JQuinn+Blog-N+Korea

March 11th, 2013 Tension between North Korea and the United States have been rising in the past few weeks. Nuclear bomb threats have been continuously made towards the United States, and the U.S. have taken actions with the UN to ensure safety, and that North Korea does not make any further decisions in threatening the US. Monday, March 11th, Pyongyang threatened to cancel the 60 year old armistice that originally ended the Korean War. The US and South Korea, to prepare for the actions of North Korea, have been holding combined military drills, which have enraged North Korea. Pyongyang has continually threatened the US to test nuclear bombs on the US. It has been announced in local North Korean news reports that the armistice has been nullified. US and South Korea continue to exercise military drills happening regularly, to keep prepared for North Korea's unpredictable actions. North Korea still have a few ways of communication with South Korea, and are asking for things such as a formal peace treaty to officially end the Korean War instead of the armistice, security guarantees, recognitions as a nuclear weapon state, and the removal of 28,500 US troops in South Korea. Many think that North Korea will take further action in their threats, and have threatened to call off all nonaggression pacts on the dividing peninsula. We have returned with a few words, making it clear that if any actions are taken on North Korea's part, they will follow with the US, along with other allies, to "evaporate the North's government from the face of the earth." This sounds to me like the US is fully capable of taking on North Korea if needed, especially with the amount of resources we have compared to North Korea. This issue will be closely watched, with updates almost everyday.

http://news.yahoo.com/skorea-us-begin-drills-nkorea-threatens-war-020933853.html

March 22nd, 2013 Tensions between North Korea and the United States are still going strong. North Korea announced that it would attack U.S. military bases on Japan and the Pacific Island of Guam if provoked, only a day after North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un oversaw a mock drone strike on South Korea. North Korea is sure to make it seem that the U.S. is consistently threatening them, when we are only preparing for what North Korea continues to threat. We have been accused of preparing a military strike using bombers that have overflown the Korean peninsula as part of drills between South Korean and U.S. forces, so North Korea has taken action by setting up an air drill on Thursday, March 21st. North Korea is not only now threatening the U.S., but is now taking action by holding continuous drills to make their message clear. They are also very angered by U.N. sanctions, which will of course support the United States. Also, there was recently a hacking attack in South Korea's broadcasts and banks on Wednesday, March 20th, which is suspected to be North Korea. What North Korea doesn't realize, is the United States has plenty of forces and resources to easily take on North Korea. North Korea is only causing more damage by the constant threats and drills thrown upon the United States. North Korea could possibly leave a small mark on U.S. military bases or South Korea, but that is about it. North Korea's leader is using propaganda to an advantage, making it seem as if the United States and South Korea have threatened them and are a danger to them. Japan and U.S Pacific bases are in range of Pyongyang's medium-range missiles, but it is not known whether they will soon make a move. North Korea has officially announced that it has ended an armistice that completed the 1950-53 Korean War and threatened a nuclear attack on the United States. The tension is continued to be followed up and kept a close eye on.

http://news.yahoo.com/north-koreas-military-threatens-u-bases-within-target-021350990.html

March 25th, 2013 North Korea is now not only threatening the U.S., but has created propaganda films for all of North Korea to see, and to make the U.S. look like the bad guys. Today, they released a video that threatens an attack on the U.S. using "powerful weapons of mass destruction", and predicts an invasion in which 150,000 american citizens are taken hostage. A week before today, North Korea also released a video of the country blowing up the U.S. Capitol building. They have titled the video "The Short Three Day War" which reveals rockets shooting from South Korea, and thousands of North Korean soldiers. Last month, they also made a video of a city that resembled New York, with an attack on the city, destroying it. If you ask me, this is not a good way to handle the conflicts between the U.S. and North Korea. These videos are sure to make the North Koreans believe that the U.S. has done wrong, and it is time to take action. China has apparantly stated that the only thing that may help this tension is a diplomacy. They do not think the U.S. missile testing is helping. It is believed by some that the chinese are only showing that they will only do so much to help us. The U.S. is doing the best they can to defend any threats or attacks on the U.S.

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Christopher Cuascut - It doesn't get any more tense than this. Hopefully things will calm down between the U.S. and N Korea.

Jeremy Darrach: Why would North Korea get mad at us for preparing our militaries, when they threatened to nuke us? That makes no sense to me. I'm sure if we threatened to nuke them, they would be doing the same thing. Also, I think cancelling the armistice wouldn't be very smart, and gives us good reason to threaten them too. I think most of North Korea's actions aren't very smart right now, seeing as we could completely destroy North Korea.

Cassie Kreider- I think I heard something somewhere about North Korea doing this before; and if that's true, I don't think anything will really come of this. Although this is the first time that something like this has happened under the power of a new leader, so something may come of this, but I highly doubt it.