North Korea

Donald Trump has asked that South Korea pays for the $1 billion missile defense system that both countries are installing in South Korea as a defence against North Korea. The Terminal High Altitude Area Defence (THAAD) system was recently delivered to South Korea, a move that angered China.

              

In an interview with Reuters, Donald Trump was quoted to have said;

I informed South Korea it would be appropriate if they paid. It's a billion-dollar system - It's phenomenal, shoots missiles right out of the sky.

Both countries have been allies against the threat of North Korea missile system. The US and North Korea have been allies since the since the 1950-53 Korean war, and more than 28,000 US troops are stationed in South Korea.

Seoul who seems not to be happy with the change in policy said that according to the Status of Forces Agreement that governs the US military presence in its country, the US agrees to provide the THAAD system, while South Korea provides the site and location for which the system will be installed.

Trump has said that no option is off the table against the North Korea regime, and recently just said there is a chance" of "a major, major conflict" with the North, something China and Japan would try to avoid, and also might cause great casualties to the South.

US Pacific Command chief Admiral Harry Harris earlier this week has said that the US wanted to bring the North Korea leader to its senses, and not his knees.

The THAAD system is designed to intercept and destroy medium-range ballistic missiles during their final phase of flight.

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A new report has emerged that reveal that North Korean leader, Kim Jong-Un has trained elite squads that will penetrate South Korea, and kidnap westerners/expats to North Korea. The victims, according to the report will be held as hostage in the event it goes to war with the US.

                  

In an interview with a North Korea defector, Ung-gil Lee, who served in one of the units that is poised to kidnap westerners in South Korea, the unit is tasked to take the victims up North if possible, if that is not possible, they will be held hostage inside South Korea.

The agents from North Korea will be armed with deadly nerve agents, and will kidnap tourists, foreign businessmen, and diplomats.

North Korea have a history of kidnapping foreigners in the past, and one of those was the abduction of leading movie star Choi Eun-hee and foremost director Shin Sang-ok in the 1970s. The two were held to produce films for the regime and were able to escape after seven years.

Also, a young American, David Sneddon was recently abducted from China while he was hiking close to the North Korean border, and was asked to teach Kim Jong Un English, and members of his cabinet. He went missing for 12 years, before he was sighted in North Korea.

 

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David Sneddon, a college student that disappeared in 2004 during a trip to China have been reported to have been spotted in North Korea, Yahoo News Japan reported on Friday. According to the report, the North Korea government, Kim Jong-un might have kidnapped him, so he could teach him English.

                       

David was presumed dead after he vanished in Yunnan Province in western China when he was 24. Police at the time reported he was likely to have died while hiking in Tiger Leaping Gorge near the Jinsha River on 14 August 2004, but his body was never recovered.

The family of Sheddon now has a  beam of hope, as the US department of state on Wednesday says they will begin searching for him in North Korea.

Choi Sun-yong,  heads the Abductees’ Family Union, said that a source have confirmed that David was kidnapped to help Kim Jong-Un, who was heir to the country’s dictatorship at the time learn English

All through the years, Mr Sneddon’s parents, Roy and Kathleen, never believed he died falling into a river, they always believed he was kidnapped because of his fluency in Korean.

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North Korea once again is threatening to nuke the United States and South Korea as the two countries started their annual military drill on Monday. The military drill involves 300,000 South Korea troops and 17,000 troops from the US, an exercise that is scheduled to end in April.

                    

North Korea sees the drill as a preparation for war on its dignity, sovereignty and vital rights, the official Korean Central News Agency reports. Also the North’s National Defence Commission said;

The army and people of the (North) will take military counteraction for preemptive attack so that they may deal merciless deadly blows at the enemies. If we push the buttons to annihilate the enemies even right now, all bases of provocations will be reduced to seas in flames and ashes in a moment.

South Korean Defense Ministry spokesman Moon Sang Gyun while reacting to the threats by the North told reporters;

 If North Korea launches a provocation, our military will respond sternly and mercilessly.

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Otto Frederick Warmbier,21, an American student, University of Virginia who travelled with a Chinese tour group have been arrested and detained in North Korea for "perpetrating  a hostile act" against the regime. The statement was released by the Korean Central News Agency that Otto was arrested for trying to destroy the unity of North Korean with  "the tacit connivance of the U.S. government and under its control."  

                   

The US embassy in South Korea confirmed the report, and said it is working with the Swedish embassy, who helps in diplomatic relations with North Korea.

The tour group, "The young pioneer Tour Group" who organised the tour that Otto had followed also confirmed the report via their website, and have also confirmed to be working with the family of Otto in getting him back to his family. They have also requested for privacy for Otto and his family.

Otto Frederick Warmbier is a third year student of commerce student at the University of Virginia.

Earlier this year, North Korea detained another American citizen, Kim Dong Chul, on suspicion of spying. The government accused Chul of spying and stealing state secret.

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