North Korean army vows to turn Seoul to ashes and “special action”

Military of North Korea yesterday   threatened “special action” soon to turn parts of the South Korean capital to Ashes ,accusing Seoul’s conservative govt. of defaming its leadership.

The North has for month been criticizing the South’s President Lee Myung Bak  in extreme terms and threatening “scared war” over perceived insults.

There have been no events but the tongue has become increasingly vitriolic . Some analysts said they trust a military provocation likely. Actually it is true.

A statement on the official news agency said that “The special actins of our revolutionary armed forces will start soon ti meet the reckless challenge of the group of traitors “  

 The North said its target are “the Lee Myung Bak group of traitors ,the arch criminals and the group of rat like elements including conservative media ruining the mainstay of the fair public opinion .

It said the action ‘will reduce all---to ashes in three or four minutes --- by unprecedented peculiar means and methods of our own style’.

Ten of thousands rallied in Pyongyang last Friday , screaming hatred for Lee anf calling for his death over alleged insult

Last week the nuclear-armed North accused Lee of “desecrating” mass celebration marking the 100^th anniversary on April 15 of the birth of Pyongyang’s president Kim Il-Sung.

It bridled at anti-Pyongyang demonstrations in Seoul and at comments by Lee and conservative media. These questioned the cost of the anniversary celebration for a nation pressuring acute food shortages.

The estimated USD 850 million cost of a rocket launch intended to mark the anniversary could have bought 2.5 million tones of corn said Lee .

The statement of yesterday castigated Lee for comments last Friday, which urged the North’s Kim Jong Un to reform agriculture and improve human rights.

It also took issue with the South’s unveiling of a new cruise missile said to be able to reach any  target in the North.

The North attributed its statement to “the special operation action group”  of the military supreme command .Military officials in Seoul said they had no knowledge of such a unit and no particular military movement had been detected in the North.

However, a trustful analyst said the North, unlike in the past , may well follow up its threats now that major anniversary events are over .