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October 11, 2024
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Threats ‘Not Just Rhetoric’: North Korean Organization

North Korea claims its threats are genuine as South Koreans carry on as normal

SEOUL – North Korean units are awaiting orders to attack enemy targets in retaliation to any provocations – a threat that is not just empty rhetoric, a North Korean government organization said in a statement yesterday.

"[The U.S.-ROK command] are sadly mistaken if they misinterpret the present grave situation as a verbal confrontation just as they did in the past... The provocateurs will not be able to escape retaliatory blows at any moment," read the statement from the curiously-named Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of Korea (CPRK) – a body of the ruling Korean Workers Party (KWP).

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