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North Korea is continuing to deny involvement in the sinking of a South Korean ship that killed dozens. But new intelligence does point to North Korea’s leader Kim Jung ll. Nicole Collin is live in Washington with this development. Hi, Nicole? Hi, Shannon? And New York Times report out today takes the blame a step further citing senior American officials who say the torpedo launch that sunk a South Korean naval ship must have been authorized by North Korea’s aging and ailing leader Kim Jung Il.

 

One official told the paper it’s not an established fact움직일 수 없는 사실, but rather it’s based on what the US knows about how North Korea and its military work. One expert I spoke with this morning agrees. “It would be entirely consistent일관된 therefore Kim Jung Il to take this kind of provocative behavior to show that he is still in charge in North Korea. It’s one of the reasons why the continuing existence of his regime is a threat to international peace and security.”

 

South Korea said today it will take the case of its sunken naval ship to the UN Security Council in an effort to get more international sanctions against the impoverished가난한 North Korea. But those efforts are unlikely to have much effect unless the North’s ally China is on board. Secretary of State Hilary Clinton is in China today. This incident is expected to play a dominant role in her discussions there over the next two days. A senior US official said today the US and China remain at odds대립 over how to deal with North Korea on this issue.

 

The official says China is not yet convinced Pyongyang was behind the attack despite an international report that says the torpedo was fired by a North Korea submarine. The official said the US has conveyed to the Chinese how serious the United States and its allies South Korea and Japan take the March attack. Tomorrow the South Korean President is expected to call for the United Nations to condemn the attack and he could cut trade ties with the economically distressed North. North Korea has threatened all-out war if there is any retaliation. Shannon? All right. Very delicate. Thank you very much, Nicole.

 

Tensions on the Korean peninsula increasing by the day in the wake of a North Korean torpedo attack that sank a South Korean ship. South Korea’s President now calling on the United Nations to punish the North with even severe economic sanctions following the attack that killed 46 sailors. This as the top US diplomat is in China to discuss the extremely fragile situation there. Now a new report saying authorization for the attack goes all the way to the top of the North’s leadership. Nicole Collins has more from Washington. Nicole?

 

Julia? A New York Times report takes the blame a step further citing senior American officials who say the torpedo launch that sunk a South Korean naval ship must have been authorized by North Korea’s aging and ailing leader Kim Jung Il.

One official told the paper it’s not an established fact,

but rather it’s based on what the US knows about how North Korea and its military work.

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