http://news.yahoo.com/north-korea-says-enter-state-war-against-south-001304441.html



SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea said on Saturday it was entering a "state of war" with South Korea, its latest bout of angry rhetoric directed at Seoul and Washington, but the South brushed off the statement as little more than tough talk.

The North also threatened to shut down an industrial zone it operates jointly with the South near the heavily armed border between the two sides if Seoul continued to say the complex was being kept running for money.

The two Koreas have been technically in a state of war for six decades under a truce that ended their 1950-53 conflict. Despite its threats, few people see any indication Pyongyang will risk a near-certain defeat by re-starting full-scale war.

"From this time on, the North-South relations will be entering the state of war and all issues raised between the North and the South will be handled accordingly," a statement carried by the North's official KCNA news agency said.

KCNA said the statement was issued jointly by the North's government, ruling party and other organizations.

There was no sign of unusual activity in the North's military to suggest an imminent aggression, a South Korean defense ministry official said.

The North has been threatening to attack the South and U.S. military bases almost on a daily basis since the beginning of March, when U.S. and South Korean militaries started routine drills that have been conducted for decades without incident.

Many in the South have regarded the North's willingness to keep open the Kaesong industrial zone, located just a few miles (km) north of the border, as a sign that Pyongyang will not risk losing a lucrative source of foreign currency by mounting a real act of aggression.

The Kaesong zone is a vital source of hard currency for the impoverished state and hundreds of South Korean workers and vehicles enter daily after crossing the armed border.

"If the puppet traitor group continues to mention the Kaesong industrial zone is being kept operating and damages our dignity, it will be mercilessly shut off and shut down," KCNA quoted an agency that operates Kaesong as saying in a statement.

http://www.theonion.com/articles/world-surrenders-to-north-korea,31265/

I think they should learn to make hats before they declare war.

The problem with North Korea is the same problem with all the countries...It is run by "Fearless Leader" instead of the people. The people and everything else is considered Fearless Leader's personal property.

I'm not in the least bit worried about young Kim Jong Un pulling the trigger on a nuclear war because even if he's so totally "out of it" that he would do so, those closest to him would know it means the deaths of their families, friends, themselves, and probably everyone else in the country. Putting myself into their shoes, I know that if he ever issued the order to "pull the trigger", he'd find us doing just that...on him!

I don't think he's nuts; I just think he's too young & foolish for a good game of brinkmanship...He plays it badly. I think North Korea would be much better off if he just bought a condo in Florida and moved there.

Speaking of his leaving the country reminded me of a song. It was written for Canadians by a great Canadian who died recently, but I think it applies to North Korea as much as to all countries, not just Canada.:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNbFLlMIp28

I think I'll send it to Canada's Prime Minister (as a gentle hint)

http://thepeoplescube.com/peoples-blog/north-korea-issues-formal-declaration-of-war-for-realz-t10915.html


Quote:
The moves of the U.S. imperialists to violate the sovereignty of the DPRK and encroach upon its supreme interests have entered an extremely grave phase. Under this situation, the dear respected Marshal Kim Jong Un, brilliant commander of Mt. Paektu, convened an urgent operation meeting on the performance of duty of the Strategic Rocket Force of the Korean People's Army for firepower strike and finally examined and ratified a plan for firepower strike.

The important decision made by him is the declaration of a do-or-die battle to provide an epochal occasion for putting an end to the history of the long-standing showdown with the U.S. and opening a new era. It is also a last warning of justice served to the U.S., south Korean group and other anti-reunification hostile forces. The decision reflects the strong will of the army and people of the DPRK to annihilate the enemies.

Now the heroic service personnel and all other people of the DPRK are full of surging anger at the U.S. imperialists' reckless war provocation moves, and the strong will to turn out as one in the death-defying battle with the enemies and achieve a final victory of the great war for national reunification true to the important decision made by Kim Jong Un.

The Supreme Command of the KPA in its previous statement solemnly declared at home and abroad the will of the army and people of the DPRK to take decisive military counteraction to defend the sovereignty of the country and the dignity of its supreme leadership as regards the war moves of the U.S. and south Korean puppets that have reached the most extreme phase.

Not content with letting B-52 make sorties into the sky over south Korea in succession despite the repeated warnings of the DPRK, the U.S. made B-2A stealth strategic bomber and other ultra-modern strategic strike means fly from the U.S. mainland to south Korea to stage a bombing drill targeting the DPRK. This is an unpardonable and heinous provocation and an open challenge.

By taking advantage of the U.S. reckless campaign for a nuclear war against the DPRK, the south Korean puppets vociferated about "preemptive attack" and "strong counteraction" and even "strike at the commanding forces", openly revealing the attempt to destroy monuments symbolic of the dignity of the DPRK's supreme leadership.

This clearly shows that the U.S. brigandish ambition for aggression and the puppets' attempt to invade the DPRK have gone beyond the limit and their threats have entered the reckless phase of an actual war from the phase of threat and blackmail.

The prevailing grim situation more clearly proves that the Supreme Command of the KPA was just when it made the judgment and decision to decisively settle accounts with the U.S. imperialists and south Korean puppets by dint of the arms of Songun, because time when words could work has passed.

Now they are openly claiming that the B-2A stealth strategic bombers' drill of dropping nuclear bombs was "not to irritate the north" but "the defensive one". The U.S. also says the drill is "to defend the interests of its ally". However, it is nothing but a lame pretext to cover up its aggressive nature, evade the denunciation at home and abroad and escape from the DPRK's retaliatory blows.

The era when the U.S. resorted to the policy of strength by brandishing nuclear weapons has gone.

It is the resolute answer of the DPRK and its steadfast stand to counter the nuclear blackmail of the U.S. imperialists with merciless nuclear attack and their war of aggression with just all-out war.

They should clearly know that in the era of Marshal Kim Jong Un, the greatest-ever commander, all things are different from what they used to be in the past.

The hostile forces will clearly realize the iron will, matchless grit and extraordinary mettle of the brilliant commander of Mt. Paektu that the earth cannot exist without Songun Korea.

Time has come to stage a do-or-die final battle.

The government, political parties and organizations of the DPRK solemnly declare as follows reflecting the final decision made by Kim Jong Un at the operation meeting of the KPA Supreme Command and the unanimous will of all service personnel and people of the DPRK who are waiting for a final order from him.

1.From this moment, the north-south relations will be put at the state of war and all the issues arousing between the north and the south will be dealt with according to the wartime regulations.

The state of neither peace nor war has ended on the Korean Peninsula.

Now that the revolutionary armed forces of the DPRK have entered into an actual military action, the inter-Korean relations have naturally entered the state of war. Accordingly, the DPRK will immediately punish any slightest provocation hurting its dignity and sovereignty with resolute and merciless physical actions without any prior notice.

2. If the U.S. and the south Korean puppet group perpetrate a military provocation for igniting a war against the DPRK in any area including the five islands in the West Sea of Korea or in the area along the Military Demarcation Line, it will not be limited to a local war, but develop into an all-out war, a nuclear war.

It is self-evident that any military conflict on the Korean Peninsula is bound to lead to an all-out war, a nuclear war now that even U.S. nuclear strategic bombers in its military bases in the Pacific including Hawaii and Guam and in its mainland are flying into the sky above south Korea to participate in the madcap DPRK-targeted nuclear war moves.

The first strike of the revolutionary armed forces of the DPRK will blow up the U.S. bases for aggression in its mainland and in the Pacific operational theatres including Hawaii and Guam and reduce not only its military bases in south Korea but the puppets' ruling institutions including Chongwadae and puppet army's bases to ashes at once, to say nothing of the aggressors and the provokers.

3. The DPRK will never miss the golden chance to win a final victory in a great war for national reunification.

This war will not be a three day-war but it will be a blitz war through which the KPA will occupy all areas of south Korea including Jeju Island at one strike, not giving the U.S. and the puppet warmongers time to come to their senses, and a three-dimensional war to be fought in the air, land and seas and on the front line and in the rear.

This sacred war of justice will be a nation-wide, all-people resistance involving all Koreans in the north and the south and overseas in which the traitors to the nation including heinous confrontation maniacs, warmongers and human scum will be mercilessly swept away.

No force on earth can break the will of the service personnel and people of the DPRK all out in the just great war for national reunification and of all other Koreans and overpower their might.

Holding in high esteem the peerlessly great men of Mt. Paektu, the Korean people will give vent to the pent-up grudge and realize their cherished desire and thus bring a bright day of national reunification and build the best power on this land without fail.

This could get ugly..no help from China.

North Korea can't be this stupid, the know if they attack the US we will wipe them out and if they attack South Korea they will get wiped out and if they try to use a nuclear weapon they will be exterminated.........

scary as heck!

Like me, he probably believes that the bigger they are, the harder they fall. Unfortunately, it looks like he didn't bring a full deck to the Great Game.

North Korea vowed on Sunday to strengthen its nuclear weapons, a day after announcing it is in a "state of war" with South Korea, and said it would never trade its atomic deterrent for aid.
South Korea A top North Korean decision-making body issued a pointed warning Sunday, saying that nuclear weapons are"the nation's life" and will not be traded even for"billions of dollars."

"Plutonium-Spread"(TM) must be tasty on no-Bread!

People tend to forget that the Korean War never really ended. There was no peace treaty signed, only an armistice (an indefinite cease-fire), which North Korea said some years back that they would no longer honour owing to "outside provocation." (The war had only switched taps from hot/shooting to cold/economic.)

North Korea couldn't fight the whole world's (BIS's) economic sanctions and decided to start heating things up to get a better deal for peace, unfortunately, the West didn't bite and continued to put on the economic pressure without making any concessions.

In technical terms the war continued from 1950 to today, which now makes it 63 years old. Maybe it's time for a final resolution one way or the other. Myself. I'm taking no sides, as it is the North Korean people who have suffered greatly from the machinations of BOTH sides.

I hope it is the PEOPLE of North Korea that snatch the peace from the hands of BOTH "Fearless Leader" and "The West"

ALL A BUNCH OF CLONES. They are showing off their latest batch of clones here in this picture.

They are pretty good at cloning over there.

Not to mention, they all look pretty similar.


(If we had known when this photo op took place we could have dropped a big one on them and wiped out all these clones.)

I'm a terrible person... I know.

NK's Sabre rattling continues....


....stay tuned for the next instalment.

told ya NOT to send them those Books on Cloning!
Now look what happened!

Stem Cell research gone wrong!

Yep,just look at Dear Leader!
Must have gotten a few Slugcells mixed in!

Following in Daddy's footstep?

yep!
Or worse!