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[rooster59]

North Korean leader Kim oversaw testing of multiple rocket launchers - KCNA

By Cynthia Kim and Joyce Lee

 

North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un supervises a "strike drill" for multiple launchers and tactical guided weapon into the East Sea during a military drill in North Korea, in this May 4, 2019 photo supplied by the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA). KCNA via REUTERS

 

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea has conducted a "strike drill" for multiple launchers and tactical guided weapons into the East Sea in a military drill supervised by leader Kim Jong Un on Saturday, the North's state media reported on Sunday.

 

The purpose of the drill was to test performance of "large-caliber long-range multiple rocket launchers and tactical guided weapons by defence units," the Korean Central News Agency said, implying that the latest firing was not the long-range ballistic missiles that have been seen as a threat to the United States.

 

Kim gave an order of firing and stressed the need to "increase the combat ability so as to defend the political sovereignty and economic self-sustenance" of North Korea in the face of threats and invasions, the report said.

 

The statement came a day after the latest firing, which analysts interpreted as an attempt to exert pressure on Washington to give ground in negotiations to end the North's nuclear programme after a summit in February ended in failure.

 

"Yes, the tests were the most serious since the end of 2017, but this is largely a warning to Trump that he could lose the talks unless Washington takes partial denuclearisation steps offered by Kim," said Shin Beom-chul, a senior fellow at the Asan Institute for Policy Studies. "A resumption of long-range test could be next unless Kim gets what he wants soon."

 

North Korean had maintained a freeze in nuclear and ballistic missiles testing in place since 2017, which U.S. President Donald Trump has repeatedly pointed out as an important achievement from his engagement with Pyongyang.

 

The latest firing prompted Seoul to call on its communist neighbour to "stop acts that escalate military tension on the Korean Peninsula" on Saturday, while Trump said in a Twitter post that he was still confident he could have a deal with Kim.

 

"I believe that Kim Jong Un fully realizes the great economic potential of North Korea, & will do nothing to interfere or end it," Trump wrote. "He also knows that I am with him & does not want to break his promise to me. Deal will happen!"

 

The projectiles, fired from the east coast city of Wonsan around 9 a.m. (0000 GMT) flew about 70 kms to 200 kms (44-124 miles) in a north-easterly direction, South Korea's Office of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement on Saturday.

 

The South Korean military initially described it as a missile launch, but subsequently gave a vaguer description and said it was conducting joint analysis with the United States of the latest launches.

 

Experts say the projectiles appeared to come from multiple rocket launchers, and were not ballistic missiles.

 

Talks stalled after a second summit between Kim and Trump in Hanoi in February failed to produce a deal to end Pyongyang’s nuclear programme in return for sanctions relief.

 

North Korea demanded Washington to lift the U.S.-led sanctions in return for a partial dismantling of its nuclear weapons programme, while the United States wanted the quick rollback of the North’s entire nuclear weapons programme.

 

The North's last missile launch was in November 2017, when it tested an intercontinental ballistic missile. Soon after that missile test, the North declared that its nuclear force was complete, after which Pyongyang extended an olive branch to the South and the United States.

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2019-05-05

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[RJRS1301]

1. People reduced to 300grms of food per day, (less than the Nazis allowed prisoners of war) and money wasted on warfare, while he and his generals gain weight and riches.
2.  Family members and generals should be very scared with his love a blasting "enemies" to smithereens
3.  A person who makes Idi amin look almost benign  

[Phuketshrew]

56 minutes ago, rooster59 said:

"increase the combat ability so as to defend the political sovereignty and economic self-sustenance"

Economic self-sustenance? There are 10's of millions of people malnourished and starving in North Korea right now.

[Tug]

Hey rjrs1301 carefull you will hurt donalds feelings lol after all dident he say they fell in love lol actually I’m in 100% agreement he is a bad guy on the level of Stalin 

[ballpoint]

46 minutes ago, Tug said:

Hey rjrs1301 carefull you will hurt donalds feelings lol after all dident he say they fell in love lol actually I’m in 100% agreement he is a bad guy on the level of Stalin 

And Kim is the same.

[klauskunkel]

1 hour ago, rooster59 said:

"I believe that Kim Jong Un fully realizes the great economic potential of North Korea, & will do nothing to interfere or end it," Trump wrote. "He also knows that I am with him & does not want to break his promise to me. Deal will happen!"

Kim Jong Un fully realizes that he can do whatever he wants with North Korea's economy, & nothing he does will interfere with his own personal cheese supply. He also knows that he can play up to Uncle Trump's vanities and character flaws and a bit of flattery will easily mend any "broken promises and hearts". 

[Srikcir]

4 hours ago, RJRS1301 said:

1. People reduced to 300grms of food per day, (less than the Nazis allowed prisoners of war) and money wasted on warfare, while he and his generals gain weight and riches.
2.  Family members and generals should be very scared with his love a blasting "enemies" to smithereens
3.  A person who makes Idi amin look almost benign  

4. Who has Trump's backing:

“Really, he’s got a great personality. He’s a funny guy, he’s very smart, he’s a great negotiator. He loves his people, not that I’m surprised by that, but he loves his people. […]

“He has to be a rough guy or he has been a rough person. But we got along very well. He’s smart, loves his people, he loves his country.” http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/trump-gushes-about-kim-jong-uns-intelligence-great-personality

[helpisgood]

20 minutes ago, Srikcir said:

4. Who has Trump's backing:

“Really, he’s got a great personality. He’s a funny guy, he’s very smart, he’s a great negotiator. He loves his people, not that I’m surprised by that, but he loves his people. […]

“He has to be a rough guy or he has been a rough person. But we got along very well. He’s smart, loves his people, he loves his country.” http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/trump-gushes-about-kim-jong-uns-intelligence-great-personality

 Good post!  Thanks!

 

For those who did not link over, you missed the following statement from Maddow, about which I am sure you will find much similar corroborating testimony regarding North Korean concentration camps, which includes human medical experimentation, on the Internet:

 

Maddow:  “Just in the State of the Union address this January, this year, President Trump hosted a North Korean defector – a man who was an amputee who had been tortured in prison, whose father was tortured to death, whose grandmother was starved to death. There’s a reason why no U.S. president has ever agreed to give the North Korean dictatorship what it’s wanted for so long.”

 

Not a "funny guy." 

 

If you are interested, you can google it or go to Wikipedia which has a number of links you can also visit:

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prisons_in_North_Korea

[lannarebirth]

52 minutes ago, helpisgood said:

 Good post!  Thanks!

 

For those who did not link over, you missed the following statement from Maddow, about which I am sure you will find much similar corroborating testimony regarding North Korean concentration camps, which includes human medical experimentation, on the Internet:

 

Maddow:  “Just in the State of the Union address this January, this year, President Trump hosted a North Korean defector – a man who was an amputee who had been tortured in prison, whose father was tortured to death, whose grandmother was starved to death. There’s a reason why no U.S. president has ever agreed to give the North Korean dictatorship what it’s wanted for so long.”

 

Not a "funny guy." 

 

If you are interested, you can google it or go to Wikipedia which has a number of links you can also visit:

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prisons_in_North_Korea

Yes, horrible regime. Yet westill do business with China and Saudi Arabia.

[Skeptic7]

In yo face Don! I know you love me and I love my peeps! Now I gotta go gorge while my beloved peeps starve. Let's hook at Micky D's soon! 

 

L'il Rocket Man 

 

[nausea]

Well, someone has to stand up to the US military machine, I suppose in the (conspicuous) absence of others Kim will have to do.