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Probably sabre rattling. But when your sabres carry a mighty big boom it's best folks pay attention.
MSNBC:
N. Korea warns of possible military acts
Statement to U.S., S. Korea follows reports of nuke plant restarting
SEOUL, South Korea - North Korea warned South Korea and the United States on Wednesday that Seoul's participation in a U.S.-led program to intercept ships suspected of carrying weapons of mass destruction is equal to a declaration of war.
South Korea announced its participation in the U.S.-led program on Tuesday, one day after North Korea defiantly conducted a nuclear test, drawing international criticism.
The North's military said in a statement that it will respond with "immediate, strong military measures" against any attempt to stop and search North Korean ships under the Proliferation Security Initiative.
The statement, carried by the North's official Korean Central News Agency, also said the regime no longer considers itself bound by the armistice that ended the Korean War. It accused the U.S., a signatory of the armistice, of "dragging" the South into the program under its "hostile policy" against the North.
It also said it cannot guarantee safety for South Korean and U.S. navy ships sailing near the disputed western Korean sea border.
Earlier Wednesday, news reports said Pyongyang has restarted a weapons-grade nuclear power plant. South Korea also confirmed the regime fired off its fifth short-range missile amid a deepening standoff with world powers following its latest nuclear test.
The missile launches over the past two days came as the U.N. Security Council debated possible new sanctions against the isolated communist nation for its nuclear test on Monday. Retaliatory options were limited, however, and no one was talking publicly about military action.
South Korea's mass-circulation Chosun Ilbo newspaper reported that U.S. spy satellites have detected steam coming from a nuclear facility at North Korea's main Yongbyon plant, indicating the North is reprocessing spent nuclear fuel rods to harvest weapons-grade plutonium.
Its report quoted an unnamed official. South Korea's Defense Ministry and the National Intelligence Service — the country's main spy agency — said they cannot confirm the report.
The North had said it would begin reprocessing in protest over international criticism of its April 5 rocket launch.
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Probably sabre rattling. But when your sabres carry a mighty big boom it's best folks pay attention.
MSNBC:
N. Korea warns of possible military acts
Statement to U.S., S. Korea follows reports of nuke plant restarting
SEOUL, South Korea - North Korea warned South Korea and the United States on Wednesday that Seoul's participation in a U.S.-led program to intercept ships suspected of carrying weapons of mass destruction is equal to a declaration of war.
South Korea announced its participation in the U.S.-led program on Tuesday, one day after North Korea defiantly conducted a nuclear test, drawing international criticism.
The North's military said in a statement that it will respond with "immediate, strong military measures" against any attempt to stop and search North Korean ships under the Proliferation Security Initiative.
The statement, carried by the North's official Korean Central News Agency, also said the regime no longer considers itself bound by the armistice that ended the Korean War. It accused the U.S., a signatory of the armistice, of "dragging" the South into the program under its "hostile policy" against the North.
It also said it cannot guarantee safety for South Korean and U.S. navy ships sailing near the disputed western Korean sea border.
Earlier Wednesday, news reports said Pyongyang has restarted a weapons-grade nuclear power plant. South Korea also confirmed the regime fired off its fifth short-range missile amid a deepening standoff with world powers following its latest nuclear test.
The missile launches over the past two days came as the U.N. Security Council debated possible new sanctions against the isolated communist nation for its nuclear test on Monday. Retaliatory options were limited, however, and no one was talking publicly about military action.
South Korea's mass-circulation Chosun Ilbo newspaper reported that U.S. spy satellites have detected steam coming from a nuclear facility at North Korea's main Yongbyon plant, indicating the North is reprocessing spent nuclear fuel rods to harvest weapons-grade plutonium.
Its report quoted an unnamed official. South Korea's Defense Ministry and the National Intelligence Service — the country's main spy agency — said they cannot confirm the report.
The North had said it would begin reprocessing in protest over international criticism of its April 5 rocket launch.
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UN diplomat says North Korea conducted nuclear test Earlier, an earthquake had been detected near the site of earlier North Korean nuclear tests. SEOUL, South Korea — A U.N. Security Council diplomat said there has been a nuclear test in North...
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Newsmax: N. Korea Claims to Expand Arsenal of Atomic Bombs Tuesday, November 3, 2009 12:40 PM SEOUL, South Korea – North Korea claimed Tuesday that it has successfully weaponized more plutonium for atomic bombs, a day after warning Washington to agree...
- Report: N. Korea Suspects U.s. Journalists Were Spying
"being held at a guest house run by the military intelligence agency" "will not treat the female journalists harshly, although they will undergo intense interrogation" What do you think the chances are for these women if Pyongyang tests that missle and...
- North Korea Ready To Negotiate?
Whether or not the nuclear test did take place is not yet clear but it drew condemnations and concerns all over the world: # North Korea nuke test draws condemnation AP # Russia: NKorea test greater than reported AP # Bush says N. Korea nuclear test a...
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If this is true, it'll have an effect of an avalanche on a world politics. (BBC) North Korea says it has carried out its first ever test of a nuclear weapon, the state news agency has reported. It said the underground test, done in defiance of international...