N. Korea ‘issues ultimatum’ to the South, warns of ‘immediate retaliation’

AFP Photo / Files / KCNA VIA KNS

North Korea’s military supreme command has issued an ultimatum to South Korea demanding apologies for “all the major and minor hostile actions.” It has also threatened an immediate military response to any “insulting” action the South undertakes.

“The supreme command of the Korean People’s Army Tuesday
issued an ultimatum to the South Korean puppet group,”
South
Korean Yonhap agency cites Pyongyang’s official news agency
KCNA.

The ultimatum consists of three clauses, RIA reports also citing
KCNA, in which the North demands an apology for all the hostile
actions in the past and a “practical demonstration” of good
intentions from the South, saying it is the condition for starting
any sort of discussion or dialogue.

Should the South Korean state undertake any action considered
“insulting” to North Korea’s “supreme dignity,” there
would be an “immediate retaliatory action without warning,”
demonstrating the country’s military might, the second clause of
the ultimatum says as cited by RIA.

Earlier on Monday there was a brief break in the bellicose
rhetoric from the North, as the country celebrated the ‘Day of the
Sun’ – the 101st birthday of the country’s founder Kim Il-sung. Not
only did the North Korean government refrain from the
much-discussed symbolic missile launch, it also decided not to
stage a traditional massed military parade to demonstrate the
county’s power.

However, as the clock struck Tuesday local time, there was a
resumption of North Korean war threats, which recently included
warning of a “thermonuclear war” for the
South, notions of Tokyo “consumed in nuclear
flames”
for Japan, and ratification of a nuclear strike against the USA. All
these threats would be triggered in the event of the “slightest
move” of armies or any “provocative intervention” in North
Korean manoeuvres and affairs, the KCNA news agency has warned.

North Korea has also repeatedly blamed its neighbors, but
ultimately the USA for the escalating tension, and explained the
recent proposal to all foreign embassies to evacuate by
“the increasing threat from the United States.”

In the meantime, Washington has indeed been increasing its
presence around the Korean Peninsula.

The USS Fitzgerald, which is positioned next to North Korea, is
capable of shooting down any missiles launched from the country.
The ship was initially supposed to return to base in Japan
following recent annual joint drills with the South, according to
US defense officials.

The advanced radar-evading F-22 Raptors were redeployed from
Kadena Air Base in Okinawa to the Osan Air Base, which is the main
American base in South Korea. B-2 bombers also flew in the vicinity
of the North Korean border.

Russia, though calling Pyongyang’s “provocative and
bellicose”
behavior “unacceptable,” has still been
stressing that only a political and diplomatic settlement of the
escalating crisis is possible.

“No one should intimidate anyone with any military
manoeuvres,”
Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov said on the
sidelines of the recent G8 summit.

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