北朝鮮は、韓国との軍事通信回線を遮断
Corea del Norte corta la línea de comunicación militar con el Sur
‘La línea roja’ permite a los trabajadores surcoreanos cruzar la frontera para trabajar en Kaesong, un complejo industrial
Jose Reinoso Pekín 27 MAR 2013 - 12:34 CET
Short North Korean military communication line with the South
'Red line' allows South Korean workers cross the border to work in Kaesong industrial complex
Jose Reinoso Beijing 27 MAR 2013 - 12:34 CET
Rhetorical exercises, threats and North Korean retaliation occur constantly. A day after ordering his artillery and missile units placed "in a fighting stance" and be ready to attack U.S. bases on the islands of Hawaii, Guam and the mainland, Pyongyang has tightened a little more rope. The regime of Kim Jong-un has said Wednesday it has cut 'red line' of military communication with Seoul, which allows workers to cross the border to South Koreans work in Kaesong industrial complex located in the North, which employs Most workers in this country but is operated South technology and money.
"In the current situation, in which war may break out at any time, no need to keep the north-south military communications", said a military spokesman, according to the official Korean agency KCNA.
The move threatens the continuity of the last great symbol of cooperation between the two countries, at a time when tension on the Korean peninsula is one of the highest levels in recent years. But Kaesong, where 123 South Korean companies employ more than 50,000 workers in the North, is a major source of foreign income, so that Pyongyang will be careful not to throw stones at his own roof.
In March 2009, also cut military communication line and 80 South Koreans in Kaesong were stranded for a day. Transboundary movements were resumed after negotiations between the two sides, but the 'red line' remained out of service for a week. It was not reconnected until finished joint military exercises in South Korea and the United States held every year. More than 900 South Korean workers in Kaesong were today, as Seoul has said, reports the Associated Press.
Pyongyang recently interrupted other connecting lines with the South and the command center of UN-led by the U.S., South Korea, although still maintains active communication between aviation administrations of the two Koreas.
North is furious at the military exercises that South Korea and the United States carried out at this time in the area and the UN sanctions imposed by the atomic test conducted on 12 February. In response, has unleashed a torrent of threats, including its intention to carry out preemptive nuclear strikes against South Korea and the United States and declared broken the armistice that ended the Korean War and all other non-aggression pacts with the South. The Korean conflict (1950-1953) ended with a ceasefire that never became final peace treaty. Experts believe that Pyongyang is increasing tension to force an advantage in future negotiations.
The official Korean agency KCNA also reported that the Politburo of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party will hold a plenary meeting in the coming days to "discuss and decide an important issue that will advance of the Korean revolution is victorious". Pyongyang has attacked the South Korean president, Park Geun-hye, which has been accused of slander and provocation, after it warned in a speech to the North that if not abandoning its nuclear weapons program eventually crumbling regime.
A new example of the tension between the two countries is the incident that occurred this morning in the northeast of the border. A South Korean soldier guard has thrown a grenade at a moving object in the dark, which triggered the alarm for several hours. A search later revealed that there had been no infiltration from the north, as reported by the Seoul government. Despite the increase of threats and rhetoric, few believe that North Korea would risk an open conflict that would be suicide, but they may encounter armed incident with fatalities, as occurred in recent years. Washington has warned Pyongyang that the U.S. military is ready to respond to "any contingency", while Japan, which hosts several American bases, has said it is "on full alert."
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