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October 12, 2013

N. Korea warns of 'all-out war'
Seoul (AFP) Oct 12, 2013
North Korea on Saturday issued a fresh warning of an "all-out war", urging the United States to stop military drills and what it described as "nuclear blackmail". In a thinly veiled threat to strike the United States, the North's National Defence Commission (NDC), chaired by leader Kim Jong-Un, said the US government must withdraw its policy of hostility against the North if it wants peace on both the Korean peninsula and the "US mainland". "(The United States) must bear it in mind that reckless ... read more

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