North Korea issuesthreat to Southahead of jointtalks

[IndiaIsrael]

North Korea has
threatened to launch "a
retaliatory sacred war"
against its southern
neighbour, as the two
countries prepare to meet for talks. Government and business
representatives from South
Korea are due to meet North
Korean officials at the tourist
site of Mount Kumgang. The immediate aim is to
discuss stalled tourism
operations there. Relations between the two
countries have deteriorated
since two fatal attacks on
South Korea last year. The tourist resort at Mount
Kumgang, which was run by
a South Korean company, has
been suspended since a South
Korean tourist was shot dead
near the site three years ago. North Korea, which is believed
to be struggling economically,
said recently it would seize
South Korean assets at the
resort if operations did not
resume. Target practice North Korea has issued both
an invitation and a threat to
South Korea. The invitation was to come
and talk about a joint tourism
project at Mount Kumgang in
the North, which has been
stalled since a dispute erupted
three years ago. South Korea sent a group of
government officials and
business people across the
demarcation line between the
two countries on Wednesday,
to meet North Korean representatives and hear
what they had to say. As the talks were to begin,
North Korean state media
published comments from an
unnamed spokesman, accusing
soldiers in the South of using
slogans that slandered North Korea's army and dignity. These actions, it said, were
"little short of a declaration of
war". A series of incidents recently
have prompted similar
rhetoric from the North,
including the discovery that
some South Korean army
reserve units were using pictures of North Korea's
ruling family as target
practice.

 

[xdrive]

North Korea can't even feed it's own army.

North Koreas empty threats are worthless and are the laughing stock of the world.