08.03.2013 - 12:03 [ New York Times ]

Two Koreas Engage in Hostile Exchanges After Sanctions Vote

Angrily responding to the United Nations Security Council’s unanimous decision to impose tightened sanctions, North Korea said on Friday that it was nullifying all nonaggression agreements with South Korea, with one of its top generals claiming that his country had nuclear-tipped intercontinental ballistic missiles ready to blast off.