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   North Korea Threatens 'Strong Physical Counter-Measures' Over UN Sanctions

   North Korea has threatened "strong physical counter-measures" against
   South Korea if Seoul directly takes part in a new U.N. resolution
   tightening sanctions against Pyongyang.
   A statement released Friday by the North`s Committee for Peaceful
   Reunification of the Fatherland warned that sanctions mean a war and a
   declaration of war against Pyongyang. The statement also threatened to
   end all dialogue with anyone on denuclearization.
   The U.N. Security Council on Wednesday unanimously condemned a North
   Korean rocket launch in December as a violation of existing sanctions
   that ban it from developing missile and nuclear technology.
   North Korea responded Thursday by saying it would conduct a third
   nuclear test and carry out more rocket launches.
   Recent satellite photos suggest North Korea has been preparing for a
   nuclear test, at the same Punggye-ri site where it conducted its
   previous tests in 2006 and 2009.
   South Korea`s Defense Ministry Thursday said the facility could be
   ready to conduct a test at any time, if North Korean leader Kim Jong Un
   decides to do so.
   Although the North Korean statement Thursday said the nuclear tests and
   rocket launches were "targeted at the United States," analysts say it
   is not capable of reaching the U.S. mainland. They say it also has not
   mastered the technology necessary to mount a nuclear warhead on a
   long-range missile.
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