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North Korean defence minister Kim Yong Chun accuses Seoul of raising tensions in peninsula with military drills
North Korea says it is ready to launch a "sacred war", accusing South Korea of exacerbating tensions on the peninsula.
The North's state media reported that the defence minister, Kim Yong Chun, made the remarks during a national meeting in Pyongyang today.
The Korean Central News Agency quoted Kim as saying that North Korea was "fully prepared to launch a sacred war" because South Korea was deliberately pushing the peninsula to the brink of a war.
North Korea's anger has been piqued this week by South Korea's staging of military drills near a frontline island Pyongyang attacked last month. Earlier in the week, however, North Korea said it would not respond to the provocation.
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