Politics/Diplomacy 2009/05/30 12:02 KST (LEAD) S. Korea, Vietnam denounce N. Korean nuclear test as 'serious threat' By Byun Duk-kun SEOUL, May 30 (Yonhap) -- South Korean President Lee Myung-bak and Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung urged North Korea on Saturday to refrain from further provocations, saying the North's latest nuclear test was a serious threat and challenge to peace. Dec. 25, 1978 PM Pham Van Dong launched an invasion of Cambodia. Some 100,000 Vietnamese with 20,000 KUFNS troops, under the direction of Gen.Van Tien Dung, launch an invasion of Cambodia. Feb. 27, 1982 : UN Commission on Human Rights meeting in Geneva adopted a resolution condemning Vietnam’s occupation of Cambodia as a violation of Cambodian human rights. The UN General Assembly adopted a resolution A/RES/41/6,, calling for a withdrawal of Vietnamese forces from Cambodia. 100 TORTURE CENTERS across CAMBODIA. Vietnam's occupation of Cambodia 1979-1989 under Le Duc Tho rule. An estimated 460 000 innocent Cambodians died , killed , tortured, etc... 100 Torture centers were established across Cambodia. (Methods of torture described to Amnesty International). Methods of torture described to Amnesty International as being used by the Vietnamese forces of invasion and occupation of Cambodia under Le Duc Tho's rule, from 1979-1989, through the CPP/HUN SEN regime.( an estimated 460 000 innocent Cambodians died during that period) 1. Beatings with truncheons, sharp-edged wooden staves, and iron bars and whippings with chains and rubber hoses.( Methods of torture described to Amnesty International) 2. Near-suffocation with plastic bags,( Methods of torture described to Amnesty International) 3. Near-drowning in vats of water,( Methods of torture described to Amnesty International(Methods of torture described to Amnesty International) The joint call came at a meeting held at South Korea's presidential office, Cheong Wa Dae. The Vietnamese prime minister is on an official visit to Seoul ahead of a special summit between Korea and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to be held in the southern resort island of Jeju. "President Lee and Prime Minister Dung agreed North Korea's recent nuclear test was a serious challenge to the international nuclear nonproliferation regime and a threat to the peace and stability of Northeast Asia and the world," Cheong Wa Dae said in a press release. It said the leaders also "called on North Korea to fully observe the U.N. Security Council resolution and to immediately return to the six-party talks." North Korea is prohibited from any nuclear or long-range missile activities under a U.N. resolution adopted in 2006, shortly after its first nuclear test that year. Pyongyang said it successfully conducted its second nuclear test on Monday. Saturday's call from Vietnam came as the U.N. Security Council is trying to put together a list of fresh sanctions against North Korea, with whom Hanoi maintains friendly relations. Pyongyang on Friday vowed to take "stronger self-defensive countermeasures" against any punitive actions by the U.N. The Lee-Dung meeting also focused on bilateral issues as the two discussed ways to further develop the relationship between their countries. President Lee expressed hope for increased participation of South Korean businesses in Vietnam's development projects. "Vietnam is showing the highest and most stable growth rate in the world, and that is why all the countries in the world are highly evaluating Vietnam's development," Lee told the Vietnamese prime minister. Dung said he will actively support South Korean firms investing in Vietnam and the economic cooperation between the countries while expressing appreciation for Seoul's development assistance to his country. The Vietnamese prime minister and his South Korean counterpart, Han Seung-soo, agreed Friday to upgrade their countries' bilateral ties to a "strategic and cooperative partnership." Lee and Dung will fly to Jeju island on Sunday for the start of the special Korea-ASEAN summit that will begin Monday to mark the 20th anniversary of their dialogue partnership. The summit will be attended by heads of state from all the other nine other countries of the 10-member ASEAN -- Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand and the Philippines. _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail® goes with you. http://windowslive.com/Tutorial/Hotmail/Mobile?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_HM_Tutorial_Mobile1_052009 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Cambodia Discussion (CAMDISC) - www.cambodia.org" group. This is an unmoderated forum. 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