{"id":36442,"date":"2013-04-08T15:40:55","date_gmt":"2013-04-08T12:40:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/?p=36442"},"modified":"2013-04-08T15:40:55","modified_gmt":"2013-04-08T12:40:55","slug":"north-korearussian-president-putin-says-korean-war-would-be-worst-then-chernobyl-36442","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/north-korearussian-president-putin-says-korean-war-would-be-worst-then-chernobyl-36442\/","title":{"rendered":"North Korea:Russian President Putin says Korean War would be worst then Chernobyl"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Russian President Vladimir Putin has said a war in Korea could be more devastating than the Chernobyl disaster as Pyongyang was warned against another nuclear test.<\/h1>\n

The Russian President Putin said he was “worried about the escalation on the Korean peninsula, because we are neighbours”.<\/p>\n

And Mr Putin, who also praised a US decision to postpone a planned missile test as part of efforts to reduce tensions, said he feared a situation worse than that in Chernobyl after a nuclear accident that was later linked to thousands of deaths.<\/p>\n

“If, God forbid, something happens, Chernobyl which we all know a lot about, may seem like a child’s fairy tale,” he said.<\/p>\n

“Is there such a threat or not? I think there is … I would urge everyone to calm down … and start to resolve the problems that have piled up for many years there at the negotiating table.”<\/p>\n

His intervention came after United Nations\u00a0Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged the North not to carry out a new nuclear test – saying it would be a “provocative” act.<\/p>\n

South Korea raised fears a fourth test was due amid reports of increased activity at the main atomic test site Punggye-ri but later backtracked.<\/p>\n

Its Defence Ministry said: “We found there had been no unusual movements that indicated it wanted to carry out a nuclear test.”<\/p>\n

Mr Ban said: “The Democratic People’s Republic of North Korea cannot go on like this, confronting and challenging the authority of the (UN) Security Council and the international community.<\/p>\n

“I am urging them to refrain from taking any further provocative measures.”<\/p>\n

China’s Foreign Ministry also said it wanted peace on the Korean peninsula, not war, adding a proper solution to the crisis was the responsibility of all parties.<\/p>\n

The Pentagon has already strengthened its missile defences in response to the repeated threats made by Pyongyang in recent weeks.<\/p>\n

However, the New York Times has reported a more thorough plan that sets out a limited but forceful response to any future provocation has been drawn up by the US and South Korea.<\/p>\n

It said US officials had outlined a “counter-provocation” plan that would see a “response in kind” that would hit the source of any North Korean attack with similar weapons.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, North Korea said it was withdrawing all workers and suspending operations at its joint industrial zone with South Korea, the only surviving symbol of inter-Korean cooperation.<\/p>\n

South Korea has appealed for North Korea to allow access to the Kaesong joint industrial park, six miles inside its borders.<\/p>\n

The North banned South Korean managers and personnel from crossing the border to enter the complex since last Wednesday.<\/p>\n

So far 13 the 123 South Korean firms operating there have been forced to halt production due to fuel and raw material shortages.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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