Pyongyang warns of nuclear war amid tensions
The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) has warned of a nuclear war on the Korean Peninsula while vowing to step up its atomic bomb-making program in defiance of new UN sanctions.
The Republic of Korea's (ROK) President Lee Myung-bak told security-related ministers during an unscheduled meeting yesterday to "resolutely and squarely" cope with the DPRK's latest threat, his office said. Lee is to leave for the US this morning to meet President Barack Obama.
A commentary yesterday in the DPRK's main state-run Rodong Sinmun newspaper, carried by the official Korean Central News Agency, claimed the US has 1,000 nuclear weapons in the ROK. Another commentary published on Saturday in the state-run Tongil Sinbo weekly claimed the US has been deploying a vast amount of nuclear weapons in the ROK and Japan.
