{"id":571811,"date":"2010-05-20T06:56:03","date_gmt":"2010-05-20T10:56:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.prisonplanet.com\/?p=43432"},"modified":"2010-05-20T06:56:03","modified_gmt":"2010-05-20T10:56:03","slug":"pyongyang-denies-sinking-cheonan-threatens-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/571811","title":{"rendered":"Pyongyang denies sinking Cheonan, threatens war"},"content":{"rendered":"

Via Prison Planet.com \u00bb World News<\/p>\n

Kim Young-jin
\nKorea Times<\/a>
\nThursday, May 20th, 2010<\/p>\n

North Korea Thursday dismissed the allegation it attacked a South Korean Navy vessel in March as \u201csheer fabrication,\u201d warning that punitive measures over the incident would be met with \u201ctough measures including an all-out war.\u201d<\/p>\n

The statement issued by Pyongyang\u00a1\u2019s National Defense Commission (NDC) came in response to the findings of a multinational investigation team that probed the March 26 sinking of the frigate Cheonan.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey are pointing a dirty accusing finger at us like a thief,\u201d an unidentified spokesman for the NDC said in the statement. The commission is headed by North Korean leader Kim Jong-il.<\/p>\n

Calling President Lee Myung-bak a \u201ctraitor,\u201d the statement also offered to dispatch a delegation of North Korean investigators to Seoul to check the veracity of the international findings.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe remind the group of traitors in advance that there should be not a shred of doubt about the material evidence to be produced before the inspection group,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n

It promised a \u201cmerciless strong physical blow,\u201d if South Korea responds with even a minor act of aggression on its territory.<\/p>\n

The attack on the Cheonan is speculated to be retaliation for a naval skirmish that occurred in November last year, when a North Korean boat crossed the maritime border and exchanged fire with a South Korean vessel before retreating in flames. <\/p>\n

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