Japan discusses how to evacuate citizens from S.Korea if crisis hits

Japan's National Security Council discussed how to evacuate its nearly 60,000 citizens from South Korea in the event of a crisis, a government official said Friday, amid rising concern over North Korea's nuclear weapons program.


North Korea denounced the United States Friday for bringing "huge nuclear strategic assets" to the Korean peninsula as a U.S. aircraft carrier group headed for the region amid concerns the North may conduct a sixth nuclear test.

Besides commercial ships and planes, Japan would want to send military aircraft and ships to assist in the evacuation if the South Korean government agreed, the official, familiar with the discussion, said.

He declined to be identified because of the sensitivity of the topic.
  [dailystar.com.lb/Reuters]
14/4/17
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