President Lee is considering taking military action against North Korea’s provocative actions..suspends trade and closes waters..Obama tells military to be “ready”

http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/national/2010/05/23/34/0301000000AEN20100523001800315F.HTML

President Lee Myung-bak will deliver a public speech on Monday to present Seoul’s tough countermeasures against North Korea, which was accused of attacking a South Korean navy vessel in March, his office said Sunday.

“President Lee will present Seoul’s position on the attack and further plans, including bringing the case to the United Nations Security Council,” Lee Dong-kwan, senior secretary for public affairs at Cheong Wa Dae, told reporters.

“He will make it clear that the South will take firm action if the North conducts any provocations.”

Analysts said Lee is considering taking military action against North Korea’s provocative actions.

“He may mention North Korean leader Kim Jong-il in the speech, but it’s not yet decided,” said the official.

He added that President Lee will call for a cautious attitude toward the joint industrial complex near the inter-Korea border of Kaesong.

The complex houses more than 110 South Korean firms employing about 42,000 North Korean workers in the border town. Begun in 2004, it is considered the last remaining symbol of reconciliation between the divided states.

The presidential address comes after a multinational team of investigators announced that the South Korean patrol ship, Cheonan, was sunk by a torpedo attack from a North Korean submarine. Forty six sailors were killed in the worst naval tragedy since the 1950-53 Korean War.

Lee has said that the attack constitutes a violation of the U.N. Charter and the armistice agreement which ended the Korean War. He called for “systematic and resolute countermeasures against North Korea so that it cannot repeat this reckless provocation.”

The official added that detailed measures will be disclosed at a joint press conference by foreign, defense and unification ministers.

http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/05/23/skorea.ship/index.html

South Korean President Lee Myung-bak announced Monday his country is suspending trade with North Korea and closing waters to the North’s ships after a report concluded North Korea sank a South Korean warship in March.

In the past, Lee said that the South had “endured attacks from North Korea only because we are looking for peace on the Korean peninsula. But now it’s going to be changed.”

In a nationally televised speech, Lee called on the North to apologize for the alleged attack and for the country to punish those responsible for carrying it out.

South Korean military officials on Thursday announced the results of an official investigation into the sinking of the ship, the Cheonan, which concluded that North Korea fired a torpedo that cut the vessel in half.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100524/pl_nm/us_korea_north_obama

President Barack Obama has directed the U.S. military to coordinate with South Korea to “ensure readiness” and deter future aggression from North Korea, the White House said on Monday.

The United States gave strong backing to plans by South Korean President Lee Myung-bak to punish North Korea for sinking one of its naval ships, White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said in a statement.

The White House urged North Korea to apologize and change its behavior, he said.

“We endorse President Lee’s demand that North Korea immediately apologize and punish those responsible for the attack, and, most importantly, stop its belligerent and threatening behavior,” Gibbs said.

“U.S. support for South Korea’s defense is unequivocal, and the president has directed his military commanders to coordinate closely with their Republic of Korea counterparts to ensure readiness and to deter future aggression,” he said.

Obama and Lee have agreed to meet at the G20 summit in Canada next month, he said.

Late last week, a team of international investigators accused North Korea of torpedoing the Cheonan corvette in March, killing 46 sailors in one of the deadliest clashes between the two since the 1950-53 Korean War.

Lee said on Monday South Korea would bring the issue before the U.N., whose past sanctions have damaged the already ruined North Korean economy.

The United States still has about 28,000 troops in South Korea to provide military support.

The two Koreas, still technically at war, have more than 1 million troops near their border.

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more banging the drums..but i feel this time its actually got some legs..please note the sinking on march 26 was a date we were looking for a false flag event..we go the event but only now is its true effect being seen..it was a serious attack on the south korean ship..was it north korea or a usa set up?

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~ by seeker401 on May 25, 2010.