Spanningen op het Koreaanse schiereiland #2

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S. Korea warns North will 'pay the price' for alleged H-bomb test



South Korea’s military has increased its monitoring of North Korea after the state claimed a successful test of a miniaturized hydrogen device. The fourth nuclear test by Pyongyang was condemned by leading nations.

Seoul has denounced the alleged hydrogen bomb test as a violation of UN Security Council resolutions, claiming that it will seek to cooperate with regional partners and make North Korea pay a price for its provocation.



"North Korea's provocation is in clear violation of Security Council resolutions and a serious challenge to international peace and security," Vice Foreign Minister Lim Sung-nam said during an emergency meeting of ministry officials, according to Yonhap.

President Park Geun-hye chaired an emergency National Security Council session. In remarks published on her website the president said the country will take decisive measures against any additional provocations by North Korea and work with the international community to make sure Pyongyang pays the price for its latest test.

The Bank of Korea has convened an emergency meeting of its monetary policy board.

In a “special and important” announcement at noon, North Korean TV claimed that the country had successfully detonated a miniature hydrogen bomb, marking the country’s fourth known nuclear test. The announcement followed the detection of an “artificial seismic event” in the vicinity of a known Pyongyang nuclear site.

Mastering a hydrogen nuclear device would be a major breakthrough for North Korea. The technology allows scaling up the yield of a nuclear device with few limitations.

The claimed miniaturization of a nuclear device may mean that North Korea could soon develop a nuclear warhead for its larger ballistic missiles. Pyongyang has already claimed it can deliver nuclear strikes on the US mainland, but military experts doubt they have such a capability.

[YTN 실시간뉴스] 북한 4차 핵실험 발표..."수소폭탄 실험 성공" / YTN

Nations throughout the world rallied to criticize North Korea for the apparent escalation of its nuclear weapons program.

The Russian Foreign Ministry said the reported nuclear test by North Korea could cause an escalation of tension in the Korean Peninsula and called for restraint. It added that analysis of data pertaining to the alleged test was still in progress.

The White House said the US will continue to "protect and defend our allies in the region," and will "respond appropriately to any and all North Korean provocations." It stressed that it can't confirm that the device detonated was actually a hydrogen bomb, as claimed by Pyongyang.

China will work with the international community to further the cause of the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula, Hua Chunying, spokesperson for the Chinese Foreign Ministry, said during a daily briefing. She added Beijing had no advanced knowledge of the planned test and firmly opposed North Korea's move.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe condemned the developments, making it clear that Tokyo will “absolutely” not tolerate threats against its national security and would issue a firm response to North Korea's challenge against nuclear non-proliferation.

India voiced deep concern over the developments, saying it would negatively affect stability in the region.

British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond said North Korea's move is a "provocation which I condemn without reservation" and a "grave breach" of UN Security Council resolutions. The top British diplomat is currently in Beijing on a two-day trip. He noted that no confirmation of a nuclear test was immediately available.

France said the reported hydrogen bomb test was "an unacceptable violation of Security Council resolutions" and called for a "strong reaction from the international community" in a statement released by President Francois Hollande's office.

Australia condemned the test “in the strongest possible terms,” saying the move was “provocative and dangerous,” the country's department of foreign affairs said in a statement published on its website.

The UN Security Council is to address the possible nuclear test on Wednesday, at 4:00pm GMT, at a request from the US and Japan.

https://www.rt.com/news/328049-north-korea-hydrogen-bomb-test/

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Op woensdag 6 januari 2016 13:32 schreef HexHunter het volgende:

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Het zal best nog wel een boosted fission bomb kunnen zijn maar omdat het indrukwekkender klinkt noemen ze het een H-bom. Zou me totaal niet verbazen.

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Op woensdag 6 januari 2016 13:41 schreef Infection het volgende:
Ach, als Noord Korea zo'n bom daadwerkelijk tegen een land zou gebruiken zou dat het graven van hun eigen graf zijn. Die zijn binnen een mum van tijd van de aardbodem geveegd door omringende landen.

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Koenders: kernproef gevaarlijk provocatie

De kernproef van Noord-Korea is "volstrekt onverantwoord" en de "zoveelste gevaarlijke provocatie". Dat stelt minister Bert Koenders van Buitenlandse Zaken woensdag in een reactie. Het bewind in Pyongyang raakt volgens hem door deze proef internationaal nog verder ge�soleerd.

De nucleaire test is in het buitenland scherp veroordeeld. Koenders vindt dat de VN-Veiligheidsraad zich "krachtig" moet uitspreken over deze "flagrante schending" van resoluties van de Veiligheidsraad. Volgens Noord-Korea ging het om een ondergrondse test met een waterstofbom.

http://www.telegraaf.nl/b(...)jk_provocatie__.html

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Op woensdag 6 januari 2016 14:14 schreef gijsman het volgende:
Kim wil even laten weten dat hij er ook nog is.. is jaarlijks zo.
Over een paar weken horen we nauwelijks iets meer tot volgend jaar.

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VS laten bommenwerper over Zuid-Korea vliegen



Een Amerikaanse B-52-bommenwerper heeft zondag laag over Zuid-Korea gevlogen. De vlucht was een "reactie op recente provocatieve acties van Noord-Korea", liet het Amerikaanse leger weten. Daarmee wordt vermoedelijk verwezen naar de kernproef die het stalinistische land uitvoerde.

De bommenwerper, die in staat is kernwapens af te werpen, vertrok van het eiland Guam en vloog onder meer over de luchtmachtbasis in Osan. De basis is zo'n 100 kilometer verwijderd van de grens met Noord-Korea, dat woensdag verklaarde een succesvolle ondergrondse atoomproef te hebben uitgevoerd met een waterstofbom. Experts betwijfelen of dat klopt.

http://www.telegraaf.nl/b(...)_over_Z-Korea__.html

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Seoul Fires Warning Shots At 'North Korea Drone'

South Korea says the "enemy's unidentified object invaded" its territory and warns it is "closely" watching Pyongyang's military.



South Korean soldiers have fired warning shots at a suspected North Korean drone after it was seen to cross the border.

The "unidentified flying object" entered South Korean territory by some "tens of metres", military officials said.

It was spotted around 29 miles north of Seoul, near South Korea's Mount Dora Observation Post.


_{South Korea's Park Geun-hye urges China to back sanctions against Pyongyang}

South Korean forces reportedly fired about 20 machine gun rounds at it and the object immediately returned north of the border.

Jeon Ha-kyu, South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff spokesperson, said: "The enemy's unidentified object invaded the military demarcation line in the western front line area.

"After a warning broadcast, our military fired a warning shot, and the unidentified object immediately went back to the North."

North Korean military propaganda leaflets had been found in Seoul and Gyeonggi Province, he said.

"It was identified that the leaflets were scattered from the North side yesterday afternoon and early this morning, and our military is closely watching the movements of the North Korean military," he added.

The leaflets reportedly described South Korea's President Park Geun-hye and her government as "mad dogs".

Wednesday's incident comes amid increased tensions between the rival nations after North Korea claimed it had carried out its fourth nuclear test last Wednesday, angering Western powers and alarming the country's neighbours.

Earlier, Ms Park urged China - Pyongyang's only major ally - to take a tougher line with North Korea and back severe international sanctions in response to the test, which she described an "unacceptable challenge" to global security.

"I trust China, as a permanent member of the Security Council, will play a necessary role," she told a televised news conference.

"I believe China is aware that if its strong determination is not put into actual, necessary actions, we will not be able to prevent a fifth or sixth nuclear test."

She said her country would continue its loudspeaker campaign of blasting anti-Pyongyang propaganda along the border which had prompted North Korean soldiers to defect to South Korea.

"The most powerful threat to totalitarianism is the power of truth," she said.

Kim Jong-Un, the leader of the secretive communist state, hailed the test a "success" and said it was designed to protect the region "from the danger of nuclear war caused by the US-led imperialists", according to the country's news agency.

However, most countries, including the US, seriously doubt its claims that it exploded a hydrogen bomb.

http://news.sky.com/story(...)at-north-korea-drone