North Korea Warns of Retaliation against President Park

North Korea threatened Wednesday to wage a retaliatory war against South Korean President Park Geun-hye in the latest show of defiance against tougher U.N. sanctions and joint military drills between Seoul and Washington.

    North Korea vowed to "launch a retaliatory battle of justice to resolutely eliminate" the United States and Park, warning that it is ready to turn South Korea's presidential office into a sea of fire. "The powerful large-caliber multiple rocket launching systems of invincible Korean People's Army artillery units are highly alerted to scorch Cheong Wa Dae in a jiffy," the North's committee handling inter-Korean affairs said in a statement carried by the country's official Korean Central News Agency. 

    It warned that once buttons are pushed, the South's presidential office "is bound to be reduced to a sea in flames and ashes." North Korea has made similar threats in the past, but the latest one came amid growing speculation that it may carry out another nuclear test and launch missiles in the near term.

    Seoul and Washington have started their largest joint military drills ever, which will come to a close on April 30. The North has long denounced them as a rehearsal for a northward invasion, a charge denied by Seoul and Washington.

Source :QNA