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N. Korea may fire missiles around Wednesday
SEOUL -- South Korea's presidential office said Sunday Pyongyang may make additional provocations, including missile test-fires, before or after Wednesday, the deadline it has provided to foreign countries for requesting help in evacuating their embassies from the communist country."We're thoroughly preparing for this, leaving all possibilities open," said Kim Jang-soo, chief of the National Security Office. "There are no signs of a full-scale war as of now, but the North will have to prepare for retaliation in case of any local war." The recent spate of threats from North Korea are intended to push South Korean President Park Geun-hye who took office in February to alter her tough policy toward the communist state by raising security concerns among South Koreans, Kim said. Pyongyang also wants to win a turnaround in the current deadlock in international dialogue to resolve its nuclear program through the move, urging Washington to send a special envoy, China and Russia to take a mediating role and South Korea to offer a dialogue with North Korea, he said. Posted by: Steve White 2013-04-08 |
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