North Korea Tells U.S. Commander His Forces Could ‘Meet a Miserable Destruction’

Pak Rim-su, a North Korean delegate to the Korean Demilitarized Zone, warned US General James Thurman on Saturday that a joint American and South Korean military exercise would “meet a miserable destruction” if it goes through this March. In a rare phone call to a US General, Pak reportedly (reported by KCNA, the North Korean state news agency, so who knows?) told the general that, “If your side ignites a war of aggression by staging the reckless joint military exercises…at this dangerous time, from that moment your fate will be hung by a thread with every hour.” And also that he better “bear in mind that those igniting a war are destined to meet a miserable destruction.” More »