N. Korea's continued defiance of the UN Security Council

[Hellblazer 2.1]

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with north korea's continued defiance, it only goes to show that the U.N. ain't got "teeth."

[eax]

with north korea's continued defiance, it only goes to show that the U.N. ain't got "teeth."

It's because ang UN security council has a permanent member that is allied to the North Kore(i.e. China and Russia). Those countries has veto powers.

[flanker]

with north korea's continued defiance, it only goes to show that the U.N. ain't got "teeth."

Nokor is not Iraq nga dali ra atakon....

Naa na clay nukes as a defence.... wala man cguro gusto maigo ug nuke... taman rajud cla sa santions ani period.

[Hellblazer 2.1]

it is clearly evident that sanctions alone is not making a difference with N.korea's defiance. still they continue to be defiant. guys, do you really think this planet is going to another world war?

[digitalsuperman]

mao bitaw nay concern kay ang UN imbes sila ang moregulate ana wala nuon nahimo.sige lang daghan istorya but wala gyud actions.. same with what Iran did.. UN is basically useless gyud. if UN doesn't do anything about it then im afraid another country will follow and defy the UN and the world will definitely in trouble... maybe its time we need the autobots to save us..hehehe..

[gikapoy]

with north korea's continued defiance, it only goes to show that the U.N. ain't got "teeth."

daan naman pangag ang UN heheh
diba wala sila na buhat atong nakig gubat ang US sa iraq bisan dili sugot ang UN hehehehe

[digitalsuperman]

bisan katong nuclear program sa iran nga dili regulated sa UN wala sad sila nahimo... paita..

[Visual C#]

I believe there won't be a World War or any major conflict over the North Korean situation. The US doesn't have to invade (NoKor is backed by Russia and China), nor does any other country have to. Diplomacy, sanctions, and more rhetoric will be the primary weapon here for many years to come. North Korea also isn't that stupid; it won't launch any nukes or attack the South (they'd be decimated in seconds, and neither China nor Russia will support them when it happens). Their actions are merely nothing but just for show.

I believe that by the 2030's, we will have a unified Korea.

[emow]

I believe there is a good chance that it will start a war... What happens when a country is being deprived of valuable sources? It will retaliate, initiate war and invade. Just like what Japan did in WW2. With the entire world in crisis, I can't stop thinking that there might be more in this North Korea crisis than meets the eye. If North Korea will launch a nuclear weapon against a particular nation, UN will definitely prohibit other countries from retaliating in the same manner and North Korea is not necessarily at the losing end, if they can play their cards right.

[zyper_jag81]

Defying sanctions, NKorea vows to make more nukes


SEOUL, South Korea – North Korea responded to new U.N. sanctions with more defiance, promising Saturday to step up its nuclear bomb-making program by enriching uranium and threatening war on any country that dares to stop its ships on the high seas.
The North's threats were the first public acknowledgment that the reclusive communist nation has been running a secret uranium enrichment program. Suspicions of the program touched off the latest nuclear crisis in 2002.
The country also vowed never to give up its nuclear ambitions as a way to protect its sovereignty amid signs of preparations for naming its ailing leader Kim Jong Il's youngest son, Jong Un, as his successor.
Despite repeated assurances from Washington, North Korea has harbored deep-rooted suspicions that the U.S. could invade to topple its regime.
"It has become an absolutely impossible option for (North Korea) to even think about giving up its nuclear weapons," the North's Foreign Ministry said in a statement carried by the country's official Korean Central News Agency.
North Korea also warned that any attempted blockade by the U.S. and its allies would be regarded as "an act of war and met with a decisive military response."
The new threats came in response to tough new sanctions imposed by the U.N. Security Council over the North's second nuclear test on May 25.
The sanctions are aimed at depriving North Korea of the financing used to build its rogue nuclear program. The resolution also authorized searches of North Korean ships suspected of transporting illicit ballistic missile and nuclear materials.
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said the new U.N. penalties provide the necessary tools to help check North Korea's continued pursuit of nuclear weapons.
"This was a tremendous statement on behalf of the world community that North Korea's pursuit of nuclear weapons and the capacity to deliver those weapons through missiles is not going to be accepted by the neighbors as well as the greater international community," Clinton said Saturday at a news conference in Niagara Falls, Ontario.
"I think these sanctions ... give the world community the tools we need to take appropriate action."
In a move that could further escalate the nuclear standoff with the U.S., North Korea also said it has reprocessed more than a third of its spent nuclear fuel rods and vowed to weaponize its new plutonium, a key ingredient of atomic bombs along with enriched uranium.
North Korea is believed to have about 110 pounds (50 kilograms) of plutonium, enough for a half dozen bombs, said Yoon Deok-min, a professor at South Korea's state-run Institute of Foreign Affairs and National Security.
Reprocessing 8,000 spent nuclear fuel rods stored at North Korea's Yongbyon nuclear complex could yield an additional 18 to 22 pounds (8-10 kilograms) of plutonium — enough to make at least one more atomic bomb, he said.
The North's announcement represents a huge setback for an aid-for-disarmament deal aimed at ending its nuclear ambitions, and presents a new diplomatic headache for President Barack Obama as he prepares for talks with his South Korean counterpart on Tuesday on the North's missile and nuclear issues.
Analyst Kim Yong-hyun of Seoul's Dongguk University said North Korea was sending a stern message to Washington ahead of the meeting.
He said North Korea is engaging in a game of "chicken" with the U.S. that he predicted would eventually end in *****eral talks.
South Korea expressed serious concern and regret over the North's statement.
"The provocative steps can never be tolerated," the South's Foreign Ministry said in a statement, urging the North to return to stalled disarmament talks.
In a February 2007 deal, North Korea agreed to begin disabling Yongbyon in return for the equivalent of 1 million tons of fuel oil and other concessions from the U.S., South Korea, Russia, China and Japan.
But disablement came to a halt as North Korea wrangled with Washington over how to verify its past atomic activities. The latest round of talks, in December, failed to make any progress.
North Korea has said it will test a long-range missile and is suspected of preparing for a third nuclear test, but there is no evidence that either is imminent.
Meanwhile, South Korea's top admiral expressed a firm intention to fight back against any North Korean provocations along their disputed western sea border, saying another deadly naval skirmish could occur in the area, where there were deadly naval clashes in 1999 and 2002.
As a precaution, South Korea has dispatched hundreds more marines to two islands near the maritime border.
"Be ready to chop off the wrist of the enemy if it touches even the tip of our hand," navy Chief of Staff Jung Ok-keun said in the text of a speech to be read at a Monday ceremony marking the 10th anniversary of the 1999 naval battle.





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