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S. Korea leader vows to strike back at North
South Koreas new president on Monday promised a strong military response to any North Korean provocation after Pyongyang announced that the two countries were now in a state of war. At a meeting with senior military officials and Defence Minister Kim Kwan-Jin, President Park Geun-Hye said she took the near-daily stream of bellicose threats emanating from the North over the past month very seriously.I believe that we should make a strong and immediate retaliation without any other political considerations if (the North) stages any provocation against our people, she said. Her defence minister made it clear that the South would carry out pre-emptive strikes against the Norths nuclear and missile facilities in the event of hostilities breaking out. We will... establish a so-called active deterrence aimed at neutralising the Norths nuclear and missile threats quickly, Kim said. Posted by: Steve White 2013-04-02 |
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