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Sunday, December 12, 2010

North Korea threatens South of nuclear war.

North Korea has warned that US-South Korean co-operation could bring nuclear war to the region.

The warning came as the South began artillery drills amid lingering tension nearly three weeks after the North's deadly shelling of a South Korean island.

The South's naval live-fire drills are due to run until Friday at 27 sites.

The regularly-scheduled exercises are receiving special attention following a North Korean artillery attack on front-line Yeonpyeong Island that killed two South Korean marines and two civilians.

The November 23 artillery barrage, the North's first assault to target a civilian area since the end of the 1950-53 Korean War, began after the North said South Korea first fired artillery toward its territorial waters. South Korea said it fired shells southwards, not towards North Korea, as part of routine exercises.

After the attack South Korea staged joint military drills with the US and also pushed ahead with more artillery exercises, despite the North's warning that they would aggravate tension.

A South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff officer tried to play down the significance of this week's drills, saying they were part of routine military exercises and would not occur near the disputed western Korean sea border where last month's attack took place.

(Indoleaks) Indonesia's own brand of Wikileaks.

Indonesia’s own version of WikiLeaks posted more sensitive state documents on its Web site over the weekend, including a conversation between former President Suharto and former US President Gerald Ford about communism and East Timor.

But technology does not appear to be on the side of the recently established Indoleaks.org, which is still intermittently accessible. A number of newly posted documents were unavailable for download for unclear reasons.

The one document the Jakarta Globe managed to download on Sunday was a declassified description of a discussion between former President Suharto and former US President Gerald Ford, dated July 5, 1975.

In it, Suharto explained Indonesia’s policy on East Timor before its December 1975 invasion.

Suharto said: “Indonesia will not use force against the territory of other countries. With respect to Timor, we support carrying out decolonization through the process of self-determination.” Read more.....

North Korea prepares for all-out war against South.

North Korea said over the weekend that it is prepared for escalation of inter-Korean tension into all-out war.

The state-run (North) Korean Central News Agency quoted a statement by the spokesman of the National Peace Committee of Korea, a North Korean organization responsible for propaganda against South Korea.

On the meeting between the chairmen of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the South and the U.S., the committee said, “It is a very risky plot to wage war to militarily attack us. It is like a declaration of war to begin an all-out war through military escalation,” adding, “The situation on the Korean Peninsula is moving close to the phase of all-out war due to the provocations of the U.S. and war-like South Korea.”

“It is obvious that the mobilization of South Korea’s aircraft, warships and missiles and the U.S. deployment of state-of-the-art war equipment will not be limited to a local war but expand to an all-our war,” it added.

“Another all-out war on our soil will not be confined to the Korean Peninsula.”

Since its shelling of Yeonpyeong Island, the North has threatened countries surrounding the peninsula such as Japan, saying, “An all-out war between the two Koreas will affect peace and safety in Northeast Asia.”

“We will mete out brutal punishment for those who make provocations and invade us to destroy their strongholds. By doing so, we will protect the dignity and safety of our nation.”