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3-18-13 North Korea's Nuclear Testing

==== Today, on North Korea’s propaganda website, there was a picture of the US capitol exploding. There was also a video posted on YouTube that shows the white house as well as the capitol building, but the white house disappears after a few seconds. Following, there are a bunch of North Korean artillery, missiles, and soldiers. Eventually the video shows the dome of the capitol building being blown up and leaving a huge hole. This video had an instrumental playing in the background of a song called “We are the World.” This video is four minutes long and it continues to show rockets being fired. Last month, there was a different video posted onto the same website that showed a large city that was said to look like New York City blown up in flames. Observers don’t think that the events that unfold in the video will actually happen, but it is a reminder that something could possibly happen. Also this week, there were some North Korean soldiers wandering around the place where North and South Korea are split. This location is often disputed about and nobody really knows for sure where the border is. As well as the soldiers wandering, there have been some North Korean people seen wearing camouflage webbing in the past week. This is thought to be suspicious because this week there were live artillery drills in effect supported and directed by Kim Jong Un. These drills are to prepare for what is to follow involving South Korea and the United States. ====

Rachel Shelley-This is very disturbing. Hopefully our government is correct when saying that North Korea does not have the technology to reach U.S. soil with nuclear weapons.


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Eric Fraunfelter- Korea is very brave to even think about something like that. We are a much more powerful nation, but we don't want to get back into another war so soon. Hopefully things remain peaceful and we don't take anymore damage than we already have from the war in the Middle East.

Jason Stover: North Korea is trying to bolster their new found strength but it is very improbable that will attempt to confront us on an international front. The best thing for both countries is that North Korea silences its threatening propaganda because as a country we cannot afford to wage war and North Korea would not be able to stand up to us on a battlefield.

Katie Carle- It seems like it is part of North Korea's foreign policy to act more powerful than they actually are. Maybe they think that it will make them look like a threat, but with the information you have presented, it appears that the world sees through their aggressive talk.

3-11-13 North Korea’s Nuclear Testing  On February 10, 2013 North Korea constructed their third nuclear bomb test. CNN news said that North Korea bribed two Pakistani military generals, along with one of their nuclear experts, for nuclear secrets. (Pakistan is supposed to be one of our allies). The letter that was sent to them was forwarded to a US analyst named Simon Henderson. Both of the men that were said to be bribed denied that they had ever received the offer. North Korea’s leader, Pyongyang, said that they aim for Washington DC. He also stated that he wants to turn Washington into a “Sea of Fire.” This means that the agreement to not use nuclear weapons between us and North Korea is no longer (as of today, March 11,2013). Japan’s media has issued a report saying that North Korea’s newspaper stated that the armistice is off (no longer existing). Analysts say that North Korea does not have the power to build a long range missile to reach the whole way to the United States. As a result of this threat, the United Nations voted to impose new sanctions on North Korea last Friday. This highly modifies our communication with them. The United States and South Korea are also doing military drills to be cautious about what is possible to happen. In response to the drills, Anti-War individuals protested outside of a US Embassy in South Korea last week. Many analysts say that the only reason the Pyongyang has said that his country is able to reach the US is because he wants his citizens and military to have a strong loyalty between them. Since we don’t really know for sure if they can actually reach the US with missiles, the US and South Korea have a very close eye on Pyongyang. On Friday, South Korea’s recently elected president, Park Guen-Hye threatened that if North Korea were to start a nuclear war with the United States, their government would be “evaporated off of the face of the earth.” Along with South Korea, the United States is confident that we are fully capable of handling a nuclear war.

[|__http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-202_162-57573516/north-korea-may-be-making-good-on-some-threats/__]

[|__http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapcf/07/08/north.korea.pakistan.letter/index.html__]

3-25-13 North Korea and the United States  As a result of North Korea’s missile tests, China wants to punish them. They have been doing random inspections and tests around the border. Many workers around the border of North Korea are complaining about high prices on goods like oil, and rice. China knows that North Korea can do things that is very unexpected. Beijing has been highly enforcing that the new sanctions against North Korea. Along with these countries, the United States have signed a document saying that they will help South Korea in whatever happens between them and North Korea. North Korea is said to have been creating Cyber plans for an attack. Nobody has figured out who has been creating these groups yet. Last Sunday, there were over 32,000 computers and TVs that were shut down by these "Computer Warriors." These computers and servers were shut down at a major TV network. This may be a major threat for South Korea. South Korea and the US are not releasing much information about what exactly they will do if a war were to break out, but they will surely help defend South Korea. However, South Korea has said that if they are attacked, they will not only attack the ones who are attacking, but the ones who are supporting the North as well. It is said that they Korean war is to return to South Korea in 2015.

http://www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/north-korea-training-teams-of-cyber-warriors-to-conduct-attacks-1.1209783 [|__http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/26/world/asia/us-and-south-korea-sign-plan-to-counter-north.html?_r=0__] [|__http://www.foxnews.com/world/2013/03/23/china-tightens-border-searches-to-punish-north-korea-as-us-asks-for-sterner/__]

Justin Gaukler: Interesting topic, with so much technology in the word today, cyber attacks seem like a a real threat against people. Governments, companies, and normal people use the internet to shop, follow current events, and communicate. If somebody gets a hold of the wrong information, they could really cause some damage.

Blake Gomez: This is an interesting topic, but I can't help but question, is North Korea really capable of doing any major cyber attacks? Most people know that they aren't really as advanced as other areas. There's still reason for concern though if they really are causing any harm to the people.