Nokor threatens nuclear ‘sacred war’
07/25/2010 SEOUL — North Korea has threatened a “powerful nuclear deterrence” in response to joint US-South Korean naval exercises as tensions escalate over the sinking of one of Seoul’s warships in March. North Korea was prepared for a “retaliatory sacred war,” the powerful National Defense Commission (NDC) headed by leader Kim Jong-Il yesterday said in a statement carried by Pyongyang’s official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA). The United States and South Korea have announced joint naval exercises, beginning on Sunday, in what they have described as a bid to deter North Korea’s “aggressive” behavior. “All these war maneuvers are nothing but outright provocations aimed to stifle the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea) by force of arms to all intents and purposes,” the NDC said. Source: The Daily Tribune URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/headlines/20100725hed5.html |
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