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Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words won’t break tensions with North Korea.
That may have been the lesson for U.S. Sen. John McCain (or perhaps not) a week after he said on national television Kim Jong Un is a “crazy fat kid” who needs to be controlled.
North Korea responded Wednesday, accusing McCain of offending the country’s “supreme dignity.”
Pyongyang also made similar statements against Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, for proposing to relist North Korea as a state sponsor of terrorism.
McCain made the fat joke as an aside, while criticizing China for not pushing North Korea harder with sanctions that could compel Kim to give up his nuclear weapons.
The senator may be onto something. According to Chinese customs data, North Korea coal exports to China increased dramatically in February, or up 43 percent year-on-year.
China also sees nothing wrong with cooperating on a new air route between the border city of Dandong and Pyongyang, which began operating on Tuesday, according to KCNA.
The ultimate goal of sanctions, of course, is to stop North Korea’s nuclear threats, but Pyongyang isn’t listening.
South Korea’s military said Thursday it is ready to deal with a “different kind of test,” which one expert has suggested could consist of simultaneous tests of plutonium and uranium bombs.
Looming threats prompted the U.S. State Department to confirm readiness to block North Korea attacks, whether they are headed for the United States, Korea or Japan.
The U.S. alliance is highly valued in Tokyo and Seoul, but some Japanese politicians want to take matters into their own hands, and let their country develop its own strike capability against North Korea military bases.
In South Korea, the air force is expected to deploy upgraded tactical transporters, four Lockheed C-130 Hercules, which could mean the military is one step closer to carrying out a plan to assassinate the North Korean leader, in the event of an attack.
While Seoul’s military plans to target one leader, a former Korean leader who was removed with due process of law was arrested and jailed early Friday.
Former President Park Geun-hye, charged with abusing her power, is likely to be remembered as the last conservative leader of South Korea for the remainder of the decade.
Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words won’t break tensions with North Korea.
That may have been the lesson for U.S. Sen. John McCain (or perhaps not) a week after he said on national television Kim Jong Un is a “crazy fat kid” who needs to be controlled.
North Korea responded Wednesday, accusing McCain of offending the country’s “supreme dignity.”
Pyongyang also made similar statements against Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, for proposing to relist North Korea as a state sponsor of terrorism.
McCain made the fat joke as an aside, while criticizing China for not pushing North Korea harder with sanctions that could compel Kim to give up his nuclear weapons.
The senator may be onto something. According to Chinese customs data, North Korea coal exports to China increased dramatically in February, or up 43 percent year-on-year.
China also sees nothing wrong with cooperating on a new air route between the border city of Dandong and Pyongyang, which began operating on Tuesday, according to KCNA.
The ultimate goal of sanctions, of course, is to stop North Korea’s nuclear threats, but Pyongyang isn’t listening.
South Korea’s military said Thursday it is ready to deal with a “different kind of test,” which one expert has suggested could consist of simultaneous tests of plutonium and uranium bombs.
Looming threats prompted the U.S. State Department to confirm readiness to block North Korea attacks, whether they are headed for the United States, Korea or Japan.
The U.S. alliance is highly valued in Tokyo and Seoul, but some Japanese politicians want to take matters into their own hands, and let their country develop its own strike capability against North Korea military bases.
In South Korea, the air force is expected to deploy upgraded tactical transporters, four Lockheed C-130 Hercules, which could mean the military is one step closer to carrying out a plan to assassinate the North Korean leader, in the event of an attack.
While Seoul’s military plans to target one leader, a former Korean leader who was removed with due process of law was arrested and jailed early Friday.
Former President Park Geun-hye, charged with abusing her power, is likely to be remembered as the last conservative leader of South Korea for the remainder of the decade.
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