Pyongyang has warned of ‘physical countermeasures’ against South Korea if they participate in the UN sanctions against the North. Tensions are simmering on the peninsula after North Korea announced a third military test ‘targeting’ the US.
"If the South Korean puppet regime of traitors directly participates in the so-called UN sanctions, strong physical countermeasures will be taken," the North's Committee for Peaceful Reunification of the Fatherland said.
North Korea’s top military organization said that the tightening of sanctions was tantamount to a “declaration of war.”
"As long as the South Korean puppet traitors' regime continues with its anti-DPRK [North Korea] hostile policy, we will never sit down with them," it said.
The threat follows North Korea’s announcement that it will conduct a third nuclear test with a view to targeting to the US. Pyongyang defiantly stated that it was prepared to embark on a “fully-fledged confrontation'' against its “arch enemy” America on Thursday.
China and the US wasted no time in reacting to North Korea’s warmongering rhetoric, condemning the threats as “needlessly provocative.”
This story first appeared on Voice of Russia & is reposted here with permission.