N. Korea slams new South-US pact against nuclear attack
North Korea on Monday lashed out at a new military pact
between the South and the US aimed at guarding against potential nuclear
attacks and threatened a "final destruction".Seoul and Washington
last week signed a new joint strategy to counter the growing threat of a North
Korean nuclear or chemical weapons attack.
The isolated communist state has habitually condemned the
joint army drills staged south of the border and has issued threats of
counter-attacks that have rarely materialised. The North's atomic test in
February -- its most powerful to date -- triggered months of heightened
military tension on the peninsula.
Tensions have eased somewhat in recent months after the North
changed tack to make a series of conciliatory gestures to Seoul, including an
agreement to hold family reunions for those separated during the Korean War.
Pyongyang threatened pre-emptive nuclear strikes against Seoul and Washington,
while the Pentagon responded by deploying nuclear-capable B2 stealth bombers
during past joint military exercises with Seoul. The North's top military body
on Friday launched blistering personal attacks on the South's President Park
Geun-Hye, calling her an "imbecile" for urging Pyongyang to give up
its nuclear arsenal.
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