North Korea Fires On South Korean Island

[superkartracer]

http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/World-News/South-...

Here we go...

[thinfourth2]

Again

[superkartracer]

Bit more serious this time tho!

[Eric Mc]

China will lean on North Korea to back off.

[Westy Pre-Lit]

Goes to empty my bank account.

[Desiato]

Eric Mc said:

China will lean on North Korea to back off.

Let's hope so or I'm on the first ferry out of here to Japan :-D

[ZOLLAR]

Desiato said:

Eric Mc said:

China will lean on North Korea to back off.

Let's hope so or I'm on the first ferry out of here to Japan :-D

So are you close to where its all happening?.

[toast boy]

I'm wondering how far the North Korean provocation can go before serious retaliation? I don't know if there's South Korean acts that are similar that don't get reported as much but it seems that recently North Korea are really trying to push for some kind of response.

[hornetrider]

Oh FFS, I'm supposed to be flying to Beijing on Friday. Less war war please and a bit more jaw jaw

[Desiato]

ZOLLAR said:

Desiato said:

Eric Mc said:

China will lean on North Korea to back off.

Let's hope so or I'm on the first ferry out of here to Japan :-D

So are you close to where its all happening?.

To be fair I'm quite a long way South of there, however SK isn't that big a place overall. There is regularly a bit of sabre rattling apparently but even the locals in the office have all been chatting about it this afternoon.

[ZOLLAR]

Desiato said:

ZOLLAR said:

Desiato said:

Eric Mc said:

China will lean on North Korea to back off.

Let's hope so or I'm on the first ferry out of here to Japan :-D

So are you close to where its all happening?.

To be fair I'm quite a long way South of there, however SK isn't that big a place overall. There is regularly a bit of sabre rattling apparently but even the locals in the office have all been chatting about it this afternoon.

Well hope everything stays safe for you!. As said above hopefully china will have a word with them .

[jmorgan]

Oh eck. One spoilt child and toys out of the pram.

[AJI]

I fail to realise the understanding of the level of stupidity that South Korea keep displaying.

Why continue to do military exercises so close to North Korea territory?
Why the continuous taunting of a country that will be happy to enter conflict at the slightest hint of aggression?

IMO they deserve all they get.

[pugwash4x4]

AJI said:

Why continue to do military exercises so close to North Korea territory?

agreed

AJI said:

Why the continuous taunting of a country that will be happy to enter conflict at the slightest hint of aggression?

not agreed- its not continuous taunting, and N Korea is a bully state and you don't appease a bully by rollling over

[zcacogp]

Dunno about the politics, but the money markets are all over the shop as a result ... could be interesting times ahead on both fronts.


Oli.

[Jonny671]

It says in that article that N.Korea depend highly on China, so won't China just go.. No, stop.. And they'll stop?

[Legend83]

Jonny671 said:

It says in that article that N.Korea depend highly on China, so won't China just go.. No, stop.. And they'll stop?

I would imagine so.

Pretty sure the conversation will be along the lines of "pipe down".

[Martial Arts Man]

AJI said:

I fail to realise the understanding of the level of stupidity that South Korea keep displaying.

Why continue to do military exercises so close to North Korea territory?
Why the continuous taunting of a country that will be happy to enter conflict at the slightest hint of aggression?

IMO they deserve all they get.

Sometimes you have to show your adversary (these two countries are still technically at war I believe) that you have the means to give them more than a bloody nose should they decide to take you on.

The South doesn't have its military ready for action 24/7 for a laugh...

Your response is a bit Chamberlain-esque.

[Alfa numeric]

The subtext on the BBC article is that Kim Jong-Il is poking the south in an attampt to install his son as heir apparent. If he is on the way out let's hope that he doesn't take the peninsula with him.

[Odie]

I seriously dont understand north korea, only a couple of months ago south korea supplied north korea with aid supplies..

Now this, how long will it be before someone in the south snaps and invade.