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N.Korea preparing Nuke Weapons for war with the South
December 17, 2010 - 5:24PM
North Korea warned that another war with South Korea would involve
nuclear weapons, as diplomatic efforts continued to ease high
tensions over its deadly artillery attack and atomic ambitions.
Uriminzokkiri, the official website of the communist state, said
in a commentary seen Friday that war on the Korean Peninsula is
only a matter of time.
"Because of the South Koreans' reckless war policies, it is not
about war or peace on the Korean peninsula but when the war will
break out," the website said.
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"If war breaks out, it will lead to nuclear warfare and not be
limited to the Korean peninsula," it said in a posting dated
Thursday.
In a separate commentary, ruling party newspaper Rodong Sinmun
Friday described the peninsula as the world's most dangerous
place.
It reiterated calls for a formal peace treaty with Washington and
the withdrawal of 28,500 US troops from South Korea.
"The Korean peninsula remains a region fraught with the greatest
danger of war in the world," the paper said. "This is entirely
attributable to the US pursuance of the policy of aggression
against the DPRK (North Korea)."
The North frequently claims nuclear war is imminent. But military
tensions have risen sharply since it bombarded a South Korean
border island on November 23, killing two marines and two
civilians.
Pyongyang's disclosure last month of an apparently working uranium
enrichment plant -- a potential new source of bomb-making material
-- also heightened regional security fears.
Prominent US politician Bill Richardson is paying a private visit
to Pyongyang to try to ease tensions.
The US envoy to stalled talks on the North's nuclear disarmament,
Sung Kim, was to hold talks in Seoul later Friday with his South
Korean counterpart Wi Sung-Lac.