Top officials from the US and about 20 other countries will meet in Vancouver, Canada on Tuesday to discuss the possibility of intercepting ships headed for North Korea.
Military website Defense One says the meeting is part of expanding efforts to pressure Pyongyang into abandoning its nuclear weapons and ballistic missile programs.
Canada and the US will serve as co-hosts of the meeting. The other attendees will be made up of nations that sent troops to the 1950-53 Korean War, including South Korea, Japan, Australia, India, Britain, and France. Neither China nor Russia will attend, though they will be given a readout of the discussion.
North Korea warned in December, that a naval blockade would be considered an “act of war.”
China has reportedly criticized the Vancouver meeting saying that further economic restrictions could plunge North Korea into chaos and create a huge refugee crisis.
Does China have a better plan, other than bringing out tanks, machines guns aganist unarmed civilians. it is hardly in a position to talk about morality.
Low IQ Indians should focus on basic stuff like building their own toilets instead of coming up here spewing their nonsensical views honed in their "free " echo chamber of 1 billion idiots…lol
Anyone with a brain will know pressuring NK to give up their nuclear arsenal at this point is a fool’s errand. Only peaceful way out is keep military parity, agree to none military peaceful long road to re-unification (signing peace treaty first), focus on building competent technocrats in NK to eventually loosen the focus on military, while seek honest brokers to ensure no conflict will ensue – which is perfect role for Russia and China to play.
Its also reported this "keep China and Russia" out was the idea of Japanese, as is the "maximum pressure" approach which is advocated by Abe to Trump. I think its pretty safe to say at this point Japan is just milking the tensions so they can use it as an excuse to rewrite their article 9 constitutions. Well, hope no nukes explode over their heads while they are at it. Interestingly, in recent announcements of the countries NK said need not be afraid of their nukes, US was pointed out as the target, while SK, Russia and China were provided verbal guarantees, but Japan wasn’t mentioned at all. Ha!
Without China and Russia on board it is not going to work.
Qian Deng you have made inflammatory and ungentlemanly remarks, that are also simply untrue.
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Yes intercept the ships.
Blockade the peninsula.
Do whatever is necessary to protect the international community from a rogue state, intent on not only self destruction, but taking others into oblivion as well.
It would be politically unwise for the U.S. to blockade North Korea shipping.
We’ve already done more than enough to those poor people.
China is always supportive of every action against korea but its very unfortunate that most were just in words because china is an ally to n.korea and she cant afford to loss the business with them.
The Samurai is rising, with a very sharp sword. 😀
Qian Deng may b the name " INDIA" better be changed to "MOTHER COW" or "TOILET"
Lol…the Americans have destroyed more of the international community that the so called rogue state…the best self defense for N.korea is to get Nuclear weapons and if they hav it the Americans and its allies vill not attack them as they did to Iraq and other countries…
If Americans can help taiwan against china i dont see a reason why china couldnt help N.korea
Japan will not act like that without a calculated plan. What they would kike to happen is to trigger the war jumpstarting the invasion of NoKor then setting up rules amending their constitution and having their freedom to wage war without repurcussions
on their image and gaining back the right to have military might post NoKor.
As a double wammy the war will also jumpstart their stagnant economy. So China beware if PLAN has plans on having a strong blue navy in the expense of the US, then guess again
Japan is just behind capable of being more hitech than the US military. Think twice China
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The Japanese have been waiting for a chance to invigorate their economy.
This is it, Japan can pump billions into a naval-air-missile force, which will fight to the death and then some.
No countries have this sort of dedication as the Japanese.
They make the US hight tech stuff, and then their own.
Japan has a satellite technology which can launch nukes, their own ICBM.
The country is up against the wall, China hates Japan, despite numerous loud, public apologies for WW2 atrocities.
China is the big dumb-bum, in the china shop. bumbling around, in stupid foreign affairs fiascos. just like the Americans, whom the Chinese both adore and despise.
The way out of all this mess is to establish strong and vital trade relations.
Money and prosperity is a wonderful healer.
Hahaha..as long as you hav nuke,..no country can ever touch you..
Furthermore ROK nationals the absolute majority don’t accept the possible war any kind at the region which the government can hardly object to. They believe NK never be the side to carry the first striker, but US can. Given the inactivities of ROK the crucial ally the military option can hardly win.
Ahmed Ismail Moslems are finding it difficult to come to terms with their overwhelming minority status in India hence they are always attacking anything INDIA the largest democracy in the world!
Well, let’s try it out 😀
Here is the best of plans: the us and it alies work assiduously to give up their nuclear weapons and programs as a prerequisite to demanding that from an other sovereign country. What is good for the goose is good for the ganda.
We all stand to win in that effort.