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Pyongyang scraps armistice amid heightened saber rattling
(CNN) — Saber-rattling rose Monday to new levels on the Korean peninsula, as Pyongyang officials “scrapped” the armistice credited for nearly 60 years of uneasy peace and then failed to answer a hotline phone.
“The Korean Armistice Agreement is to be scrapped completely just from today,” said a spokesman for the North Korean military — the Korean People’s Army Supreme Command — according to Rodong Sinmun, the official newspaper of North Korea’s ruling Workers’ Party.
North Korea cited the U.N. Security Council’s unanimous passage last Thursday of tougher sanctions against Pyongyang for carrying out missile and nuclear tests.
“The collective sanction is precisely a declaration of war and an act of war against the DPRK,” said the newspaper, using the initials of North Korea’s formal name, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.
U.S.-South Korean drills
North Korea’s announcement came as military drills involving South Korea and the United States were taking place. The exercises, called Key Resolve, are in conjunction with the Foal Eagle joint exercises that began March 1 and are scheduled to last two months. More than 3,000 U.S. forces are taking part in Key Resolve, according to United States Forces Korea.
More: http://www.cnn.com/2013/03/11/world/asia…?hpt=hp_t1
2013-03-11 10:49:26
Source: http://yeoldefalseflag.com/thread-pyongyang-scraps-armistice-amid-heightened-saber-rattling
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