North Korea Warns South Of ‘Merciless’ Strike For Kim Dynasty Effigies

[Purveyor]

North Korea has threatened a “merciless” strike against the South after activists burned effigies of the ruling Kim dynasty on the second anniversary of the death of former leader Kim Jong-Il, officials said Friday.

The warning was contained in a message sent Thursday by the secretariat of the National Defence Commission, the North’s highest military body, through a military hotline, the South’s defence ministry said.

In rallies on Tuesday to mark the death anniversary of Kim Jong-Il, South Korean conservative groups burned effigies of young North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un, his late father and grandfather.

The North said the rallies had insulted the “highest dignity” of its leadership, and threatened to take “merciless” retaliatory acts without prior warning, the defence ministry said.

“We’ve sent a reply vowing to react sternly to any provocations by North Korea,” ministry spokesman Kim Min-Seok told reporters.

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[Turbineguy]

1. Yes, Cato....

you must attack without mercy!

[geomon666]

9. You are getting better all the time.

[TwilightGardener]

2. What I'm afraid of is that Little Kim has recently lost what few marbles he had left (or maybe

his executed uncle was the last person in that family with any sense of restraint).

[Lurks Often]

4. Worse, his uncle was China's link to the North Korea government

and was probably the only person who could have possibly controlled Kim. If Kim really believes the statements coming out of the NK and the lies being told to him by the military*, expect military action.


*It is highly likely that the senior NK military leaders have told Kim that they can win a war against South Korea and the US. Partly because to say otherwise would see them and their families executed or worked to death in a camp, partly because they may be delsuinoal enough to actually believe they can win.

[TwilightGardener]

7. It was also reported that Kim was calling home North Korean businessmen from China--

apparently he's looking to alter that relationship in a big way. Not sure what it means.

[Lurks Often]

8. Unlikely to be anything good n/t

[onehandle]

3. Bring It On!

If you don't follow through, Kimmy, you are less of a man that your daddy ever was.

Just as I thought...

[Coyotl]

5. Just what we need, a cheering section for another war and more American deaths.

You might want to rethink that attitude.

[onehandle]

10. I keed. I keed.

Nuclear holocaust and pie throwing are the cornerstone of comedy.

[Kaleva]

6. You meant it as a joke but such a war would cost the lives of millions.