Right on time: Obama criminals pull out same old tired, bought and paid for DPRK "crisis" to deflect from ongoing Snowden revelations; Uncle Kim laughing all the way to the bank - smoking crack on U.S. taxpayer dime with sidekick, new N. Korean "Defense Minister" Dennis Rodman
THE TELEGRAPH
By
Danielle Demetriou
12/20/2013
Pyongyang sends fax threatening to attack South Korea without warning after leader's photo is set on fire during anti-Pyongyang rallies in Seoul
North Korea has threatened to attack South Korea "without notice" in response to anti-Pyongyang rallies on the anniversary of the death of its former leader.
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Next we be goin' after Vlad, eh blood? Shake his Russkie ass down! |
The threat to launch an unannounced strike was conveyed in a fax sent from the North's National Defence Commission to South Korea's National Security Council, according to Yonhap news agency.
It came shortly after several conservative groups held protests in Seoul on the second anniversary of the death of the military regime's former leader Kim Jong-il.
Some protestors reportedly burnt photographs of the current leader Kim Jong-un, an action condemned in North Korea as an insult of the "highest indignity".
The South Korean government reportedly responded immediately to Pyonghang's threats of attack, with a vow to "sternly react" to any provocations.
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Here's to Uncle Barry - keep dem crises a comin' bro! |
The South Korean government reportedly responded immediately to
Pyonghang's threats of attack, with a vow to "sternly react" to any
provocations.
Tensions have once again flared in the region after the young leader last week publicly purged and executed his uncle Jang Song-thaek in a bid to consolidate his grip on power.
North Korea has a long history of issuing bellicose threats to South Korea, with military officials reporting on this occasion that there currently were no signs of unusual activity.
Seoul, a city with a ten million-strong population, is known to be within range of the conventional artillery operated by North Korean soldiers along the heavily-fortified border.
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CIA Al Jazeera: "OMG! WWIII! WWIII!" |
The threats came as Dennis Rodman, the former NBA star, controversially arrived in in North Korea on his third trip since he first visited the renegade state in February this year.
The sportsman, accompanied by a documentary crew, is scheduled to spend four days training a national team of North Korean basketball players for a January exhibition in Pyongyang.
Despite requests from defectors and organisations to highlight the human rights abuses in the hardline regime during his visit, he has refused to be drawn on political issues, insisting his visit is for "fun" not politics.
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