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"Today the Korean Nation is standing at the crossroad between life and death" (KCNA, 10.03)(*)

It seems that the DPRK is preparing for a special Chuseok present.

Today, while I was checking thge news about Palestine I saw on Yedioth Ahronoth(Israeli daily) following news: "Any North Korean nuclear test would be 'unacceptable' and the international community would respond 'harshly', Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Tuesday, after Pyongyang said it would conduct a test in the future.". And I said to myselfe: "Oops.. is Kim Jong-il preparing for a special Chuseok gift??!!" Later I found out that nearly everywhere - in Europe(**), Asia(aeh~ perhaps in S. Korea nobody is alarmed and scared..), the US,even in the Middle East(for example on Al Jazeera it's today's top story!)... - everyone is alarmed about NK's annoncement to test a nuclear bomb soon.

North Korea vows to test a nuclear weapon (IHT, 10.03)

North Korea said Tuesday that it would test a nuclear weapon despite U.S. warnings that such a move would provoke harsher sanctions and perhaps even military action.

The announcement by the North Korean Foreign Ministry marked the first time the regime had declared its intention to conduct a nuclear test and raised the stakes dramatically in negotiations on how to deal with North Korea's nuclear weapons programs.

The statement gave no indication when a test might occur. Last month, Kim Seung Kyu, director of the National Intelligence Service, told the South Korean Parliament that North Korea was capable of conducting an underground nuclear test at any time.

Although Pyongyang declared in February 2005 that it possessed nuclear weapons, it has never conducted a known test on its territory to prove its claim. A successful test would confirm North Korea as the eighth declared nuclear power, following the steps of the United States, Russia, Britain, France, China, India and Pakistan. Israel is an undeclared nuclear power.

Confirmation that North Korea has nuclear weapons, experts said, would disrupt the arms balance in Northeast Asia and possibly compel Japan, which lies within the range of North Korean missiles, to amass its own arsenal. That in turn would encourage South Korea to pursue its own nuclear arms program.

In Tokyo, Foreign Minister Taro Aso said: "It is a threat to peace. We would never be able to forgive such a move."..

"The DPRK will in the future conduct a nuclear test under the condition where safety is firmly guaranteed," the North Korean Foreign Ministry said in a statement..

North Korea's statement, carried by its official press agency, KCNA, said the "U.S. extreme threat of a nuclear war and sanctions and pressure compel the DPRK to conduct a nuclear test, an essential process for bolstering nuclear deterrent."...

North Korea's statement came just days before planned visits by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to Beijing and Seoul, Nam noted. Abe, a hawk on North Korea, was expected to discuss North Korea as a top agenda item in his meetings with Chinese and South Korean leaders...

Robert Joseph, the U.S. under secretary of state for arms control and international security, said last week that Washington was prepared to seek a UN Security Council resolution that would invoke Chapter 7 of the UN Charter, which allows for military force. The use of Chapter 7 has been vehemently opposed by China and South Korea.

In the recent weeks, there have been news reports in Washington, Tokyo and Seoul that North Korea may be preparing for an underground nuclear test. The reports cited activities around facilities near the border with China or on the North's remote northeast coast.

http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/10/03/news/nuke.php

* Please keep in mind that there is only ONE Korean nation(N+S.K.)!!

** The German TV news Tagesschau was talking about "the communist military dictatorship in North Korea.." - haehae~

Anyway:

I WISH EVERYONE BEAUTIFUL

CHUSEOK HOLIDAYS!!^^