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Αναζωπύρωση ανησυχιών μετά την εκτέλεση του θείου του Κιμ Γιονγκ Ουν

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Παρασκευή, 13 Δεκεμβρίου 2013 17:49 / UPD:17:51

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Φωτογραφία που δόθηκε στη δημοσιότητα από την  εφημερίδα Ροντόνγκ Σινμούν στην οποία ο Γιανγκ Σονγκ Θαέκ με δεμένα τα χέρια, κρατείται από ένστολους φύλακες κατά τη δίκη του.

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• Β. Κορέα: Εκτελέστηκε ο θείος του Κιμ Γιονγκ Ουν

Η εκτέλεση του άλλοτε πανίσχυρου θείου του βορειοκορεάτη ηγέτη Κιμ Γιονγκ Ουν αναζωπύρωσε τους φόβους πολιτικής αστάθειας στο απομονωμένο και οπλισμένο με πυρηνικά ασιατικό κράτος.
Ο υπουργός Άμυνας της Νότιας Κορέας Κιμ Κον Τζιίν υποσχέθηκε «υψηλή ετοιμότητα» μετά το ξεκαθάρισμα του Τσανγκ Σονγκ Θαέκ.
Η εκτέλεση, σύμφωνα με το νοτιοκορεάτη αξιωματούχο, θα μπορούσε να σηματοδοτεί μια εκστρατεία «εσωτερικής τρομοκρατίας» από τον ηγέτη της Βόρειας Κορέας.
Ο Τσανγκ εκτελέστηκε για πράξεις «προδοσίας» από βορειοκορεατικό στρατοδικείο.
Η απομάκρυνσή του είχε γίνει με πάταγο, όταν ένοπλοι φρουροί τον συνέλαβαν κατά τη διάρκεια ειδικής κομματικής συνεδρίασης του Κόμματος Εργατών Κορέας νωρίτερα μέσα στην εβδομάδα.
Ο υπουργός Ενοποίησης της Νότιας Κορέας, Ριού Κιλ Τζάε, προειδοποίησε ότι τις εκκαθαρίσεις μπορεί να ακολουθήσουν στρατιωτικές κινήσεις εκ μέρους της Πιονγιάνγκ, ακόμη και νέα πυρηνική δοκιμή.
Ανέφερε δε, μιλώντας στο νοτιοκορεατικό κοινοβούλιο, ότι «ο Βορράς συνήθως καλύπτει τα εσωτερικά του ζητήματα με προκλήσεις στο εξωτερικό».
Η Βόρεια Κορέα είχε πραγματοποιήσει την τρίτη πυρηνική της δοκιμή το Φεβρουάριο, συναντώντας την καταδίκη των μεγάλων δυνάμεων.
Η Πιονγιάνγκ είχε εξαπολύσει τότε απειλές για χτυπήματα κατά Νότιας Κορέας, Ιαπωνίας και ΗΠΑ.
Η Κίνα χαρακτήρισε, από την πλευρά της, την εκτέλεση ως «εσωτερικό ζήτημα» και ευχήθηκε σταθερότητα στη «γειτονική χώρα».
Αναλυτές θεωρούν ότι η εκτέλεση Τσανγκ θα μπορούσε να σημάνει αλυσιδωτές αντιδράσεις και εκκαθαρίσεις εκατοντάδων ατόμων τα οποία συνδέονταν με την κομματική του ομάδα, ενώ άλλοι κάνουν λόγο για ένδειξη αστάθειας του καθεστώτος.
Στην πρωτεύουσα της Βόρειας Κορέας την Παρασκευή κάτοικοι συγκεντρώθηκαν γύρω από δημόσιες εφημερίδες για να διαβάσουν το σχετικό ρεπορτάζ.
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«Χειρότερος από σκύλο»
Το βορειοκορεατικό κρατικό πρακτορείο KCNA τόνισε ότι ο Τσανγκ μπροστά σε στρατοδικείο την Πέμπτη και ομολόγησε ότι προσπάθησε να ανατρέψει το καθεστώς. Η θανατική του καταδίκη εκτελέστηκε άμεσα, τόνισε το πρακτορείο.
Σε εκτεταμένη και λεπτομερή ανακοίνωση, το πρακτορείο χαρακτηρίζει τον εκτελεσθέντα «κατάπτυστο ανθρώπινο απόβρασμα… χειρότερο από σκύλο».
Ο Τσανγκ θεωρείτο μέντορας του ανιψιού του στη μεταβατική φάση ανάληψης της ηγεσίας μετά το θάνατο του Κιμ Γιονγκ Ιλ το 2011.
Ήταν παντρεμένος με την αδελφή του θανόντος ηγέτη και κατείχε θέσεις – κλειδιά, μεταξύ άλλων εκείνη του αντιπροέδρου της Εθνικής Επιτροπής Άμυνας, κορυφαίου στρατιωτικού σώματος της χώρας.
Το 2012, είχε ταξιδέψει στην Κίνα και είχε συναντηθεί με τον τότε πρόεδρο Χου Τζιντάο, υπογράφοντας σειρά οικονομικών συμφωνιών, μεταξύ άλλων και για δύο ειδικές οικονομικές ζώνες.
Η Ιαπωνία αναφέρει ότι «παρακολουθεί στενά τις εξελίξεις», ενώ οι ΗΠΑ έκαναν λόγο για «άλλη μία εκδήλωση της ακραίας κτηνωδίας του βορειοκορεατικού καθεστώτος».

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BBC World News: Deadly floods hits states of Minas Gerais & Rio de Jainero in Brazil 5 Jan

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At least eight people have died in heavy flooding in south-eastern Brazil. More than ten thousand have been forced to evacuate their homes. Two of the worst .

Brazilian authorities are evacuating thousands more people from their homes in the wake of continuing heavy flooding. The two worst affected states are Minas.

The UN World Food Programme has begun flying in aid for the tens of thousands of people hit by Mozambique's devastating floods. The shipments of food, mosquito nets, and other supplies are.

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Japan seeks more defense force...[ 3208 ]

Japan seeks more limber defense force

Jun Iiyama, Nikkei staff writer // December 12, 2013 6:04 am JST

The Osprey can take off and land like a helicopter and fly like a plane. 

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TOKYO -- Japan's new defense planning will emphasize speed and flexibility, with integrated land, sea and air forces and more maneuverable weaponry.

    Government and ruling bloc officials on Wednesday put together new National Defense Policy Guidelines and an accompanying medium-term plan. The cabinet is expected to finalize them, along with Japan's first-ever national security strategy, next week.

     Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's approach to national security addresses China's widening naval reach and the threat posed by North Korean nuclear weapons and missiles.

     "Dynamic Joint Defense Force," which is what the government is calling its concept, differs little in name from a key principle of the current guidelines, adopted in 2010 under a different ruling party. That idea, called "Dynamic Defense Force," seeks to boost deterrence by mobilizing units as needed anywhere in the country. But many in Abe's Liberal Democratic Party oppose simply copying the Democratic Party of Japan, hence the rebranding.

     The new concept will guide equipment selection for the Self-Defense Forces in the next five years covered by the medium-term plan. The emphasis on maneuverability is apparent in the choice of the Osprey, a vertical take-off and landing transport plane used by the American military that can move personnel and material faster than helicopters. The Global Hawk spy drone is also on the government's wish list.

     The Ground SDF will get new rapid-deployment divisions as well as an amphibious unit. It will also adopt a unified chain of command like the SDF's air and sea branches. A squadron of E-2C early warning surveillance planes will take up residence at the Air SDF's Naha base in Okinawa. The Maritime SDF will get additional small destroyers.

     Abe's government will seek an increase in defense spending compared with the period covered by the 2010 plans. Officials are eyeing upwards of 24 trillion yen ($230 billion) in outlays over the five years starting next April.

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Προς την ΔΟ του Φόρουμ "Μέσαέξω.gr"
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Αθήνα, Παρασκευή, 13 Δεκεμβρίου 2013.., 10:30 πμ
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Με την ελπίδα ότι  κατά κάποιο τρόπο μπορεί να έρθει στην αντίληψή σας  , αφού δεν έχω άλλο τρόπο επικοινωνίας, ανάρτησα στο μπλογκ μου τα παρακάτω : 
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Η αιτία του ΒΑΝ  ήταν  το...κωδικοποιημένο " F-off " που τάχα σας  πείραξε και δεν σας πείραξαν τα διάφορα "κωλόγερε, γαμόγερε, βρωμόγερε,αιδίο της λάσπης , στόκε,βλαμένε, " κλπ  και πολλά άλλα  αισχρότερα μαργαριτάρια που δέχτηκα από τους  4 τους  οποίους  έβαλα στη  λίστα  των  αποκλεισμένων των οποίων οι  βρισιές   φρίττουν αλλά ποτέ δεν συγκίνησαν και ούτε καν σβήστηκαν αλλά   παραμένουν αναρτημένες..,  όπως μπορείτε να διαπιστώσετε και αυτό  δείχνει  ότι  υπάρχουν 2 μέτρα και 2  σταθμά...
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Αφού ελέγξετε την αλήθεια των  λεγομένων μου να  αναθεωρήσετε και να  ανακαλέσετε το ΒΑΝ.-

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Επι τη ευκαιρία " Καλά Χριστούγεννα και Ευτυχισμένο το  Νέο  Χρόνο"
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N.Korea : leader's uncle was executed..[ 3206 ]

North Korea says leader's uncle was executed

By Tom Watkins, CNN

December 13, 2013 -- Updated 0325 GMT (1125 HKT)

In an image taken from footage shown by North Korea's KCTV and released by South Korea's Yonhap news agency on December 9, 2013, Jang Song-Thaek is reportedly being dragged away from his chair by two police officials during a meeting in Pyongyang. North Korea confirmed on December 9 that the powerful uncle of Kim Jong-Un, the nation's leader, had been removed. New reports from North Korea say that Jang has been executed.

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(CNN) -- An uncle of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has been executed for trying to overthrow the government, the Korean Central News Agency reported early Friday.

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"Traitor Jang Song Thaek Executed" blared the headline posted by the state-run news agency about the man who, until recently, had been regarded as the nation's second-most powerful figure.

The story said that a special military tribunal had been held Thursday against the "traitor for all ages," who was accused of trying to overthrow the state "by all sorts of intrigues and despicable methods."

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It added, "All the crimes committed by the accused were proved in the course of hearing and were admitted by him."

Once his guilt was established, Jang was immediately executed, it said.

 

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The KCNA report described Jang as "despicable human scum" and "worse than a dog," and said he had betrayed his party and leader.

"This is a stunning development," Marcus Noland, a senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics, told CNN on Thursday. "I've been following North Korea for 20 years and I do not remember them ever publicly announcing the execution of a senior leader. You hear rumors about it, but this theatrical arrest earlier in the week and now this execution are unprecedented."

He added, "The regime, I think, is trying to intimidate anyone that might have independent ideas or harbor any ambitions."

KCNA's report comes days after Jang was removed from his military post.

Jang, who was married to Kim's aunt, had served as vice chairman of North Korea's top military body and had often been pictured beside the 30-year-old leader, who has ruled North Korea since the death in 2011 of his father, Kim Jong Il.

It has previously been reported that Kim Il Sung -- the late father of Kim Jong Il and the architect of the North Korean state -- disapproved of Jang's marriage into the family, according to Time Magazine.

In Washington, a State Department official acknowledged having seen the report of Jang's execution. "While we cannot independently verify this development, we have no reason to doubt the official KCNA report," Deputy Spokeswoman Marie Harf said in a statement.

"If confirmed, this is another example of the extreme brutality of the North Korean regime. We are following developments in North Korea closely and consulting with our allies and partners in the region," Harf added.

"I think the message to people in North Korea is: Don't mess with Kim Jong Un," said Mike Chinoy, a senior fellow at the U.S.-China Institute at the University of Southern California and author of "Meltdown: The Inside Story of the North Korean Nuclear Crisis."

"This is about as brutal and ruthless a signal that could possibly be conveyed -- that Kim Jong Un is in charge and that anybody who seeks to create any kind of alternative power center is going to get destroyed politically and, in the case of Jang Song Thaek, physically as well."

He called the incident "the most dramatic, highly visible shakeup in the North Korean leadership in decades."

Kim accused Jang and his allies of double-dealing behind the scenes, "dreaming different dreams" and selling the country's resources at cheap prices, thereby threatening North Korea's economic development, according to a KCNA statement this week.

"Jang desperately worked to form a faction within the party by creating illusion about him and winning those weak in faith and flatterers to his side," the statement said.

The statement accused Jang of womanizing, drug use, gambling, eating at expensive restaurants and undergoing medical treatment in a foreign country.

Friday's KCNA report accused Jang of having distributed pornographic pictures among his confidants and having taken at least 4.6 million euros (US $6.3 million) "from his secret coffers and squandered it in 2009 alone."

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Two allies of Jang -- Lee Yong-ha and Jang Soo-kee -- were recently executed, South Korean lawmakers told reporters prior to Friday's report.

The lawmakers, including Cho Won-jin of the governing Saenuri Party, said they had received a briefing from South Korea's National Intelligence Service. CNN has not been able to independently confirm the report.

North Korea, a state shrouded in secrecy, has been involved in a protracted standoff with its neighbors and Western powers over its nuclear weapons program.

Tensions between North Korea and South Korea soared this year as Pyongyang reacted angrily to tightened United Nations sanctions imposed in response to its latest nuclear test.

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The two sides are still technically at war after the Korean conflict, which began in 1950 and ended in 1953 in a truce, not a treaty.

The South Korean government held a national security meeting on Friday morning and was keeping a close eye on events in the north, Unification Ministry spokesman Kim Eui-do told reporters.

On a separate note, Seoul has accepted a proposal from Pyongyang to meet on December 19 in the Kaesong North-South Korea Industrial Complex, the spokesman said.

The execution may have repercussions among the security and military forces as well as in the economy, since Jang was well-connected in those areas, USC's Chinoy said.

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"All those people now are either going to have to make very visible that they're abandoning that previous connection and that they're going to show total loyalty to Kim Jong Un, or they're going to be in trouble."

But it's not clear what, if anything, the incident may portend, he added. "It raises a lot more questions than answers."

For example, the killing could affect Pyongyang's relationship with Beijing, since Jang had dealt extensively with China -- North Korea's biggest and most important neighbor and supplier of food and aid, said Chinoy, who was a CNN correspondent.

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"I think the Chinese saw him as a sober, adult supervisor" of the untested young leader, he said. And Pyongyang's denunciation of Jang -- which implied he had had dubious connections with an outside power -- was likely referring to China, whose leaders may .now be "deeply unsettled," Chinoy said.

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The incident could have even wider repercussions, Chinoy said.

If there is a sense of instability inside North Korea, with top-level people getting killed and others at risk, "there's always the temptation to strike out externally," Chinoy said. "You can't rule that out."

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CNN's Elise Labott contributed to this report