Korea leader calls for Chinese help to punish North Korea

Why would North Korea fake a nuclear test? It remains unclear if North Korea has developed a nuclear device small enough to mount on a missile.

“Whoever comes into office about a year from now is going to be dealing with an exponentially worse problem than we are dealing with today”, said Cha.

Tensions continued to escalate on the Korean Peninsula Wednesday, as the South opened fire after a drone infiltrated from the North.

“I am certain that China is very well aware if such a strong will isn’t followed by necessary steps, we will not be able to stop the North’s fifth and sixth nuclear tests and we can not guarantee true peace and stability”, Park said.

She vowed to make every effort to ensure the United Nations Security Council pass the strongest resolution it can to punish the isolated regime. And shd added, “I believe that China will play a crucial role as a permanent member of the UN Security Council”. Beijing’s long-stated preference for dialogue – namely, a resumption of the Six Party Talks – over sanctions has not changed.

Relations between North and South Korea escalated since Pyongyang’s January 6 hydrogen bomb test. While experts have cast doubt on the test’s authenticity, several states have called for new sanctions against the country.

CNN reported on Monday from North Korea that it had been given access to a man claiming to be an American, who identified himself as Kim Dong Chul, and who said he had been arrested in North Korea on spying charges.

Park defended her decision to resume anti-Kim Jong Un loudspeaker broadcasts along the border against charges that they are ineffective or overly provocative. Such leafleting, however, by the North is still rare, though South Korean activists occasionally send anti-Pyongyang leaflets in balloons across the border.

North Korea’s United Nations mission circulated a report Wednesday from the country’s news agency saying North Korean scientists and technicians “are in high spirit to detonate H-bombs… capable of wiping out the whole territory of the USA all at once as it persistently moves to stifle the DPRK”.

South Korea’s President Park Geun-hye answers questions during a press conference in Seoul, on J …

South Korean financial regulators met computer security officials at 16 banks and financial institutions and urged vigilance in the face of possible cyberattacks by North Korea, although none has been detected.

She said that in 2015, she wanted to give hope to young people by drawing a conclusion to the Three-way Deal, but because of the National Assembly’s political strife, all bills related to that comprise are now pending.

Republicans who have criticized Obama’s foreign policy as feckless used the timing of the vote to demonstrate that they are taking swift action to deal with threats to the USA while the president procrastinates. Park also stressed that the USA nuclear umbrella still covers South Korea, that there is no need for tactical nuclear weapons in the South. South Korean army soldiers gather to search for suspected North Korean leaflets in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2016.

His analysis is echoed by the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies (CNS), which cited two frames of video from North Korea’s state media where flames engulf the missile and small parts of its body break away.

Beijing is seen as North Korea’s diplomatic and economic protector and although China criticized Pyongyang’s nuclear test, experts fear that Beijing may not go too far against North Korea.