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North Korea Threatens Increased Provocations Following Breakdown in Nuclear
Talks

William Gallo

   SEOUL -

   North Korea Thursday warned its "patience is running out" and
   threatened to increase provocations following the breakdown of nuclear
   talks with the United States.

   The warning is the latest evidence North Korea is returning to a more
   combative posture after walking away from the first substantive nuclear
   negotiations in months.

   A statement in the Korean Central News Agency accused the U.S. of
   orchestrating this week's meeting of the United Nations Security
   Council, which condemned North Korea's recent missile launch.

   The KCNA statement, attributed to a Foreign Affairs Ministry
   spokesperson, called that U.N. meeting a "severe provocation." It also
   condemned the recent U.S. test of an intercontinental ballistic
   missile.

   "Our patience is running out, and it is not guaranteed that what we
   have been restraining from will last indefinitely," the statement said.

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