Duchess Jack Posted December 20, 2010 Share Posted December 20, 2010 DPRK says "feel no need" to react to South Korean artillery drill South Korean marines patrol on the island of Yeonpyeong near the disputed waters of the Yellow Sea on December 20. South Korea staged a live-fire exercise Monday on a flashpoint island near the disputed border, but DPRK said it would not hit back despite having vowed deadly retaliation. (Xinhua/AFP Photo) PYONGYANG, Dec. 20 (Xinhua) -- The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) said Monday that it did not "feel any need" to react against the South Korea's artillery drill off the west coast of the Korean Peninsula, state media reported. "South Korea's military provocation was a product of their cunning scenario to deliberately lead the DPRK army's counteraction to driving the situation on the Korean Peninsula to the brink of a war and thus save the U.S. Asia policy and strategy toward the DPRK from bankruptcy," the official KCNA news agency quoted a statement from the DPRK's Army Supreme Command as saying. The drill was also aimed at saving the face of the present South Korean authorities in a ruling crisis, the statement said. This was "nothing but a childish play" without an opponent and South Korea was "firing shells left unused during the military provocation on Nov. 23," it added. The statement also called on the world to recognize "who is the real supporter of peace and who is the real provocateur of a war." The exchange of artillery fire on Nov. 23 between South Korea and the DPRK, which killed four people, sent tensions soaring on the peninsula. South Korea staged an artillery drill in the sensitive area of Yonphyong Island off the west coast earlier on Monday. DPRK army dealt no counterattack to the drill. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duchess Jack Posted December 20, 2010 Author Share Posted December 20, 2010 S. Korea vows to proceed with firing drill off border island SEOUL, Dec. 19 (Xinhua) -- South Korea's military reaffirmed Sunday it will go ahead with its planned live-fire drill off a Yellow Sea border island, despite strong reactions from the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), local media reported. "The live-fire drill off Yeonpyeong Island will take place on Dec. 20 or 21, as previously announced, depending on weather conditions," a South Korean military official was quoted by Seoul' s Yonhap news agency as saying on Sunday. An official at the South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) also said "We won't take into consideration North Korean threats and diplomatic situations before holding the live-fire drill. If weather permits, it will be held as scheduled." Tensions on the Korean Peninsula have been heightened after South Korea and the DPRK exchanged artillery fire near Yeonpyeong Island on Nov. 23 that killed four South Koreans, while damages to the DPRK still remain unknown. South Korea has declared plans for a live shell artillery drill in the tense waters southwest of Yeonpyeong Island on a selected date from Dec. 18-21 depending on weather conditions. The DPRK on Friday urged Seoul to immediately stop its plans for the shelling exercise, warning that it would deliver a second and third "unpredicted self-defense counterattack" that would be bigger and more powerful than the previous one to defend its territorial waters if Seoul persisted in its plan to hold the exercise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoJoTheWebToedBoy Posted December 20, 2010 Share Posted December 20, 2010 Seoul finally called North Korea's bluff and the North Korean Military realized that it was about to take an ass-whupping Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nuke'em ttg Posted December 20, 2010 Share Posted December 20, 2010 great title DJ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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