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Seoul, United States Raise Alert Levels In Korean Peninsula
May 28, 2009 10:12 a.m. EST
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Kris Alingod - AHN Contributor
Seoul, South Korea (AHN) - South Korean troops and the U.S. Combined Forces Command have raised their alert level in the Korean Peninsula in response to a declaration by North Korea that it was ending the 1953 ceasefire agreement ratified after Korean War.
The alert was raised from level three to two on Wednesday, according to the Korean Times. Level two means there are "vital indications of a security threat."
The last time the alert was raised to level two was in October 2006, when North Korea conducted its first nuclear test.
U.S. forces have been serving in South Korea since the outbreak of the Korean War in June 1950.
Also on Wednesday, North Korea said South Korea's decision to fully participate in the U.S.-led Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) was "a declaration of war."
In a statement issued through the official Korean Central News Agency, the communist nation said, "The DPRK will deal a decisive and merciless retaliatory blow, no matter from which place, at any attempt to stop, check and inspect its vessels, regarding it as a violation of its inviolable sovereignty and territory and a grave provocation to it."
"Second, The DPRK will take such a practical counter-action as in the wartime now that the south Korean authorities declared a war in wanton violation of its dignity and sovereignty by fully participating in the PSI."
The PSI is a multilateral effort that began under the Bush administration in 2003. It seeks to stop trafficking of weapons of mass destruction and the proliferation of nuclear weapons. It has 15 major members, including Japan, France, Germany and Russia.
South Korea official joined the PSI on Tuesday, a day after North Korea conducted its second nuclear test and test-fired two short-range missiles.
The United States has issued stern warnings in response to the test and missile launches, calling the the move a "reckless" threat that will only further isolate North Korea in the international community.
The 15-member United States Security Council had also expressed "strong opposition to and condemnation" of the nuclear test" after an emergency meeting presided over by Russia, which holds the rotating presidency of the panel this month.
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Wednesday issued tough rhetoric and reiterated Washington's support for South Korea.
"North Korea has made a choice," she said. "It has chosen to violate the specific language of U.N. Security Council Resolution 1718. It has ignored the international community. It has abrogated the obligations it entered into through the Six-Party Talks. And it continues to act in a provocative and belligerent manner toward its neighbors. There are consequences to such actions."
China, Japan, Russia, South Korea and the United States are part of negotiations, called six-party talks, with North Korea about nuclear disarmament.
North Korea's nuclear test and firing of missiles on Monday followed a rocket launch in April. The rocket launch had prompted condemnation from the Security Council, to which North Korea responded by banning inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) at its reprocessing plant in Yongbyon. The Yongbyon plant was verified in 2007 to be in shutdown status but has been reactivated.
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