THE OWP | Published December 12, 2024
launch strikes against the South, with an unidentified spokesperson stating that the Defense Ministry has issued a preliminary operation order to artillery and other army units around the South Korean border to get ready to open fire, according to the Independent.
These accusations may be a ploy to allow North Korea to legally increase tensions with South Korea, but regardless, said accusations will lead to an escalation of tensions and possibly violence.
The North is getting ready to incite violence, as seen in the report by the Independent. Since the U.S.-led diplomacy with a mission to end North Korea’s nuclear program fell apart in 2019, North Korea has been increasing its nuclear arsenal and repeatedly threatening to attack South Korea and the United States.
Though experts do say it is unlikely that North Korea will initiate an attack, these accusations may just have added enough fuel to the fire that Pyongyang is ready to strike South Korea.
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SOURCE: www.theowp.org
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People gather outside the National Assembly in Seoul on Dec. 4, 2024, after South Korea President Yoon Suk Yeol declared martial law. South Korea’s President Yoon Suk Yeol on Dec. 3 declared martial law, accusing the opposition of being “anti-state forces” and saying he was acting to protect the country from “threats” posed by the North. Anthony Wallace, AFP
ABS-CBN NEWS | Published December 12, 2024
Pyongyang’s propagandists have been unusually slow in commenting on the political upheaval in South Korea following President Yoon’s martial law fiasco last week.
It took several days before North Korean media lambasted South Korean authorities following the botched martial law attempt
In the week after South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol’s abortive declaration of martial law, Pyongyang was uncharacteristically silent.
Normally, any hints of public dissent aimed at the government in the South are quickly seized upon by North Korean state media as evidence of the corruption and incompetence that blights the South’s democratic system and its leaders.
Between Yoon’s declaration of martial law on the evening of December 3 and Tuesday, however, the North ignored the opportunity to mock its neighbor and ideological rival and to emphasize the superiority of North Korean-style socialism.
Instead, coverage by the state-run Korea Central News Agency (KCNA) has focused on more mundane domestic issues, such as the opening of a condiments factory and a youth group taking part in an “oath-taking meeting.”
Analysts admit they were puzzled at the North’s immediate failure to get in some propaganda jabs, particularly the chance to target Yoon, who has taken a far firmer line against the North than his more liberal predecessor.
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SOURCE: www.abs-cbn.com
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