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DPRK accuses South Korea of preparing for war



An official group of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Friday accused South Korea of preparing a war against its country, the official Korean Central News Agency reported.

The Committee for Peaceful Reunification of the Fatherland, an official DPRK group, criticized South Korea for developing "ultra-modern weapons of various types" and setting up a new "command for guided shells."

South Korea, who followed the United States, was pursuing a hostile policy against the DPRK, said the statement.

"This dangerous arms build-up indicates that the south Korean military bellicose forces are putting spurs to the preparations for a war against the north," it said.

"We will never remain a passive on-looker to their frantic preparations for a war against the north, but strongly react to them," it added.people's daily September 16

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North Koreawarned the South on Friday against joining international moves to apply sanctions against Pyongyang and said ties would suffer and a war could break out if Seoul cooperated with the United States against it.link