North Korea Attacks South Korea Yellow Sea Island, South Korea On Highest Non-Wartime

[h·Pn0]

http://www.zerohedge.com/article/nor...ime-alert-resp

It is time to see just how much WWIII is priced into this market. WSJ reports that the Koreas may have just crossed the line:"North Korea fired artillery at South Korea's Yeonpyeong island in the Yellow Sea off the countries' west coast Tuesday afternoon, setting houses on fire. South Korea returned fire, according to residents on the island speaking on South Korea's YTN television network. A spokesman for South Korea's joint chief of staff confirmed the exchange but didn't have details except to say "scores of rounds" were fired by the North." The response: S. Korean military says it is on highest non-wartime alert after the North's shelling of island.

More from the WSJ:

The artillery—more than 50 rounds, according to island residents speaking on YTN—was fired from positions south of the North Korean city of Haeju.

The attack started at 2:34 p.m. local time, according to residents who were speaking on the TV network. There were no immediate reports of injuries.

About 1,200 people live on the island, which is 10 kilometers south of the tip of North Korea's south coast.

The attack is the second by North Korea this year against South Korea in the maritime border area of the Yellow Sea. In March, a North Korean submarine torpedoed and sank a South Korean warship near an island about 40 miles west of the island that was hit Tuesday.

And these tidbits coming in from Reuters:

* Witness says power failure on South Korean island hit by shells; Residents evacuated to bunkers
* Television pictures show at least four plumes of smoke from S.korea island
* Witness says shelling continues on S.Korea island, a few houses have collapsed

...This pearl:

* S. Korean military says it is on highest non-wartime alert after the North's shelling of island

And let's not forget this:

* S.Korea top presidential aides meeting in underground bunker at presidential compound

[The Risen Ghost of Hitler]

Just read this. It better kick off properly this time.

[靠rent-a-jew輩]

war time

[Svenarchy]

[Vizier]

We can only hope. Been waiting for news like these in months.

[007GoldenShower]

Why would you want news like this?

[Anima Mundi]

Originally Posted by 007GoldenShower

Why would you want news like this?

Because I hate all humanity and want every last human being to die?

[Retard Synrdome]

World war iii

world war iii

woo! Woo!

[darkus]

Originally Posted by Anima Mundi

Because I hate all humanity and want every last human being to die?

Well since that's not going to happen you might as well just kill yourself I guess.

[Michael Scott]

I don't think the US is going to jump in and attack anyone just yet. This whole thing is just N. Korea seeking attention to speed up the six party talks, however if they do something bigger than this, it might escalate, but they probably won't, they don't want war they just want the US to hurry up and negotiate with them and with Obama as the current president we're probably just going to give them what they want

[Vox Ducis]

How can you believe this incident will trigger WWIII ?

Shall I remind you that 8 months ago, a South Korean navy ship was sunk by a North Korean attack, killing 46 soldiers ? Did the South retaliate ? No !

Game over.

[The Risen Ghost of Hitler]

I hope we go World War 3, I get drafted, and become a war hero. I want to get injured, but nothing life threatening. I just want it to leave me with a cool scar, probably on my chest, and an impressive war story.

[The Risen Ghost of Hitler]

Originally Posted by Vox Ducis

How can you believe this incident will trigger WWIII ?

Shall I remind you that 8 months ago, a South Korean navy ship was sunk by a North Korean attack, killing 46 soldiers ? Did the South retaliate ? No !

Game over.

The South have already fired back this time.

Double post?

[Snoopy]

INTERNET WAR!!!

fix't

[dysik]

but why would this cause a WORLD war?

who gives a fuck about korea?

plus when/if the north takes over, what the fuck they gonna do? any other single country bar fiji could take them on.




actually wait fijians are fucking huge i take that back

[Michael Scott]

The biggest thing is if the US gets involved with N korea, China will have their back, Europe will have our back etc, so it is possible that a world war could take place, but due to the nuclear issue and mutually assured destruction etc etc, everyone is going to take steps to avoid any further conflict especially knowing how eager N korea is to use nukes

[Evil con Carne]

Originally Posted by Bill "Fuck Whites" Cosby

The biggest thing is if the US gets involved with N korea, China will have their back

I doubt it, China wouldn't jeopardize it's trade relations with the U.S. and potential allies just for shitty old North Korea. I doubt any significant country would even support North Korea because its has nothing to offer. Even

[Mr. White]

I cant wait for North Korea to make a bigger move.... and all the larger, powerful states in the world attack the shit out of them. I watched a documentary once where a man from Australia or something visited North Korea, which is rare to see a western visitor in to the country. He was abused in the street by shitty little locals who thought he was American. On a Sunday, its a common family activity to hang out at hte local shooting range to teach the kids how to use a gun, because they are preparing for the US to attack them one day. Dumb fucking gook cunts. I hope they try something worse on South Korea... and get what they deserve in return.

[Dr. Awkward]

According to other news sources china and russia both issued statements that didn't blame north korea but said they all need to calm down and talk...

this is starting to remind me of "hey hitler come on now man stop it, no more attacking other countries. You'll be cool now right?"

[The Risen Ghost of Hitler]

Hey, stop trying to discus this like you or I have any idea about global politics. Let's just make some jokes about world war three, slanty eyes and funny accents.

[zuperxtreme]

Interesting. Here's what went down:

SK ran navy drills, despite the standard NK warnings not to.
200 shells fired by NK, most hit water. 
SK President goes underground in a bunker and says "we'll avoid a war"
80 shells fired back by SK, all hit water, probably aimed at water.
SK President attempts contact of NK to "talk it out". No response from NK.
SK deploys some airplanes, ships ~1300 (1700?) people off the island to safety at inceon
Aftermath:
    2 soldiers died of injuries
    2 more heavily injured
    Civilian deaths not clear. A bunch of civilian injuries. 
    60-80 houses burning.
    Korean won falls 200 points, US dollar increases 40
Rumors circulate:
    1.) Kim Jong Il died, his son wanted to display power
    2.) Kim Jong Il died, his son was killed by military general in an attempted power grab
    3.) SK president planned it all (eh, that one always comes out of SK)
Statements issued by governments:
    1.) China: Restraint urged while facts are verified.
    2.) US: We strongly condemn NK, please cease fire
    3.) Russia: Both Koreas have much to lose, urge cease fire. Condemns NK.
    4.) (maybe related?) India puts 36,000 troops on Chinese border.
    5.) NK: Warns about another pending "merciless" attack.

Best Korea, you so crazy.

[Intoxicated Shaman]

Wouldn't this be Korean War II and not World War III?

[virgil caine]

the way i see it north korea is like chinas retarded little brother that likes to run around and kick pepole in the balls
and have gotten away with it for a long time because big brother is there but one day

there gonna fuck with someone they shouldent have and get their ass handed to them and big brother wont give a fuck becuase hes tired of guarding a retard.


war nullifies the us debt to china and in turn will knock them out of being a world power bad for them the us will have full un backing if they side with north korea and attack us troops

[Dream of the iris]

You need to understand that North Korea and South Korea are still at war- they never officially had a cease fire from the korean war. Because of this, attacks do happen occasionally, especially around the border regions.

[Bleeding Kansas]

Originally Posted by zuperxtreme

Best Korea, you so crazy.

North Korea is the best Korea.

[Struwwelpeter]

Stock markets are down amid this news, although bad economic news out of Europe probably has something to do with it as well. The world is a very unstable, volatile place. Soon the economy will collapse, this could potentially ignite wars, nuclear wars, but I doubt it will. You will get drafted if there are any, even if you are a college student. I hope you are all prepared for what is about to come. You might want to buy a gun, not for hunting or conflict but for suicidal purposes.

[Vizier]

The thing is, North Korea only has like 10 shitty nukes. Sadly nothing major will happen unless other countries get involved in the war.

[The Better Version]

Originally Posted by Jim "fuck latinos" Carrey

Stock markets are down amid this news, although bad economic news out of Europe probably has something to do with it as well. The world is a very unstable, volatile place. Soon the economy will collapse, this could potentially ignite wars, nuclear wars, but I doubt it will. You will get drafted if there are any, even if you are a college student. I hope you are all prepared for what is about to come. You might want to buy a gun, not for hunting or conflict but for suicidal purposes.

Jesus, dude. Take a deep breath. No one has to kill themselves or be drafted. If the Government ever does that, you can always refuse and either run away or go to jail. Either way, its better than offing yourself. You're looking 5 or 6 steps ahead of the game here, which means that variables and uncertainty is shrouded in your analysis of the future. You can't look 5 or 6 steps into the future without considering how the other steps will unravel because every step, within any event, will be affected by the previous one. For all we know, aliens could come down and destroy the entire World before that ever happens. Lets be rational and think about this in terms of the immediate future before we decide to kill ourselves.

[HeWhoNeverSleeps]

Pessimists, the lot of you.


They're just being attention-whores again. "Hey, HEY! YOU! Yeah, you! We're still here and we have a bad case of little man syndrome today. Fuck youuuu."

[Struwwelpeter]

Death is a thousand times more preferable to spending time in prison, especially American prison. Good luck surviving on the lamb or out in the woods, sir. I recommend you watch First Blood, great training movie for what you will be up against.