a Daily NK source.

The move is part of a “50-day Battle” security crackdown aimed at restoring order in society, the source revealed.

The victims in this case have been named as Jeong Dae Sung (35), wife Lee Ok Geum (32), three other family members and Jeong’s friend’s family, all of whom lived in Hyetan-dong, Hyesan.

Early in July last year Jeong escaped from North Korea to Changbai in China along with his mother, wife and three- and seven-year old daughters. However, in August the family was caught by the Chinese police on their way to Neimenggu, where they planned to cross into Mongolia and from there travel to South Korea. Their plan foiled, the family was immediately repatriated to North Korea by the Chinese security forces.

The North Korean authorities subsequently threw Jeong and his wife into a jail run by the NSA in Yangkang Province, and sent his mother (63) and daughters home.

Following Jeong’s statement and confession, the NSA then arrested friend Song Gwang Cheol, who was responsible for helping Jeong and his family make their defection attempt. Later, after Song’s subsequent interrogation by the NSA, his family received an execution notice.

Jeong, Song and Jeong’s wife were all executed at an unknown location.

“Since 1998, the Central Prosecutor Office has issued execution notices to the families of condemned persons,” The Daily NK’s source explained. “They are killed behind closed doors, and bodies are never returned to the deceased’s families.

Following the executions, on the afternoon of January 16th Yangkang Province NSA came back and took both families away.

According to witnesses, Jeong’s family was taken in a prisoner escort van, while Song’s family disappeared on a truck owned by Hyesan Mine. Later the source confirmed that Jeong’s family was sent to a political prison camp while Song’s was exiled to rural Chupung-ri, Gapsan in Yangkang Province.

After revealing the news, the source explained why the punishments were so severe, even by North Korean standards, “A rumor has been circulating recently that, at the start of the new year, the NSA and PSA launched a ’50-Day Battle’ to reinforce the social order, so they shoot everybody connected to South Chosun no matter what they did. This case seems to be a model part of that battle.”

Normally, persons caught in China or during defection attempts are sentenced to 7-15 years in a reeducation camp (which is roughly analogous to prison in most countries).

On January 2, the North Korean National Defense Commission, which is chaired by Kim Jong Il himself, apparently ordered the NSA and PSA to begin the “50-Day Battle” to “sweep away anti-socialist elements” in a decree, “On completely sweeping away hostile factions who attempt to demolish our Republic from the inside.” 

The Chosun Central News Agency (KCNA) released news today that four South Koreans are under detention accused of illegal entry.

The KCNA led with a short piece, “A relevant DPRK institution recently detained four South Koreans who entered illegally. They are now under investigation by the institution.”

Neither their identifications nor purposes were explained.

The South Korean Ministry of Unification has not been able to obtain any information on them as yet. If the report is confirmed, however, the Ministry plans to summon an urgent meeting to arrange efforts for their release.

Ministry spokeswoman Cheon Hae Sung said in today`s daily briefing, “The administration is investigating it. Using all kinds of ways the administration is checking the whereabouts of those who are known to be in Pyongyang, Kaesong, at Mt. Geumgang and other sites.”

There is a distinct possibility that these apparent border crossers are activists involved in North Korean human rights and defector issues, like Robert Park./quote]

Link: http://www.dailynk.com/english/read.php?cataId=nk00100&num=6068

According to South Korea’s Yonhap News Agency, a 1,500-ton naval vessel with a crew of 104 sank off of the island of Baengnyeong in the Yellow Sea on March 26. Based on size and crew displacement it is likely either an Ulsan-class guided missile frigate or a Po Hang-class corvette. The incident took place between 9 and 10 a.m. local time. The cause is unknown, but the BBC has reported that a torpedo was involved. Seoul has said there was an explosion at the stern, and it is investigating whether a torpedo attack from North Korea was the cause, according to YTN TV. The contested waters between North and South Korea do see the occasional naval clashes, but the loss of a surface combatant on this scale would be extremely significant.

Red Alert (Update): South Korean Ship Sinking
STRATFOR TODAY » March 26, 2010 | 1532 GMT


A South Korean ship has been sunk in the vicinity of the maritime border with North Korea. While details are sketchy, initial reports suggest that some South Korean naval ships had been involved in combat with an unidentified ship in the area immediately preceding the incident. Other reports suggest that the ship was struck by a torpedo. Yet another indicates a stern explosion.

Tensions between the two Koreas have always been at least moderately high, but previous governments in the South have tended to seek a rapprochement. That warming has cooled significantly in recent months; on result has been occasional naval skirmishes.

There are three issues to keep in mind when evaluating the potential for an inter-Korean conflict. First, the South Korean army, air force and navy are far better equipped and run than the North’s, despite the North’s numerical superiority when it comes to men in uniform. Stratfor has little doubt that the South could ultimately prevail in a military conflict.

But – and this is the second issue – it would come at a massive cost. The North maintains many thousands of artillery emplacements within range of Seoul. So while the South’s military is superior by most measures, the North could quite easily decimate the South’s capital and largest city. Roughly one in four South Koreans live in Seoul.

Third, the South Koreans are not alone. Despite recent shifts in American military posture, the United States still maintains 25,000 troops in South Korea – so an inter-Korean conflict immediately escalates to a global issue.

Red Alert Update II: Keeping an Eye on the Peninsula

March 26, 2010

A South Korean presidential spokesman said North Korea did not cause the sinking of the South Korean vessel Cho An. Even though lack of subsequent military conflict shows that the incident has now become a political event, the maritime boundary of the Korean Peninsula should be watched closely in the coming days to see how the incident fits within Pyongyang’s attempts to hold its own as it approaches the resumption of international negotiations and an important leadership transition.

... a ne bi me čudilo da imaju i minska polja i protivpodmorničke mreže.

Minska polja...jesmo li se to dotakli mogućeg uzroka ekslozije, naletjevši na SVOJU minu?

Korean navy diver dies in rescue effort near sunken ship
By the CNN Wire Staff
March 30, 2010 -- Updated 1356 GMT (2156 HKT)

Seoul, South Korea (CNN) -- An experienced diver and master sergeant in the South Korean navy died Tuesday while conducting rescue efforts for 46 seamen who were aboard a patrol ship when it sank, a military official said.

The 53-year-old chief master sergeant lost consciousness while underwater in the Yellow Sea, the official said. He was taken aboard a U.S. Navy ship, the USS Salvor, but could not be resuscitated.

The 1,200-ton patrol ship Cheonan was carrying 104 sailors when an apparent explosion caused it to capsize Friday night in the Yellow Sea near a disputed maritime border between North and South Korea. Fifty-eight sailors were rescued shortly after the ship capsized, but hopes are fading for the remaining 46. No bodies or survivors have been found since the 58.

U.S. divers were on the scene Tuesday and were observing the situation, according to the official. The U.S. divers plan to enter the water on Wednesday, he said.

Efforts were under way to pump air into the ship's stern, and ropes were also being attached to the ship to provide divers with some guidance while underwater, the official said. Visibility is poor -- only about a meter (3 feet) -- and the current is about 5 knots (5 mph).

South Korean divers were struggling to gain access to stern of the ship, where most of the missing crew members are believed to be, South Korea's Yonhap news agency reported Tuesday. Defense officials told the news agency access to the stern was hampered by the current.

Monday evening was the end of a 69-hour window during which rescuers believed the sailors could survive. Divershave knocked on the hulls of different parts of the ship with hammers, but raised no response.

South Koreans have held out hope the crewmen might be rescued, but by Tuesday hopes for a happy ending were fading.

Meanwhile, officials were no closer Tuesday to determining the cause of the explosion that sunk the Cheonan. The country's defense minister has said it could have been caused by an old mine. Kim Tae-young told a meeting of the parliamentary defense committee on Monday that one of the many North Korean sea mines placed during the 1950-53 Korean War could have triggered the blast.

Yonhap has quoted military officials as saying that the explosion tore a hole in the rear of the ship, shutting off the engine.

Citing accounts of rescued sailors who handled the ship's radar, Kim said they reported no signs of a torpedo attack ahead of the explosion.

The navy plans to salvage the vessel, which was carrying missiles and torpedoes, to determine what caused the incident, Yonhap reported.

President Lee Myung-bak has called for a thorough investigation into the cause of the explosion.

Baengyeong Island, the Seoul-administered island near the scene of the accident, is a flash point maritime border area between the Koreas. Given Baengyeong Island's proximity to North Korea, North Korean involvement was feared, but South Korean officials have played down that scenario.

North Korea's official media has yet to mention the incident, according to Yonhap, but accused the United States and South Korea of conducting a maritime drill for the purpose of invading North Korea.

"Military tension is intensifying on the Korean Peninsula due to the brazen moves by the U.S. and its war-mongering puppets to provoke a war," North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency said, as reported by Yonhap.

Izgleda da su pucali u jato galebova, tako barem navode južnokorejski mediji.

Evo glasina iz J. Koreje, tj. još jedna od "teorija zavjere":

brod je vjerojatno potopljen djelovanjem sjevernokorejske mine ili diverzanata, a J. Koreja podvila rep i ne želi to priznati, jer im iz više razloga u ovom trenutku ne odgovara eskalacija sukoba s "mlađom i luđom komunističkom braćom"...

Ono što Jug u ovom trenu 100% zna je odgovor na pitanje je li eksplozija bila unutarnja ili vanjska, ali to iz nekog razloga ne žele reći.

A koji bi djavo uopste pucali na galebe, i to u blizini granice gde je verovatno da ce druga strana da odgovori ???
Ovde nesto debelo smrdi u ponasanju Juzne Koreje, a severnjaci mudro cute i nista ne pricaju.

N.Korea 'Runs Naval Suicide Squads'
Former North Korean soldiers who defected to South Korea on Monday claimed "underwater suicide squads" may have been responsible for the mysterious sinking of a South Korean naval vessel on Friday.

They are similar to the underwater demolition teams operated by the South Korean Navy, the defectors claimed. Recruited from the cream among North Korea's naval commandos, members of the teams are treated well but undergo brutal training.

According to one high-ranking North Korean defector, the North formed suicide attack squads in each branch of the military after the country's leader Kim Jong-il said during the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in 2003 that no military in the world can defeat an army that can carry out suicide bombings.

The suicide attack squads are known as the "invincibles" in the Air Force, "bombs" in the Army and "human torpedoes" in the Navy. North Korea is said to place special emphasis on the naval squads. It operates a brigade of suicide attack squads in its East Sea and West Sea fleets and they are considered key to overcoming North Korea's inferior conventional military power.

One former North Korean sailor who defected to South Korea said the suicide squads have many semi-submersible vessels that can carry two bombers and either two torpedoes or two floating mines. In areas like the West Sea where the underwater current is fast, the suicide bombers train with mines rather than torpedoes.

One defector who served in North Korea's intelligence service, said, "Following the first naval battle in 1999, North Korea realized that it cannot defeat the South Korean Navy by conventional means and began studying unconventional methods." The best method is said to be the use of "acoustic mines" carried by small, semi-submersibles that travel at speeds of less than 2 km/h. The craft could be detected by South Korean sonar if they travel any faster. If the underwater squads returned after placing the mines on the hull of a ship, it would be very difficult to find evidence of the attack.

Nije on pogrešio već namerno slagao kako bi dobio pažnju.

Ima i neverovatnijih stvari. Dosta dugo, od kraja 60-ih godina proslog veka, uy Svedsku, SFRJ je bila jedina zemlja u Evropi van istocnog lagera, gde su severnjaci imali diplomatska predstavnistva. Njihovo prisustvo je kulminiralo 80-ih, kada su imali prilicno brojnu misiju (ambasadu) u Beogradu, kao i konzulat u Zagrebu. U Beogradu su pokusali da otmu jedan juznokorejski bracni par, nekoliko Japanaca, pa cak i jednog Amera, a u Zagrebu jednu japansku studentkinju. Naravno, posto su bili pod stalnim "tretmanom" nasih sluzbi bezbednosti, pre svega zbog cinjenice da su debelo bili umesani u sverc droge, i malverzacije sa stranim valutama (menjali devize na crno), srecom, nijedan pokusaj im nije uspeo. Otisli su 2001., kada vise nisu mogli da muljaju sa devizama. Jos jedan pikantan detalj: u svojoj knjizi "Tears of my Soul", severnokorejski agent Hyun Kee Him, koja je zajedno sa jednim starijim agentom izvrsila teroristicki napad na juznokorejski putnicki avion na letu KAL 858, napisala je da su zastali u Beogradu. Misija im je umalo propala, jer ju je u robnoj kuci Beogradjanka napao manijak! :D
Nazalost, doticna je bila vrhunski obucena, pa ga je nokautirala, pa nas manijak nije uspeo i sprecio tragediju.
Izvin'te za OT.
Tu knjigu mozete da narucite, interesantno stivo:  http://www.amazon.com/Tears-Soul-Hyun-Hee-Kim/dp/0688128335

North Korea Reacts to Cheonan Claims

By Kim So Yeol
[2010-04-19 16:40 ]     
As the South Korean government begins an in-depth investigation into the cause of the sinking of the Cheonan, North Korea, in its first public comment, has denied involvement in the destruction of the South Korean vessel, calling such claims part of a “foolish plot.”

Through a number of broadcast sources on radio and television, an unnamed military commentator asserted on April 17th, “The belligerent maniacs of the South Korean puppet military authorities and rightist conservative politicians are foolishly plotting to relate the unfortunate event to us since they cannot identify the real cause of the incident.”

“Our position is that we do not need to react to every ridiculous statement of the traitor party,” it continued, explaining why Pyongyang had not commented on accusations of involvement in the sinking until now.

This response is somewhat different from those that followed the 1983 Aung San bomb attack in Myanmar and the blowing up of KAL Flight 858 in 1987, both of which were later identified as being the responsibility of North Korea. In those cases, Pyongyang denied responsibility three and seven days after the events respectively.

This case appears to have been affected by the fact that the South Korean government suggested that there was no evidence of North Korean involvement during the early stages of the investigation. Speculation is that if North Korean involvement had been suggested in the early stages of the incident, North Korea’s response might have come sooner.

Conversely, North Korea’s finally releasing a statement now is a reaction to the South Korean government’s decision to review the “explosion caused by external impact” hypothesis and recent suggestions that in fact North Korea was responsible alongside talk of possible military or non-military retaliation.

On April 16, Kim Tae Young, South Korea’s Minister of National Defense, said that national security had reached a critical level, and talked of follow-up measures as things to be “deliberated precisely and firmly.” This is likely to have put pressure on North Korea.

On a related note, the broad range of places where North Korea made its announcement, Chosun Central TV, Chosun Central Broadcast and Pyongyang Broadcast, which are all seen and heard by the people of North Korea, unlike the Chosun Central News Agency, for example, is also attracting attention.

This choice on the part of the regime marks the statement out as a measure to strengthen militaristic tension within North Korea, make space for blame to be placed on South Korea and also to distract citizens angered by the failure of government economic policy.

Regarding North Korea’s latest moves, Yoo Ho Yul, a professor from Korea University told The Daily NK, “North Korea must have been preparing its response with one eye on public opinion. Recently, South Korean society has been coming around to the possibility of a torpedo attack by North Korea, so now they have reacted.”

He commented, “North Korea is anticipating the possible ripple effects of the Cheonan incident on future Inter-Korean relations and the Six-Party Talks, and is being deliberate in its preparations.”

Kim Yeon Su, a professor from the South Korean National Defense University added that to refute accusations of involvement was a secondary concern behind the article, “The article seems to be intended to remind pro-North Korean parties about the meaning of the Cheonan incident rather than focus on proving that they are not related to it. They want to hinder conservative parties in the South Korean local elections on June 2.”

North Korea believes that rumors of its involvement in the Cheonan sinking serve the role of assembling conservatives for the local elections, something which would be to the advantage of the ruling Grand National Party, justifying the administration’s North Korea policy, and strengthening pressure from the international community.

Regarding North Korea releasing its view on the sinking widely through its domestic media, Professor Kim concluded, “The intention could be to declare a ‘quasi-state of war’ by establishing a tense atmosphere and build the Kim Jong Eun succession system.”

He also indicated that a process similar to that when Kim Jong Il was nominated Defense Commission Chairman immediately after withdrawing from the Non-Proliferation Treaty in 1993 could be taking place now.

Changchun, China -- A North Korean Party cadre has announced that his country was responsible for the sinking of an unnamed South Korean vessel presumed to be the Cheonan, a source from Onsung in North Hamkyung Province reported to The Daily NK on Monday.

According to the source, in a regular Saturday lecture for Party members linked to an enterprise in Onsung, the secretary of the Party cell announced, “Since our heroic Chosun People’s Army took revenge on the enemy, all South Chosun has been in fear of our defensive military ability.”

The source explained, “The lecture was held to inspire Party members to take pride in and respect our military power on commemorating the founding day of the Chosun People’s Army, April 25th.” He added, “The secretary did not directly mention the South Korean ship sinking incident, but participants in the lecture were able to confirm that a rumor which had been circulating among the people really happened.”

Other sources have also reported the spreading of a rumor about the sinking of a South Korean ship in recent days. Those who had heard the rumor said that it was rumored to have been sunk by the North Korean navy.

A source from Shinuiju said, “Around 70 percent of residents know about that. Some talk about what we should do if a war happens, and others say that it would be better if a war were to break out.”

He added, “Even if cadres were to hear what people are talking about in whispers, they would not regulate them.”

The “Saturday lecture” is a weekly political meeting led by the secretary of a Party cell. In the lecture, decrees handed down by the Central Committee of the Party for the week are disseminated and members’ obligations for the carrying out of decrees are discussed.

Koliko sam čuo na vijestima, korveta je pogođena torpedom. Sad, tko je ispalio i s kakvom namjerom i u koju svrhu torpedo? Nema još službenog objašnjenja. Nije izravno ukazano na mogućeg napadača. Tek kad se izvade ostaci torpeda ustanoviti će se podrijetlo, ali ne i sa sigurnošću napadač. Mnoge su opcije otvorene. Možda je netko sa strane zamišao kašu? Tko zna kakve su sve kombinacije u igri? Pozorno pratimo vijesti i možda za koju godinu i saznamo.

Summary
During the second meeting of North Korea’s Supreme People’s Assembly in as many months, Jang Song Thaek, Kim Jong Il’s brother-in-law, was promoted to vice chairman of the country’s National Defense Commission, the most powerful state committee in North Korea. Another official, Choe Yong Rim, was named to lead the country’s Cabinet, a position widely viewed as responsible for the country’s economic performance. The moves were likely made in an attempt to address (or at least appear to address) the country’s economic difficulties, and stabilize leadership ahead of the rumored 2012 succession plan.

Analysis
North Korea carried out a government reshuffling June 7 during a session of the Supreme People’s Assembly (SPA), replacing the premier and the ministers of light industry and foodstuffs, and promoting Kim Jong Il’s brother-in-law, Jang Song Thaek, to vice chairman of the National Defense Commission (NDC). A significant leadership shuffle had been expected since the announcement of the unusual SPA session following Kim Jong Il’s recent visit to China.

An initial review of the changes suggests two key points: the first is attention to economic policies (and particularly their domestic component), and the second relates to the succession plans.

According to a statement released by North Korea’s state-run news agency, Choe Yong Rim replaced Kim Yong Il as premier of the North Korean Cabinet, a position that is responsible in large measure for economic policy. Kim Yong Il, a former minister of maritime and land transport, had been appointed premier in 2007, replacing then-Premier Pak Pong Ju, a former minister of chemical industry who took the premiership in 2003.

North Korean economic policy priorities can sometimes be revealed, at least in part, through the choice of premier and the affiliated Cabinet positions. Pak, a heavy industry veteran and one of several technocrats appointed in 2003, represented the focus on heavy industry amid economic experimentation. His successor, Kim Yong Il, saw a further shift in attention, not only to strengthening core domestic industries but also to expanding the export industries.

Choe’s appointment, however, does not seem so revealing, at least on the surface. Choe serves as chief secretary of the Pyongyang City Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea and was elected general-secretary of the presidium of the SPA in 2009. Born in 1929, Choe is more than 80 years old (raising further questions about the May firing of NDC member and First Vice Minister of the People’s Armed Forces Kim Il Chol, who was ostensibly dropped because he was older than 80) and followed a fairly traditional path for that generation of North Korean leaders, studying at Mangyongdae, Kim Il Sung University, and abroad in Moscow. His background and age suggest less about any new economic policy direction than a desire by Kim Jong Il to have a less ambitious individual in the post, particularly after the recent disruptive currency revaluation. This allows the North Korean leadership to focus on stability ahead of the rumored 2012 leadership transition.

The replacement of the foodstuffs and light industry ministers is a bit more revealing, suggesting both the continued fallout from the mishandled currency revaluation and the added focus on domestic goods. When Pyongyang turns its attention to foodstuffs and light industry, it usually indicates the country is trying to raise the standard of living, or at least the perception of that standard of living. With the South threatening to step up its propaganda campaign in the North, rumors of public dissatisfaction with the continued failures on economic policy and reports of spreading dissatisfaction with North Korean leadership succession plans, shifting attention to domestic daily needs may help soften potential discontent.

The leadership issue also surfaced in the reshuffling of posts, with Jang Song Thaek’s appointment as vice chair of the NDC, the center of North Korean power. Jang, Kim Jong Il’s brother-in-law, has been an instrumental player in the behind-the-scenes maneuvering over the plans for just which son, if any, will succeed Kim Jong Il in the future. As a member of the Kim family (even if through marriage), Jang’s promotion also serves to solidify the dynastic approach to North Korean leadership. With rumors and leaks continuing to circulate that Kim plans to carry out a live transition of power in 2012 to his youngest son, Kim Jong Un, it will be important to have strong support in key areas of government and the military.

The one outstanding question regarding the June 7 SPA session and the government reshuffling is the level of Chinese influence. North Korea rarely holds two SPA sessions in the same year, and never just two months apart. Yet this session was announced only after Kim Jong Il traveled to China, a visit that came amid rising tensions on the Korean Peninsula in the wake of the March sinking of the South Korean navy corvette ChonAn, for which the North has been blamed.

Kim Jong Il has retained Chinese support, or at least a Chinese spoiler role, in avoiding significant South Korean, U.S. or international action in response to the ChonAn incident, but it is unclear how much this Cabinet change, or other policies, may have been the price Pyongyang paid to maintain Chinese support. Beijing has hinted to Seoul that things are more under control in Pyongyang than may appear outwardly and pointed to the announced June 7 SPA session as something to watch for a significant signal. Just how significant that signal is, and whether China remains satisfied with its level of influence in Pyongyang, is not yet clear.

North Korea's Human Torpedoes

By Jin Hyuk Su, from Pyongyang in 2009
[2010-06-05 15:31 ]     
“We should not look down on North Korea’s human torpedo attacks.”

Shortly after the Cheonan incident occurred, the possibility of a North Korean “human torpedo attack” was reported by a South Korean daily newspaper. Thereafter, pro-Kim Jong Il regime media sources and Internet users devalued the story, saying that it was imaginary and could have come out of the latest James Bond movie. After the investigation team revealed the results of the investigation, human torpedoes disappeared from the media completely.

However, one defector, Kang Myung Cheol, who came to South Korea on a wooden boat via the West Sea, believes, “In the West Sea, there is always the possibility of human torpedo attack.”

Kang is a former lieutenant major in the North Korean navy. He was formerly the trainer of squads of sharpshooters; namely numbers 8, 11 and 34 squadrons attached to the North Korean naval headquarters.

Kang, based on his experience, believes, “Although the Cheonan was not attacked by a human torpedo, we shouldn’t say there is zero possibility of a North Korean human torpedo attack.”

In an interview with The Daily NK, Kang explained, “The North Korean navy have been training for human torpedo attacks: whereby groups of three, five or six special forces pilot a small submarine into the West Sea, and attack a ship with a torpedo.” He added, “Attack by a human torpedo is a really corny idea, but if you use the tides well, you can achieve a lot relative to your effort and costs.”

He also explained that since guerrilla combat is considered a major military strategy in North Korea, human torpedo attack is a valid tactic.

Those who are trained for the work of a human torpedo all belong to the North Korean naval headquarters. When recruitment for military service starts in spring and fall each year, the naval headquarters selects soldiers directly from the military mobilization department.

Some 300 soldiers are generally selected for the training each year, but it is whittled down to 30 after basing training. Of course, the standards are physical strength and family background. Once a man is picked, he is treated as being among the highest soldiers in the North Korean military, even higher than a combat pilot or crew member on a submarine.

Human torpedo attackers have to take 60 % sea training and 40% ground training. The core sea training involves survival training for three days adrift, being submerged in deep water, and underwater explosions. The ground training involves target practice, infiltration and returning to base, just like that of the special attack corps.

Basic training is held in the vicinity of Sukseom in Pyongyang, while Cho Island at the southern tip of Cape Beepa, which also hosts a submarine base, is the place for adaptation training. Then, finally, practical training is held on Mahap Island, South Hwanghae Province, which is the location of the training station of the General Department of Reconnaissance.

According to Kang, North Korea’s chosen infiltration route is around Hwarin Island in the West Sea. By using the tide, agents depart Hwarin Island, which is close to the Northern Limit Line (NLL), put a magnetic bomb containing four kilograms of explosive on a target, get away from the target using the ebb tide and then detonate the explosives by remote control. After completing the operation, they come back to base by small submarine around Cape Jangsan.

He said that, “Especially, the South Korean navy should be careful of the route around the back of the NLL by semi-submersible, in which a vessel with a crew of six can reach 60 knots, and the shipping lanes around Baekryeong Island using midget submarines in an area where there are lots of rocks and small islands.”

The North Korean navy believes that a midget submarine can carry ten to twelve crew members and move fast, so it has them stake out around rocky areas and then approach targets. Therefore, it is hard for the South’s navy to note an approach.

He explained, “The South Korean military is digitized and scientifically advanced, so it is easy for them to ignore North Korea’s primitive ways.” He described his experience when he stepped onto South Korean soil as an example. When he floated into the West Sea on a wooden boat, there was no monitoring by the South Korean navy. Upon stepping onto land after a long period of hesitation, he encountered a South Korean soldier, and told him, “I have come from the North.” He did not meet any opposition from the South’s navy.

Kang pointed to the No. 11 squadron as the main force behind the Cheonan attack because it maintains the right firepower and has a high capacity to wage guerilla war. It is located in Walsa-ri, Kwail, South Hwanghae Province.

However, he says of the North’s navy, “It is most on the level of the 1970s. They cannot train for a lack of fuel, so corrosion and equipment failures are commonplace.”

“When I went to the No. 11 squadron for an inspection in 2005, soldiers ate merely half the standard ration of grain with only salted radish.”

Kang concludes that North Korea’s interest in unusual forms of warfare is a rational appreciation of its limitations, “Although there are hundreds of torpedo boats and warships in North Korea, they face being destroyed at anchor due to a lack of fuel if it comes to a war. That is the reason why North Korea has so much interest in underwater guerrilla attacks.”

Severnokorejske oružane snage najavile su akciju sa ciljem uništavanja instaliranih zvučnika duž granice preko kojih se pozivaju vojnici da prebegnu u Južnu Koreju.

Da, poslat će dvojicu s cvikcangama ...

Pa oni još ne znaju kakav je rezultat, tek će za nekoliko dana znati, ako veliki brat odluči da su zaslužili.

Prenosa naravno nije bilo.Samo su u dnevniku javili da je Koreja pobedila sa 1:0
I da je Koreja unistila Brazil,koji se jos nije sreo sa takvom neverovatnom silom!!

http://www.goserbia.com/Vesti/Vest/Severna_Koreja_pobedila_Brazil

http://njuice.com/NeDsB-North-Korea-Brazil-North-Korean-Broadcast-FIFA-WORLD-2010

Шта ли ће рећи који  је резултат био са Португалом? :pirat

North Korea's Worker's Party Calls Conference

By Jeong Jae Sung
[2010-06-26 17:19 ]     
North Korea has summoned a Chosun Workers’ Party delegates conference in early September, the first such event in 44 years.

Chosun Central News Agency (KCNA) reported the news today, quoting a decision of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the Party whereby, “The Politburo of the Central Party summons a delegates conference of the Chosun Workers’ Party at the beginning of September, 2010 to elect the leading apparatus of the Workers’ Party and reflect new demands for the revolutionary development of the Party, which is facing critical changes in bringing about the strong and prosperous socialist state and Juche revolutionary achievements.”

To date, the Chosun Workers' Party has held such delegates conferences twice since the founding of the Party; in 1958 and 1966. The regulations of the Party actually stipulate that the conference should be held once every five years in between sessions of the Party Congress in order to discuss and select the lines and policies of the Party, but this has not been done.

South Korean experts predict that the Chosun Workers’ Party, in the year of the 65th anniversary of its founding, is planning to publicize the succession from Kim Jong Il to Kim Jong Eun and simultaneously reorganize the Party at the conference, just as Kim Jong Il himself came out of the shadows as Kim Il Sung's successor during the Sixth (and last, to date) Party Congress of October, 1980.

In that conference, the Chosun Workers' Party designated Kim Jong Il a member of the Standing Committee of the Politburo of the Central Committee, a secretary of the Secretariat of the Central Committee and a member of the Military Committee, thus formalizing his succession.

At the first Party delegates conference in 1958, the Party purged former Supreme People's Assembly Chairman Kim Du Bong for being part of the “August Incident” and launched the Chollima Movement. In 1966, during the second such conference, the system of chairman and vice-chairman of the Central Committee of Party was abolished, to be replaced by the system of general secretary and secretary.

Complying with precedent, the apparatus of the Workers’ Party and its leading officials are likely to be reshuffled in September, most likely in order to set in place the Kim Jong Eun ruling core. There is also the possibility that Jang Sung Taek, who just became a vice chairman of the National Defense Commission during the last Supreme People’s Assembly session, will be elected to the Standing Committee of the Politburo.

Cheong Seong Chang, a North-South relations researcher at the Sejong Institute explained, “It may be that through this conference Kim Jong Eun’s succession is publicized across the country. This may be done by selecting Kim Jong Eun as a core official on the Central Committee or the Military Committee of the Party.”

He added, “There is one further possibility, that they may want to appoint Jang Sung Taek to the Standing Committee of the Politburo in order to bestow him with more authority. And, of course, military officials such as Kim Jeong Kak, the First-Vice-Director of the General Political Bureau of the Army, or Lee Young Ho, the Chief of the General Staff, could be elected to the Military Committee of the Central Committee of the Party.