South Korea to Get Longer-Range Missiles under New Deal with US
By Associated Press in Seoul
Guardian
October 7, 2012
►http://www.globalpolicy.org/component/content/article/185-general/51979-south-korea-to-get-longer-ranger-missiles-under-new-deal-with-us
With the permission of the US, South Korea has extended the range of its ballistic missiles to reach all of North Korea. In response, North Korea has declared that its missiles can now strike mainland US. After missile tests in 2006 and 2009, North Korea’s already crippled economy has been sanctioned by the UN. With a recent power transition in the North and upcoming presidential elections in the South, tensions are again rising on the Korean Peninsula.