CNN reports that North Korea threatened South Korea with destruction Sunday after Seoul’s top military officer said he would consider attacking the communist nation if it tried to carry out a nuclear attack.

The statement from North Korea’s official news agency marked the third straight day of bellicose rhetoric from the North, which is angry over the harsher line the South’s new president has taken against the country since assuming office last month.

“Our military will not sit idle until warmongers launch a pre-emptive strike,” said an unidentified KCNA military commentator. “Everything will be in ashes, not just a sea of fire, if our advanced pre-emptive strike once begins.”

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North Korea is at it again. They ratchet up the tension tight up to the line, then they “cooperate” with the international community and tensions subside. This up and down talk has been going on for years. We need to keep the pressure on the government, but that results in continued oppression against the ordinary North Korean, who has no intentions of taking over the world, they just want to feed their family. With all the smart people in the world, we should be able to figure out how to liberate those that want to be liberated, and not kill thousands in the process.

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