Possible Korean war coming

ASSEMbler · Mar 26, 2010

North Korea just blew a South Korean destroyer in half...not good news.

Refrain from flying in the area.

alecjahn · Mar 26, 2010

Hopefully this one will be more justified.

port187 · Mar 26, 2010

Usually not much happens, this happened many times before even not too long ago: '99 '02
They provocate each other around that sea border and sometimes these things happen.
Let's hope like the last few times nothing happens, there is too much at stake for both party's

oli_lar · Mar 26, 2010

I know people died in the previous clashes, but were ships sunk?

Hate to say it but I'm glad its a S. Korean ship that was sunk, I'd imagine N. Korea would react a lot worse to 50 sailors missing at sea.

Nakian · Mar 26, 2010

anything related to north korea is bad....really bad.a war in one way or another is inevitable,sadly.

Bramsworth · Mar 26, 2010

From what I read they're not even sure of the cause of the explosion, so it's a bit early to be saying the North did it and that's that.

Figure0fTragedy · Mar 26, 2010

Not good news I want to hear, but as Bramsworth said; I'll wait till I hear more.

graciano1337 · Mar 26, 2010

I can't wait.

A. Snow · Mar 26, 2010

Technically the war is still on. It has just been on hold for the last sixty odd years. That said I'd be more worried of this type of scenario.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB100...72974954144.html?mod=WSJ_hpp_RIGHTTopCarousel

spot778 · Mar 26, 2010

Or maybe not ...

Associated Press

SEOUL, SOUTH KOREAâ€”Word that a South Korean naval ship sank in the tense waters around the disputed maritime border with communist North Korea set off panic: The president convened an emergency meeting and the military dispatched a fleet of ships.

Five hours later, 58 sailors had been pulled to safety but some 40 others were missing, reports said. There was no indication early Saturday that North Korea was to blame for the ship's demise, but troops kept a vigilant watch.

Seoul's panic attack â€” hours after North Korea's military threatened "unpredictable strikes" against the U.S. and South Korea â€” highlighted the fragility of peace on the divided Korean peninsula.

The two Koreas remain locked in a state of war because their three-year conflict ended in a truce, not a peace treaty, in 1953.

Since then, the two Koreas have fought three bloody skirmishes in the Yellow Sea waters. And in January, North Korea fired about 30 artillery rounds not far from Baeknyeong; the South Korean military fired 100 warning shots in response.

The 1,200-ton "Cheonan" was on a routine patrolling mission near South Korea's Baeknyeong Island on Friday night with 104 crew members on board when the ship began taking on water, Rear Adm. Lee Ki-sik of the Joint Chiefs of Staff told reporters.

Unidentified military officials told South Korea's Yonhap news agency that an explosion tore a hole into the rear hull, shutting off the engine, wiping out the power and quickly taking the ship down. A number of crew members jumped into the water, Yonhap said.

Six naval ships and two coast guard vessels, as well as helicopters and ambulances, rushed to save the crew, Yonhap and military officials said. Troops scanned the skies for an attack, at one point firing shots at what officials later speculated was a flock of birds.

President Lee Myung-bak, meanwhile, convened a late-night emergency meeting with his defence minister and other top military officials. After three hours, and no conclusion about what caused the ship to sink, they agreed to meet again Saturday, presidential spokesman Lee Dong-kwan said.

President Lee ordered the military to focus on the rescue operation, he said.

Nearby Baeknyeong Island, four hours by boat from the South Korean port of Incheon but just 10 miles (20 kilometres) from North Korea, was turned into a triage centre, with islanders helping to treat injured crew members, according to cable network YTN.

A naval official told Yonhap there were deaths among the sailors, and YTN said some 40 crew members were missing. However, military officials told the AP they could not confirm deaths, and said 58 sailors had been rescued, with two airlifted for emergency medical treatment.

The waters around Baeknyeong island are rocky, and some senior government officials speculated that the sinking may have been an accident, not an attack, South Korean media said.

"It's looking more and more like it was just an accident that happens on a ship," Carl Baker, an expert on Korean military relations at the Pacific Forum CSIS think-tank in Honolulu, said by telephone.

He said Pyongyang was unlikely to attack the far more powerful South Korean military.

"The South Koreans are so much more capable these days than the North that it would be difficult for the miscalculation to happen because I think the North understands its lack of ability," he said.
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GaijinPunch · Mar 26, 2010

It's not confirmed to "have been sunk" by anything. It just sank, and might have been in some type of military conflict.

Giel · Mar 27, 2010

Could you have an even more overreacting title? C'mon.

ASSEMbler · Mar 27, 2010

Ships don't blow up on their own.

Trenton_net · Mar 27, 2010

Ships will spring a leak or something if they hit a rock or whatever. They don't just explode. Perhaps they hit a mine, but I'm wary if this just happened by no means of the North. But you never know, it could be a faulty missile just going off.

ASSEMbler · Mar 27, 2010

That's what I was thinking. The North has been know to mine areas.

alecjahn · Mar 27, 2010

Maybe the ship had too much to drink.

ServiceGames · Mar 27, 2010

I'll try to find a source, but I had heard yesterday that the ship was thought to have sunk due to faulty munitions on board that caused an explosion and abandonment of the ship.

ASSEMbler · Mar 27, 2010

Should be interesting when all is known

GodofHardcore · Mar 27, 2010

The Korean War never actually ended

GaijinPunch · Mar 27, 2010

ASSEMbler said: ↑

Ships don't blow up on their own.
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But the happen more often than you think. It wasn't that long ago that Japan sunk a North Korean ship and posted it on the 5 o'clock news. Russians fire at Japan's fishing vessels regularly. No war. Seriously, the title is alarmist at least.

The Korean War never actually ended
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Japan & Russia have not signed a treaty from WWII yet either.

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