North Korea has promised a "physical response" to joint US-South Korean military exercises this weekend.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-10736538
"There will be physical response against the steps imposed by the United States, militarily. It is no longer the 19th century which...maintained the gunboat diplomacy," said Ri Tong Il, spokesman for the North Korean delegation at regional security talks in Hanoi.
http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20100723-701983.html
Ri Tong Il, an official with North Korea’s delegation to the Asean Security Forum, told reporters in Hanoi today that the regime is prepared to make a physical response to joint U.S.- South Korean military drills that start July 25.
http://www.businessweek.com/news/20...ot-apologize-for-sinking-of-south-s-ship.html
“There will be physical response against the steps imposed by the United States militarily,” Ri Tong Il, an official with North Korea’s delegation to the Asean Security Forum, told reporters in Hanoi today. The maneuvers, which involve 20 vessels and 200 aircraft, pose a threat to the country’s sovereignty and security, Ri said.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-...-sinking-of-south-s-ship-won-t-apologize.html
“Who are they telling to apologize when the truth of the incident hasn’t come to light,” Ri said. “If anyone should apologize, it should be South Korea, responsible for driving the situation on the Korean peninsula to the brink of an explosion.”
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-...-sinking-of-south-s-ship-won-t-apologize.html
South Korea and the United States have agreed to stage a series of joint naval and air drills starting next week, the Joint Chiefs of Staff in Seoul said Tuesday. The first joint exercise involving the U.S. aircraft carrier USS George Washington will come July 25 in waters off the east coast of the Korean Peninsula. (Xinhua/Ren Zhenglai)
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/world/2010-07/23/c_13411944.htm
North Korea threatens "physical response" to U.S. moves
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE66M10I20100723
..The new U.S. sanctions target North Korea's ruling elite... A North Korean diplomat said the sanctions and plans for U.S. and South Korean large-scale joint military drills would be met with a "physical response."
"There will be physical response to the steps imposed by the United States militarily," Ri Tong-il, a member of Pyongyang's delegation at the security forum, told reporters. The military drills, he said, violated North Korean sovereignty.
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE66M10I20100723
"physical response".....what do you think - bluffing or not bluffing - do you think N. Korea will respond this weekend
keep in mind N.K. is using vague terms, pretty sure on purpose
or maybe N.Korean navy will actually pop off a few warning rounds this weekend, you never know