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S. Korean Military Discusses Countermeasures Against N. Korea
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South Korea's top military commanders discussed Saturday possible responses to deal with provocations by North Korea with tensions ratcheting up over the North's March deadly torpedo attack on one of the South's warships, officials said.
Tensions on the divided peninsula escalated sharply in the aftermath of the sinking of the 1,200-ton Cheonan near the Yellow Sea border with North Korea on March 26.
A multinational team of investigators, with "overwhelming" evidence, concluded on May 20 that North Korea was behind the attack.
As part of diplomatic punishment measures, S. Korean President Lee Myung-bak said he will appeal the United Nations Security Council to impose further sanctions against the North.
Joint Chiefs of Staff Lee Sang-eui and some 20 commanders held discussions on military operations against North Korea's potential provocations, a military official said.
"I'm aware that they discussed how to cope with different types of North Korea's military provocations and strengthen defense readiness against the North," the official said on the condition of anonymity.
At the Saturday meeting, the South's military was believed to discuss its response if the South Korean civilians at the Kaesong complex are taken hostage.
About 110 South Korean factories employ some 42,000 North Korean workers at the Kaesong complex. The South is cutting the number of South Korean managers there by half as part of economic responses to the sinking. [ link to www.sabanews.net]
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