{"id":29739,"date":"2013-03-07T10:32:31","date_gmt":"2013-03-07T09:32:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rt.com\/news\/north-korea-nuclear-strike-935\/"},"modified":"2013-03-07T10:32:31","modified_gmt":"2013-03-07T09:32:31","slug":"n-korea-threatens-pre-emptive-nuclear-strike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/breaking-news\/n-korea-threatens-pre-emptive-nuclear-strike\/","title":{"rendered":"N. Korea threatens \u2018pre-emptive\u2019 nuclear strike"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div class=\"cont-wp\">\n<div class=\"cont-wp-mid max_width\">\n<p> <span class=\"time\">Published time: March 07, 2013 09:32<\/span> <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/rt.com\/files\/news\/1e\/41\/f0\/00\/n.-korea-threatens-__pre-emptive__-nuclear-strike.si.jpg\" alt=\"AFP Photo \/ Pedro Ugarte\"\/><\/div>\n<p>A spokesman for North Korea\u2019s Foreign Ministry says his country may deliver a pre-emptive nuclear strike against its enemies in case an attack on Pyongyang is launched.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Since the United States is about to ignite a nuclear war, we will be exercising our right to a preemptive nuclear attack against the headquarters of the aggressor in order to protect our supreme interest,&#8221;<\/em> said the statement carried by the official KCNA news agency.<\/p>\n<p>The reclusive state has ramped up its military rhetoric after conducting its third nuclear test last month, threatening to use every means, including the nuclear arsenal, against any aggression.<\/p>\n<p>Lately Pyongyang accused Washington and Seoul of preparing an attack on North Korea under the guise of a joint military exercise.<\/p>\n<p>Military experts say North Korea is years away from developing a long-range missile and a nuclear warhead to attack mainland US.<\/p>\n<p>The war of words continues as the UN Security Council mulls over a new round of sanctions against Pyongyang, which are meant to be a response to the February nuclear test.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/pixel.quantserve.com\/pixel\/p-89EKCgBk8MZdE.gif\" border=\"0\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p> <span>Published time: March 07, 2013 09:32<\/span> <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/rt.com\/files\/news\/1e\/41\/f0\/00\/n.-korea-threatens-__pre-emptive__-nuclear-strike.si.jpg\" alt=\"AFP Photo \/ Pedro Ugarte\"\/><\/div>\n<p>A spokesman for North Korea&rsquo;s Foreign Ministry says his country may deliver a pre-emptive nuclear strike against its enemies in case an attack on Pyongyang is launched.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Since the United States is about to ignite a nuclear war, we will be exercising our right to a preemptive nuclear attack against the headquarters of the aggressor in order to protect our supreme interest,&#8221;<\/em> said the statement carried by the official KCNA news agency.<\/p>\n<p>The reclusive state has ramped up its military rhetoric after conducting its third nuclear test last month, threatening to use every means, including the nuclear arsenal, against any aggression.<\/p>\n<p>Lately Pyongyang accused Washington and Seoul of preparing an attack on North Korea under the guise of a joint military exercise.<\/p>\n<p>Military experts say North Korea is years away from developing a long-range missile and a nuclear warhead to attack mainland US.<\/p>\n<p>The war of words continues as the UN Security Council mulls over a new round of sanctions against Pyongyang, which are meant to be a response to the February nuclear test.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/pixel.quantserve.com\/pixel\/p-89EKCgBk8MZdE.gif\" border=\"0\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1213,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[487],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-29739","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-breaking-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29739","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1213"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29739"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29739\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29739"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29739"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29739"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}