TIMES ONLINE: North Korea has threatened “all out war” if there is any retalation from Seoul for the torpedo attack which sank the South Korean warship Cheonan in March.
Pyongyang made the threat as it dismissed as ‘fabrication’ a report by an international team of investigators which concludes that a torpedo fired by a North Korean submarine was responsible for the explosion that ripped the 1,200 corvette in two, killing 46 sailors in one of South Korea’s worst naval tragedies.
In an escalating war of words, President Lee Myung-Bak, the South Korean president vowed to take “resolute countermeasures” against North Korea for the torpedo attack on the Cheonan, which happened near the disputed border between the two countries.
The investigators’ report, published today, concludes: “The evidence points overwhelmingly to the conclusion that the torpedo was fired by a North Korean submarine.
“There is no other plausible explanation.” Read on and comment >>> Anne Barrowclough | Thursday, May 20, 2010
