South Korea resumes propaganda broadcasts into the North

North Korea then threatened to attack the loudspeakers and put its military on what it called a “semi-war” footing, moving more troops to the border.

In preparation for a potential assault through cyberspace, South Korea’s military has deployed more cyber defense agents, according to South Korea’s Yonhap News Agency.

North Korea views the broadcasts as an insult to the country’s leadership and an act of war. North Korean military forces often compete to show their loyalty to the leader.

North Korea’s declaration that it had tested a hydrogen bomb for the first ti…

John Kerry, the US Secretary of State, has urged China to get tough with North Korea after Pyongyang reportedly conducted a nuclear test earlier this week.

The UN Security Council held an emergency session and pledged to swiftly pursue new sanctions against North Korea, saying its test was a “clear violation” of previous UN resolutions.

Meanwhile, pressure was mounting in Washington for congressional action to punish North Korea.

He told reporters that China said nothing in the meeting beyond its “standard” comments on North Korea’s nuclear situation.

Now former US Army psychological warfare officer Scott Bennett tells Press TV that the United States may have inflated North Korea’s claim of an H-bomb test for any future response on the part of Washington. “As of Yesterday morning, “sniffer” planes and other sensors had yet to detect any evidence, such as particles in the air, that would substantiate the North Korean assertion that it had set off an H-Bomb, a U.S. government source said”. In the past, similar broadcasts have angered North Korea.

The August talks produced statements in which Pyongyang said it would end its threat to fire artillery at South Korea and expressed “regret” for August 4 mine explosions that maimed two South Korean soldiers. Its prime minister, Shinzo Abe, agreed with US President Barack Obama in a telephone call that a firm global response was needed, the White House said.

“The two leaders also… agreed that the North should pay the appropriate price for the latest nuclear test and vowed to closely cooperate to have a strong resolution adopted at the UN Security Council”, it added.

China is “firmly opposed to North Korea’s fourth nuclear test” and it “will never accept North Korea as a nuclear-possessing country”, Wu also said during the conversation, pledging that he will continue with the goal of denuclearizing the Korean Peninsula.

Rejecting criticism that the United States had neglected the North Korean threat while focused on halting Iran’s nuclear program, Mr Kerry said China – Pyongyang’s sole major ally – had taken the lead on the issue.