North
Korea Threatens China With "Grave
Consequences"
Over
"Betrayal"
3
May, 2017
Earlier
this morning we reported that according to Korea Times, China
had allegedly sent North Korea what amount to a final warning over
its military provocations. The
rumor cited the May issue of Hong Kong monthly news outlet Dong
Xiang. It said a Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs junior minister
invited Park Myung-ho, an official of North Korea, for a meeting.
China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi attended the meeting and asked his
junior to read aloud the warning to the North over the nuclear test.
The memorandum mentioned that China will condemn strongly, pull back
on all economic cooperation and even blockade North Korea if it
conducted the test.
It didn't take
Korea long to respond...
I
n an almost
unprecedented criticism of China on Wednesday, North Korea's state
media said Chinese state media commentaries calling for tougher
sanctions over Pyongyang's nuclear program were undermining relations
with Beijing and worsening tensions. As
Reuters reports, a
commentary carried by the official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA)
slammed China’s "insincerity
and betrayal," referring
to recent commentaries in China's People's Daily and Global Times
newspapers, which it said were "widely known as media speaking
for the official stand of the Chinese party and government."
The response was terse
and aggressive...
"A string of absurd and reckless remarks are now heard from China every day only to render the present bad situation tenser."
"China had better ponder over the grave consequences to be entailed by its reckless act of chopping down the pillar of the DPRK-China relations,"
The KCNA commentary
charged that the Chinese
articles had attempted to shift the blame to Pyongyang for
"deteriorated relations" between
China and North Korea and U.S. deployment of strategic assets to the
region. It also accused
China of "hyping up" damage caused
by North Korean nuclear tests to China's three northeastern
provinces.
Chinese state media calls
for North Korea to dismantle its nuclear program were "a wanton
violation of the independent and legitimate rights, dignity and
supreme interests" of North Korea and constituted "an
undisguised threat to an honest-minded neighboring country which has
a long history and tradition of friendship," it said.
North Korea's "media"
responded by explaining that the nuclear
program was needed for the "existence and development" of
the country and "can never be changed nor shake."
The bottom line is that
the window for threading a diplomatic solution, brokered by China, is
closing rapidly...
"The DPRK will never beg for the maintenance of friendship with China."
China
Reportedly Issues
Final Warning To North
Korea
3
May, 2017
With
President Trump placing his faith in China's ability to keep its
neighbor under
control - through threats, promises, or oil embargoes
- it appears, according to
unconfirmed rumors spreading widely on Chinese social media Tuesday, that
North
Korea just got its final warning.
As
Korea Times reports, Chinese
news outlets have previously said Beijing could turn its back on
Pyongyang if the latter conducted a sixth nuclear test. But the rumor
that China has given North Korea a final warning has drawn particular
interest from Weibo users.
China
has sent a final warning to North Korea over its military
provocations.
The
rumor cited the May issue of Hong Kong monthly news outlet Dong
Xiang
It said a Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs junior minister invited Park Myung-ho, an official of North Korea, for a meeting. China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi attended the meeting and asked his junior to read aloud the warning to the North over the nuclear test.
The memorandum mentioned that China will condemn strongly, pull back on all economic cooperation and even blockade North Korea if it conducted the test.
A
Chinese netizen said: "Maybe
the bond between the nations is not that strong as we thought. North
Korea is completely surrounded by enemies now."
The
Chinese government did not provide any explanation or correction to
the rumor, but this follows reports ofChina's
embassy warning citizens in North Korea to "return home" as
fears grow of escalation with the US.
Korea
Times Newspaper:
China issues "final warning"
to North
Korea
3
May, 2017
The
Korea Times newspaper is publicly reporting that China has sent a
final
warning to North Korea over its military provocations, citing
unconfirmed rumors
spreading widely on Chinese social media "WEIBO"
Tuesday.
Chinese
news outlets have previously said Beijing could turn its back on
Pyongyang if the latter conducted a sixth nuclear test. But the rumor
that China
has given North Korea a final warning has drawn particular
interest from Weibo u
sers.
The
rumor cited the May issue of Hong Kong monthly news outlet Dong
Xiang. It
said a Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs junior minister
invited Park Myung-ho,
an official of North Korea, for a meeting.
China’s
Foreign Minister Wang Yi attended the meeting and asked his junior to
read aloud the warning to the North over the nuclear test. The
memorandum
mentioned that China will condemn strongly, pull back on
all economic
cooperation and even blockade North Korea if it
conducted the test.
A
Chinese netizen said: “Maybe the bond between the nations is not
that strong
as we thought. North Korea is completely surrounded by
enemies now.”
The
Chinese government did not provide any explanation or correction to
the
rumor.
SuperStation95
has confirmed that the government of China "declines to explain
or correct" the rumor. This fact is a stunning development
because China tightly c
ontrols media outlets. For them to "decline
to explain or correct" is tantamount to
confirming the validity
of the information without losing face or causing North
Korea to lose
face.
In Latest Warning To North
Korea, USReleases Video Of
Overnight Minuteman III ICBM
Launch
3
May, 2017
As previewed
last night,
this morning the US Air Force confirmed that another unarmed
Minuteman III ICBM missile capable of sending a nuclear bomb across
the world was launched early on Wednesday from California's
Vanderberg Air Force base, in what was a second clear signal of
nuclear deterrence aimed squarely at North Korea and took place one
week after the US
test fired another ICBM under
identical circumstances.
The
unarmed Minuteman 3 intercontinental ballistic missile blasted off
from a silo at 12:02 a.m. from Vandenberg Air Force Base and
delivered a single re-entry vehicle to a target approximately 4,200
miles away at Kwajalein Atoll in the Pacific Ocean, the Air Force
Global Strike Command said. The test, which reprotedly took 10 months
to plan, was the latest designed "to check the readiness and
accuracy of a weapon system that forms part of the U.S. nuclear
force" but in reality was the second strong message sent to Kim
Jong-Un in the span of one week.
Airmen from Malmstrom and Vandenberg Air Force bases conducted an operational test launch of an unarmed Minuteman III missile. The test launch used an intercontinental ballistic missile pulled randomly from a silo on Malmstrom Air Force Base, which was then transported and reassembled at Vandenberg, and launched by crew members from the 341st Missile Wing. The ICBM was equipped with a single test reentry vehicle, and traveled approximately 4,200 miles to a test range near the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands. These ICBM test launches verify the accuracy and reliability of the weapon system, providing valuable data to ensure a safe, secure and effective nuclear deterrent.
It
also released the following
video of the ICBM launch,
which we are confident will be closely watched by everyone in the Kim
Jong-Un administration.
AŃmidst Accusations Directed against
The purpose of the ICBM test launch program is to validate and verify the
effectiveness, readiness, and accuracy of the weapon system.”
Message
to Korea? US
launches 2nd Minuteman III
ballistic missile in 7 days
Propaganda from CNN
Activity reported at N.Korea
nuclear test site
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