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SEOUL, (APP/AFP): South Korea’s military
warned North Korea on Wednesday to halt all “provocations”, saying its reckless actions would only speed up the “collapse of its dictatorial system.”
The verbal volley comes a day after North Korea’s military supreme
command, angry over upcoming joint US-South Korean exercises, threatened to attack Seoul’s presidential Blue House.
“We strongly urge North Korea to immediately halt provocative actions
that are propelling it to destruction,” the South’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement.
North Korea will face “stern punishment” if it ignored Seoul’s
warning, it said.
“North Korea must keep in mind that it will be responsible for all
situations arising from its reckless provocations and we warn it will only
speed up the collapse of its dictatorial system,” it said.
Seoul and Washington will next month hold their largest-ever annual
exercise in response to the North’s recent nuclear test and long-range rocket launch.
Pyongyang habitually claims that the annual Key Resolve/Foal Eagle
exercise is a rehearsal for invasion while Seoul and Washington say it is purely defensive.