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Wednesday, April 17, 2013

North Korea in Seoul l 'We will attack without warning'


North Korea threatened on Tuesday to attack South Korea without notice if this country does not apologize for where s recent demonstrations and burnt effigies of the leaders of the three generations of communist dynasty that ruled the Asian country for over half a century. statement from the army's supreme command released by the North Korean state news agency warned that retaliation "start without warning from this time while they continue in Seoul the criminal acts against the dignity of the supreme leaders ". The threat refers to a demonstration in Seoul on Monday in which attendees burned portraits of North Korea's founder, Kim Il-Sung, his son, Kim Jong-Il, and grandson and current leader, Kim Jong-Un, some acts "monstrous" and "thrice cursed" by the North Koreans. The demonstration coincided with the conclusion at North Korea's 101 anniversary of the birth of Kim Il-Sung. The international community feared for weeks that Pyongyang l Anzara a missile on Monday to celebrate the birth anniversary of its founder, something that did not occur. The spokesman for the South Korean Defense Ministry, Kim Min-Seok, branded as "regrettable" the ultimatum. South Korea plans Tuesday to increase by 217,400 million won (about 150 million) budget for defense, mainly to create new military facilities on the islands near the maritime border with the North. On Tuesday, a military helicopter of the United States crashed near the North Korean border without causing casualties, said a South Korean defense official. The incident, which causes still unknown, occurred during the joint military exercise of the U.S. and South Korea.

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