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North Korea threatens retaliation over ship searches
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| Contributor | kal |
| Last Edited | kal May 27, 2009 05:45pm |
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| Media | Newspaper - Guardian |
| News Date | Wednesday, May 27, 2009 11:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | North Korea has warned South Korea and the United States that Seoul's participation in a US-led program to intercept ships suspected of carrying weapons of mass destruction is equal to a declaration of war.
South Korea announced its participation in the US-led program yesterday, one day after North Korea defiantly conducted a nuclear test that drew international criticism.
The north's military said in a statement that it would respond with "immediate, strong military measures" against any attempt to stop and search its ships under the Proliferation Security Initiative.
The statement, carried by the north's official Korean Central News Agency, said the regime no longer considered itself bound by the armistice that ended the Korean War. It accused the US, a signatory of the armistice, of "dragging" the south into the program under its "hostile policy" against the north.
It said it could not guarantee safety for South Korean and US navy ships sailing near the disputed western Korean sea border.
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