KleinBoontjie
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I wonder how a large scale war, atomic etc, will affect the Korean motor industry (KIA, Hyundai etc) and Samsung?
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LazyLion
King of de Jungle
Images of Missiles, Rockets on Display in N. Korea
Elaborate floral displays featured mini replicas of red-tipped missiles and long-range rockets at an exhibition that opened Friday in Pyongyang, underlining North Korean pride in an illicit arsenal that has put the region on edge.
North Korea has warned that it has weapons "on standby" and aimed at its foes if provoked, though it has not revealed specific plans to fire a missile or carry out another nuclear test.
However, as Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in Seoul on Friday for talks with South Korean officials, a senior U.S military official told reporters there was no sign of military movements backing up the threat. He spoke on condition of anonymity, saying he wasn't authorized to speak publicly about military intelligence.
For weeks, North Korea has issued a torrent of war cries seen outside Pyongyang as an effort to raise fears and pressure Seoul and Washington into changing their North Korea policies, and to show the North Korean people that their young leader is strong enough to stand up to powerful foes.
U.S. and South Korean troops have been conducting annual joint military drills in the South since early March, including bringing out nuclear-capable stealth bombers and fighter jets in what the Air Force acknowledged was a deliberate show of force.
The escalation of tensions comes as North Korea is celebrating a slew of first anniversaries for its young leader, Kim Jong Un, who took power in December 2011 following the death of his father, longtime leader Kim Jong Il. He was named head of the Workers' Party a year ago Thursday, and will mark his first year as head of the National Defense Commission, the top government body, on Saturday.
North Koreans also have begun celebrating the April 15 birthday of Kim's grandfather, Kim Il Sung. The birthday is considered the most important of national holidays designed to cement loyalty to the ruling Kim family.
At Mansu Hill, where massive bronze statues of the two late leaders overlook the city, Pyongyang citizens were busy Friday morning scrubbing the steps up to the plaza with soap and water to prepare for the stream of people who will be paying their respects to the Kims.
At Kim Il Sung Stadium, schoolchildren being inducted into the Korean Children's Union, a political organization for young North Koreans, pledged to study hard and to build up strength to defend their nation. Retired military officers helped them tie on red scarves to complete the ritual.
Loyalty to the Kims and to the state are drummed into North Koreans from an early age in this highly patriotic, militarized country, where banners along roadsides read "Defend to the death" and call on citizens to become "human bombs" for leader Kim Jong Un.
Though few North Koreans have access to international media, and instead get their news from state media, they said they were aware of the tensions with the U.S.
"The U.S is our sworn enemy," said Ri So Hyang, a 13-year-old taking part in the Children's Union ceremony. She said her brother had just enlisted. "I hope he'll fight well against the U.S. imperialists since I cannot."
At the flower exhibition, which featured massive displays incorporating the orchid named after Kim Il Sung, a guide called the current political situation "complicated." Photo backdrops and mock replicas featured an array of missiles - including models believed to be medium-range and intercontinental ballistic missiles.
"I don't know whether there will be a missile launch test, but if we do I think it will be just for national defense," Kim Jong Gum said. "And I think there's no need for other countries to try to tell us what to do and what not to do."
No military parade or mass events are expected, but North Korea has used major holidays to show off its military power. Analysts say Pyongyang could well mark the occasion with a provocative missile launch, although it has not explicitly said it would conduct one.
During last year's celebrations, North Korea failed in an attempt to send a satellite into space aboard a long-range rocket. The U.S. and its allies criticized the launch as a covert test of ballistic missile technology in defiance of a UN ban on the country's missile and nuclear development.
Another try in December was successful, and that was followed by the country's third underground nuclear test on Feb. 12, possibly taking the regime closer to mastering the technology for mounting an atomic weapon on a long-range missile.
On Thursday, the Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of the Fatherland, a nonmilitary agency that deals with relations with South Korea, said the coordinates of targets have been "put into warheads." It didn't clarify, but the language suggested a missile.
Officials in Seoul and Washington say Pyongyang appears to be preparing to test-fire a medium-range missile designed to be capable of reaching Guam. Foreign experts have dubbed the missile the "Musudan" after the northeastern village where North Korea has a launch pad, and say it has a range of 3,500 kilometers (2,180 miles).
Newly revealed U.S. intelligence shows Washington believes North Korea may be capable of arming a ballistic missile with a nuclear warhead, the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency concluded in an assessment revealed Thursday.
South Korea, however, does not believe Pyongyang has a nuclear device small enough to put on a missile, Defense Ministry spokesman Kim Min-seok said.
U.S. President Barack Obama demanded an end to the escalating war rhetoric. In his first public comments since North Korea warned of a nuclear war, Obama called it time for the isolated nation "to end the belligerent approach they have taken and to try to lower temperatures."
"Nobody wants to see a conflict on the Korean Peninsula," Obama said Thursday, speaking from the Oval Office alongside U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.
He sent Kerry to Seoul to discuss how to get China to join the United States in putting pressure on Pyongyang, according to a senior U.S. official who was present at the meeting.
China backed North Korea with troops during the 1950-53 Korean War and has been a major economic pipeline for the impoverished country. With little arable land, North Korea has struggled to feed its people, with two-thirds of the population of 24 million grappling with chronic food shortages, according to the World Food Program.
"If anyone has real leverage over the North Koreans, it is China," James Clapper, the U.S. director of national intelligence, told Congress on Thursday. "And the indications that we have are that China is itself rather frustrated with the behavior and the belligerent rhetoric of ... Kim Jong Un."
Since taking power, Kim has pledged to end the era of "belt-tightening" in North Korea by placing his focus on reviving the economy.
But he also has enshrined the drive to build nuclear weapons - dubbed "the nation's treasure" here - as a key state goal, billed in Pyongyang as a necessary defense against what North Koreans see as a persistent U.S. nuclear threat. A new Ministry of Atomic Energy Industry will be created in line with the push, the state-run Korean Central News Agency reported Friday.
North Korea has decided to launch a "ministry of atomic industry" to advance its nuclear industry, increase the amount of nuclear material and improve its quality, the Korean Central News Agency said Friday.
KCNA said the decision by the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly was announced Thursday.
North Korea has spent decades trying to perfect a multistage, long-range delivery means for a nuclear bomb aimed at threatening the U.S., analysts say.
Pyongyang has acknowledged attempts to launch satellites into space aboard long-range rockets in 1998, 2009 and twice in 2012. North Korea also regularly stages short-range missile tests, and in 2006 a long-range missile launch broke apart shortly after liftoff.
North Korea says its rocket launches are part of a peaceful space program. But the U.N., Washington and others call the launches veiled tests of technology that can be used in ballistic missiles.
Source : Sapa-AP /mv
Date : 12 Apr 2013 13:01
Elaborate floral displays featured mini replicas of red-tipped missiles and long-range rockets at an exhibition that opened Friday in Pyongyang, underlining North Korean pride in an illicit arsenal that has put the region on edge.
North Korea has warned that it has weapons "on standby" and aimed at its foes if provoked, though it has not revealed specific plans to fire a missile or carry out another nuclear test.
However, as Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in Seoul on Friday for talks with South Korean officials, a senior U.S military official told reporters there was no sign of military movements backing up the threat. He spoke on condition of anonymity, saying he wasn't authorized to speak publicly about military intelligence.
For weeks, North Korea has issued a torrent of war cries seen outside Pyongyang as an effort to raise fears and pressure Seoul and Washington into changing their North Korea policies, and to show the North Korean people that their young leader is strong enough to stand up to powerful foes.
U.S. and South Korean troops have been conducting annual joint military drills in the South since early March, including bringing out nuclear-capable stealth bombers and fighter jets in what the Air Force acknowledged was a deliberate show of force.
The escalation of tensions comes as North Korea is celebrating a slew of first anniversaries for its young leader, Kim Jong Un, who took power in December 2011 following the death of his father, longtime leader Kim Jong Il. He was named head of the Workers' Party a year ago Thursday, and will mark his first year as head of the National Defense Commission, the top government body, on Saturday.
North Koreans also have begun celebrating the April 15 birthday of Kim's grandfather, Kim Il Sung. The birthday is considered the most important of national holidays designed to cement loyalty to the ruling Kim family.
At Mansu Hill, where massive bronze statues of the two late leaders overlook the city, Pyongyang citizens were busy Friday morning scrubbing the steps up to the plaza with soap and water to prepare for the stream of people who will be paying their respects to the Kims.
At Kim Il Sung Stadium, schoolchildren being inducted into the Korean Children's Union, a political organization for young North Koreans, pledged to study hard and to build up strength to defend their nation. Retired military officers helped them tie on red scarves to complete the ritual.
Loyalty to the Kims and to the state are drummed into North Koreans from an early age in this highly patriotic, militarized country, where banners along roadsides read "Defend to the death" and call on citizens to become "human bombs" for leader Kim Jong Un.
Though few North Koreans have access to international media, and instead get their news from state media, they said they were aware of the tensions with the U.S.
"The U.S is our sworn enemy," said Ri So Hyang, a 13-year-old taking part in the Children's Union ceremony. She said her brother had just enlisted. "I hope he'll fight well against the U.S. imperialists since I cannot."
At the flower exhibition, which featured massive displays incorporating the orchid named after Kim Il Sung, a guide called the current political situation "complicated." Photo backdrops and mock replicas featured an array of missiles - including models believed to be medium-range and intercontinental ballistic missiles.
"I don't know whether there will be a missile launch test, but if we do I think it will be just for national defense," Kim Jong Gum said. "And I think there's no need for other countries to try to tell us what to do and what not to do."
No military parade or mass events are expected, but North Korea has used major holidays to show off its military power. Analysts say Pyongyang could well mark the occasion with a provocative missile launch, although it has not explicitly said it would conduct one.
During last year's celebrations, North Korea failed in an attempt to send a satellite into space aboard a long-range rocket. The U.S. and its allies criticized the launch as a covert test of ballistic missile technology in defiance of a UN ban on the country's missile and nuclear development.
Another try in December was successful, and that was followed by the country's third underground nuclear test on Feb. 12, possibly taking the regime closer to mastering the technology for mounting an atomic weapon on a long-range missile.
On Thursday, the Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of the Fatherland, a nonmilitary agency that deals with relations with South Korea, said the coordinates of targets have been "put into warheads." It didn't clarify, but the language suggested a missile.
Officials in Seoul and Washington say Pyongyang appears to be preparing to test-fire a medium-range missile designed to be capable of reaching Guam. Foreign experts have dubbed the missile the "Musudan" after the northeastern village where North Korea has a launch pad, and say it has a range of 3,500 kilometers (2,180 miles).
Newly revealed U.S. intelligence shows Washington believes North Korea may be capable of arming a ballistic missile with a nuclear warhead, the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency concluded in an assessment revealed Thursday.
South Korea, however, does not believe Pyongyang has a nuclear device small enough to put on a missile, Defense Ministry spokesman Kim Min-seok said.
U.S. President Barack Obama demanded an end to the escalating war rhetoric. In his first public comments since North Korea warned of a nuclear war, Obama called it time for the isolated nation "to end the belligerent approach they have taken and to try to lower temperatures."
"Nobody wants to see a conflict on the Korean Peninsula," Obama said Thursday, speaking from the Oval Office alongside U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.
He sent Kerry to Seoul to discuss how to get China to join the United States in putting pressure on Pyongyang, according to a senior U.S. official who was present at the meeting.
China backed North Korea with troops during the 1950-53 Korean War and has been a major economic pipeline for the impoverished country. With little arable land, North Korea has struggled to feed its people, with two-thirds of the population of 24 million grappling with chronic food shortages, according to the World Food Program.
"If anyone has real leverage over the North Koreans, it is China," James Clapper, the U.S. director of national intelligence, told Congress on Thursday. "And the indications that we have are that China is itself rather frustrated with the behavior and the belligerent rhetoric of ... Kim Jong Un."
Since taking power, Kim has pledged to end the era of "belt-tightening" in North Korea by placing his focus on reviving the economy.
But he also has enshrined the drive to build nuclear weapons - dubbed "the nation's treasure" here - as a key state goal, billed in Pyongyang as a necessary defense against what North Koreans see as a persistent U.S. nuclear threat. A new Ministry of Atomic Energy Industry will be created in line with the push, the state-run Korean Central News Agency reported Friday.
North Korea has decided to launch a "ministry of atomic industry" to advance its nuclear industry, increase the amount of nuclear material and improve its quality, the Korean Central News Agency said Friday.
KCNA said the decision by the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly was announced Thursday.
North Korea has spent decades trying to perfect a multistage, long-range delivery means for a nuclear bomb aimed at threatening the U.S., analysts say.
Pyongyang has acknowledged attempts to launch satellites into space aboard long-range rockets in 1998, 2009 and twice in 2012. North Korea also regularly stages short-range missile tests, and in 2006 a long-range missile launch broke apart shortly after liftoff.
North Korea says its rocket launches are part of a peaceful space program. But the U.N., Washington and others call the launches veiled tests of technology that can be used in ballistic missiles.
Source : Sapa-AP /mv
Date : 12 Apr 2013 13:01
MyWorld
Executive Member
N. Korea warns Japan against hostile stance
SEOUL, April 12 (Yonhap) -- North Korea warned Japan Friday that Tokyo would be the first target in the event of a war on the Korean Peninsula if it continues to maintain its hostile posture.
In a commentary carried by the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), the communist country lashed out at Tokyo's standing orders to destroy any missile heading toward Japan, threatening such actions will result in a nuclear attack against the island nation.
http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/news/2013/04/12/0200000000AEN20130412009100315.HTML
SEOUL, April 12 (Yonhap) -- North Korea warned Japan Friday that Tokyo would be the first target in the event of a war on the Korean Peninsula if it continues to maintain its hostile posture.
In a commentary carried by the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), the communist country lashed out at Tokyo's standing orders to destroy any missile heading toward Japan, threatening such actions will result in a nuclear attack against the island nation.
http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/news/2013/04/12/0200000000AEN20130412009100315.HTML
LazyLion
King of de Jungle
Y0U SHOT DOWN THE MISSILE WE SHOT AT YOU!!! THAT'S AN ACT OF AGGRESSION!
Haldex
Expert Member
Better for US carmakers and Apple users and Google owned Motorola, Sony will also benefit from the downfall of Samsung.
Toyota aswell.
Korea have two or three of the most aggressive companies in the world at the moment.
killadoob
Honorary Master
I didn't know apple products were made in the US, interesting. Everything made in the US?
Interesting.
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Fulcrum29
Honorary Master
Interesting video featured on TPB:
[video=youtube_share;oULO3i5Xra0]http://youtu.be/oULO3i5Xra0[/video]
[video=youtube_share;oULO3i5Xra0]http://youtu.be/oULO3i5Xra0[/video]
Albereth
Honorary Master
Fun movie - Olympus has Fallen.
Like the line - Peoples Republic of who gives a ****.
Not as good as: "Is he dead?"
"Ask me a serious question."
Like the line - Peoples Republic of who gives a ****.
Not as good as: "Is he dead?"
"Ask me a serious question."
OrbitalDawn
Ulysses Everett McGill
That movie was overflowing with cheese.
Amusing that the tensions get ramped up in NK just when the movie is released.
Albereth
Honorary Master
The WW3 happening amongst the short people made it quite topical.
killadoob
Honorary Master
JAPAN issued an alert that Nk had launched a ballistic missile instead of an earth quake report.
A bit of a cock up, geez they must be feeling the heat.
A bit of a cock up, geez they must be feeling the heat.
What are you talking about?
killadoob
Honorary Master
Grant
Honorary Master
Apparently tomorrow is the big day, something about the 15 April.
Think its 16th. 100th birthday of kim il sung.
daveza
Honorary Master
They will celebrate their glorious imperial victory over the US, Japan and the Universe.
What's North Korean for " well we sure showed them didn't we".
LazyLion
King of de Jungle
N. Korea threatens South over 'Monstrous Acts'
North Korea's military on Tuesday threatened the South with imminent "sledge-hammer" retaliation unless Seoul apologised for anti-Pyongyang protestors burning effigies of its revered leaders.
South Korea called the North's ultimatum "regrettable" and "absurd" with the defence ministry vowing a tough response to any military provocation.
The warning came a day after US Secretary of State John Kerry wrapped up a Northeast Asian tour aimed at defusing soaring military tensions on the Korean peninsula and getting China to help rein in a belligerent Pyongyang.
As North Korea marked the birth of late founding leader Kim Il-Sung on Monday -- a major national holiday -- around 40 protesters in Seoul burned portraits of Kim, his son Kim Jong-Il and grandson and current leader Kim Jong-Un.
Condemning what it described as a "thrice-cursed... monstrous criminal act", the Korean People's Army (KPA) Supreme Command issued an "ultimatum" threatening "just" and immediate action if an apology was not forthcoming.
"Our retaliatory action will start without any notice," it said in a statement carried by the Korean Central News Agency.
"The military demonstration... will be powerful sledge-hammer blows at all hostile forces hurting the dignity of the supreme leadership," it added.
Intelligence reports suggest the North has had two medium-range missiles primed to fire from its east coast for at least a week, with most observers predicting a launch sometime around the date of Kim Il-Sung's birthday.
During his whirlwind tour of South Korea, China and Japan, Kerry had warned that a test-launch in the current tense climate would be a "huge mistake".
South Korea's defence ministry called Tuesday's ultimatum "regrettable" and promised to retaliate "thoroughly and resolutely" to any provocation.
A Foreign Ministry spokesman said the North's threat was "absurd" and urged Pyongyang to follow a path to dialogue proposed by Seoul and Washington.
"We hope the North will make a wise choice," the spokesman said.
Amid the angry threats contained in Tuesday's ultimatum, some analysts pointed out that the demand for an apology was couched in language that might open the door to the talks the South has been suggesting for days.
"If the puppet authorities truly want dialogue and negotiations, they should apologise," the KPA statement said.
"The emphasis there is placed on conditions for resuming dialogue and that is worth noting," said Kim Yong-Hyun, a North Korea expert at Dongguk University in Seoul.
The Korean peninsula has been in a state of heightened military tension since the North carried out its third nuclear test in February.
Incensed by fresh UN sanctions and joint South Korea-US military exercises, Pyongyang has spent weeks issuing blistering threats of missile strikes and nuclear war.
During his trip, Kerry raised the prospect of "authentic" negotiations if Pyongyang took "meaningful steps" to show it would honour past commitments.
He also gave US blessing to peace moves by Park, who has signalled to "listen to what North Korea thinks".
In a further show of solidarity, it was announced Tuesday that US President Barack Obama would hold his first White House talks with Park on May 7.
The White House said the talks -- a highly visible diplomatic statement by Washington and Seoul -- would highlight continuing coordination between the allies in "countering the North Korean threat".
The missiles mobilised by the North for a possible launch are reported to be untested Musudan models with an estimated range of up to 4,000 kilometres (2,485 miles).
That would cover any target in South Korea and Japan, and possibly even US military bases on the Pacific island of Guam.
South Korean and US forces have been on a heightened state of alert for days, and Japan has deployed Patriot anti-missile systems around Tokyo and promised to shoot down any missile deemed to be a threat.
A US military helicopter carrying three crew and 13 other personnel taking part in the ongoing joint military drills crashed on landing Tuesday near the North Korean border, officials said.
The precise cause of the incident was not immediately clear and there were no apparent casualties in the crash that a US official described as a "hard landing".
Source : Sapa-AFP /pk
Date : 16 Apr 2013 08:48
North Korea's military on Tuesday threatened the South with imminent "sledge-hammer" retaliation unless Seoul apologised for anti-Pyongyang protestors burning effigies of its revered leaders.
South Korea called the North's ultimatum "regrettable" and "absurd" with the defence ministry vowing a tough response to any military provocation.
The warning came a day after US Secretary of State John Kerry wrapped up a Northeast Asian tour aimed at defusing soaring military tensions on the Korean peninsula and getting China to help rein in a belligerent Pyongyang.
As North Korea marked the birth of late founding leader Kim Il-Sung on Monday -- a major national holiday -- around 40 protesters in Seoul burned portraits of Kim, his son Kim Jong-Il and grandson and current leader Kim Jong-Un.
Condemning what it described as a "thrice-cursed... monstrous criminal act", the Korean People's Army (KPA) Supreme Command issued an "ultimatum" threatening "just" and immediate action if an apology was not forthcoming.
"Our retaliatory action will start without any notice," it said in a statement carried by the Korean Central News Agency.
"The military demonstration... will be powerful sledge-hammer blows at all hostile forces hurting the dignity of the supreme leadership," it added.
Intelligence reports suggest the North has had two medium-range missiles primed to fire from its east coast for at least a week, with most observers predicting a launch sometime around the date of Kim Il-Sung's birthday.
During his whirlwind tour of South Korea, China and Japan, Kerry had warned that a test-launch in the current tense climate would be a "huge mistake".
South Korea's defence ministry called Tuesday's ultimatum "regrettable" and promised to retaliate "thoroughly and resolutely" to any provocation.
A Foreign Ministry spokesman said the North's threat was "absurd" and urged Pyongyang to follow a path to dialogue proposed by Seoul and Washington.
"We hope the North will make a wise choice," the spokesman said.
Amid the angry threats contained in Tuesday's ultimatum, some analysts pointed out that the demand for an apology was couched in language that might open the door to the talks the South has been suggesting for days.
"If the puppet authorities truly want dialogue and negotiations, they should apologise," the KPA statement said.
"The emphasis there is placed on conditions for resuming dialogue and that is worth noting," said Kim Yong-Hyun, a North Korea expert at Dongguk University in Seoul.
The Korean peninsula has been in a state of heightened military tension since the North carried out its third nuclear test in February.
Incensed by fresh UN sanctions and joint South Korea-US military exercises, Pyongyang has spent weeks issuing blistering threats of missile strikes and nuclear war.
During his trip, Kerry raised the prospect of "authentic" negotiations if Pyongyang took "meaningful steps" to show it would honour past commitments.
He also gave US blessing to peace moves by Park, who has signalled to "listen to what North Korea thinks".
In a further show of solidarity, it was announced Tuesday that US President Barack Obama would hold his first White House talks with Park on May 7.
The White House said the talks -- a highly visible diplomatic statement by Washington and Seoul -- would highlight continuing coordination between the allies in "countering the North Korean threat".
The missiles mobilised by the North for a possible launch are reported to be untested Musudan models with an estimated range of up to 4,000 kilometres (2,485 miles).
That would cover any target in South Korea and Japan, and possibly even US military bases on the Pacific island of Guam.
South Korean and US forces have been on a heightened state of alert for days, and Japan has deployed Patriot anti-missile systems around Tokyo and promised to shoot down any missile deemed to be a threat.
A US military helicopter carrying three crew and 13 other personnel taking part in the ongoing joint military drills crashed on landing Tuesday near the North Korean border, officials said.
The precise cause of the incident was not immediately clear and there were no apparent casualties in the crash that a US official described as a "hard landing".
Source : Sapa-AFP /pk
Date : 16 Apr 2013 08:48
LazyLion
King of de Jungle
US Military Blackhawk crashes near North Korean Border
A US military helicopter crashed Tuesday near the North Korean border, a South Korean defence official said, with no reported casualties.
The helicopter, identified by the Yonhap news agency as a UH-60 Black Hawk, came down in Cheolwon county, which touches on the border with North Korea, a defence ministry spokesman told AFP.
The precise cause of the crash was not immediately clear, but the incident occurred during ongoing South Korea-US joint military exercises.
Yonhap quoted emergency rescue workers as saying the 12 service personnel on board the helicopter had survived the crash, which comes at a time of heightened military tensions on the Korean peninsula.
North Korea has condemned the joint exercises as a rehearsal for invasion, and made a series of dire threats of military retaliation.
There are 28,500 US military personnel permanently stationed in South Korea.
Source : Sapa-AFP /gm
Date : 16 Apr 2013 07:11
A US military helicopter crashed Tuesday near the North Korean border, a South Korean defence official said, with no reported casualties.
The helicopter, identified by the Yonhap news agency as a UH-60 Black Hawk, came down in Cheolwon county, which touches on the border with North Korea, a defence ministry spokesman told AFP.
The precise cause of the crash was not immediately clear, but the incident occurred during ongoing South Korea-US joint military exercises.
Yonhap quoted emergency rescue workers as saying the 12 service personnel on board the helicopter had survived the crash, which comes at a time of heightened military tensions on the Korean peninsula.
North Korea has condemned the joint exercises as a rehearsal for invasion, and made a series of dire threats of military retaliation.
There are 28,500 US military personnel permanently stationed in South Korea.
Source : Sapa-AFP /gm
Date : 16 Apr 2013 07:11
killadoob
Honorary Master
They can make a new movie now, black hawk down 2