N Korea warns of 'do-or-die' battle against UN censure
Thursday, 8 July 2010
SEOUL, July 7 (AFP): North Korea warned Wednesday of a 'do-or-die' battle if the UN Security Council adopts statement condemning it for a deadly attack on a South Korean warship earlier this year.
If the council adopts a document "pulling up (North Korea) even a bit through sordid collusion and nexus," the North will regard this as "an intolerable and grave infringement" on its dignity, a state committee said.
The North's army and people "will not rule out a just, do-or-die battle to protect the sovereignty of the country," the Committee for the Peaceful Unification of the Fatherland said in a statement carried by state media.
South Korea, pointing to the findings of a multinational investigation, has accused its communist neighbour of torpedoing the 1,200-tonne corvette with the loss of 46 sailors near the disputed Yellow Sea border on March 26.
If the council adopts a document "pulling up (North Korea) even a bit through sordid collusion and nexus," the North will regard this as "an intolerable and grave infringement" on its dignity, a state committee said.
The North's army and people "will not rule out a just, do-or-die battle to protect the sovereignty of the country," the Committee for the Peaceful Unification of the Fatherland said in a statement carried by state media.
South Korea, pointing to the findings of a multinational investigation, has accused its communist neighbour of torpedoing the 1,200-tonne corvette with the loss of 46 sailors near the disputed Yellow Sea border on March 26.