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Foreign Policy has the

artappraiser — Sun, 07 Apr 2013 20:58:40 +0000

In reply to North Korea crisis: White House hopes 'strategic patience' will pay dividends

Foreign Policy has the lede--TROLL NUMBER UN--on their home page for the following story:

Kim Jong Un is owning the media right now
By John Hudson, Passport @ ForeignPolicy.com, April 4, 2013

Kim Jong Un may be a dangerous, totalitarian man-child, but he knows how to work the press [.....]

China has had

artappraiser — Sun, 07 Apr 2013 20:35:56 +0000

In reply to North Korea crisis: White House hopes 'strategic patience' will pay dividends

China has had enough:

[....] Former U.S. Ambassador to China Jon Huntsman told CNN on Sunday that it was unprecedented for Chinese President Xi Jinping to warn in a recent speech that no country "should be allowed to throw a region and even the whole world into chaos for selfish gain."

"It suggests to me, as I've watched the ratcheting up of frustration among Chinese leaders over the last many years, that they've probably hit the 212-degree boiling point as it relates to North Korea," Huntsman said [....]

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U.S. lawmakers say China has failed to rein in North Korea
By David Morgan, Reuters, April 7, 2013

More here:

Without Mentioning North Korea, a Chinese Call to Avoid ‘Chaos’
By JANE PERLEZ and CHOE SANG-HUN, New York Times, April 7/8, 2013

BOAO, China — In an indirect but clear reference to the North Korean crisis, China’s president, Xi Jinping, said Sunday that no country should be allowed to threaten world peace.

“No one should be allowed to throw a region and even the whole world into chaos for selfish gain,” said Mr. Xi in a speech at an annual regional business forum in Boao, China. Mr. Xi did not name any countries or disputes, but in separate remarks, China’s Foreign Ministry on Sunday repeated its “grave concern” over the rising tensions on the Korean Peninsula.

At the same time, South Korea’s government warned that North Korea might carry out a provocation this week, possibly a missile test, as a way to extract concessions from Washington and Seoul.

As North Korea’s major ally, China has been discomfited by the behavior of the North Korean leader, Kim Jung-un, but it has refrained from making pronouncements that would signal what, if anything, it planned to do to try to curb Pyongyang. [....]

But it is unclear how much China can moderate North Korea’s behavior. The North ignored China’s wishes when it carried out a nuclear test in February. That test led to more United Nations’ economic sanctions — which China agreed to despite reservations about their effectiveness — and set the stage for the North’s latest conflict with the United States and South Korea.

The South Korean government’s latest warning came three days after its defense minister said that the North had moved a missile with a “considerable range” its east coast, although it is not capable of reaching the mainland United States.

Kim Jang-soo, director of national security for President Park Geun-hye of South Korea, said during a meeting of security-related officials on Sunday that the North “may launch a provocation, such as missile launch,” around Wednesday. The missile that was moved is widely believed to be the Musudan, which the South Korean military and analysts say has the range to hit not only South Korea and Japan, but also American bases in Guam.

“North Korea has been engaged in a so-called headline strategy,” Kim Jang-soo said, referring to an almost daily drumbeat of North Korean threats since early March and the news stories they have generated. [....]

and here:

China warns against Asia troublemakers
By Jamil Anderlini in Bo’ao, Hainan, Financial Times, April 7, 2013

China’s President Xi Jinping has said no country should be allowed to throw Asia into chaos, following weeks of escalating tensions on the Korean peninsula and threats from the nuclear-armed North Korea of an imminent attack on the US and its allies.

Mr Xi issued the veiled rebuke of China’s North Korean ally in a speech on Sunday at a Chinese business forum attended by dozens of national leaders from Asia, Africa and Europe [....]

Maybe North Korea is shorting

Resistance — Sat, 06 Apr 2013 04:38:29 +0000

In reply to Note the summary

Maybe North Korea is shorting the market? With every bad report the stock market tanks.

Note the summary

artappraiser — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 17:04:49 +0000

In reply to North Korea crisis: White House hopes 'strategic patience' will pay dividends

Note the summary sentence:

DPRK missile move escalates tension
CNTV.cn & Xinhuanet/English.news.cn 2013-04-05 12:41:53

BEIJING, April 5 -- According to the DPRK’s Central News Agency, the country’s military says it’s only a matter of time before war breaks out. Meanwhile, South Korea and Japan are now on high alert. They are keeping close eyes on the DPRK’s military, especially its missile deployment.

The DPRK has moved a missile with a considerable range to its east coast. Media in South Korea and Japan quickly spread the report. However, there are conflicting accounts about the missile’s range.

Japan’s Asahi Shimbun said the missile could be a long-range KN-08 missile. If operable, it could hit the US mainland. South Korea’s defense minister Kim Kwan-Jin dismissed the reports.

Kim Kwan-Jin said, "The missile dispatched by the DPRK doesn’t look like the KN-08, but it can travel a considerable range."

That could refer to a mobile DPRK missile known as the Musudan. It’s believed to have a range of 3,000 kilometers. That would make Japan and South Korea potential targets, along with US military facilities on the Guam Island. But there are doubts about the missile’s accuracy. [.....]

Reports of the missile movement came hours after the DPRK’s military warned it had been authorized to attack the US using "smaller, lighter and diversified" nuclear weapons.

Analysts say the threats are probably meant to win softer response from South Korea and diplomatic talks with Washington.