'저는 그들의 땅을 지키기 위하여 싸웠던 인디안들의 이야기를 기억합니다. 백인들이 그들의 신성한 숲에 도로를 만들기 위하여 나무들을 잘랐습니다. 매일밤 인디안들이 나가서 백인들이 만든 그 길을 해체하면 그 다음 날 백인들이 와서 도로를 다시 짓곤 했습니다. 한동안 그 것이 반복되었습니다. 그러던 어느날, 숲에서 가장 큰 나무가 백인들이 일할 동안 그들 머리 위로 떨어져 말과 마차들을 파괴하고 그들 중 몇몇을 죽였습니다. 그러자 백인들은 떠났고 결코 다시 오지 않았습니다….' (브루스 개그논)





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Wednesday, April 1, 2009

Text Fwd: N. Korea warns decisive response following S. Korea’s full participation in PSI

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"Members of civic and labor organizations, including the Solidarity for Peace And Reunification of Korea, Korea Confederation of Trade Unions, hold a press conference to urge the South Korea government to stop the consideration of full participation in PSI in front of Foreign Ministry in Seoul on March 23."

http://english.hani.co.kr/arti/english_edition/e_northkorea/347386.html
N. Korea warns decisive response following S. Korea’s full participation in PSI : N. Korea says, “full participation will be interpreted as a declaration of war,” while S. Korea shows no change

Posted on : Apr.1,2009 13:54 KST Modified on : Apr.1,2009 15:15 KST

There is growing tension between North and South Korea over the South’s plan to participate in the U.S.-led Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI).

The Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of the Fatherland, the North Korean Workers‘ Party organization responsible for dealings with South Korea said in a spokesman’s statement March 30 that if the South Korean government uses North Korea‘s “satellite” launch as an “excuse to fully participate” in the PSI, Pyongyang will interpret the move as a “declaration of war.” He added that Pyongyang would take “immediate decisive action in response.”

South Korea’s participation in PSI “will put a complete end to the already ruined state of inter-Korean relations and would be an inexcusable criminal act of placing Korean people in a horrific nuclear war,” the statement said.

The comments represent North Korea‘s first official response to the South Korean government’s decision to consider full participation in PSI.

A government official in Seoul called the reaction “expected.” Other officials said the government will refuse to let angry North Korean responses determine whether it participates in the initiative or not.  There have been no changes in Seoul‘s position since Foreign Ministry spokesman Moon Tae-young announced in the daily briefing for March 23 that the Lee Myung-bak administration is thinking about becoming a full-scale participant in PSI.

Some observers are suggesting that if Seoul announces that it will indeed participate in the PSI in a manner that allows the decision to be perceived as a response to North Korea’s rocket launch at a time when there are heightened tensions between the two Koreas over the issue, the agreements that exist between them on preventing military clashes at sea and on cooperating on maritime affairs could lose their force.  Experts say the issue of fully participating in PSI will heighten the risk of accidental military clashes and will pose a major obstacle to talks when the South Korean government needs to find ways to resume dialogue.

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