A new challenge from North Korea

Tensions between North Korea and the outside world escalated to a new level as the United Nations moved closer to imposing new sanctions, and the dictatorship warned that it would view any international punishments for its nuclear and missile tes

What happened

Tensions between North Korea and the outside world escalated to a new level this week as the United Nations moved closer to imposing new sanctions, and the dictatorship warned that it would view any international punishments for its nuclear and missile tests as an act of war. If provoked, said the government of Kim Jong Il, it could use its nuclear arsenal “as a merciless offensive means to deal a just retaliatory strike to those who touch the country’s dignity and sovereignty.” Nervously, South Korea doubled its naval fleet near the sea border with the North.

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