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North Korea vows to tear up Korean war ceasefire agreement North Korea vows to tear up Korean war ceasefire agreement
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North Korea has said it will cancel the 1953 ceasefire that ended the Korean war, citing as reasons a US-led push for UN sanctions over Pyongyang's recent nuclear test and continuing US-South Korean joint military drills.North Korea has said it will cancel the 1953 ceasefire that ended the Korean war, citing as reasons a US-led push for UN sanctions over Pyongyang's recent nuclear test and continuing US-South Korean joint military drills.
Its Korean people's army supreme command warned of stronger additional countermeasures, in a statement that came amid reports that Washington and Beijing have approved a draft of punishing sanctions for a UN security council resolution responding to North Korea's nuclear test, on 12 February. The draft is expected to be circulated at the UN this week.The US and others fear that North Korea's third nuclear test pushes it a step closer toward its goal of having nuclear-armed missiles that can reach America. They condemn its rocket launches and nuclear tests as a dangerous threat to regional security. Its Korean people's army supreme command warned of stronger additional countermeasures, in a statement that came amid reports that Washington and Beijing have approved a draft of punishing sanctions for a UN security council resolution responding to North Korea's nuclear test, on 12 February. The draft is expected to be circulated at the UN this week.
The US and others fear that North Korea's third nuclear test pushes it a step closer to its goal of having nuclear-armed missiles that can reach America. They condemn its rocket launches and nuclear tests as a dangerous threat to regional security.
North Korea says its nuclear programme is a response to US hostility dating back to the 1950-53 Korean war, which ended with an armistice rather than a peace treaty, leaving the Korean peninsula still technically in a state of war.North Korea says its nuclear programme is a response to US hostility dating back to the 1950-53 Korean war, which ended with an armistice rather than a peace treaty, leaving the Korean peninsula still technically in a state of war.
North Korea warned it would cancel the Korean war ceasefire agreement on 11 March, pointing to US-South Korean military drills that began on 1 March.North Korea warned it would cancel the Korean war ceasefire agreement on 11 March, pointing to US-South Korean military drills that began on 1 March.
North Korea said Washington and others were going beyond mere economic sanctions. and were expanding into blunt aggression and military acts. North Korea also warned it would block a communications line between it and the US at the border village that separates the two Koreas. North Korea said Washington and others were going beyond mere economic sanctions and were expanding into blunt aggression and military acts. North Korea also warned it would block a communications line between it and the US at the border village that separates the two Koreas.