North Korea Talks Tough As Clinton Raises Stakes

[Purveyor]

Source: Reuters

Sun Jun 7, 2009 11:33pm EDT

By Jack Kim

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea threatened on Monday to retaliate with "extreme" measures if the United Nations punished it for last month's nuclear test, with Washington saying it may put Pyongyang back on its list of states that sponsor terrorism.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Sunday North Korea's recent activities were being scrutinized for evidence of "support for international terrorism," a designation that could subject the impoverished state to more financial sanctions.

The U.N. Security Council may adopt a new resolution as early as this week, but there is clear division among some members over how tough the measures against the reclusive state should be.

"Our response would be to consider sanctions against us as a declaration of war and answer it with extreme hardline measures," the North Korea's official Rodong Sinmun newspaper said in a commentary.

An increasingly aggressive North indicated it was gearing up for fresh moves, issuing a no-sail warning off its east coast up to 260 km (160 miles) off the Wonsan area from where it launched a missile in May and a barrage of short-range missiles in 2006.

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[obliviously]

1. I don't really think we will do anything

I just don't really think anyone cares right now and I don't know why.

[aquart]

2. They ARE doing something.

"Doing" in international relations is very different from national because there is no central authority.

And this is actually China's problem. We're just keeping an oar in the water. Possibly even at China's request. Who knows.

We've made our position clear. But we are also talking to them, which Georgie wouldn't.

TALKING IS GOOD. TALKING IS "DOING."

They made their show of strength to the new administration. We don't back down or away. This is a LOT of "doing."

Try to remember: we do NOT want another war.

[obliviously]

4. We need to shake our finger very hard too

And stamping your foot at the same time would really scare them.

[freedomnorth]

3. Lets remember, north korea was first country UN made agressive war on

[psychopomp]

5. Let's also remember

That war eventually became a war of the US versus the Chinese.