Friday, March 8, 2013

North Korea Threatens War -- News Roundup March 8, 2013

Anger: North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un, seen using binoculars to look towards the South yesterday in this picture released by state media, has scrapped the non-aggression agreement between the two countries

'Prepare For All-Out War': Kim Jong Un Vows To Attack South Korea As He Cancels Peace Pact In Revenge For Tough UN Sanctions -- Daily Mail

* North Korea cancelled non-aggression pact in anger over sanctions
* Comes after North Korea threatened a nuclear strike against U.S.
* White House dismisses communist regime's 'ballistic missile' threats
* China calls for 'restraint' to avoid possibility of 'further escalations'
* New UN-approved sanctions target North Korea's economy and leadership
* Nation is expanding secretive network of brutal prison camps

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un today told his troops to be ready for 'all-out war' and instructed them to 'make the first gunfire' if tensions with South Korea boil over.

He also promised a 'great advance' over the border between the two nations, shortly after the North announced that it had abandoned its peace treaty with the South.

The pariah state has launched a new round of warlike rhetoric in anger over tough new sanctions imposed on it.

The UN Security council voted to impose the fresh round of sanctions targeting North Korea's economy and leadership in the wake of the country's third nuclear test.

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More News On Nuclear War Threats From North Korea

'Annihilate the enemy': Kim Jong-un tells North Koreans to prepare for 'all-out war' with South as China warns against escalation
-- The Independent
North Korea says 'prepare for war' -- The Telegraph
N Korea warns of 'thermonuclear war' with US -- The Telegraph
Expanded UN sanctions on North Korea prompt rage from Pyongyang -- The Guardian
North Korea general: Nuclear missiles ready -- NBC
Screaming crowds greet Kim on Korean frontline -- AFP
South Korea Responds to North's Provocations -- Wall Street Journal
China warns against Korea escalation -- BBC
China appeals for calm over new North Korea threats -- The Telegraph
UN sanctions may play into North Korean propaganda
-- FOX News/AP
'Nuclear success has emboldened N Korea' -- The Telegraph
Trying to make sense of North Korea’s belligerence -- Juliet Fuisz & Samuel Burke, CNN
Kim Jong-un doesn't appear to know what he's looking for -- Aidan Foster-Carter, The Guardian
North Korea steps up rhetoric: How far will it push? -- Steven Boroweic, Christian Science Monitor
Examples of Past Nuclear Threats Between Countries -- ABC/AP

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