*Source: DTN News / Int'l Media
(NSI News Source Info) PYONGYANG, North Korea - July 26, 2009: North Korea's defense minister is promising retaliation against tough new U.N. sanctions put in place following its missile and nuclear tests.
North Korean state media reported Sunday that Kim Yong-Chun said Pyongyang would deal "unimaginably deadly blows" at the United States and South Korea if they attack the communist nation.
Kim was speaking at a public meeting held on the eve of the anniversary of the armistice that ended the Korean War on July 27, 1953. (Photo: Kim Yong-Chun ~ from file)
In a separate announcement, North Korea repeated its routine denunciations of an upcoming U.S. and South Korean military exercise, saying the maneuvers "lay bare the black-hearted aim" lurking behind the "talk of dialogue."
Washington and Seoul say they are not planning to invade North Korea.
North Korea regularly issues aggressive statements and rhetoric against its neighbors and the U.S.
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