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South Korean warship sinks
Topic Started: Apr 27 2010, 09:16 AM (178 Views)
John Galt
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Who is responsible?
Let us begin anew, remembering on both sides that civility is not a sign of weakness.
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taiwan_girl
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This has obviously been big news in ROK. Internally in DPRK, there has been no notice of this event. Externally, the DPRK denied it was involved.

For every theory, there is a counter theory. One that has been heard is that Mr. Kim Jong Il's son and potential next leader of Korea was in charge of this so that he can gain credibility with the military.

Here is a graphic about the different small submarines that DPRK has.

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Piano*Dad
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The evidence is mounting that this was caused by an external, non-contact, explosion that broke the back of the ship. Absent the discovery on the bottom of the remains of a torpedo that can be tied to the North, we may never know for sure what happened. But the probabilities seem increasingly to be pointing North.

The interesting question is what the South will do about it. I'm guessing they'll confine the response to words and economics.
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jon-nyc
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Piano*Dad
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Gotta be un-PC for a moment. That would give new meaning to the term yellow journalism.
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jon-nyc
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Axtremus
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HOLY CARP!!!
Last I talked to a Korean from South Korea about this (3 weeks ago), the South Korean government has quarantined all personnels rescued from the sunken ship. No contact to the outside world, no contact with the press. The South Koreans aren't happy about their government keeping mum about this.
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Piano*Dad
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Just a guess here, but I think the S. Korean government may be trying to minimize the risk that public anger will force their hand. The loudest and most strident political voices could make real hay with stray comments from the crew, for instance.
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