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After UN sanctions, North Korea threatens to launch pre-emptive nuclear strike against US

Seoul, Mar 8: North Korea vowed on Thursday to launch a pre-emptive nuclear strike against the United States, amplifying its threatening rhetoric hours ahead of a vote by U.N. diplomats on whether to level new

India TV News Desk Updated on: March 08, 2013 12:18 IST


Such inflammatory rhetoric is common from North Korea, and especially so in recent days. North Korea is angry over the possible sanctions and over upcoming U.S.-South Korean military drills. 



At a mass rally in Pyongyang on Thursday, tens of thousands of North Koreans protested the U.S.-South Korean war drills and sanctions.

"Now our enemies are trying to make additional sanctions against us, but we can never accept this," said Ri Kum Il, a Pyongyang citizen at the rally.  

"We will make a preemptive nuclear attack against our enemies wherever they are and turn their strongholds into a sea of flames."

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