Posted on 04/14/2017 6:37:33 AM PDT by Enlightened1
TOKYO — Japan's National Security Council has discussed how to evacuate its nearly 60,000 citizens from South Korea in the event of a crisis, a government official said Friday amid rising concern over North Korea's nuclear weapons program.
North Korea denounced the U.S. on Friday for bringing "huge nuclear strategic assets" to the Korean peninsula as a U.S. aircraft carrier group headed for the region ahead of a feared sixth nuclear missile test.
Besides commercial ships and planes, Japan would want to send military aircraft and ships to assist in the evacuation if the South Korean government agreed, the official, familiar with the discussion, said. He declined to be identified because of the sensitivity of the topic.
The NSC, in a meeting on Thursday, also discussed how to cope with a possible flood of North Korean refugees into Japan, among whom might be North Korean spies and agents, Japanese media reported.
Tension has risen since the U.S. Navy fired 59 Tomahawk missiles at a Syrian airfield last week in response to a deadly gas attack, raising concerns about U.S. President Donald Trump's plans for North Korea, which has conducted missile and nuclear tests in defiance of UN and unilateral sanctions.
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not sure Japan will be much safer than SK if war breaks out.
Lotta good it will do moving them next door.
They can shoot down missiles.................
Y’know, South Korean refugees might actually be an asset to the US.
Unlike Moslems.
Not that I want anything to happen to South Korea, or even to Islamic countries.
feared sixth nuclear missile test.
Feared? What’s to “fear” about a piss ant country’s test? Probably fail, anyway. I think the enemedia is the only “fear” being peddled around.
When is one of Kim's own guards going to take him out. He probably doesn't give them real bullets.
I still say odds are better than 50/50 that it blows up in their face. Very low odds it will directly affect non-NK bodies.
I still say odds are better than 50/50 that it blows up in their face. Very low odds it will directly affect non-NK bodies.
If it blows on NK soil, they will claim it was a Western attack !!
Japan is thinking half measures.
It could - given some “maybe” scenarios - be asked, by the U.S., to help evacuate some South Koreans also.
The only result of any sort of conflict with NK is a catastrophy for millions of helpless people on both sides.
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