Posted by Matt in January 11th, 2008
The report says its unnamed Chinese sources see North Korea as stable for the moment, “but they worry that the potential for instability may grow.”
Meanwhile, U.S. and South Korean military planners were scheduled to complete by the end of 2007 a contingency plan for controlling the spread of weapons of mass destruction and dealing with refugees fleeing North Korea in the event of a collapse, according to an article in the January/February issue of the U.S. Army journal Military Review.
To beat China to the punch, joint planners should go farther and prepare for a South Korean occupation of the North, argues the author, Army Capt. Jonathan Stafford.
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