North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un addressed crownd during his grandfather's 100th birthday |
Protesters in
Seoul on Monday burned portraits of North Korea’s founder Kim II-sung, his son
the former president Kim jong-II and his grandson Kim Jong-un current leader ofthe rogue state. These activities prompted Kim Jong-un to warned South Korea of
an eminent attack if they continue with military activities.
"All the service personnel and people of the DPRK (North Korea) are simmering with towering resentment at this monstrous criminal act," the army's supreme command said in a release carried on the official Korean Central News Agency.
In an "ultimatum" to the South, it warned: "Our retaliatory action will start without any notice from now as such a thrice-cursed criminal act of hurting the dignity of the supreme leadership of the DPRK is being openly committed in the heart of Seoul under the patronage of the puppet authorities."
It added that the armed forces "will start immediately their just military actions to show how the service personnel and people of the DPRK value and protect the dignity of the supreme leadership.
"The military demonstration of the DPRK's revolutionary armed forces will be powerful sledge-hammer blows at all hostile forces hurting the dignity of the supreme leadership of the DPRK."
The threat came as North Korea was expected to carry out a missile launch to mark Monday's anniversary of its founder's birth.
In an attempt to defuse tensions, South Korea's new president, Park Geun-hye, in recent days has signalled the need to open a dialogue and "listen to what North Korea thinks".
But the North has rejected her proposals as a "crafty trick" to conceal Seoul's aggressive intentions.
North Korea's army supreme command on Tuesday said that if South Korea really wanted dialogue and negotiations, "they should apologise for all anti-DPRK hostile acts, big and small".
The North has a habit of linking high-profile military tests with key dates, and expectations had been high of a mid-range missile test to coincide with Monday's celebrations marking the birth of Kim Il-sung.
But unlike the centennial birth anniversary last year, there was no muscular military parade through the centre of Pyongyang and officials in Seoul said the "missile watch" could drag on for days.
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