Chinese troops line up against North Korea

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FROM JOSEPH FARAH'S G2 BULLETIN
Chinese troops line up against North Korea
Military escalation attributed to worries over Kim Jong-Il's failing health

Posted: November 20, 2008
1:10 am Eastern

LONDON – Analysts on the Asian Desk at MI6 say China's People's Liberation Army has moved as many as 100,000 troops to its border with North Korea, ostensibly to block refugees from fleeing into China in the event of the death of Kim Jong-II, the president of the pariah state, according to a report from Joseph Farah's G2 Bulletin.

North Korea also has announced it will reinforce its border with South Korea after accusing its neighbor of "provocation beyond the danger level."

The result, according to one analyst, is "the most explosive situation since the Korean War."

The intelligence analysts – working with highly classified reports from the area by agents of the Secret Intelligence Service – believe the movements are a direct result of the unsuccessful attempt by four leading Beijing surgeons, who operated on the ailing Kim in August in a Pyongyang military clinic, to correct heart failure that led to a stroke.

"In the past month, we have had clear evidence that Kim's condition has deteriorated," confirmed a senior intelligence source who was one of the foreign delegates at the celebrations of North Korea's 60th anniversary last month.

In the past week, both MI6 and the Foreign Office – along with the State Department and the CIA -- have drawn up contingency plans in the event of Kim's death.

The plans are a comprehensive overview of how to deal with chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear attacks following Kim's death.

The possibilities are reinforced by photo-interpreters, who have queried state-issued photographs of Kim taken before his surgery.

"They show a man already exceedingly frail and older than his given 66 years," said an analyst. "The probability is that his iron grip on the country has gone."

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[American Patriot]

Ok..... NOW THIS might be connected to the alleged Military Recall.....

holy hell.

[wallis]

Published 9-22-08:

By Jung Sung-ki
Staff Reporter

Since North Korean leader Kim jong-il's alleged health setback was confirmed by intelligence sources in South Korea, the United States and Japan earlier this month, attention has largely been focused on who will replace the 67-year-old reclusive leader and how the geopolitical situation surrounding the Korean Peninsula will evolve should Kim die or become incapacitated.

But for many regional security experts, there is an another intriguing question regarding a post-Kim power balance in the region ― what will China's role or response to a sudden collapse of North Korea be.

Conflicting assessments have been put forward, but most experts share the view that Beijing, with its long and porous border with North Korea, would try to exert control over the North if anything extreme, such as a sudden regime collapse were to occur. Some say such a move could complicate relations with South Korea and the United States.

Jeon Byeong-gon, a senior researcher of the state-funded Korea Institute for National Unification, cautiously raised the possibility of a Chinese ``military intervention'' in North Korea in the event of an emergency.

Jeon said such a military action by China might be expected should South Korean and U.S. troops conduct joint operations in North Korea without the consent of the Beijing government; or if the Chinese authorities felt their national security and interests were being compromised by unusual situations in the North, such as a mass inflow of North Korean refugees, a civil war or armed conflict involving the U.S. and other international forces on the peninsula.

``China will help the North Korean regime to keep order and provide support for it as long as there is not a clear alternative, but once it judges the North is unable to be stabilized with the loss of control, it is expected to resolve the North Korean issue diplomatically in cooperation with related countries or an international organization,'' Jeon said in his report, titled ``China's Options in Accordance with the Fate of the Kim Jong-il Regime,'' released Sept. 18.

``The most probable scenario is that China will mobilize troops on the border with North Korea to block an inflow of North Korean refugees and provide economic support for the North to stabilize the regime,'' he said. ``China is expected to consult with other countries over the stabilization of North Korea. In particular, its relations with South Korea and the United States would be crucial in resolving the issue.''

Koh Young-hwan, a senior researcher of the Institute for National Security Strategy, called for tripartite cooperation between Seoul, Washington and Tokyo to prevent China from setting up a pro-Chinese puppet state after the possible collapse of Kim's regime.

``After Kim becomes incapacitated or dies, the United States and China are likely to engage in a struggle to ensure their hegemony on the peninsula,'' Koh, a North Korean defector who had served with the North's Foreign Ministry, said in a recent interview with the U.S.-funded Radio Free Asia.

``After Kim dies, it is highly possible that North Korea could be headed by a pro-Chinese government. South Korea and the United States should not sit idly by in that situation and they should make efforts to put into power a new North Korean regime advocating a free democracy, the market economy and human rights.''

Japan would also be negative about the establishment of a pro-Chinese government in North Korea, so that it would support joint contingency operations by South Korean and U.S. troops in North Korea.

Hwang Jang-yop, a former secretary of the North's ruling Workers' Party in charge of foreign policy before his defection in 1997, also saw the likelihood of Chinese control of North Korea in the event of an emergency.

``China will not remain a mere spectator to possible political upheaval in North Korea,'' Hwang, a key architect of North Korea's ruling ideology of ``Juche,'' or self-reliance, was quoted by Yonhap News Agency as saying during a meeting with South Korean conservative politicians earlier this month.

China could send troops to the North if there were political confusion there and if the United States moved to intervene, Hwang said, adding even if Kim died or is incapacitated, however, that would not lead to the regime's sudden collapse.

Hwang predicted increasing economic ties between Seoul and Beijing could prevent a reckless intervention by China, citing a South Korea-China free trade agreement being discussed between the two countries.

In an article published early this year, Andrei Lankov, a Russian expert on North Korean affairs, said while a Chinese invasion or occupation of North Korea is hardly the best outcome, it is far from the worst and could potentially lead to a more open, democratic North.

``Chinese intervention, while not being the best available solution, might still open ways for hope ― at least in comparison with the present-day gloomy and explosive situation,'' he said.

China is expected to do better job of controlling North Korea's weapons of mass destruction and resolving a refugee crisis than other states, such as the United States or South Korea, which seem ill-prepared for this task, Lankov said.

``With North Korea's nuclear weapons under the control of a more rational and predictable power, one that would go to great lengths to not upset its own development and internal stability, such might help assuage a future East Asia arms race and help defuse tensions throughout the region in the long-run,'' he added.

gallantjung@koreatimes.co.kr

[American Patriot]

Hmmm...

If he croaks, the Chinese gonna go in and assume control then? Sounds like it.

A push to the South in order next?

38th Parallel All Over Again...?

[Toad]

Hmmm...

If he croaks, the Chinese gonna go in and assume control then? Sounds like it.

.....

That's what I have been thinking. Blitz in and seize control before there's even a N. Korean power struggle for sucession. And with winter moving in and current state of affairs amidst the population, if they storm in with massive food supplies and warm clothing and hand it out generously, the North Korean population would welcome them with open arms.

[American Patriot]

That's what I have been thinking. Blitz in and seize control before there's even a N. Korean power struggle for sucession. And with winter moving in and current state of affairs amidst the population, if they storm in with massive food supplies and warm clothing and hand it out generously, the North Korean population would welcome them with open arms.

Great Minds think Alike... I'm thinking the same thing.

Are we seeing things that aren't there? Or is Kim really about to croak?