North Korean hackers may have stolen US war plans | World news | guardian.co.uk

Posted by Matt in December 18th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Koreas, cyber-attack, Download Hackers, Guardian Co Uk, Guardian Uk, Hostile Hands, Korean Peninsula, Korean War, News Uk, North Korean, Peninsula South, seoul, South Korean, South-Korea, Usb Memory Stick, War News, World News

Files outline South Korea and Washington’s strategy in event of war on the peninsula
South Korea’s military is investigating a cyber attack in which North Korean hackers may have stolen secret defence plans outlining Seoul and Washington’s strategy in the event of war on the Korean peninsula.
The highly sensitive information, codenamed Oplan 5027, may have found [...]

What Would Happen if North Korea Attacked? – CBS Evening News – CBS News

Posted by Matt in December 16th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Koreas, War, Black Hole, Cbs, Cbs Evening News, Cbs News, Gap, Korea News, Korean Peninsula, North-Korea, Satellite Photo

A nighttime satellite photo of the Korean Peninsula reveals the stunning gap between the modern South and the black hole that is North Korea. How can a country which can barely keep the lights on even think about starting a war?
“If the North starts anything, the North loses and I believe that firmly,” said John [...]

Top China Advisor Worried Over Nuclear-Armed N. Korea

Posted by Matt in October 25th, 2009 | no comment

Published in China, Koreas, Belief That, China, Chinese Government, Chinese Publication, Korean Peninsula, Launch, Magnitude, Military Superiority, North-Korea, Risk

In an alarming analysis in an official Chinese publication, a senior advisor to the Chinese government expects North Korea to launch a war on the South in the belief that it has overwhelming military superiority.
In the magazine, Zhang wrote that the world underestimates the magnitude of the risk on the Korean Peninsula.
Posted on 7/12/2009.

Top China [...]

World’s still spinning with danger

Posted by Matt in June 17th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Conflict, U.S., Afghanistan, Al-Qaeda, Challenges, Countries, Dangerous Place, Defense Spending, Forefront, iraq, Korean Peninsula, North-Korea, Peace And Stability, Risk, Rogue States, Spinning

America’s complacent at own risk
The world remains a dangerous place, populated with countries that could hold U.S. interests at risk. The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and against al-Qaeda must be at the forefront in defense spending and planning, but we also need a balanced force that can address emerging conventional and strategic challenges from [...]

Will the North fire at South Korean targets?

Posted by Matt in June 3rd, 2009 | no comment

Published in Conflict, Koreas, Border Area, Fire Missiles, Guns, Korean Peninsula, Missile Launches, North Korean, Nuclear Test, Retaliation, South Border, South Koreans, Targets, Yellow Sea

Opinion: Watch for action during crabbing season in the waters off the Korean peninsula.
Expect North Korean naval and land forces to fire missiles and guns in coming days at South Korean targets in a disputed north-south border area in the Yellow Sea, killing some South Koreans and suffering a measured military retaliation.
After threatening the South [...]

North Korean threatens US, South Korean shipping

Posted by Matt in May 27th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Koreas, Escalation, Korean Peninsula, Korean War, Military Strikes, Naval Clash, North Korean, North-Korea, Nuclear Test, pyongyang, seoul, Shipping, ships, South Korean, South-Korea, Tensions, Truce, weapons, West Coast

North Korea threatened military strikes on U.S. and South Korean ships and renounced a 1953 truce halting the Korean War fighting — an escalation of tensions in the wake of Pyongyang’s nuclear test.
The threats Wednesday followed Seoul’s decision to join more than 90 nations in stopping and inspecting ships suspected of transporting banned weapons, and [...]

Russia fears Korea conflict could go nuclear – Ifax

Posted by Matt in May 27th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Koreas, Nuclear, Russia, Flares, Korea, Korean Peninsula, Measures, Military Conflict, Military Efforts, North-Korea, Nuclear Weapons, Russia

“We are not talking about stepping up military efforts but rather about measures in case a military conflict, perhaps with the use of nuclear weapons, flares up on the Korean Peninsula,” he added. The official did not elaborate further.
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Could China and India go to war over Tibet?

Posted by Matt in March 12th, 2009 | no comment

Published in China, Conflict, India, War, Asia, Border Conflict, China, Chinese Propaganda, Contrary, Dispensation, India Indian, India Ranks, Korean Peninsula, Mohan, Nexus, Raja, Relationship, Relative Tranquility, Role Plays, Strategist, Taiwan Strait, Tensions, Tibet

This is the role Tibet’s dispensation plays in the conflict between China and India. Indian strategist C. Raja Mohan puts it bluntly: “When there is relative tranquility in Tibet, India and China have reasonably good relations. When Sino-Tibetan tensions rise, India’s relationship with China heads south.” Although not widely recognized in the West, the nexus [...]