Airwolf
February 17, 2003, 08:54 PM
I think Kim is really starting to lose it...
http://www.sunspot.net/news/nationworld/bal-kor0217,0,4526525.story?coll=bal-nationworld-headlines
N. Korea threatens to abandon armistice
The Associated Press
Originally published February 17, 2003, 7:45 PM EST
SEOUL, South Korea -- North Korea threatened Tuesday to abandon the 1953 armistice that ended the Korean War, accusing the United States of plotting an attack on the communist state.
A spokesman of the North's Korean people's Army said that the United States was building up reinforcements around the Korean Peninsula in preparations to attack the North, said the North's official news agency KCNA.
"The situation is, therefore, getting more serious as the days go by as it is putting its plan for pre-emptive attacks on the (North) into practice with increased zeal," KCNA quoted the unidentified spokesman as saying.
The spokesman said the "grave situation created by the undisguised war acts committed by the U.S. in breach of the armistice agreement compels the Korean People's Army side, its warring party, to immediately take all steps to cope with it."
"If the U.S. side continues violating and misusing the armistice agreement as it pleases, there will be no need for the (North) to remain bound to the armistice agreement uncomfortably," the spokesman said.
The North accused the United States of violating the armistice agreement by sending reinforcements around the Korean Peninsula and planning to impose a naval blockade against the impoverished, communist state.
The North Korean statement was issued by the spokesman of the the North Korean military's mission to Panmunjom, a truce village where the U.S.-led U.N. Command and the North Korean military meet to oversee the armistice.
The 1950-53 Korean War ended with an armistice, not with a peace treaty. The peninsula is technically still at the sate of war. The border between the two Koreas is the world's most heavily armed.
North Korea had previously threatened to pull out of the armistice in an attempt to increase tension with the United States and force Washington to start negotiations with the Stalinist regime in Pyongyang.
Tension has been rising in Korea over the North's recent decision to restart its nuclear programs in violations of international treaties.
http://www.sunspot.net/news/nationworld/bal-kor0217,0,4526525.story?coll=bal-nationworld-headlines
N. Korea threatens to abandon armistice
The Associated Press
Originally published February 17, 2003, 7:45 PM EST
SEOUL, South Korea -- North Korea threatened Tuesday to abandon the 1953 armistice that ended the Korean War, accusing the United States of plotting an attack on the communist state.
A spokesman of the North's Korean people's Army said that the United States was building up reinforcements around the Korean Peninsula in preparations to attack the North, said the North's official news agency KCNA.
"The situation is, therefore, getting more serious as the days go by as it is putting its plan for pre-emptive attacks on the (North) into practice with increased zeal," KCNA quoted the unidentified spokesman as saying.
The spokesman said the "grave situation created by the undisguised war acts committed by the U.S. in breach of the armistice agreement compels the Korean People's Army side, its warring party, to immediately take all steps to cope with it."
"If the U.S. side continues violating and misusing the armistice agreement as it pleases, there will be no need for the (North) to remain bound to the armistice agreement uncomfortably," the spokesman said.
The North accused the United States of violating the armistice agreement by sending reinforcements around the Korean Peninsula and planning to impose a naval blockade against the impoverished, communist state.
The North Korean statement was issued by the spokesman of the the North Korean military's mission to Panmunjom, a truce village where the U.S.-led U.N. Command and the North Korean military meet to oversee the armistice.
The 1950-53 Korean War ended with an armistice, not with a peace treaty. The peninsula is technically still at the sate of war. The border between the two Koreas is the world's most heavily armed.
North Korea had previously threatened to pull out of the armistice in an attempt to increase tension with the United States and force Washington to start negotiations with the Stalinist regime in Pyongyang.
Tension has been rising in Korea over the North's recent decision to restart its nuclear programs in violations of international treaties.