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Saturday, August 11, 2012

North Korea Terror Threat

N.Korean Terror Threat Should Not Be Taken Lightly

North Korea on Tuesday threatened to "hunt down" defectors as well as South Korean activist Kim Young-hwan, who was released recently after being detained in a Chinese prison for 114 days for helping them.

"We will in the future, too, never allow those abductors, terrorists and saboteurs who dare hurt the dignity of the supreme leadership of [North Korea], encroach upon its sovereignty and threaten the safety of its people to go scot-free even by scouring all parts of the earth," the Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of the Fatherland said in an English-language statement.

The North singled out as targets Kim Sung-min of Radio Free North Korea, Park Sang-hak of activist group Fighters for Free North Korea, Cho Myong-chol, a defector who became a Saenuri Party lawmaker, and Kim.

Chapter 7 of the UN Charter defines terrorism as "the existence of any threat to the peace, breach of the peace, or act of aggression." If an actual act of terror occurs, the UN Security Council passes a resolution and punishes the group that is responsible for that act. No fewer than 13 international conventions prohibit terrorism and require countries to impose sanctions against groups that commit it. But North Korea, which is a member of the UN, has pointed out specific South Korean citizens as targets of terrorism.(Click on the title to read full article from Chosun Ilbo)

1 comment:

  1. Bill McGraw, Apr 69--Feb 70August 12, 2012 at 1:30 AM

    The UN, being gutless, does nothing about threats, certainly not genocide as in Seria. The best for NK threats is for UN and ROK troops to keep killing their soldiers infiltrating the South and to sink their submarines and surface ships when seen in sensitive areas outside of the 12 mile limit. We ought to start shooting down all of their aircraft in the Sea of Japan to get even for the EC-121 that was shot down Apr '69, and keep their aircraft from operating there.

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