North Korea Threatens War If Punished…

…for their act of war

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) – Tensions deepened Thursday on the Korean peninsula as South Korea accused North Korea of firing a torpedo that sank a naval warship, killing 46 sailors in the country’s worst military disaster since the Korean War.

President Lee Myung-bak vowed “stern action” for the provocation following the release of long-awaited results from a multinational investigation into the March 26 sinking near the Koreas’ tense maritime border. North Korea, reacting swiftly, called the results a fabrication, and warned that any retaliation would trigger war. It continued to deny involvement in the sinking of the warship Cheonan.

“If the (South Korean) enemies try to deal any retaliation or punishment, or if they try sanctions or a strike on us …. we will answer to this with all-out war,” Col. Pak In Ho of North Korea’s navy told broadcaster APTN in an exclusive interview in Pyongyang.

Isn’t everyone still technically at war with them, anyway?

categories Military Thingies, Politics, World Stuff | | datetime May 20, 2010 11:53 am

5 Responses to “North Korea Threatens War If Punished…”

  1. Yojimbo says:
    May 20, 2010 at 12:38 pm

    I think that “stern action” consists of filing a complaint with the the United Nations Security Council. That will make those little miscreants cry uncle for sure.

  2. JeffS says:
    May 20, 2010 at 3:42 pm

    There was never any peace agreement signed with the Norks, just an armistice. And not much of one at that.

  3. mojo says:
    May 20, 2010 at 4:00 pm

    Another of those “strains” on the cease-fire. Like, y’know, firing…

  4. tree hugging sister says:
    May 20, 2010 at 9:52 pm

    Oh, for the love of GOD!!!! Will NO one send AL GORE?!?!?!?!??!

  5. JeffS says:
    May 20, 2010 at 11:50 pm

    Only if the Norks keep him, Sis. Otherwise, no deal.

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