S Korea Pres Threatens to Destroy North 'Beyond Recovery', Warns of Accidental War
By Tyler Durden / ZeroHedge
Following the latest ballistic missile launch from North Korea, South Korea’s president Moon Jae-in warned that further provocations could result in the complete destruction “beyond recovery” of the northern neighbor. He also repeated tjat the possibility of opening a dialogue with the belligerent North is now gone.
“In case North Korea undertakes provocations against us or our ally, we have the power to destroy (the North) beyond recovery,” the South Korean leader said on Friday according to Yonhap.
Seoul immediately convened a National Security Council meeting following the latest launch by North Korea, in which Moon condemned the missile test, saying the North had once again breached United Nations Security Council resolutions and “poses a grave challenge to the peace and stability of the Korean Peninsula and the global community,” according to RT’s Ruptly news agency.
“I sternly condemn and express anger at this series of provocations by the North,” Moon was quoted as saying.
The South Korean president also said that dialogue between the South and the North is currently impossible and called for greater pressure on the North. “Dialogue is impossible in a situation like this,” Moon said.
“International sanctions and pressure will further tighten to force North Korea to choose no other option but to step forward on the path to genuine dialogue.”
South Korea also should be prepared to new types of threats from the North, including biological ones and electromagnetic pulse (EMP) weapons, Yonhap reports citing presidential spokesman Park Soo-hyun. Even as Seoul still wants to wants use diplomatic means to solve the crisis on the Korean Peninsula and put an end to Pyongyang’s nuclear and missile programs, it has been pushing for cooperation with the US in the defense sphere. President Moon called for an early revision of the agreement with US President Donald Trump, allowing the deployment of heavier warheads on South Korean missiles.
Moon had been alerted in advance of the latest launch and ordered to conduct military drills after the North had fired the missile. South Korea fired two Hyunmoo-2 ballistic missiles just six minutes after the North Korean missile launch, while the North’s projectile was still flying, according to Yonhap.
One of the missiles failed “in the initial stage” and the other flew some 250km and “accurately hit” a simulated target in the East Sea (as the Koreas prefer to name the Sea of Japan), the South Korean military said, as cited by the agency.
Separately, speaking to Japan’s Prime Minister Dhinzo Abe, President Moon suggested the two countries refrain from overreacting to North Korean provocations to avoid any accidental conflict, Moon’s office said in a text message according to Bloomberg.
Moon says he “completely agrees” with Abe to firmly respond to North Korean threats but two countries should cooperate to manage situation in a stable way to avoid “a possible accidental conflict.”
Abe raised issue with timing of South Korean govt’s plan to provide humanitarian aid to the North through international bodies to which Moon responded that the plan follows international organizations’ request to help pregnant women and children in North Korea and decision should be free from political considerations. Moon said, however, that South Korea will consider timing of aid given North Korea’s continued provocations and will ensure goods provided will be used to meet intended purposes
An official response from the international community is expected later today: the U.N. Security Council will meet later in the day to discuss the launch at the request of the United States and Japan, diplomats said according to Reuters. U.S. officials repeated Washington’s “ironclad” commitments to the defense of its allies. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson called for “new measures” against North Korea and said the “continued provocations only deepen North Korea’s diplomatic and economic isolation”.
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Actions, not words. But they will only use words because they would be toast in a New York minute if they tried anything. So, as usual, nothing will happen.
More bluster, more rhetoric, more empty threats.
On a side note, the stock market just hit all time highs again. How could you not be happy about that? It has more trajectory than Lil’ Kim’s rocket toys.
the one hold out has been s korea,mr moon–no longer..preparations are now on in japan,s korea,usa for an all out attack on the north..i dont think the usa would allow anyone to fire missiles over it without some kind of mutual agreement–friends in japan say they are ready for what ever it takes to eliminate n korea–things are very grim in japan and of course not on word on msn here in usa…
The people of South Korea do not want war. Japan does not want war. China does not want war. Russia does not want war. And North Korea has signaled over and over again that it wants a treaty that allows it to become an equal member in the community of nations. It’s posturing as frantically as it does because it doesn’t want to be destroyed again. It too does not want war.
The only country that does want war is over 4000 miles away and it is sending warships, troops, bombers, and conducts military exercises right on North Korea’s border. And it makes no secret that these are exercises simulate the invasion and destruction of the country and the assassination of its leader. Like the hunter of a cornered rat it beats the drums loudly, daring it to strike.
Is there method to this madness? Yes.
It took years to build up the legend of Bin Laden, how ruthless he was, how his band of suicidal followers would stop at nothing to destroy our way of life. And then came 9/11, the first and last time ever in history that three steel buldings collapsed by fire in a single day. Who could do this amazing feat? Why of course! It was Bin Laden working out of his cave in Afghanistan and there was an unbelievable story to prove it.
There will be another unbelievable incident. And who will be to blame? Why it will be none other than Kim Jong Un and his band of suicidal generals. And as before, bring out the oppressive laws and let the wars begin.
It may be method, but it’s still madness.