Tensions Flare as N. Korea Axes Pacts With South

North Korea is unilaterally scrapping all agreements with South Korea as political and military tensions mount between the rival neighbors. The North Koreans are even repudiating the 1953 truce which ended the Korean war, reports the New York Times. Analysts see the move as a tactic to grab the attention of the Obama administration.

“Relations between the North and South have worsened to the point where there is no way or hope of correcting them,” declared the North Korean statement. “They have reached the extreme point where the clash of fire against fire, steel against steel, has become inevitable.”
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