Tuesday, April 9th, 2013 – North Korea warned foreigners in South Korea to take evacuation measures on Tuesday in case of war, in the latest escalation of warnings from Pyongyang.
“We do not wish harm on foreigners in South Korea should there be a war,” its KCNA news agency, citing the spokesperson for its Korea Asia-Pacific Peace Committee.
Source Reuters
Few weeks back North Korea threatened South Korea with “final destruction” during a debate at the U.N Conference on Disarmament, and warned that it could take “second and third steps” .
And, Japan deployed missile-defense systems at three sites around Tokyo early Tuesday ahead of a possible missile launch by North Korea, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said.
Source: CNN
Suga had said Monday that the Japanese government would not publicize any missile-defense deployment, saying “It would show our strategy to North Korea.”
The comments came a day after North Korea said it would pull out all its workers and temporarily suspend operations at the industrial complex it jointly operates with the South, the latest sign of deteriorating relations on the Korean Peninsula.
