SEOUL (AFP) - North Korea on Saturday threatened to stage a 'sacred war' over US-South Korean annual joint military exercises next week, denouncing the drill as a 'silent declaration of war'.
The North's National Defence Commission (NDC) described the exercise as 'unpardonable war hysteria' and said its army and people would 'foil' the US and South Korean moves with 'a sacred war of our own style'.
The threat is the latest instance of Pyongyang taking a hostile tone towards Seoul since Kim Jong Un, the youngest son of the late leader Kim Jong Il, took over following the death of his father in December.
Last week the North vowed 'merciless retaliatory strikes' if any shells landed in waters claimed by Pyongyang during a live-fire artillery exercise near the disputed Yellow Sea border.
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North Korea has a couple of disputing borders.
?The border on Yellow Sea between South Korea and North Korea
?The border on Japan Sea among North Korea, South Korea,and Japan
?North half of Korean Peninsula claimed sovereignty by South Korea
I hope that the tragedy of Yeonpyeongdo in 2010 wouldn't happen again.
