Image via Wikipedia North Korean officials have stopped short of an outright threat against the United States, but the implication is there. North Korea sees US plans to conduct joint naval training exercises with South Korea as an act of aggression. The training was scheduled in July but was postponed to Sunday.
“The North’s state-run Korean Central News Agency also issued new warnings about its response to planned joint United States-South Korea naval exercises in the Yellow Sea off North Korea, which will include an American aircraft carrier.
“If the U.S. brings its carrier to the West Sea of Korea at last, no one can predict the ensuing consequences,” the report said, using the Korean name for the Yellow Sea. The drills, which are to begin Sunday, have angered both North Korea and its protector, China, stirring intense speculation in the South Korean news media of whether the North will respond violently,” according to The New York Times.
“If the U.S. brings its carrier to the West Sea of Korea at last, no one can predict the ensuing consequences,” the report said, using the Korean name for the Yellow Sea. The drills, which are to begin Sunday, have angered both North Korea and its protector, China, stirring intense speculation in the South Korean news media of whether the North will respond violently,” according to The New York Times.
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has made few public statements on the Korean attacks since violence erupted on Monday. State Department spokesman PJ Crowley told reporters on Friday that Secretary Clinton has condemned North Korea’s behavior by calling it “unacceptable.” No details have been released on the role of the U.S. should the North Korean’s continue on a path of aggression.
China has been viewed by diplomatic channels as the most influential source for peacemaking between North and South Korea. However, if the North Korean’s fire on a U.S. warship during a training exercise, it is unclear exactly how the America will respond.
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