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DPRK threatens S Korea, US with nuclear strikes

Posted on: Sat March 27, 2010

SEOUL: North Korea s military threatened South Korea and the United States on Friday with unprecedented nuclear strikes as it expressed anger over a report the two countries plan to prepare for possible instability in the totalitarian country, a scenario it dismissed as a pipe dream.

The North routinely issues such warnings. Diplomats in South Korea and the US have repeatedly called on Pyongyang to return to international negotiations aimed at ending its nuclear programs.

 Those who seek to bring down the system in the (North), whether they play a main role or a passive role, will fall victim to the unprecedented nuclear strikes of the invincible army, North Korea s military said in comments carried by the official Korean Central News Agency.

The North, believed have enough weaponised plutonium for at least half a dozen atomic bombs, conducted its second atomic test last year, drawing tighter UN sanctions.

Experts from South Korea, the US and China will meet in China next month to share information on North Korea, assess possible contingencies in the country, and consider ways to cooperate in case of an emergency situation, South Korea s Dong-a Ilbo newspaper reported earlier this month, citing unidentified sources in Seoul and Beijing. The experts will also hold follow-up meetings in Seoul in June and in Honolulu in July, it said.

The North Korean statement on Friday specifically referred to the March 19 newspaper report. A spokeswoman said the South Korean Defence Ministry had no information. Gen. Walter Sharp, the top US commander in South Korea, says the possibility of turmoil in the North is of real concern, citing the country s economic weakness, malnourishment in both the military and general population, and its nuclear weapons.

Courtesy : The News