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Tuesday, February 16, 2016

North Korea will COLLAPSE if it continues to divert funds to its nuclear weapons programme, warns Seoul


North Korea will COLLAPSE if it continues to divert funds to its nuclear weapons programme, warns Seoul
South Korean President Park Geun-Hye vows to 'break North Korea's will'
Closure of joint-run factory was 'just the beginning' of a 'strong' response
Park said Kim Jong-Un had diverted workers' salaries to bomb programme
Seoul to make NK 'bitterly realise it can't survive' with nuclear development
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North Korea will collapse if it does not abandon its nuclear bomb programme, South Korea's president has warned.
In a speech to the National Assembly, Park Geun-Hye said a fundamentally new approach was needed to derail Kim Jong-Un's pursuit of an atomic weapon.
She warned that South Koreans had, over the years, become 'numb' to the threat from their northern neighbour and said it was now time to take a more courageous stand.
Her speech came a week after Park took the unprecedented step of shutting down operations at the jointly run Kaesong industrial estate, triggering an aggressive response from Pyongyang.



Defending the closure, Park said it was 'just the beginning' and signalled further steps that she argued were needed to derail the North's nuclear programme.
'The government will take stronger and more effective measures to make North Korea bitterly realise that it cannot survive with nuclear development and that it will only speed up regime collapse,' she said.


Park said the North had diverted much of the Seoul payments to North Korean workers at the factory park to the Pyongyang leadership which is in charge of nuclear and missile development.
Citing the North's nuclear test last month and long-range rocket launch on February 7, which was widely viewed as a ballistic missile test, Park said it was clear Pyongyang had no intention of discussing denuclearisation.



'If time passes without any change, the Kim Jong-Un leadership – which is speeding without a brake – could deploy a nuclear-tipped missile and we will suffer,' she said.
'It has become clear that we cannot break North Korea's will to develop nuclear weapons through existing means and goodwill.
'It's time to find a fundamental solution for bringing practical change in North Korea and to show courage in putting that into action.'
A similar line is being pushed by the United States and Japan in an effort to secure a strong UN Security Council resolution that will include harsh new sanctions for North Korea.
But Park's speech failed to address the problem the Security Council is having in drafting a resolution that has the support of all five veto-wielding permanent members.
Despite Beijing's annoyance with North Korea's nuclear ambitions and its young maverick leader Kim Jong-Un, its priority has been to prevent chaos on China's border.
As a result, it has resisted punitive measures that might push Kim's regime towards collapse.



Park indicated that South Korea should be more willing to act unilaterally if other countries lagged behind.
'We must throw away the impotent feeling of relying on the international community's sanctions... and mobilise all possible methods to solve the problem ourselves,' she said.
After her speech, the Yonhap news agency cited defence officials in Seoul as saying four US F-22 stealth fighter jets would fly a mission over South Korea on Wednesday in a show of force aimed at Pyongyang.
South Korea is also due to begin talks with the US this week on the possible deployment of an advanced US missile defence system that China and Russia have warned could undermine stability in East Asia.
Defence officials in Seoul and Washington say bringing the Terminal High Altitude Area Defence System (THAAD) to the South has become a clear necessity given the progress North Korea was making on its ballistic missile programme.
But China sees it as a threat to its own nuclear deterrent and Vice Foreign Minister Zhang Yesui reiterated Beijing's concerns during meeting Tuesday with his South Korean counterpart in Seoul.
'We exchanged views on the THAAD issue and the Chinese side expressed its opposition,' Zhang told reporters. 'We hope the relevant sides will act prudently.'


Tuesday, February 9, 2016

David Cameron will REFUSE to take part in a referendum TV debate - but a top pollster warns if the PM is seen 'looking scared' it will boost the Out campaign


David Cameron will REFUSE to take part in an EU referendum TV debate - but a top pollster warns if the PM is seen 'running scared' it will boost the Out campaign
Reports today say Cameron will resist a head to head TV clash on the EU
He wants to avoid a TV row between top Tories and keep away from Farage
PM took part in pre-election clashes last year but avoided a one on one



David Cameron today appeared ready to refuse to take part in any head to head TV debates ahead of the EU referendum.
In what is set to be a repeat of the long running row ahead of the general election, the Prime Minister has reportedly ruled out a television clash.
But a top pollster today warned failing to appear in a debate could drive voters to the Out campaign.
Mr Cameron eventually agreed to take part in a series of election programmes last year but after protracted negotiations stood firm on his refusal to go one on one with Ed Miliband.
The Sun today said Mr Cameron was keen to avoid clashing directly with other senior Conservative during the heat of the referendum campaign.
The paper added that the Prime Minister's team sees little benefit in a clash with Ukip leader Nigel Farage - who took on ex Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg in European Parliament election TV debates in 2014 and was widely seen as the victor.
TV debates have become an established part of British elections after taking place in various formats since the 2010 poll.
Then, the three main leaders took part in three head to head clashes on live television.
Ahead of last May's elections, Mr Cameron took part in a seven way debate as well two other programmes where he appeared in the same programme as other leaders but not on the same stage.


Together with Ed Miliband, he took part in a Channel 4-Sky News show which involved an interview with Jeremy Paxman and audience questions.
In a final clash a week before polling day, Mr Cameron, Mr Miliband and Mr Clegg all appeared separately before the same BBC Question Time audience.
Ipsos Mori chief executive today told the Daily Telegraph not appearing in debates would now be a risk for Mr Cameron because opponents could suggest he was 'running scared'.
Mr Page said: 'If the Prime Minister doesn't take part in debates, the public will be wondering why. His opponents will be able to say he is running scared.
'It might have an effect, but a lot of people make up their minds a long time before they see any of these debates that confirm their prejudices.



'Ultimately it depends how close it is. If it is very close then anything can make a difference, a bad debate might make all the difference.
'They are important and people will be expecting them.'
Mr Cameron has hinted before he may not agree to debates.
He said last month: 'When we have settled the issue of the renegotiation then it will be a question of looking at how we best make sure that this debate, these arguments, are best put before the British people.
'I am very happy to talk about that at the time.
'I confidently predict that by the end of this referendum campaign, people will be sick of the sight of me on their television screens in whatever formats we decide to choose.'


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