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data for: salvage the days of the ship bow

newspaper correspondent Li Meng

South Korean Defense Ministry acknowledged for the first time on June 6, March 26, “day” ship explosion When the waters near the US-ROK military is anti-submarine exercises.

Jun Han had just two months after the acknowledged anti-submarine exercises

Yonhap reported on June 7, March 26, “day” ship explosion event occurs, the Korea-US anti-submarine warfare is the Yellow Sea naval exercises. South Korean Defense Ministry spokesman Yuantai set 7, said: “Korea-US joint military exercise on March 25 to 26 in the waters near the peninsula Huanghai Tai Ann. The same day of the exercises in the ‘Tian’ ship before the incident occurred (9 pm) has end, and exercises to pitch is 170 km away from site of the incident. “However, South Korean civil-military joint mission spokesman Min Ping Yu said:” According to our original plan, the exercise until the end of March 28, but the ‘Tian ‘ship incident, the exercise was interrupted. “

why the incident occurred more than two months after the Korean army had just publicly admitted the incident area are being held in South Korea anti-submarine exercise it? As early as March 29 South Korean National Assembly at the “day” ship incident hearing, some members have questioned whether the U.S. military mistakenly hit to cause the accident, South Korea Defense Minister Kim tae denied. U.S. troops also said then, was not in the incident area and activities of U.S. warships and military aircraft.

However, the Associated Press reported on June 5, from March 25 at 10 am to the evening of March 26, two destroyers, the United States is working with a South Korean submarine launched anti-submarine exercises. USFK spokesman Lt. Col. Gordon Creech Jain said, when the “day” ship when the explosion occurred, the anti-submarine exercises suspended. Although the Associated Press reported that South Korea did not mention the specific area of ??anti-submarine exercises, but there are two South Korean military is difficult to deny: South Korea was indeed engaged in anti-submarine exercises; “day” ship explosion halted the exercise. As for why the South Korean military had never disclosed this information, there is currently not seen a convincing explanation.

aircraft carriers into the Yellow Sea and South Korea are different opinions

Yonhap, “Chosun Ilbo” and “Central Daily” and other South Korean media has been given to the United States anti-submarine exercises held in South Korea as the most powerful deterrent measures against the DPRK, and the “Washington” appeared in the nuclear aircraft carrier to enter the Yellow Sea, as an important trump card. Because after the US-ROK exercises, the U.S. aircraft carrier is always on the Korean peninsula east of the Sea of ??Japan, if the can into the Yellow Sea, the potential threat of Pyongyang will undoubtedly strengthen the lot. South Korea, “Asian Daily” even in the June 2, said, “Washington” aircraft is scheduled from 5 base in Yokosuka, Japan left two days later into the Yellow Sea, to participate in the 8 start of the US-South Korean anti-submarine exercises. But the “Voice of America,” June 4, quoted Pentagon officials as saying: “Defense Secretary Robert Gates has not approved carrier to go to the Korean Peninsula waters, and in the near future there will be no similar plans.” But this story, which several South Korean media has not reproduced.

Voice of America: Korean young people do not worry about North Korea

advocate with the South Korean government on North Korea to implement tougher measures to different, and many South Koreans have do not care. “Voice of America” ??reported on the 8th, despite the emergence of people rally in support of Seoul, President Lee Myung-bak take tough measures against North Korea, but a closer look reveals that the rally is basically 60 years of age or older. Yonsei University in Seoul, the students, such as 20-year-old Jinna Yan said, unless the bombs actually fall, they do not worry about North Korea. “I and the people around me do not feel tension, due to the threat of North Korea said before too many things.”

Xun Shen, a South Korean correspondents in the Korean War broke out was a child, he said: “Now young people in peace and prosperity, grew up in the environment, do not know how cruel the war broke out. “something in Busan, director of the University of International Studies, said Brian En Mi Naples, young Koreans in protest against the United States more military presence in South Korea to, and imports of U.S. beef, and not concerned about the “day” ship caused by “the threat of war.”

In addition, many South Koreans believe North Korea is not sinking, “day” ship, a survey, at least 20 percent of South Koreans do not believe that the Korean attack. Network in Korea, many people questioned the government to “fake” results in order to implement hard-line policy toward the DPRK, and others wrote directly, the ship is hit the American mines, South Korea is concealing the fact that Jiahuoyuren.

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