US troops mobilise in South Korea as Kim Jong-un
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Kim Jong-un has ordered North Korea's troops to be on a war footing as tensions with South Korea escalate following an exchange of shells - follow the latest updates
Pyongyang citizens "ready for whatever happens"
NK News has spoken to Norwegian film director Morten Traavik, who is currently based
in Pyongyang. 평양 사람들은 뭔 일이 생겨도 대비하고 있다고..
The mood in Pyongyang, just like I suppose it is down south in Seoul, is completely normal:
People going about their business, cicadas chirping in the trees and the occasional propaganda mobile blaring patriotic songs, but that’s daily fare here anyway.
Of course, people are fully aware of the current situation as KCTV broadcasts regular news bulletins about the developments. But the ones I've talked to say that they’re ready for whatever happens.
뭔일이 닥칠란가 걱정도 안하는 평양, 서울 사람들..평상대로..
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Andrea Berger, a security and nuclear weapons expert at RUSI (Royal United Services Institute),
says she believes it is "highly unlikely" that North Korea will launch SCUD missiles directly at
South Korea. 북한이 남한에 직접 SCUD 미사일을 발사할 가능성은 낮다.
Instead, she told The Telegraph this afternoon, they would probably be fired eastwards in an
attempt to escalate the situation and demonstrate their power to Seoul. 그러나 현 상황을 증폭하기 위해, 힘의 과시를 위해 동해로 쏠 가능성은 있다.
North Korea certainly does have SCUDs, they were gifted to them by the Egyptians in the early 1980s.
SCUD missiles have a range of approximately 320km. 스커드 미사일은 이집트에서 받았는 데, 사정거리 320 킬로
They are relatively simple and reliable and among the most widely used missiles worldwide.
The blast radius is relatively small." 조작이 간단하고, 신뢰성이 높아서 세상에서 가장 많이 쓰이는 미사일이다.
그러나 폭발 반경은 상당히 작다.
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Who would win if North and South Korea went to war? 남, 북한 붙으면 누가 이길까?
The Telegraph's David Blair has been grappling with this conundrum today. He writes:
North Korea’s bloated armed forces outnumber those of its southern neighbour by a large
margin. When it comes to soldiers and artillery pieces, North Korea enjoys a two-to-one advantage
over its old enemy. 북한 병력숫자는 2;1로 압도적이다.
Yet an abundance of soldiers carrying light arms does not translate into military dominance.
그러나, 병사가 지니는 작은 화력은 군사적 우위를 보장 못 한다.
North Korea’s armed forces might be immense, but their weapons and equipment are largely obsolete.
South Korea’s much smaller armed forces, by contrast, benefit from some of the best American-
supplied weapons and equipment, including more than 2,000 tanks and hundreds of F5, F15 and F16 fighter jets and fighter bombers.
병사는 엄청나지만, 무기는 구식이다. 남한 군대 숫자는 작지만 미국서 받은 현대적인 탱크, 전투기가 있다.
More importantly, it nestles under the US security umbrella, and there are 28,500 American troops permanently based in the South.
더 중요한 사실은 남한은 미군의 보호 우산 아래에 있고, 미군 28,500명이 주둔하고있다.
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Jee Hwan Kim, a student in Seoul, has told The Telegraph of mixed feelings in South Korea,
with some terrified and others taking today's events in their stride.
It's rather quiet here and there are mixed feelings: some are terrified; others think it is a joke.
In fact, what's quite interesting is that whilst #prayforkorea is trending abroad, the top hashtags
right now in Korea are about TV programmes, game shows and celebrities.
재미있는 일은 외국에서는 "한국을 위한 기도"가 대세인 데, 정작 한국에서 티비 시청율은 게임이나,
연예인 나오는 쑈다.
That is the same for the top searches on Korea's top search engine called Naver.
If I'm honest, I don't think anything is actually going to happen - it was exactly like this back in
2013.
In short, I think there's nothing to be scared of. After all, what North Korea is the best at is
bluffing. To be fair, I would rather be in a more stable place, but I'm not too fussed.
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Where are North Korea's Scud missiles? 북한 스커드 미사일은 어디 있냐?
Kim Jong-un has reportedly moved Scud missiles to somewhere in North Pyongan Province,
a massive stretch of land spanning more than one hundred miles from north to south.
김정은은 스커드 미사일을 평안북도 모처로 옮겼다는 보도는 있는 데, 평북이 커서 남북간 거리가
100마일 넘는다.
From there, they are poised to strike 11 key targets in South Korea - though whether the
regime's weapons are sophisticated enough to do so remains unclear
거기서 남한의 전략 요충 11 군데를 겨냥한다.. 북한의 미사일이 그만큼 세련된 것인지는 모르지만...