North Korea and South Korea have commenced a potentially catastrophic cycle of tit for tat in the aftermath of the North Korean sinking of the South Korean Navy vessel Chenonan.
South Korea has re-installed loudspeakers along the DMZ that broadcast propaganda into North Korea and resumed radio propaganda broadcasts aimed at North Korea. North Korea has threatened to destroy both the loudspeakers and radio broadcast capabilities. (“North Korea Vows to Blow Up South’s Propaganda Facilities,” New York Times, June 12, 2010)
This posturing may represent a sixth way in which the Korean peninsula again descends into open warfare in addition to the five ways that a previous New York Times article identified and I summarized in this blog.
2 comments:
Why not divert our attention from Israel for a few weeks and lean on South Korea. A real hot spot that could become war and drag us in. A video of North Korea shows how indoctrinated the people are and hate the outside world, especially the US. It sounds like each country is testing the other.
Has an independent country examined the sinking of the South Korean ship?
To the best of my knowledge, no independent country has verified what happened with the South Korean warship. I'm guessing that the US has looked at the data, but much of the world regards the US as very biased.
The danger with the two Koreas testing one another is that if somebody miscalculates, war could result.
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