North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un at the long-range artillery sub-unit of the Korean People's Army Unit 641, whose mission is to strike Baengnyeong Island of South Korea. Photo: Reuters
NKorea Threatens To 'Wipe Out' SKorean Island -- Sydney Morning Herald
SEOUL: North Korea leader Kim Jong-un has threatened to "wipe out" a South Korean island as Pyongyang came under new economic and diplomatic fire from US sanctions and UN charges of gross rights abuses.
Military tensions on the Korean peninsula have risen to their highest level for years, with the communist state under the youthful Mr Kim threatening nuclear war in response to UN sanctions imposed after its third atomic test last month.
It has also announced its unilateral shredding of the 60-year-old Korean War armistice and non-aggression pacts with Seoul in protest at a joint South Korean-US military exercise that began on Monday.
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Update: North Korea's leader oversees artillery fire near disputed islands -- Reuters
My Comment: These bombast threats are becoming very boring .... and that is the problem. If nothing happens or if Kim Jong Un does nothing .... he will "lose face" .... hence guaranteeing that to not "lose face" he will try to provoke a border skirmish or something worse.