“End Nuclear Insanity Before Nuclear Insanity Ends Humanity” ~llaw
Nov 05, 2024
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LLAW’s NUCLEAR VIEWS, ISSUES & COMMENTS, Tuesday, (11/05/2024)
North Korea and Russia seem to be uniting in an expanded international threat of nuclear war involving adding thousands of Korean troops to defend against Ukraine in the Kursk area that includes a Russian nuclear power plant previously attacked by Ukraine in the Russia/Ukraine war but also antagonizing South Korea’s leadership, indirectly directed at the U.S., and possibly Japan. ~llaw
In addition to the “Newsweek” story, you might also want to read a related article from “Foreign Affairs”. I have only linked the article here because it requires a subscription. The link is also posted in (InTODAY’S NUCLEAR WORLD’S NEWS, Nuclear War Category: How the War in Ukraine Could Go Nuclear—by Accident – Foreign Affairs
Foreign Affairs
North Korea Issues Ominous ‘Nuclear War’ Warning
Published Nov 04, 2024 at 2:42 PM ESTUpdated Nov 04, 2024 at 2:49 PM EST
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North Korean Soldiers Face First Combat In Russia’s Kursk Region: Reports
China News Reporter
Anew North Korean research organization has issued a scathing report targeting South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, writing that his leadership has put the U.S. ally at greater risk of nuclear war.
The North’s state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said Sunday that the “white paper disclosing the criminal colors and miserable plight of Yoon” had been published the previous day by a never-before-mentioned research organization known as the Institute of Enemy State Studies.
“‘Yoon’s disastrous policy’ has exposed the Republic of Korea to the danger of a nuclear war,” the KCNA cited the authors as saying.
They referenced hard-line statements by Yoon, who belongs to the conservative People Power Party and is known as a hawk on North Korea, as evidence of escalating hostility on the Korean Peninsula.
Examples included Yoon’s 2022 remark that the South must make “overwhelmingly superior war preparations” to achieve peace and warning that a nuclear attack would lead to the “end of the [Kim Jong Un] regime.”
The North Korean institute also criticized Yoon for approving the suspension in June of a 2018 military agreement that had been reached during a short period of warming ties between the two Koreas. The pact had both sides agreeing to reduce border tensions, establish a no-fly zone along the Demilitarized Zone and cease live-fire artillery drills.
After North Korea successfully launched its first spy satellite into orbit in November 2023, the South partially suspended the agreement by resuming surveillance flights. In response, Pyongyang declared it was “no longer bound by” the document and discarded its confidence-building measures.
The North Korean institute further condemned South Korea’s alliance with the United States and its growing military cooperation with Japan.
The paper highlighted commitments made by President Joe Biden and Yoon in April 2023 to step up dialogue and information sharing on nuclear threats. It also referenced the establishment of the U.S.-South Korea Nuclear Consultative Group, formed during that summit to coordinate on the North Korean threat and align U.S. nuclear planning with South Korean conventional forces.
The North Korean institute further condemned South Korea’s alliance with the United States and its growing military cooperation with Japan.
The paper highlighted commitments made by President Joe Biden and Yoon in April 2023 to step up dialogue and information sharing on nuclear threats. It also referenced the establishment of the U.S.-South Korea Nuclear Consultative Group, formed during that summit to coordinate on the North Korean threat and align U.S. nuclear planning with South Korean conventional forces.
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