North Korea Threatens 'Final Destruction' of South Korea
North Korea followed up its nuclear test last week with
threats aimed at its southern enemy during a UN conference on disarmament in
Geneva Tuesday.
"As the saying goes a new born puppy knows no fear of a
tiger," said North Korean diplomat Jon Yong Ryong to the meeting.
"South Korea's erratic behavior would only herald its final
destruction."
Jon avoided specifically mentioning the nuclear test, instead
referring to a "resolute step for self-defense."
"If the US takes a hostile approach toward the DPRK to
the last, rendering the situation complicated, it [North Korea] will be left
with no option but to take the second and third stronger steps in succession,"
he said.
The nuclear test which earned broad condemnation from the
U.N. and world leaders for threatening regional security.
The test, which was on a smaller device than in North
Korea's two previous tests, raised fears that the country was nearing the
capability of attaching a nuclear warhead to a missile capable of
intercontinental distances.
Ambassador Laura
Kennedy, the U.S. permanent representative to the Conference on Disarmament,
strongly condemned North Korea's statement.
"I also was particularly struck by the phrase
'heralding the destruction of the Republic of Korea' and find that language
incredibly inconsistent with the goals and objectives that this body is
intended to pursue," she said.
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Author: Kingsley the Analist
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