the so called crisis on line with the Obama inauguration! !!!

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Here you have the so called crisis on line with the Obama inauguration! !!!

Could this be it

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090118/...oreas_tensions


S Korea army on alert after North's military threat

SEOUL, South Korea – South Korea said its army remained on alert Sunday, a day after
North Korea threatened military action in response to Seoul's hard-line stance against its
communist regime.
The latest harsh rhetoric from the isolated regime appeared aimed at heightening tensions
on the divided peninsula and could be a test for Barack Obama days before he is sworn in
as the new U.S. president.
The North's Korean People's Army called South Korean President Lee Myung-bak a
"traitor" and accused him of preparing a military provocation, according to a statement
carried Saturday by the North's state-run Korean Central News Agency.
Pyongyang said it was adopting "an all-out confrontational posture" and warned of a
"strong military retaliatory step." South Korea immediately put its forces on alert.
Seoul's Yonhap news agency reported Sunday that the South has significantly beefed up
forces along its heavily armed land border with the North and near their disputed western
sea border. But the presidential office and the Defense Ministry denied the report.
A Defense Ministry official said Sunday that the South's military will remain on alert,
though there were no unusual moves by the North's forces. The official spoke on
condition of anonymity citing department policy.
The North has issued similar threats in the past in anger over the hard-line policies Lee
has implemented since taking office last year. Lee ended previous administrations'
unconditional aid to North Korea, but has also called for dialogue.
Saturday's threat from Pyongyang appeared more serious, however, because a uniformed
military officer — flanked by military unit flags — read the statement instead of the usual
television newsreader.
Analysts said the North's latest saber rattling appears to be a negotiating tactic aimed at
Seoul and Washington ahead of Obama's inauguration Tuesday in the U.S.
"North Korean wants to draw Obama's attention," said Kim Yong-hyun, a professor at
Seoul's Dongguk University.
Kim said Pyongyang is trying to use raised tensions to make a case for its long-standing
demand for a peace treaty and establishment of diplomatic ties with Washington — the
regime's top foreign policy goal.
South Korea, the U.S. and three other nations have sought to coax North Korea — which
detonated an atomic device in 2006 — to give up its nuclear program by offering aid for
disarmament. The pact has been deadlocked over how to verify North Korea's past nuclear
activities.
Despite the impasse, Seoul's deputy nuclear negotiator has been visiting the North since
Thursday. The trip — the highest-level visit to the North in a year — was seen as an
indication Pyongyang has not abandoned the disarmament pact.
Nuclear envoy Hwang Joon-kook and his team visited the North's main nuclear complex at
Yongbyon on Friday. They will hold talks through Monday before returning home, said
presidential spokeswoman Kim Eun-hye.
The two Koreas have been separated one of the world's most heavily armed borders since
a three-year war ended in a truce in 1953.
Ties warmed significantly following the first-ever summit of their leaders in 2000, but the
reconciliation process came to a halt after Seoul's conservative, pro-U.S. leader Lee came
to power last year.

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