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January 30, 2013

N. Korea threat 'merciless' retaliation on South
Seoul (AFP) Jan 29, 2013
North Korea on Tuesday vowed "merciless" retaliation against the South for its support of UN sanctions, as Seoul urged Pyongyang to step back from a widely expected nuclear test. The perennially tense situation on the Korean peninsula has been stretched to its limit in the past week, with almost daily threats from the North that it is preparing to conduct a nuclear test as a riposte to the expanded sanctions. A lengthy commentary published Tuesday by the official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA ... read more

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