North Korean soldiers defect to China fueling fears of imminent military clash
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[release]An upsurge in the number of North Korean soldiers defecting into China fuelled fears of food shortages and an imminent military clash.
Previously considered to be among the regime's most important assets, the North Korean People's Army has always been well provisioned in order to ensure the troops remain loyal.
But a poor harvest and the disastrous revaluation of the North Korean currency in November of last year has worsened the nation's already dire economic straits.
Defectors have claimed that they were required to survive on noodles made of ground corn and that meat or fish were a luxury, a journalist for Japan's Asahi Shimbun reported from the Chinese city of Shenyang.
On one stretch of the border, Chinese troops apprehended five North Korean soldiers in May alone. Prior to the sinking of the South Korean corvette Cheonan in March, allegedly by a torpedo fired from a North Korean submarine, it was rare for troops to be taken into custody on the Chinese side of the Yalu River.
The defectors have claimed that senior members of the party and the armed forces were stockpiling provisions, another indication that the regime is steeling itself for a military confrontation.
"In the past there have been cases of North Korean troops crossing the border and plundering Chinese farms for their food, which they then took back to their posts in the North," Kim Sang-hun, a human rights activist in Seoul, told The Daily Telegraph.
However, these soldiers chose to return to the North with the supplies.
Robert Dujarric, a professor of international relations specialising in North-East Asia, said the situation in North Korea was "very bad" at present, due to the poor harvest, but a more dramatic indicator of the scale of the problem would be if military officers or members of elite military units opted to follow in the footsteps of these soldiers.
The defectors apprehended by the Chinese were reportedly returned to North Korea, where they face execution.[/release]
This can't end well.
Why would anyone want to leave the Peoples Republic of Best Korea?
north korea will never become a world superpower
sorry, crysis and homefront
[quote]The defectors apprehended by the Chinese were reportedly returned to North Korea, where they face execution. [/quote] Wow, China is an asshole.
Oh dear, not even North Korea is allied with North Korea anymore.
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[QUOTE=Mr. Someguy;23307473]Wow, China is an asshole.[/QUOTE]
How is China the asshole? North Korea is the one executing them. China just returned them, they can't let them stay there are laws that prevent it.
[QUOTE=Cluckin_Bell;23307871]I caught that. Don't even bother editing.[/QUOTE]That was intended, you thicko.
Why the fuck is China giving the defectors back?
[QUOTE=Schmaaa;23307942]Why the fuck is China giving the defectors back?[/QUOTE]
Because even they know that North Korea is Best Korea
[QUOTE=Schmaaa;23307942]Why the fuck is China giving the defectors back?[/QUOTE]
It doesn't want some Kim-Jong cultists flooding the country.
[QUOTE=Mr. Someguy;23307473]Wow, China is an asshole.[/QUOTE]
unfortunately this is standard treatment for north korean escapees
it's why many north koreans travel through china to the south korean embassy in vietnam
if they are caught in china they are sent back
[QUOTE=Telepethi;23307989]Because even they know that North Korea is Best Korea[/QUOTE]
and this.
Hey Kim, your gigantic military won't be much good if you don't feed them. Idiot.
[QUOTE=Zeke129;23308240]Hey Kim, your gigantic military won't be much good if you don't feed them. Idiot.[/QUOTE]
But they don't need food! All they need is the glorious inspiration of our glorious leader Kim-Jong Il!
[QUOTE=Schmaaa;23307942]Why the fuck is China giving the defectors back?[/QUOTE]
China was always concerned about north korean refugees, who in the event of a war between north and south korea, would flood the chinese region of manchuria. China would rather have north koreans live in korea then in their country.
Hopefully they both will do some major damage to each other.
[QUOTE=SteelReal;23308520]Hopefully they both will do some major damage to each other.[/QUOTE]
Yes, let's have lots of people die. It's ok though, because neither China or North Korea is on our side.
[QUOTE=SteelReal;23308520]Hopefully they both will do some major damage to each other.[/QUOTE]
NK wouldn't last a day against China.
What "major damage" you're talking about is non-existent.
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[QUOTE=PrismatexV8;23308547]Yes, let's have lots of people die. It's ok though, because neither China or North Korea is on our side.[/QUOTE]
if it ain no democracy er amurican, it aint frum amurica and it aint with me. fuck yeah :patriot:
[QUOTE=SteelReal;23308520]Hopefully they both will do some major damage to each other.[/QUOTE]
In another thread I said that the American economy will eventually stabilize despite the national debt getting larger and larger
Well that was entirely dependant on China's continued existence. If something happens to them, it'll be 1930 all over again. Except this time, you won't get out of it.
[QUOTE=Gmod_Fan77;23308560]NK wouldn't last a day against China.
What "major damage" you're talking about is non-existent.
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if it ain no democracy er amurican, it aint frum amurica and it aint with me. fuck yeah :patriot:[/QUOTE]
I'm just saying that both countries are major threats to the world and it would be nice if they both hurt each other in some way if there was a conflict. Of course I know that China would obliterate North Korea.
[QUOTE=SteelReal;23308520]Hopefully they both will do some major damage to each other.[/QUOTE]
Go watch Fox News some more.
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[QUOTE=SteelReal;23308651]I'm just saying that both countries are major threats to the world and it would be nice if they both hurt each other in some way if there was a conflict. Of course I know that China would obliterate North Korea.[/QUOTE]
No better yet go jack off to Red Dawn.
[QUOTE=SteelReal;23308651]I'm just saying that both countries are major threats to the world and it would be nice if they both hurt each other in some way if there was a conflict.[/QUOTE]
hell yeah! lets kill all dem filty commienists pigs, cuz ther steelin er democratic ways n beliefs! IF UR A COMMIE ER AINT AN DEMOCRACY U AINT A HUMAN, FUCK YEAH! :patriot: :patriot:
What a bunch of fucking pussies, eat grass and sleep with you ak.
[QUOTE=Gmod_Fan77;23308685]hell yeah! lets kill all dem filty commienists pigs, cuz ther steelin er democratic ways n beliefs! IF UR A COMMIE ER AINT AN DEMOCRACY U AINT A HUMAN, FUCK YEAH! :patriot: :patriot:[/QUOTE]
Just a question, when did I ever mention that I disliked Communism?
[QUOTE=SteelReal;23308785]Just a question, when did I ever mention that I disliked Communism?[/QUOTE]
The libertarian avatar was a clue
I like Communism. :3
[QUOTE=Zeke129;23308824]The libertarian avatar was a clue[/QUOTE]
So because I decide to affiliate my self with a political party I'm automatically restrained to what the majority of the group believes?
[QUOTE=SteelReal;23308895]So because I decide to affiliate my self with a political party I'm automatically restrained to what the majority of the group believes?[/QUOTE]
Well typically when you affiliate yourself with a political party you tend to follow those beliefs, if you didn't oh maybe you belong in another party?
[QUOTE=SteelReal;23308895]So because I decide to affiliate my self with a political party I'm automatically restrained to what the majority of the group believes?[/QUOTE]
Yes.
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