More Korea Threats Thread

A top-ranking North Korean military official has threatened a nuclear strike on the White House and Pentagon after accusing Washington of raising military tensions on the Korean peninsula.

The threat came from Hwang Pyong-So, director of the military's General Political Bureau, during a speech to a large military rally in Pyongyang Sunday on the anniversary of the armistice that ended the 1950-53 Korean War.

Hwang, who holds the rank of vice marshal in the Korean People's Army, said a recent series of South Korea-US military drills, one of which included the deployment of a nuclear-powered US aircraft carrier, had ramped up tensions.

"If the US imperialists threaten our sovereignty and survival... our troops will fire our nuclear-armed rockets at the White House and the Pentagon -- the sources of all evil," Hwang said in his speech broadcast Monday on state television.

It is not the first time that North Korea's bellicose rhetoric has included threats of nuclear strikes on the continental United States and US bases in the Pacific.

But most experts believe it is still a long way from developing a viable intercontinental ballistic missile with the required range.

The North has conducted three nuclear tests, but is not thought to have mastered the miniaturisation techniques necessary for mounting a warhead on a missile.

It does possess a range of short-and mid-range missiles capable of striking South Korea and Japan, and has conducted a series of test firings into the Sea of Japan (East Sea) in recent weeks.

The latest test on Saturday -- guided by the leader Kim Jong-Un -- simulated a short-range missile strike on South Korea where 28,500 US troops are stationed, the North's state media said.

It defied censure by the UN Security Council which officially condemned Pyongyang on July 17 over the recent tests as violations of UN resolutions prohibiting the North from using ballistic missile technology.

Why not just make one so we don't have to make a thread every time North Korea pitches their latest fit

(this source is from MSN.com, so please pardon the obvious spelling and grammar errors. Their reporters are not from the cream of the crop.)

Since we don't have a "catch-all" North Korea thread and multiple necro threads....

Why not just make one so we don't have to make a thread every time North Korea pitches their latest fit.

North Korea threatens to blow up the White House with a nuke, and nobody cares


(this source is from MSN.com, so please pardon the obvious spelling and grammar errors. Their reporters are not from the cream of the crop.)

why not just ignore their pointless saber-rattling?

I'm glad I'm not the only one who notices this.

their copy editor must be high as a kite.

I blame the editors for letting it slide.

A lot of stuff gets jumbled up using cliff notes and shorthand, at which point the editing staff is supposed to look it over for grammatical errors, spelling, sources, objectivity, etc.

At least that's journalism in theory.

Because it's hilarious?

They have a copy editor? I have yet to see proof of that!

Which is why I said "in theory".

I already know MSN has one of the poorest track records for journalism in general. Almost on par with FOX news.

Eh, when it comes to articles, they have a better Grammar Nazi.

They just stopped caring about objectivity, and gave way to political sensationalism and the eccentric over-use of buzzwords to invoke fear into the mentally deficient viewers.

Please, not yet another vi vs emacs thread.

Because it's hilarious?

it is funny, but it hardly warrants a discussion.

Anything warrants a discussion if you can make it so.

Like: How serious can they be?

Or: How serious can they be if they don't put actions into their words?

You'd think even China and Russia would be against them.

China most of all, since that is where most of the refugees would go.

Okay here's a serious question: I know who would steamroll NK if it made any action, but does it actually have any allies in the world? Or more specifically, who would even consider backing them up if they went to war?

Okay here's a serious question: I know who would steamroll NK if it made any action, but does it actually have any allies in the world? Or more specifically, who would even consider backing them up if they went to war?

Okay here's a serious question: I know who would steamroll NK if it made any action, but does it actually have any allies in the world? Or more specifically, who would even consider backing them up if they went to war?

China, but i doubt they would if NK nuked anyone or attacked first. The people there are 100% brainwashed into loving their leader like its their own father. even in homes Kim Jung Il picture is all over the place, their is a very good documentry on netflix about NK if your interested.

And MSN doesn't do that?

I love MSN. It's like a 4-year-old that loves to tell stories. There's something special about a news source where a serious article can be considered a joke.