North Korea places South island in crosshairs
- Published: 12 Mar 2013 at 11.49
- Online news: World
North Korea leader Kim Jong-Un threatened to "wipe out" a South Korean island as Pyongyang came under new economic and diplomatic fire Tuesday from US sanctions and UN charges of gross rights abuses.
North Korean People's Army soldiers hold a drill at an undisclosed location on March 11, 2013. North Korea leader Kim Jong-Un threatened to "wipe out" a South Korean island as Pyongyang comes 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 Kim threatening nuclear war in response to UN sanctions imposed after its third atomic test last month.
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