North Korea tests seventh missile, says South Korea

North Korea tests seventh missile, says South Korea

Let them test the missiles,this is north korean usual way. UN sanctions will do nothing as it was UN-US who in 1950s had war with north korea.

Just let time pass and be patient, time will make tensions will be low and there will higher progress in peace in korean peninsular.

Correction-Just let time pass and be patient,time will make tensions low and there will then be higher progress in peace in koreas.

UN whuppin' up on No. Korea...
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UN Expands Reach of North Korea Sanctions
16 July 2009 - The United Nations Security Council has imposed sanctions on five more North Korean individuals, as well as five entities linked to the country’s nuclear and ballistic missile programs.

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The individuals blacklisted Thursday include two officials with North Korea’s General Bureau of Atomic Energy. The bureau is the primary government agency overseeing North Korea’s nuclear program. Turkish envoy Fazil Corman, who heads the North Korea sanctions committee, says the individuals will be subject to travel bans and a freeze on financial assets. The entities are subject to asset freezes.

The Security Council also banned two weapons-related items from moving into or out of North Korea. The expanded designation list is part of a new round of sanctions imposed on North Korea after the country tested its second nuclear weapon in May.

Those sanctions include banning most weapons shipments and authorizing cargo inspections. The United States, China, South Korea, Japan and Russia have been trying for years to get North Korea to abandon its nuclear weapons program. But their offers of aid and improved diplomatic relations have failed to persuade Pyongyang to do so.

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Gates Urges N. Korea Not to Make 'Stupid Mistakes'
16 July 2009 - At a question-and-answer session with American soldiers, Secretary Gates was asked whether he is concerned about the U.S. ability to defend South Korea from a North Korean invasion.

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The United States has 28,000 troops in South Korea. But the secretary said South Korea’s own army has grown in size and capability in recent years, and would handle most of the fighting, with help from American air and naval forces. He also said he is not particularly concerned about North Korea’s conventional military power, which is often reported to be substantial.

“Frankly, this is an army that’s starving. The average North Korea, at this point, is seven inches shorter than his South Korean counterpart. This is a country where the famine of the mid-1990s has affected the physical and even intellectual development of those that are now coming into the zone who would be eligible for military service. So this is a country whose conventional forces and capabilities are really, I think, declining," he said.

Still, Gates said he is concerned about North Korea’s continuing efforts, in defiance of international sanctions, to develop nuclear weapons and long-range missiles. “We’re watching them very closely, and I hope they don’t make any stupid mistakes," said Gates. Secretary Gates spoke during a visit to Fort Drum in New York State, where many of the soldiers have served in Iraq, and some are preparing to return there, or for possible deployment to Afghanistan.

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