North Korean Missile/Nuclear Crisis -- News Updates For May 29, 2009

Visitors to the Unification Observatory Post in Paju, South Korea, can look into North Korea. Seokyong Lee for The New York Times

South Koreans Express Fatigue With a Recalcitrant North -- New York Times

PAJU, South Korea — Peering at North Korea in the hazy distance from the demilitarized zone, standing under an upbeat mural trumpeting improved relations between the separated countries, a visitor from South Korea struck a skeptical note.

“We sent them food, fertilizer, factories, more than we give our own poor people,” said the South Korean, Lee Soon-hwan, a 30-year-old office worker. “And all they pay us back with is this nuclear test.”

After years of hope that relations with the North would thaw if the South tried to coax it into engagement, regional experts and others speak of growing disenchantment. Many South Koreans reacted with exasperation and even anger to North Korea’s nuclear test on Monday, uncharacteristically harsh responses in a country that has long been more tolerant of its unruly northern neighbor than have its allies in Washington and Tokyo.

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More News On North Korea

US, SKorea militaries gird for NKorean provocation -- Yahoo News/AP
U.S., South Korea raise military alert on North -- Yahoo News/Reuters
SKorea, US troops raise alert after NKorean threat -- Yahoo News/AFP
Report: NKorea test-fires short-range missile -- AP
North Korea tests 6th missile, South Korean military source says -- CNN
North Korea 'tests another missile' -- Al Jazeera
NKorea vows response if UN imposes sanctions -- AFP
North Korea slams Security Council as hypocrites -- Yahoo News/AP
Analysts Assess Options on How to Respond to North Korea's Nuclear Threat -- Voice of America
Chinese boats fear naval clash between North and South Korea -- The Telegraph
In North Korea crisis, military options for US are grim -- WA Today
US grapples with idea of permanent nuclear N.Korea -- Reuters
North Korea's nervous neighbours -- Al Jazeera
What next for North Korea's nukes? -- Christian Science Monitor
How big a threat is North Korea? -- Christian Science Monitor
Pyongyang's Nuclear Tests Lead to Questions About Military Capabilities -- Voice of America
After Initial Mild Reaction, Kremlin May Consider Tougher Stance on Tests -- Washington Post
CHRONOLOGY-Major incidents along border of rival Koreas -- Reuters