South Korean activists for North Korea's human rights release a balloon containing anti-Pyongyang leaflets toward the North on the sea off Geojin village in Goseong, about 330 km (205 miles) northeast of Seoul October 27, 2008.(Lee Jong-kun/Yonhap/Reuters)
NKorea Threatens To Turn SKorea Into 'Debris' -- Bretbart/AP
North Korea threatened Tuesday to turn South Korea into "debris" in an unusually strong statement that demanded Seoul halt what the communist state called its policy of confrontation.
It was issued amid worsening relations between the Koreas, with the North angry about anti-Pyongyang leaflets floated across the border by activists and defector groups based in the South.
Pyongyang has also complained about reports by South Korean media over the health of its leader Kim Jong-Il , who is said to have suffered a stroke.
"The puppet authorities (Seoul) had better bear in mind that the advanced pre-emptive strike of our own style will reduce everything... to debris, not just setting them on fire," the North's military said.
"It will turn out to be a just war... to build an independent reunified state on it," it added in a statement carried by the state news agency.
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My Comment: In the past .... I would say that South Korea would take the threats from North Korea seriously. But today .... they definitely do not.