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China-Japan-Koreas
N. Korea Threatens to Attack S. Korean Media Offices
2012-06-07
North Korea on Monday threatened to launch "a holy retaliatory war" against President Lee Myung-bak and the South Korean press unless they apologize for casting aspersion on a big propaganda event.

The North's official KCNA news agency said the General Staff of the People's Army unveiled the map coordinates of the conservative Chosun Ilbo, Donga Ilbo and Joongang Ilbo, hinting at the possibility of targeted attacks.

"The South Korean media are unequivocally criticizing the grand ceremony celebrating the 66th anniversary of North Korean Children's Union in Pyongyang and are engaging in new vicious defamations of our highest dignity," the military command said. "If they recklessly challenge the rage of our military, we will answer with our own merciless, holy war of retaliation."
No sea of fire?
Unification Ministry spokesman Kim Hyung-suk told reporters the government takes the threat seriously because it mentions specific map coordinates. But a military official said, "We haven't noticed any unusual movements in connection with the threat" but South Korean and U.S. forces are watching the North Korean military closely.
Posted by:Steve White

#3  SIGH, AGAIN.
Posted by: Redneck Jim   2012-06-07 10:23  

#2  "Sea of fire?" that is so 2011. We will unleash the "Glare of nasty looks"!!! on them!!!

Posted by: Steven   2012-06-07 02:31  

#1  WSJ comments: the coordinates North Korea published were wrong.

Perhaps that shouldnÂ’t be surprising. But only one Seoul newspaper, Seoul Shinmun, noticed the coordinates didnÂ’t match the locations of the newspapers KCNA said the NorthÂ’s military had in its rocket sights. Martyn Williams, a former Tokyo-based technology journalist now on a fellowship at Stanford University, also took the few minutes needed to determine how they were screwed up. (We saw the statement Monday and gave it only a passing read because the bluster seemed the same as ever.)

The KCNA statement described one newspaper as being at 37 degrees, 56 minutes and 83 seconds North and 126 degrees, 97 minutes and 65 seconds East. But as everyone who has finished third grade knows, the minute and second numbers shouldnÂ’t exceed 60 when it comes to expressing geographic coordinates.
Perhaps the Norks will blow themselves up.
Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418   2012-06-07 01:00  

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