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North Korea threatens military response to planned leaflet action
Oct 9, 2011, 13:25 GMT
Seoul - North Korea on Sunday warned it could take military action against South Korea over an anti-communist propaganda leaflet that a political group plans to send across the border.
'South Korea's anti-North Korea group is openly planning to send the leaflets across the border. This is an outrageous act of provocation that can lead to a military clash and an all-out war,' Pyongyang's state-run Korean Central News Agency said.
The statement was a reference to a plan hatched by a South Korean conservative group to send the leaflets across the border on Monday, when North Korea celebrates the 66th anniversary of its ruling Worker's Party.
It added: 'South Korea must see the severity of the situation. In response, we are ready to launch direct fire against the South.'
No peace treaty was signed between the Koreas following the 1950-53 Korean War, leaving them technically still at war.
South Korea and the United States are planning to go ahead with scheduled regular joint manoeuvres off the Pacific island of Guam this month.
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