North Korea’s military has threatened to cancel the 1953 ceasefire that ended the Korean War.
The threat is straining already frayed ties between Washington and Pyongyang as the United Nations moves to impose further sanctions after the North’s nuclear test on February 12.
The Korean People’s Army Supreme Command boasted of having “lighter and smaller nukes” and warned late yesterday of “surgical strikes” meant to unify the divided Korean peninsula.
Its statement cited US-South Korean joint military drills denounced as preparations for an invasion, and a US-led push to secure a UN Security Council resolution calling for sanctions in response to the nuclear test.
A US-China draft resolution is expected at the UN this week.
The North’s statement threatens to block a communications line between North Korea and the US at the border village separating the two Koreas, and to nullify the 60-year-old armistice agreement on March 11.
