South Korea to Continue Propaganda Broadcasts Directed at North – President

Last week, South Korea resumed anti-Pyongyang broadcasts along the heavily fortified border with North Korea in the first tangible retaliation to the nuclear test.

The official declined to say how many shots were fired.

“Israel condemns North Korea’s nuclear test and joins the global community in expressing concern of the danger that this act poses regional stability and worldwide peace and security”, a foreign ministry statement said.

“North Korea’s propaganda machine is using the nuclear test to glorify Kim’s leadership and describing it as a necessary step to fight against what it calls a U.S.-led attempt to overthrow the North’s system”.

(Kim Hong-ji/Pool Photo via AP). He remembers feeling elated to hear the news that his country had successfully tested such a “big weapon”, he told Reuters.

The UN Security Council condemned the alleged test, adding it would begin work on further anti-Pyongyang measures in a new resolution.

However she recognized that without support from China, which provides key economic support to North Korea, it would be hard to effectively pressure the Kim Jong Un government to halt its nuclear program.

“I do believe China will play a necessary role as a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council”, she said. “If not, it could be part of a scouting mission before North Korea devises a plan to target South Korean loudspeakers”.

“China has repeatedly pledged to stamp out North Korea’s nuclear weapons”, she said.

Relations between China and South Korea have steadily improved under Park and Xi, who has visited the South but not the North. But Beijing has maintained its trade ties and aid delivery to North Korea, so that its nuclear-armed neighbor remains stable.

Her comments came a day before talks scheduled between the nuclear envoys of South Korea and China in Beijing. “North Korea is China’s great security asset”, he said.

The South’s Yonhap News Agency reported that South Korean forces fired about 20 machinegun rounds at the suspected North Korean drone.

Washington and Seoul recently conducted a demonstration of airpower close to the border with the North by flying a nuclear capable U.S. B-52 bomber, brought in from Guam, and a South Korea fighter jet.

While the North has responded with its own broadcasts, it also emerged Wednesday that the reclusive state has adopted another strategy commonly employed by activists south of the border. South Korean military announced Wednesday it has found hundreds of anti-South Korea leaflets n…

That approach is now under scrutiny as Ms. Park seeks strong penalties against North Korea.

North Korea views anti-Pyongyang broadcasts as an insult to its supreme dignity.

North Korea’s “successful” submarine-launched ballistic missile test last month was, in fact, an explosive failure that was not even launched from a submarine, separate expert analyses concluded Wednesday.

Park Geun-hye also warned of possible further action by North Korea, including “cyber terrorism”.

U.S. President Barack Obama did not make any mention of North Korea in his final State of the Union address on Tuesday, despite expectations that he may have a strong message following Pyongyang’s fourth nuclear test last week.

However, South Korea’s Chosun Ilbo points out that Seoul has not been able to get in touch directly with Xi Jinping.