N. Korea warns border residents to flee ahead of “thunderous attacks”

AFP
March 17, 2013

Residents of a South Korean island closest to the tense sea border with North Korea have shrugged off a warning from Pyongyang urging them to flee ahead of “thunderous attacks”, an official said on Sunday.

The North’s official website, Uriminzokkiri, told residents of five islands south of the border to leave, warning of “devastating consequences” if recent cross-border tension escalates into a full-scale conflict.

“The wisest choice when the fire of thunder rains down on you is running afar,” it said in an editorial published late Friday.

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This article was posted: Sunday, March 17, 2013 at 10:14 am

Tags: foreign affairs, war

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