SKorea Army On Alert After North's Military Threat

Photo: South Korean tourists walk by display of North Korea's Scud-B missile model, center, and other South Korean missiles at the Korea War Memorial Museum in Seoul, South Korea, Sunday, Jan. 18, 2009. South Korea said its military forces remained on alert Sunday a day after North Korea issued a statement pledging 'an all-out confrontational posture.' (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

From Yahoo News/AP:

SEOUL, South Korea – South Korea said its army remained on alert Sunday, a day after North Korea threatened military action in response to Seoul's hard-line stance against its communist regime.

The latest harsh rhetoric from the isolated regime appeared aimed at heightening tensions on the divided peninsula and could be a test for Barack Obama days before he is sworn in as the new U.S. president.

The North's Korean People's Army called South Korean President Lee Myung-bak a "traitor" and accused him of preparing a military provocation, according to a statement carried Saturday by the North's state-run Korean Central News Agency.

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