By North Korea continues to make threats against the civic groups that continue to launch their subversive balloons into North Korea:
The North Korean military on Wednesday threatened to fire aimed shots at targets in South Korea if defector organizations float more balloons carrying propaganda leaflets across the border.
But defector groups were undeterred, pledging to float the balloons from Baeknyeong Island in the West Sea on Friday and Saturday as scheduled to mark the first anniversary of the North’s sinking of the Navy corvette Cheonan. The government says it cannot interfere in the activities of civic groups.
The North’s official KCNA news agency quoted the commander of the North Korean Army’s western frontline district as saying troops are always ready to fire aimed shots at the “bases of anti-North Korean psychological warfare” along the entire frontline. “The troops are prepared to take action any time,” he added. [Chosun Ilbo]
The North Koreans are increasingly making threats to retaliate for the balloon launches, which to me shows they are having a large effect in combating the regime’s propaganda within North Korea. I am sure my favorite North Korean activist group Fighters for A Free North Korea are not intimidated by North Korea’s threats of retaliation against them, but if I was the Korean government I would prepare for North Korea to try something because I don’t think these are idle threats.
3:23 pm on March 26th, 2011 1
Hollow threats. It would be the end of the North Korean dictatorship if they followed through.
4:34 pm on March 26th, 2011 2
Where is Amnesty International to protect the rights of those launching the balloons?
4:46 pm on March 26th, 2011 3
#2,
Amnesty International? Why? They are launching the balloons, aren't they?
5:00 pm on March 26th, 2011 4
The key question is my opinion is IF the North Koreans DO in fact fire artillery at the human rights groups launching the balloon will the South Koreans have the teabags to retaliate unlike their reaction to the Cheonan sinking & the shelling of the South Korean island? As we have seen an essentially non-response to aggression only serves to incite more aggression. Nice guy responses to NK aggression NEVER work.
10:35 pm on March 26th, 2011 5
I think the North Koreans are being silly. They should be aiming their guns instead at anti-Korean ROK Drop site. lol..
3:15 am on March 27th, 2011 6
South Korea is a strong sovereign nation
with no tolerance for Nork provocation.
So the next hostile act
will feel the impact
of enhanced double secret probation.
4:52 pm on March 27th, 2011 7
Chickenhead, you've done it again, lol.
6:39 pm on March 27th, 2011 8
They said my donation was quite opportune
and it came not a moment too soon.
It just took shovels and time
to clean out the slime
from my old condoms they reuse as balloons.