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

[raizene]

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yup para naa nasad giyera oi....ato ra mga lolo nka apil sa una, kita napod..........

[mr_kyme]

Then lets prepare weapons and food supply for our needs to survive.

[chad_tukes]

hmmmm
ngano ang mo sukol sa US kay tawagon terrorist or access of evil naman?
awa ragud ang US. samot na hinoon ka gubot ang iraq. dili baya uyon ang UN nga mo attack ang US sa iraq.
naa baya to documentary sauna nga naa gi interview nga iraki.. ingon siya nga "kahibaw sila unsa c sadam pero problema na sa iraki"

unsa man gi buhat sa UN ug uban country kadto wala mo patuo ang US diba wala
nya karon ang north korea wala pa tuo ila dayon tabangan.

for me. north korea is doing a great job showing the world nga dili sila mag sunod2x sa US
pati pud ang iran ug syria

that IRAQ thing was clearly a mistake.

NoKor doing a great job? you have got to be kidding me. what's so hard about following international policies and not breaking it? ni gara na ang NORTH KOREA---that's what it is. testing nuclear/missiles one after another---if their government is not dumb enough.

[mr_kyme]

War war war... Why do we need to experience war.
No need to show deadly way to be powerful & Top.

[hardlock]

SEOUL, South Korea – South Korea said a North Korean patrol boat entered its waters around their disputed maritime border Thursday but backed off after nearly an hour following repeated warnings. A senior American diplomat meanwhile cautioned Pyongyang that its bad behavior would no longer be rewarded.

The naval standoff came amid concerns that the North might try to provoke an armed clash in the area — the scene of deadly naval skirmishes in 1999 and 2002 — to stoke tensions that were already running high after Pyongyang's nuclear test and a barrage of missile launches last week.

The regime has also conducted amphibious assault exercises near the sea boundary and appeared to be preparing for more missile tests.

The intrusion occurred as U.S. Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg was in Seoul to coordinate a united response to Pyongyang's belligerence. South Korean news reports said a delegation of senior U.S. officials was working on financial sanctions against Pyongyang.

Steinberg told South Korean President Lee Myung-bak that "North Korea would be mistaken if it thinks it can make provocations and then get what it wants through negotiation as it did in the past. The U.S. won't repeat the same mistake again," Seoul's presidential office said in a statement.

Complicating the situation, two American journalists were to go on trial Thursday in North Korea's top court, on allegations they entered the country illegally and engaged in "hostile acts." Pyongyang's official Korean Central News Agency said in a brief dispatch the trial would begin at 3 p.m. (0600 GMT), but there were no further details as that time passed.

Some experts believe the North is using the trial and its nuclear and missile tests for leverage in possible talks with the United States, and that it hopes to win concessions or much-needed economic aid.

The North Korean patrol boat crossed about a mile (1.5 kilometers) into South Korean-claimed waters near their disputed western sea border and turned back some 50 minutes later without incident after a warning from the South, South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said.

It was likely chasing away Chinese fishing boats illegally catching crabs in the area, it said.

Pyongyang did not comment on the maritime incident.

North and South Korea technically remain at war because they signed a truce, not a peace treaty, in 1953. North Korea disputes the U.N.-drawn maritime border off its west coast and has positioned artillery guns along the west coast on its side of the border, according to Seoul's Yonhap news agency.

Stuart Levey, the Treasury Department's undersecretary for terrorism and financial intelligence, agreed with South Korean Vice Finance Minister Hur Kyung-wook to strengthen cooperation in the fight against money-laundering and counterfeiting, Hur's office said.

The Dong-a Ilbo newspaper said U.S. and South Korean authorities have confirmed the North has kept producing high-quality fake U.S. dollar bills, known as "supernotes," and that Washington could use the counterfeiting as justification for its own sanctions. It cited an unidentified source in Washington.

The alleged counterfeiting was discussed Wednesday at a meeting in Seoul between U.S. and South Korean intelligence authorities, the report said. The American officials are believed to be part of Steinberg's delegation.

Levey, also a part of the delegation, was in charge of the U.S. financial restrictions imposed on a bank in the Chinese territory of Macau in 2005 for allegedly helping North Korea launder money from counterfeiting and other illegal activities. The move effectively led to the North being cut off from the international financial system, as other institutions voluntarily severed their dealings with the bank and the nation.

North Korea became so angry that it stayed away from nuclear disarmament talks for more than a year. The deadlock was resolved when the U.S. freed some $25 million in North Korean funds held at the Macau bank, a move that allowed Pyongyang back into the international banking system.

Curtailing the North's financial dealings with the outside world is being considered as part of U.N. punishments, along with freezing company assets and enforcing an arms embargo, according to U.N. diplomats.

But China and Russia, key allies of North Korea, have raised questions about some of the proposals, diplomats said on condition of anonymity because the consultations are private.

The Yonhap news agency said Steinberg's delegation planned to present evidence of the North's counterfeiting in talks with Chinese officials to try to persuade Beijing to agree to financial sanctions. The delegation planned to visit China on Friday.

Meanwhile, North Korea released few details about the trial of the two American journalists, Laura Ling and Euna Lee, who worked for former Vice President Al Gore's Current TV media venture. They were arrested March 17 near the North Korean border while on a reporting trip to China. Conviction for "hostility" or espionage could mean five to 10 years in one of North Korea's harsh labor camps.

The trial came as North Korea pushed ahead with preparations to launch a long-range ballistic missile, believed capable of reaching the U.S. The missile was being assembled at a newly completed facility in Dongchang-ni near China, according to South Korea's JoongAng Ilbo newspaper. Earlier reports said it could be ready for launch in a week or two.
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Associated Press writers Kwang-tae Kim, William Foreman and Nicolai Hartvig in Seoul and Edith M. Lederer at the United Nations contributed to this report.

[unsay_ngalan_nimo]

kanindot sa North Korea... makapalit ug bombs para manghadlok sa world pop nahuman wala mapaka-on sa ila mga taw... ipadala nang mga NOKOR supporter didto para mapasmo didto... hahhahaha!

[omad]

kalma lang bai.. if sayup ko.tarunga lang ug korreksyon. ayaw lang ko bastosa diri. if gamay rako ug knowledge then post lang diri.edukado man kaha ka? so what if nag imply ko amerika vs north korea? if dili ka nahan sa ako post ipadelete lang or maypa ayaw basaha. murag binastosay naman nang imoha. kung naa ka opinion ipost lang diri. wala ko paki sa imo opinion wala man sad ko namugos nimo nga tuo nako. ug wala sad ko nag imply nga america vs dprk. pag klaro lang diha. kung sayop ko tarunga lang ko sulti dili man ko lisud ka istorya bah.

im not implying NK versus Amerika but it seems if naa "weapons of mass destruction" look what the allies did. diba ilang gigubat? pagklaro lang diha bai unsay gusto nimo.

Moderator's Note:

likayi ang bahad bahad diri bay, dili na allowed. besides, murag wala man sad siguro ka gi personal diri sa kapila nakog balik balik basa sa post.

one more thing, dili na kasabot ug bisaya imong gi reply yan.

[joshua259]

for me. north korea is doing a great job showing the world nga dili sila mag sunod2x sa US
pati pud ang iran ug syria

are you out of your mind? your just lucky that the Philippines is not the one targeted by Syrians, Iranians, Iraqis, Afghans, Palestinians, Cubans, Colombians, Russians and Nazi's....

good job? what do you think is good when that nuclear arsenal created by the north can be in the hands of the Abu Sayaf or insurgents in the Philippines?

no offense, are you one of the people who was denied by the US embassy? if so, I'm not surprised at you reaction.

[Vince Russo]

are you out of your mind? your just lucky that the Philippines is not the one targeted by Syrians, Iranians, Iraqis, Afghans, Palestinians, Cubans, Colombians, Russians and Nazi's....

good job? what do you think is good when that nuclear arsenal created by the north can be in the hands of the Abu Sayaf or insurgents in the Philippines?

no offense, are you one of the people who was denied by the US embassy? if so, I'm not surprised at you reaction.

Excellent points, Joshua...

[giddyboy]

that IRAQ thing was clearly a mistake.

MYTH: There was no link between Al Qaeda and Saddam Hussein.
MYTH: Iraq has no weapons of mass destruction (WMD).
MYTH: Osama bin Laden is a massively wealthy criminal mastermind and was funded or trained by the CIA.
MYTH: Poverty causes terrorism.

source: "22 Media Myths That Undermine the War on Terror", Disinformation, by Richard Miniter

anyways, this is OT...