North Korea’s Alarming Threat: “Special Actions” to Turn Seoul to “Ashes”

North Korea’s Alarming Threat: “Special Actions” to Turn Seoul to “Ashes”

North Korea vowed in an alarming announcement to turn South Korea's capital to "ashes" for insulting the leadership of their enemy country, North Korea, "soon".

There was an interruption on the regular programming on North Korea's state TV by a special report declaring that "special actions" will be carried out "soon" and aimed at the South Korean capital, Seoul.

It said the military attack will use "unprecedented peculiar means and methods of our own style."

"All will be reduced to ashes in three to four minutes," and will involve "form of fire."

"The special actions of our revolutionary armed forces will start soon to meet the reckless challenge of the group of traitors," read the statement.

The targets Pyongyang pinpointed are South Korean President Lee Myung-Bak including media destroying the mainstay of the fair public opinion.

Analyst in Seoul are mixed on how serious this threat is and whether military provocation is likely to happen.

The North has castigated President Lee and the conservative administration for insulting their leadership and announcing last week a new cruise missile capable of striking anywhere in the south.

Lee had reiterated media reports that estimated the cost of launching the rocket which the North insisted as a peaceful satellite at $850 million. The rocket blew up into pieces just a little over two minutes after take-off, an embarrassment for Pyongyang that had invited world journalists all over the world to witness the launch.

That money, analysts say, could have bought enough Chinese corn to feed the poverty-stricken country’s 1.9 million people for one entire year.

Lee has urged North Korea's new leader Kim Jong-Un to reform agriculture and improve human rights.

The failed rocket launch was the main part of a nationwide celebration to commemorate the 100th birth year of North Korea's founder Kim Il Sung on April 15.

Posted by James Fried on Tuesday April 24 2012, 3:23 AM EST. Ref: CNN. All trademarks acknowledged. Filed under Featured News, World. Comments and Trackbacks closed. Follow responses: RSS 2.0