Truthdig - Ear to the Ground - S. Korea Expected to Seek Official U.S. Nuclear Protection

			November 9, 2009 Log in / Register
			Text Size

Another Deadly Shooting: Orlando Gunman Opens Fire in Former Office

Dems Make Final Push for Health Bill Votes

House Passes Health Care Bill

Kucinich: Why I Voted No

Afghanistan's Sham Army

Afghanistan’s Sham Army
By Chris Hedges

When Voters Disrupt the Tea Party
By E.J. Dionne

Kucinich: Why I Voted No
By Rep. Dennis Kucinich

America Performs Its Familiar Role of Propping Up a Dictator
By Robert Fisk

Saddam Biography Makes a Splash in Baghdad

Rupert Murdoch vs. Google (and Reality)

Salvador Flood Toll Tops 120

Hezbollah, Fearing War, Digs In

Okinawans Step Up U.S. Base Protest

House Passes Health Care Bill

Lieberman Jumps to Conclusions About Fort Hood Shooting

Goldman Sachs Becomes ‘SNL’ Punchline

‘Daily Show’ Insta-Classic: What Lurks Within Glenn Beck?

‘Left, Right & Center’: GOP Scores; Unemployment Up; Fort Hood Fallout

Marion Barry Does Reality TV

Steve Fraser on the Crisis of Capitalism
By Steve Fraser

Ni Hao, Mickey Mouse: Disney Goes to Shanghai

Anthropologist Claude Levi-Strauss, Father of Structuralism, Dies at 100

Financial Meltdown 101

A Dig compiled by the editors of Truthdig

Vetting Sarah Palin

A Dig compiled by the editors of Truthdig

Bush v. Gore: The Court Cases and the Commentary

E.J. Dionne
$19.95

The Raw Deal: How Bush Republicans Plan to Destroy Social Security and the Legacy of the New Deal

By Joe Conason
$9.35

Jr. Baby Doll T-Shirt

$19

S. Korea Expected to Seek Official U.S. Nuclear Protection

Flickr/ninjawil

A North Korea propaganda poster.

Shortly after the U.N. Security Council imposed new sanctions against North Korea for carrying out a nuclear test, the communist country has reacted by warning of possible nuclear war. As a result, South Korean President Lee Myung-bak, who is to meet with President Obama on Tuesday, is expected to seek a written commitment of nuclear protection from the U.S.

The Washington Post:

As state media in North Korea continued to warn of possible nuclear war, South Korean President Lee Myung-bak flew to Washington for talks with President Obama at which Lee is expected to seek a written promise of continued U.S. nuclear protection.

The United States has maintained a nuclear umbrella over South Korea since the Korean War and it periodically reaffirms that protection, although not at the level of a White House statement.

Read More

More Below the Ad

Advertisement

TAGS: north korea nuclear war obama president lee myung-back south korea u.n.

Related Entries

November 9, 2009 When Voters Disrupt the Tea Party
November 8, 2009 House Passes Health Care Bill
November 6, 2009 America Performs Its Familiar Role of Propping Up a Dictator
November 6, 2009 ‘Daily Show’ Insta-Classic: What Lurks Within Glenn Beck?
November 6, 2009 Sen. George McGovern on the Presidency From Lincoln to Obama

Email to a friend

Get truth delivered to
your inbox every week.

Previous item: Shots Fired at Iranian Election Protests

Next item: Truthdig Wins 3 Journalism Awards

Elsewhere: .

Comments

Are you a Truthdig member yet? Login now, or register with Truthdig.

By juandejesus, June 16 at 2:49 pm #
(Unregistered commenter)

who gives a **** about what n korea does? first off who are we to say who can/cannot have nuclear weapons…arrogant a**holes we are. second, we put them on notice: if we get attacked and have evidence that n korea is behind it…we kill you all. end of story. no paying them off, no sanctions just a promise

Report this

By Virginia777, June 15 at 6:42 pm #

I could care less to read ANOTHER suspicious article (from the Washington Pest no less) on North Korea.

why all the warmongering on Truthdig?

Report this

By rollzone, June 15 at 5:50 pm #

hello. he is coming for his bag of fresh green reserve notes. write on one of them a renewed commitment, and there you go. it will be amongst the relics discovered in the nuclear-safe bomb shelter.

Report this

By ardee, June 15 at 5:20 pm #

This changes nothing. We have been pledged to protect South Korea for decades. Maneuvering around the issue of those journalists is my guess.

Report this

By skulz fontaine, June 15 at 5:08 pm #

Save us Globo-Cop, save us!

Report this